[HedgeYourBets]

Let me go the full hog and make this a repository.

[tgs]

Plum, my earliest brush with BGM was Tik Tik Tik and Nenjathai Killathe. I was really young than but those really opened my eyes...

I tried finding some samples...couldn't find tamil ones but still a great listen.






BTW, if you are wondering who I am, you know me from Baddy's blog. I just joined the Hub yesterday since the Raja conversations were getting too interesting for me to stay away!!

[Drugmachine]

Unfortunately I was first aware of bad BGM!!! Especially the stock ones that used to be part of Hindi films and serials like Ramayan and Mahabharath. I really can't remember which was the 'Eureka' moment but 'Geetanjali' (Telugu)was one movie which awakened my senses to BGM. Another movie which I loved the BGM was 'Swarnakamal'.

[Lt_Apple]

If my memory serves right - it was while watching Nayagan on TV I guess.

The scene where nayakar meets his daughter in her house and learns that she was married and has a son as well.

The BGM that ran in the background made me hum that for few hours then.



The part that starts at 4:28

[softy54534]

Carrying over from a blog on this topic, thought it would be interesting if we go back and figure out when did we first wake up to the concept called background music.
Speaking of me, growing up in the 80's, a golden period for Raja's BGM, I must confess that I walked through such classics as Johnny, Mouna Raagam, Raaja paarvai without realising the gift I had been offered. My loss. It was with Agni N that my senses awoke to the touch of this animal called BGM.
This thread is for everyone to recall their BGM-Eureka moment.

[Lillie_Steins]

Guna. I was deeply affected by that haunting musical motif (especially the chorus), it stirred down the rims of my entire emotional viscera. The problem is to spot the exact sequence which touched or dazzle me like a 'celestial spawn of gazelle' that would forever change or awaken the whole consciousness to BGM. But the film, I'm sure, is Guna.

[TorryJens]

Still cat on the wall.

[Drugmachine]

Roja - i watchd it in theater - the scene where wasim khan gets caught, Music was so hollywood style action movie BGM, i used to wonder how rahman brought that effect. It set me to look for BGMs in other movies as well.

[Raj_Copi_Jin]

Still cat on the wall.

Oh! Who was the MD for this movie?

[Lt_Apple]

Lots by thalaivar - Bombay: When Manisha comes to A.Swamy House and he comes out and see her thru the spiral stairs - Thalaivar voice pullarikkum

[Big A]

Originally Posted by P_R Still cat on the wall.

Oh! Who was the MD for this movie?

[PhillipHer]

Carrying over from a blog on this topic, thought it would be interesting if we go back and figure out when did we first wake up to the concept called background music.
Speaking of me, growing up in the 80's, a golden period for Raja's BGM, I must confess that I walked through such classics as Johnny, Mouna Raagam, Raaja paarvai without realising the gift I had been offered. My loss. It was with Agni N that my senses awoke to the touch of this animal called BGM.
This thread is for everyone to recall their BGM-Eureka moment.

theriyaliyaeppaa

[LottiFurmann]

Though I had been watching movies all these years, it took till 2004 for me to realize and experience the various aspects of a movie such a cinematography, music, re recording, theme music, background score etc etc.

October 17th, 2004, Thiyagaraja Theater, Thiruvanmiyur, is exactly when and where the magic happened. First time I experienced a movie along with mesmerizing background score which touched my soul. And that is exactly when I became a big fan of the composer of this movie! The movie along with the songs and background score will never be forgotten in my life!

The movie was 7G Rainbow Colony and the composer, Yuvan Shankar Raja! Kudos to Selva, Yuvan and 7G Team.

[Lt_Apple]

Mowna ragam.
First time when I watched it, I couldn't understand the meaning of the movie or the drama between the characters. All that I could enjoy as a kid, and now has been Ilayaraja's music.

[doctorzlo]

Unfortunately I was first aware of bad BGM!!! Especially the stock ones that used to be part of Hindi films and serials like Ramayan and Mahabharath. I really can't remember which was the 'Eureka' moment but 'Geetanjali' (Telugu)was one movie which awakened my senses to BGM. Another movie which I loved the BGM was 'Swarnakamal'.

Suresh, I was hoping your recall of the moment would be more detailed. Githanjali, ofcourse, starting with the is a Tour de Force. However, the movie itself is underwhelming.

Swarna Kamalam - thanks for mentioning. from the movie. Viswanath managed to capture the brahmin telugu lower middle class neighbourhood very well.

[HedgeYourBets]

Plum,

To be honest, I don't think I recall every BGM piece of 'Geetanjali'. If I am not wrong, there is one moment where the mist creeps in on Nagarjuna and there is a music piece in the background. That scene had a lasting impact on many people and even now some people I talk to recall this scene.

Yup. 'Swarnakamalam' was well done by K Vishwanath. I especially like the BGM whenever Venkatesh and Bhanupriya meet in the early part of the movie. One of our hubbers, raagas, had earlier told that this was the ring tone on his mobile.

Another movie which impressed us with BGM during those times was 'Anveshana' though I can't recall a particular piece now but I still remember everyone discussing about the photography and BGM of this movie, not to mention the songs.

[Beerinkol]

Plum,

In the clip you had given the link to, where Venkatesh goes into the well, at the very end there is the piece of BGM which I like a lot.

[Drugmachine]

Up with Raja's best BGM ever. This also features the theme music you mentioned for Venky-Bhanu.

[brraverishhh]

Shows Raja's mastery over the medium. Cats on the wall must watch this,

Watch how the Oh Priya theme surges briefly when Nagarjuna and Girija let their constraints of condition go, the flute poignantly plays a variation of Ohy priya priya. Then, as Nagarjuna in the flush of the situation, hops out, the violins and flute surge joyfully and come to an abrupt halt as he runs into her father. Then, as the doctor starts talking about his condition, the loop back to the title BGM, which is but a capsule of the movie's theme. One has to rub one's ears hard to believe that this was all sponatneous spur-of-the-moment score. This is beyond genius.

There is background score, then there is background score, and then there is Ilaiyaraja. Every fan can rightfully talk of his idol's BGM, and he would be justified, but this man goes beyond all and defines background score as an integral part of movie making.

[tgs]

Suresh, is this the one? I am sure you know that this piece is from Nothing But Wind.