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Hello Mr. ethirkatchi [Film: Iruvar]
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| The opening piano part
definitely inspired. Source: Dave Grusin's Memphis Stomp, from the OST
of The Firm, released in 1993. |
| Listen to
Hello Mr.
Ethirkatchi |
Memphis Stomp
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| Genuine copy wrt the
piano intro sequence. But the actual tune of the song remains original.
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Kuluvalile [Film: Muthu] |
| The background rythm and
beats inspired from the song 'rescue me' by Fontella Bass. The song was
part of the OST of the film 'Sister Act', released in 1965.
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| Listen to
Kuluvalile
| Rescue me |
| The rythm has been used.
However, the tune of the song remains original.
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Akkadannu naanga [Film: Indian]
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| Again, the
background beats are inspired. Source: Paul Young's 'Love of common
people', from the album 'No Parlez', released in 1983.
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| Listen to
Akkadannu |
Love of
common people |
| Oh sure, the
beats are copied. Tune original! |
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4 |
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Anbae anbae [Film: Jeans]
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| The
opening sequence seems inspired from
Peter Gabriel's 'Of these, hope...' from
the album 'Passion: Music from the last temptation of Christ'.
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| Listen to anbae anbae |
Of these, hope
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| Is A R Rahman a fan of
Peter Gabriel? Tune is original!
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Shakalaka Baby [Film:
Mudhalvan] |
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rhythm loop with an underground feel is also found in the track 'Flight
IC 408' by State of Bengal and the track 'Aint talkin bout dub' by
Apollo 440. |
| Listen to
Shakalaka Baby |
Flight IC 408 |
Aint
talkin bout dub |
| Possibly
a commercially available loop, done with some improvisations by Rahman.
The loop appears almost throughout the Apollo 440 track and at places in
Flight IC 408. Actual song's tune original.
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Thillana thillana
[Film: Muthu] |
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opening African female humming is ripped off from Deep Forests 'Night
Bird'. |
| Listen to
Thillana
thillana |
Night
bird |
| Oh sure, ripped. Just
that initial humming part. But if Deep Forest can rip off native African
sounds....! |
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Poopookkum osai [Film:
Minsara Kanavu] |
| The beats
seem inspired from Lebo M's 'Rhythm of pride lands: Kube', which was
last part of the Disney's Greatest Pop hits collection.
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| Listen to
Poopookkum osai |
Rhythm
of pride lands: Kube |
| The beats
are sure inspired. As usual the tune remains very original. |
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Thenmerku paruvakkaatru
[Film: Karuthamma] |
| The beats
are similar to a track by Dr Alban, 'Om we rembwe ike'. Note that Dr
Alban himself uses a lot of commercially available loops and CDs to
create songs! |
| Listen to
Thenmerku paruvakaatru |
Om we rembwe ike |
| The beats
are sure inspired. As usual the tune remains very original. The 'yei nee
romba azhaga irukke' song, 'Poi
sollalaam' uses similar beats! |
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Paarkadhey [Film:
Gentleman (1993)] |
| Alleged
to be inspired from the Osibisa number 'Kelele' |
| Listen to
Paarkadhey |
Kelele |
| You
decide! |
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10 |
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Ekamevadhvitheeyam - Theme
music from Baba [Film: Baba] |
| Inspired
from the the background music of The Untouchables (1987). |
| Listen to
Ekamevadhvitheeyam |
Al
Capone (The Untouchables) |
| 'Ekamevadhvitheeyam'
means "there is only one paramatma, no second entity". This song
opens almost exactly like the prominent score from the cult classic 'The
Untouchables' with music by Ennio Morricone. Why Rahman chose to lift
this so blatantly really beats me, even if figures in Baba for a few
fleeting seconds! In the soundtrack of The Untouchables, this tune plays
almost throughout the movie, more so for the softer/sadder moments! I'm
adding the track called 'Al Capone' which probably brings out the copy
best, in my opinion! Tip: Play the Baba number in full volume,
the opening plays in very low volume!
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| Ottagatha
Kattikko [Film: Gentleman
(1993)] |
| Highly
inspired by Raj Koti's Telugu pop song 'Eddem ante' sung by Malgadi
Shuba, in 1991. |
| Listen to
Ottagatha Kattikko |
Eddem
ante |
Malgadi
Shuba's 1991 Telugu pop song, 'Eddem Ante Teddam Antav', from the album
'Chik pak chik bam', with music by Raj Koti, seems to be the source of
inspiration for Rahman's superhit Gentleman song, 'Ottakatha Kattikko'.
The first 2 lines' flow, that is, nothing more. And, considerably
spruced up in Rahman style, of course! I recall reading Rahman's
apprenticeship as an arranger for other composers like Ilayaraja,
Ousepachan and Raj Koti, so a connection cannot be ruled out as a
coincidence. Plus, I'm not getting into a guessing game which points to
Rahman composing this tune originally for Raj Koti since that's merely a
conjecture!
There's another long-standing allegation that the Gentleman track was in
fact inspired by a much older Malayalam song, 'Kuyiline thedi' from the
1954 film, 'Neelakkuyil', with music by Raghavan K. I personally do not
find that direct a connection between this one and Ottagatha Kattikko.
Plus, the Raj Koti apprenticeship angle perhaps gives more weight to the
Telugu pop song connection. My opinion? Far-fetched. No similarity
strong enough to warrant a post here. But, I'd let you decide!
Listen to
Kuyiline thedi |
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