| 翻訳と辞書 |
| Highway (soundtrack) ： ウィキペディア英語版 |
Highway (soundtrack)
''Highway'' is the soundtrack album, composed by A. R. Rahman, to the 2014 Hindi film of the same name, directed by Imtiaz Ali. The film stars Randeep Hooda and Alia Bhatt in the lead roles. The film is produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. Imtiaz Ali is the co-producer. The songs in the soundtrack album are situational, whereas the original score is minimal. Initially, the film was planned without music. However, the tracks eventually fell in place due to the script and situational numbers to fit in. The track "Patakha Guddi" has heavy Punjabi influence in its music; however, the rest of the songs do not entirely depend on regional music themes. They concentrate more on the feelings and spirits of the character "Veera" played by Alia Bhatt. The track "Sooha Sahaa" marks Bhatt's debut as a singer. The track was co-sung with Zeb Bangash. The female version of Patakha Guddi was released as the first single followed by the second single "Maahi Ve" to positive critical reception. The album featured nine tracks, and was digitally released on on T-Series. The soundtrack as well as the film score garnered positive a critical response from music critics. Critics adjudged the track "Patakha Guddi" as one of the top ten songs of 2014.
==Development==
Initially, the film was planned only with a background score and without any songs. On the score of the film Rahman quoted "The background score in ''Highway'' is more minimalist and it is not locked down to any choreography."〔
In an interview for ''The Hollywood Reporter'', director Imtiaz Ali stated that all songs barring "Sooha Saha" were recorded after the entire film was shot. The track titled "Patakha Guddi" lyrically describes freedom and holds abstracts of purity and wildness."Maahi Ve" is of ballad genre picturised on Veera (character played by Alia Bhatt) and Mahabir(character played by Randeep Hooda) as they go through the journey together. According to Rahman, for some songs, he has used a region's soundscape while for others, he has utilised the character's internal journey as a map. "Maahi Ve" being one such song, he has used sounds from Punjab, another that could connect with Haryana to transform it into futuristic soundscape. A single stanza〔 of the track "Sooha Saha" is sung by Alia Bhatt, marking her debut as a singer.〔 In an interview with The Indian Express, Rahman quotes, "I am very fascinated with the concept of actors in Hollywood lip syncing to tracks sung by them. I think it adds a nice and real feel to the song. In ''Highway'', we wanted a natural voice for a lullaby and Imtiaz suggested that we should try Alia. I was not aware that she could sing, but Imtiaz asserted that we should give her a chance. I called Alia for a recording session and realised that her voice has a fine, natural texture which went well with the song." In the film as the journey moves from the plains of Punjab to the hills of Himachal, Veera sings this lullaby that reminds Mahabir of his childhood. Alia was made to sing to add more poignancy to the scene. The track "Wanna mash up" is a groovy western dance number composed entirely in English with rap and reggae to which Alia's character Veera grooves to, in the film. As per the situation in the movie, any English song would have fit in to the situation, however Rahman opined to compose an original piece.〔 Further, on singing the male version of "Patakha Guddi" Rahman notes, "Singing in Punjabi wasn't difficult as I'd composed the tune, and improvised a lot. All I had to do was work on the pronunciations." It is the first time when he had recorded a full-fledged Punjabi track. The track drifts from Sufi tones to a hard rock number in its length. On development of the same, lyricist Irshad Kamil stated, "Imtiaz strongly felt that the song must be recorded in Rahman sir's voice to make it more gratifying in its high notes. I couldn't agree more. The only hitch was his Punjabi diction, but we soon came up with a solution. I read out the entire song in Punjabi and sent the voice memo to Rahman sir. Patakha guddi was a long piece. We spent quite a few days working on it. The result is for all of us to see." The opening refrain of "Tu Kuja" is from the famous Persian phrase but later the song is pure Hindi track inspired by the Amir Khusro song 'Kirpa Karo Maharaj' in praise of Moinuddin Chishti.〔 The track "Heera" involves traditional couplets by Sant Kabir.〔 "Kahaan Hoon Main" is a track that lyrically describes one's self-discovery.〔 Singer Jonita Gandhi who sang this song noted, "It is the song which can take 'you into the realm of spirituality and lead to self-realisation'".〔 Upon the questionnaire of the mood of the song, the singer in an interview at ''The Hindu'' added, "It is about a girl who is facing new experiences which make her question aspects of her life and journey. It is a song about inner reflection and self-realisation, which are themes that everyone can relate to."〔 Nakash Aziz has sung the male version of the track "Tu Kuja" that was featured only in the film.
A musical promotional event took place on 18 January 2014 in Mumbai. The event also had an interview wherein Rahman described as the track ''Implosive Silence'' as "a state of mind-soothing yet enigmatic". It is a musical piece trying to capture the sounds in character Veera's mind as she travels along the highway.〔 Later, singer of the song Jonita Gandhi stated, "The song 'Implosive silence' isn't a song that requires lyrics – it is very expressive in itself, and portrays the emotions felt by the characters in the film." Further in yet another interview, Rahman disclosed that in the film, for him the most important sound (track) was "Implosive Silence". The song being the voice of the main protagonist Veera was compared to brain functions, described as 1000 different questions coming, settling somewhere, not settling somewhere. Imtiaz Ali's interview with ''Examiner'' wherein he stated that the music was not necessarily only in the geographical sense, but also in the change of the spirit of the girl. The song in the Salt Pan desert ("Tu Kuja") had influences of the region. The song in the land of Punjab was "Pataakha Guddi", entirely in Punjabi. But other songs drop the regional aspect and concentrate more on the girl's emotions, like the song in the mountains ("Wanna Mash Up") and ("Maahi Ve") or atop of the bus ("Kahaan Hoon Main") were not regional but were approached more in western manner to show the ebullience of one in a situation or mentality like that.
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Highway (soundtrack)」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|