Ilaiyaraaja and his Title Scores.

Navin Mozart has pulled off uploading "The Greatest Title Scores of Ilaiyaraaja" which none could imagine. I wonder how much painstaking effort would have gone in selecting the best movies and carefully cutting the Title Themes. This around 2 Hrs of Title Scores gives us some of the best musical experience in our life. Prior to Ilaiyaraaja none of the composer in Tamil Cinema has given a Title Score that is relevant to the movie. His scores are like Preface to a Novel-which helps the viewers to expect what from the movie, by capturing various moods of the movie from the Title Score itself. For Eg. in the Varusham 16: the theme is same but comes in various moods with happy mood in the flute and then gradually moving to melancholy mood in the full orchestration. This gives a picture of the movie's journey to the audience. Take any of Ilaiyaraaja's Title Score. It carries the weight of the entire movie. This is what that makes Ilaiyaraaja a class apart from the rest of the composers.

When listening to these 50 Title scores, all one can wonder at its versatile and rich orchestration conveying apt emotions based on the movie.

Esp.Japanil Kalyanaraman(What a grand orchestration all of a sudden),Nooravathu Naal nail-biting percussions followed by Bass Guitar, Nilavu Suduvathillai(What a Stunning Bass Guitar intro), Kickass and funky Paayum Puli, Ninaivellam Nithya, Netrikan - Solo Violin Piece and the sudden outburst of Violins in Vikram.

Finally, a solo Cello piece was so haunting but I couldn't recollect the movie name. When found it was so surprising that the piece was scored for a Dabba movie like Kannukulle. Ivar Manasukulle Ennapa Irukku.