Re: Beginner Indian Music/Movie Fan!!

Date: 4 Mar 2003 14:35:08 -0800
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"Arun Iyengar" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:<BcV8a.666262$email-address-deleted>...
> "Jason Smith" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
>
> > Can anyone recommend really good titles/score's to movies that I could
> > purchase of the net...Are there any FAQ sites for this sort of thing?
>
>
> Jason, looking at your initial foray into hindi film music, I would
> recommend that you start with the film Devdas (2002), the CD of which should
> be readily available. Some of other films that might interest you are Taal,
> Lagaan, Kuch Kuch Hota hai. You might also want to check out non-film albums
> like Shubha Mudgals' Ab ke sawan, Sonu Nigam's Deewana.
>
> Regards,
>
> A
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Jason, welcome to RMIM.
And if this sample has not thoroughly put you off, you might consider music
of a different, higher order :-) Arun, tere taste ko ye kya ho gaya? First,
you had to have Anuradha over Lata, now this!
Anyway, Jason, what Arun has listed is just recent music (that I have largely
not heard), but that is probably in the same class as the music that you
first enjoyed. Many Indian music lovers prefer music of a slightly older era
(anything from the 1940s to 1970s). I can recommend indianscreen.com as a site
where you can sample a wide variety of music from an older era.
musicindiaonline.com will provide a different mix of music.
Once your appetite has been whetted, you can plunge right in - there is a lot
here. and if you want to be more snobbish, you can go to the more esoteric
world of Indian classical music (rec.music.indian.classical) and enjoy the
music of the country.
Vijay