[doctorzlo]

Hulkster thanks for fully understanding my post.... phew.... its tough for me to comment huh... there r many people waiting just to bash me with words....

[9mm_fan]

Dinesh...you better dont talk if u dono anythin about HJ. What you noe about him???? u r talking pure crap...what u mean by HJ is not brave enough or depending on arr songs...you better watch ur remarks!!! if you noe wat HJ wish to deliver in his compositions then you wont be talking like this...make a comparison in a decent way...dont think if you write good things about HJ in the 1st paragraph and bashing comments in the 2nd paragraph, ppl will think you r neutral...YOU R VERY2 NEGATIVE...you dun even deserve to comment about him...
As what i told u earlier, u lacks musical knowledge...simply there to make sounds like a empty cans...In fact u dono even much about arr music i guess...so, get urself rd 4 al these...dun be there like a dumb fellow...

[doctorzlo]

tis topic is gonna be locked soon... but harris is my preference. especially last two years harris rocks. yuvan was good, but last two years too repetitive.

[Drugmachine]

hmmmm.......Harris and Yuvan.....tough to choose between them.....while one experiments and innovates to charm you the other just blinds u with catchy rythms and hummable tunes....

Harris: his main strength is his template......he hardly changes his template,rythm,even the scales, i guess, but still can bring some minor differences to depict a level of variation for songs to be a hit......he is best suited for tamil audience now, and lyrics in his song is very clear amidst all tracks is commendable.....i think thats where tamil purists prefer him over ARRahman.....consistency is also the trademark for this guy.....

Yuvan: this guy loves to stay away from ARR and IR style.....and he does it effectively.......his bgms are mindblowing to say the least.......he innovates with arrangements and like ARR has a penchant for global sounds.........still i wud call him closer to IR as he also seem to believe that tunes are more important than the beats........also, he has this advantage of being Raaja's son which puts half of Tamilnadu in his pocket.....thats a head start he has on HJ who has just neutral guys for his support.........

for me, HJ's hardwork and coming on his own nullifies the points scored by u1 for his experimentation........so both are equal for me.....

but why have we not witnessed a new trend in TFM like we did in 76 or 92......i think one of these should work on tat...... ...

[TorryJens]

Guys,

Yuvan and Harris are the hot music directors in Tamil film industry. Who is your preference in these two?

[Lillie_Steins]

If I had to choose, I would choose HJ

but they're both equally great. However, both of them are starting to get rather repetitive nowadays with recycled tunes and all.

Although PKMC songs sound nice after a couple of hearings, one cannot get past the fact that they are starting to resemble a lot of HJ's previous album songs.

I recently watched Minnale, and saw how the songs were amazing and largely contributed to the success of the film. They were refreshing at that time, but now with the same singers (Bombay Jayashree for the same types of songs)...he is getting a little banal.

Still IMO HJ scores above YSR.

[doctorzlo]

Yuvan !!

[Raj_Copi_Jin]

My pick is yuvan.You can tell if an album is a yuvan album (style is repetitive) but his overall albums arent.With a few song styles he likes to repeat.Mainly his hip hop type of songs.Harris on the other hand is ALWAYS repetitive. PKMC can be touted as Unnale Unnale part 2.Me & my mom were driving to the store the other day.And the cd i had playing contained the unnale unnale as well as PKMC songs.The drive to the place we were goin took 30 min.So total travel time was 60 min. When we got home she asked me "Why did u keep playin the same song over and over?"

[Lillie_Steins]

yuvan unanimously

[softy54534]

Songs wise - It is HJ, Even though HJ is repetitive, even the success of his songs are repeating only , Yuvan imho has more talent, he experiments, he is indifferent for certain directors, actors, so the success rate of yuvan's songs is not as much that of hj's... HJ on the other hand scores in the same vein for whether it is his favorite Gautam menon or occasional director like Durai (Thotti Jaya)

I like yuvan better, but i like HJ's songs more better

[Drugmachine]

YUVAN............ his songs r awesome......HJ songs are kinda on the same track

[NeroASERCH]

Harris, all the way !! His songs lasts in the heart, keeps you humm, more preferred by women and girls for the lyrical value, nice interludes, mixing, chorus, orchestration.. everything is there. Ullam Kektumae, UU songs took me back to my college days.. Never liked much of Yuvan's compositions, except for Poi solla (April Mathathil), Davani Potta (Sandai Kozhi) Konjam Konjam (Arindhum).. His voice rendition is not much required, after all there are so many good singers.. with crystal clear male voice !!

