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AWARD FOR BACKGROUND SCORE |
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Behindwoods Visitor Suresh Kumar |
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Now
that, what I have been wishing for has
come true, more and more questions popup
in my mind.
I am curious to know how they are going
to select a winner in “Best Background
Score” category in National Awards.
Nowadays, we have libraries like Sonoton,
where there are music pieces readily available
for all varieties of situations in a film.
At least in Hollywood, there is a score
soundtrack release for every film, and
if already available music is used in
the film, it would be clearly mentioned
in the CD inlay. With a soundtrack CD,
the jury could hear the music even without
the visuals to judge its quality, but
our Indian juries, will not have that
option too. The jury members should carefully
observe the background score in a film,
and if it leaves some impact, they should
make sure that it is totally original.
In most of our Hindi films, songs and
background score are done by two different
composers. The score composer of the film
uses the melodies of the songs composed
by the song composer in his background
score throughout the film. For example,
in “Love Aaj Kal”, Salim-Suleiman
has used the motif from “Yeh Dooriyaan”
(hopefully *Composed* by Pritam) in the
background score throughout the film.
In Ishqiya, Hitesh Sonik (background score
composer) has used the seducing flute
piece from “Dil to Bachchaa Hai
Ji” song (composed by Vishal Bharadwaj)
in all those moments where Krishna (Vidya
Balan) seduces Babban (Arshad Warsi) and
Khalujan (Naseeruddin Shah).
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I understand that there is more to a background score
than just the melody that is used, but if the impact
of the score itself is because of the melody, who
should take credit for it - Composer of the song for
composing the melody? Or background score composer
who used it wisely in the right moment in the film?
Not all composers who do background score are like
Amit Trivedi, who for “Wake up Sid” has
not used any of the melodies of the songs composed
by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy for the film. Furthermore, he
has added songs as part of the background score, this
sort of background score further add to the confusion.
Will these songs with vocals and lyrics in it be considered
as part of the background score?
In some films, the song composer himself composes
theme music, which gets released in the song album
of the film. Later, some other composer fills the
background score and uses the theme composed by the
song composer throughout the film, and he gets the
credit of having composed the background score for
the film. G.V.Prakash composed “Irumbu Kottai
Murattu Singam” theme that we find in the CD,
but Sabesh-Murali is the background score composer
of the film, who has used the theme throughout the
film.
And then we have “Plagiarism”. There have
been many instances where Indian composers have used
popular Hollywood film themes for Indian films, and
they continue to do so. The jury for this category
must have a wider knowledge about music in movies
from all over the world.
I have seen the application form that a film producer
must fill and submit along with the film print, for
the film to be considered for National Awards. In
that application, there are columns, in which the
film producer must fill the categories in which he
or she wants the film to be considered. I hope that
our film producers are aware of the introduction of
such a new category in National Awards, and know the
difference between song music and background score.
It all finally depends on what these folks fill in
that form.
For 2009, for which the date of submissions ended
before the announcement of the inclusion of a separate
category for Background Score, I don’t know
how the jury is going to decide.
“Paa” and “Pazhassi Raaja”
are both very successful films and they are also aesthetic
enough to be noticed by the jury members for the performances
and other technical categories, so it is impossible
for them to not notice Ilayaraaja’s background
score in both these films.
Thanks and Regards,
Sureshkumar.
backgroundscore@gmail.com
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G.V.prakash,
Pritam |
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