![]() ![]() ![]() They were extremely skilled in adapting concert style music to fit the abridged needs of film music. llayaraja made a difference by introducing unorthodox and innovative elements in his classical tunes. Ilayaraja introduced innovation in vocals and instrumental arrangements. Each of his classical songs has something innovative in the vocals, instrumentation or both. At the same time, Ilayaraja never compromised on melody. This focus on melody and his innovation in vocals and instruments make his songs extremely pleasant and attractive both for the ears and eyes.Īlmost every film song (including what we feel are “western” songs in our films) can be traced to some classical raga or the other. If we cannot link a film song directly to a classical raga, the differences can be explained as ‘composer’s freedom and creativity’ and we can thus indirectly link the film song to a classical raga! However, in this post, I am using the term classical songs of Ilayaraja only to those tunes which an average listener or a casual listener can identify as a ‘classical one’.Įnjoy 12 of his classical songs on the player below. The player automatically shuffles songs on repeated plays. ![]() ( You may find that the music stops if you click the back button or some other link on this site or another site. This is because the player is embedded on this page. If you want to listen to the songs without any break, open a new window to browse further on this site or another one. The songs will keep playing in the current window as you browse in the new window). Ilayaraja was very creative in introducing different vocal elements into his classical tunes. These vocal variations lent an additional charm to the song and made it memorable. Notice the beautiful use of overlapping vocals of SPB in Keeravani (Anveshana). And observe the beautiful use of the thanam in Sangeeta ragamalli (Ragamalika). Sangeeta ragamalli also features interesting jump in pitch in the charanam and lovely emoting by SPB. Kottaga rekkalochena (Swarnakamalam) features beautiful use of the flexibility in Janaki’s vocals. ![]() The other song from Swarnakamalam, Siva pujaku features lovely chorus as well as overlapping recital of sansksrit verses at the end of the song by SPB. ![]()
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