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One of Our Registered Members(A fan of Maestro Ilaiyaraaja) wants to publish his Reply to “Shaaji’s article about Ilaiyaraaja” in our blog.Here it is.

A Reply to Shaaji’s article about Ilayaraja

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• Last night when I was surfing the Internet, I came to know about a song titled “The Journey Home” by John Doan ( master of the twenty-string harp guitar).

• I’m loving this song, really mesmerizing. Great to hear.

• I have a doubt.Is there any connection between “The Journey Home” by John Doan and “The Journey Home” by our master AR Rahman? This sounds silly.Right?

• Sometimes John Doan’s “The Journey Home” reminds me of AR Rahman’s “The Journey Home” from Bombay Dreams.Is this an illusion? or Is there something musically similar(may be the genre) between The Journey Homes?

• Listen to the song “The Journey Home” by John Doan here.This was released in 1998 i believe.

• Here is the song “The Journey Home” by AR Rahman from Bombay Dreams released in the year 2002.

• No doubt both songs are great IMO. What do you feel about these songs? Pour your comments if possible.

• In my blog,You guys may come across the blog post “Multiple versions of a single Tune”.Read the original post here

• Its time to update that blog post.”Thumbi Vaa” tune has been remastered by our Raaja sir for the movie “Paa”.A shorter version of that song is released in Net.

• Listen to the song here

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Michael Kamen and A.R.Rahman

• “Chinna Chinna Aasai” song from the movie “Roja” is one of my all time favorites.Its a very melodious number in reggae style.

• An amazing composition by our master A.R.Rahman(the very 1st film song composed by him.Its a mind blowing number)…

• Especially i love the prelude to the song.It adds a beautiful feel to the whole song.

• I happened to watch the movie “Highlander” this morning.The orchestral score done by Michael Kamen is simply Amazing.

• The opening section of a soundtrack in Highlander is very similar to the best part of the prelude in “Chinna Chinna Aasai”.

• Yes.A very small snippet from the Highlander’s soundtrack is used by our Master A.R.Rahman.Its really interesting..

• The same snippet is used by New Line Cinema as a theme.

• Here is the New Line Cinema Intro with the snippet composed by Michael Kamen.

• Listen to the song “Chinna Chinna Aasai” here.

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• I am not able to find the Original soundtrack  from Highlander 1 in Internet.Watch the movie again and you will come across the prelude for sure.For your Information,Highlander’s release date : March 7, 1986.

Enya's Boadecia and Yuvan's Thathi Thathi

• Enya -The first album released by Irish singer Enya in the year 1987.

• “Boadicea” is my pick of the album.Its simply nice to hear.I like it very much.

• Can you find a tamil song equivalent to “Boadicea”?Off course, you can. How?

• Some parts of “Thathi Thathi” soundtrack from Kadhal Kondaen Movie is heavily inspired(or influenced) by Enya’s “Boadicea”.Hence,We got a Tamil song equivalent to Boadicea.

• To be more Clear , here is the soundtrack “Thathi Thathi” from Kadhal Kondaen movie released in the year 2003.

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• Listen to the track “Boadicea” by Enya here.

• Though the prelude in “Thathi Thathi” song is heavily Inspired from Enya’s Boadicea,I love the feel(soul) given to the song by Yuvan Shankar Raja very much.

• Actually speaking,the song “Boadicea” has been sampled by so many bands.Here is a short list.

The Fugees sampled “Boadicea” for “Ready or Not” song

Mario Winans for “I Don’t Wanna Know” song

The Pirates for “You Should Really Know” song

Nina Sky for their Single “Time to Go” song

and the list goes on and on….