HJ

[TorryJens]

Harris, Harris, definitely !!

His songs made me go crazy.. into a different world !!

I simply admire him the way he interacts with his fans ... I eagerly await Unnale Unnale... the hero looks damn handsome and promising.

My full votes to him...

[Fegasderty]

hmmm.... i think both r doing great job as for now... ..but i think Hj is he composes 5 songs in an album, atleast 3-4 will be good & are listenable,where else YSR probably 2-3 songs only could be heard,and sometimes the whole album vanishes from our memory... and ofcource,i see Hj has reached the people more & created a fan database which is much stronger compared to YSR's, see HJ has 2 websites for him.1 official & 1 by his fans... but i dun see any for YSR ....

those were the fact that supports HJ,

as for YSR, he has more variety & is more daring to do something which is new for the makkal...wherelse Hj isnt brave enough to try something new and alwiz depend on ARR's songs and ofcource his previous HIT songs and compose based on the trend ARR has created.. he is even tracking down ARR even untill SOK.... so he is alwiz on the safe side,whereelse YSR alwiz does something diff than HJ, and gives many quality songs ever since Aravindhan.... a good example....Aiyoyo - Paruthi Veeran.... omg...wut a composition... something which HJ has never done & i doubt he could do something which is very rural & classy at the same time....

so overall, i vote for YSR for his uniqueness & braveness and vote for Hj's catchy & ARRish song...

[S.T.D.]

cadbury boy, from ur message i see ur manners of words r very 'colourful'... i guess ur the 1st 1 who needs some teachings in life... get the right attitude 1st...then ill bother to consider answering u... i do not reply to people who has no respect for people... y im messagin now even its just to tell u,coz i belive no 1 in ur life have ever bothered saying it to u... good day & wut i said about HJ & YSR is pretty much true... whether u like it or not ....

[tgs]

good luck

[tgs]

U1 Rocks
Happened to watch Thamirabharani recently and his BGM score was awesome. Oh! he is right there equaling Raaja in BGM dept. Where no one else have reached. the small nuances and importance given to the characters emotions on screen through the BGM's of Raaja and U1 are missing in any other composer.
And in songs too U1 sticks firmly to the movie's color not standing apart from the script as other composers. Earlier i didnt like the songs from Thamirabharani but after Listening them along with the movie and observing at some instances the way he had used those tunes for BGM. Man he is astounding!
for example the song "Thaaliye thevai illa nee thaan en pondaatti" that comes as a love song between hero and heroine in the movie but at a later instance when the hero asks for the heroine to marry someone else which is better for the family, this song comes as a BGM, immedietly spinning us back mentally to the song where they were happy then and making us relate to the sad visuals that are happening now . This is the kind of perfection that Raaja reached in his BGM..and U1 is following it shows us how much he have learnt from his father.
There are many other such nuances where U1 shows his brilliance...Way to GO U1 you Rock

[brraverishhh]

I am not so sure about that RS sir but i feel he has matured...particularly in the understanding of the heroic scenes..that tharai thappattai effect when Vishal does something heroic was very catchy...the usage of a song's tune as bgm is very common...if yuvan must beat IR...it must be him using different shades of BGM rather than using songs to explain the emotions in the scenes.

[LottiFurmann]

Cadburyboy...dinesh has just voiced his opinions there and his opinions have no provoking sense in them...its a universally accepted fact for his repititiveness...true his melody sense in his instrumentation is nice but that does not mean he is superb. And his songs do sound like a distant cousin of ARR's songs. This is just a opinion...but that does not mean you can criticise a person with such negativity...please give respect to other's opinions as well.

[Lt_Apple]

hulkster...you go tru the 2nd paragraph of his comments....tats wat made me 2 say sumtin...