Richie Songs - Music Review

PUBLISHED DATE : 24/Nov/2017

Richie Songs - Music Review

Richie Songs - Music Review

Ramesh S Kannan


Richie is an upcoming action crime thriller directed by Gautham Ramachandran and written by Rakshith Shetty with Nivin Pauly as a lead and marking this movie as his direct Tamil movie. The movie is a remake of Kannada hit UlidavruKandante. AjaneeshLoknath who composed music for the original was retained for this remake also and the composer gave fantastic music for Kannada version. Let's check out how Tamil version pans out.

 

 

Sollathaan Nenaikirane:


Sollathaan Nenaikirane's tune has 90's vibe associated with it and the chorus segues into the tune beautifully. Ajaneesh Loknath adorns the beautiful folk track with the spellbinding flute and keyboard while string sections by Chennai Strings give middle Eastern tweak to the arrangements. Though the Kannada equivalent had superlative vocals of Vijay Prakash, Ajaneeshmanages with the neat rendition of the Tamil version.Velmurugan’s Tamil lyrics sounds to be force fitted for the tune.

 

 

Thaayai Thedi:


In ThaayaiThedi, Ajaneesh brings in Vijay Yesudas for the vocal portions while retaining Shankar Mahadevan for the back and forth classical sargams towards the end. VaniHarikrishna's vocal portions are diminished and Ajaneesh tweaked the interludes by removing the Tabla base. The song is adequately enjoyable with subtle changes mainly because of soulful tune and superlative vocals.

 

 

Theme Music


 

Ajaneesh gives the theme music Rich Tarantino styled haunting flavor and the intriguing sounds throughout the three minutes instrumental makes this one immensely enjoyable fare from the composer. The cornucopia of sounds created in the theme music is enough to bolster NivinPauly's screen presence.

 

Final Showdown:


Ajaneesh pushes the boundary further in another instrumental Final Showdown and the PuliAattam mix with the chenda mela and the resounding strings makes this one a terrific listen. The mild Latin/Middle Eastern flavor along with the traditional beats is the highlight of this 4-minute instrumental track.

 

Verdict:


Ajaneesh Loknath's soulful melodies and rich arrangements makes Richie an enjoyable musical experience. 

 

Rating: 3.25/5

Pick of the Album: ThaayaiThedi, Final Showdown, SollathaanNenaikirene

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