1 |
Shoes
to America (1:00) |
2 |
The
Namesake Opening Titles (2:57) |
3 |
First
Day in New York (1:54) |
4 |
Jhiri
Jhiri Choyetali - Geeta Dutt (3:00) |
5 |
Flight
IC408 - State of Bengal (4:02) |
6 |
Airport Grief (1:52) |
| 7 |
Mo's
Affair (0:57) |
8 |
Farewell
Ashoke (0:42) |
9 |
Ashima
Becomes a Widow (1:32) |
10 |
Aftermath
(1:33) |
11 |
Ye
Mera Divanapan - Susheela Raman (3:35) |
12 |
Baul
Song - Lakhan Das (4:41) |
13 |
Taj Mahal (0:40) |
14 |
The
Chosen One - The Elements and Mykill Miers (1:26) |
15 |
Max
Arrives (0:43) |
16 |
Boatman's
Song (1:25) |
17 |
Postales
- Federico Aubele (4:10) |
18 |
Amra
Reformed Hindus - Partha Chatterjee (2:40) |
19 |
The
Namesake Reprise (5:05) |
20 |
The
Same Song - Susheela Raman (4:11) |
21 |
Falling
- Nitin Sawhney featuring Matt Hales from Aqualung (4:49) |
SOUNDTRACK REVIEW:
In
troubled and hectic times like this, city dwellers can find
their peace of mind in music - and we are glad that this soundtrack
album to India-born director Mira Nair’s movie does
a good job of soothing our bothered minds.
The
55-minute album contains both score material and tunes which
appear in the touching movie about the clash of modernity
and traditions in an Indian family.
Acclaimed
flamenco guitarist Nitin Sawhney provides 26 minutes of underscore
here, featuring traditional instruments like flutes, sitars
and tablas. Being listeners living on this side of the globe,
the Asian sounds are not foreign to our ears.
There
may be no outstanding main theme to identify in Sawhney’s
works, but the brief melodies seem to flit about with such
lyricism, your nerves would be calmed by their mesmerizing
effects.
Interspersing
these score tracks are traditional chants and modern raps.
A personal favourite is 1960s Indian vocalist’s performance
of “Jhiri Jhiri Choyetali”. The 3-minute Bengali
tune evokes charming pictures of pretty Indian dancers tapping
to the music in their gorgeous saris.
Elsewhere,
there are hip-hop tunes like “Flight IC408” which
got us chuckling to the airplane crew’s announcements;
and also “Postales”, which got us chuckling to
a mental image of how part animals would dance to this groovy
tune.
When
the album closes with “Falling”, a fitting collaboration
between Sawhney and English singer-songwriter Matt Hales,
you’d feel the power of globalization and how it has
brought people together musically.
SOUNDTRACK
RATING:
 
Recommended Track: (4) Jhiri Jhiri Choyetali - Geeta Dutt
Review
by John Li
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