Introducing A. R. Rahman

Introducing A. R. Rahman
Compilation album by A. R. Rahman
Released	May 23, 2006
Recorded	Panchathan Record Inn
Genre	World Music
Label	Times Square Records
Producer	A. R. Rahman

Introducing A. R. Rahman is a compilation album of score and songs composed by Chennai film composer A. R. Rahman. It was released in 2006 on Times Square Records. It includes excerpts from soundtracks spanning 1993–2001 that changed the face of Indian film music and the cinema of India. Introducing A. R. Rahman features twenty-five tracks compiled by Iain Scott, taken from seventeen pictures in Tamil cinema.

Indian compositional forms, instrumentation, with train whistles, bells, looped bee–like vocals and dramatic percussion are coupled with orchestral sweeps and Carnatic accents with veena, pullanguzhal and chanting employed on the tracks.

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Allmusic	[1]

Richie Unterberger writing for AllMusic felt that the net grouping of tracks "by intention or design is not to establish an identifiable style, but to demonstrate Rahman's versatility," saying it was a contrast to the "stereotypes many viewers have of the flashy, sometimes cheesy music heard in much Indian cinema, the material here is thoughtfully assembled and dignified."^[2]

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "Bombay Theme Music" (from Bombay) (Instrumental) — 5:15
2. "Chinna Chinna Aasai" (from Roja) — 4:55
3. "Kannaalaney" (from Bombay) — 5:52
4. "Mettuppodu" (from Duet) — 6:50
5. "Ennavale Adi Ennavaley" (from Kadhalan) — 5:12
6. "Anbe Anbe" from Jeans) — 5:32
7. "Rasika" (from Star) — 7:07
8. "Yaro Yarodi" (from Alaipayuthey) — 5:44
9. "Maargazhi" (from Sangamam) — 6:58
10. "Swasamae" (from Thenali) — 5:49
11. "Thirakkaatha" (from En Swasa Kaatre) — 7:10
12. "Minsara Kanna" (from Padayappa) — 6:15

Disc 2

1. "Alai Payuthey" (from Alaipayuthey) — 3:42
2. "Varaaga Nathi" (from Sangamam) — 6:19
3. "Idhu Manmatha Maadham" (from Parthale Paravasam) — 4:47
4. "Sowkkiyamma" (from Sangamam) — 5:55
5. "Thom Karuvil Irunthom" (from Star) — 5:37
6. "Kannodu" (from Jeans) — 5:10
7. "Uyire Uyire" (from Bombay) — 7:16
8. "Kulichaa Kutthalam" (from Duet) — 4:48
9. "Anbendra" (from Minsara Kanavu) — 3:37
10. "Kannamuchi" (from Kandukondain Kandukondain) — 5:11
11. "Usilampatti Penkutti" (from Gentleman) — 4:40
12. "Poraalae 2" (from Karuththamma) — 6:21
13. "Nathiyae Nathiyae" (from Rhythm) — 6:52

Release history

Personnel

References

External links

• Official site
• A. R. Rahman at the Internet Movie Database