The Invisible Men
With the background score contributing to a film’s success, composers are glad that finally someone is taking notice.
In the recently-announced 57th National Awards, Ilayaraja bagged the award for the best background score for the Malayalam film Keralavarma Pazhassiraja. Few realise that what the veteran musician has accomplished is a great feat for two reasons: firstly, the National Awards did not have a dedicated category to honour composers for background scores and secondly, it makes him the second person ever to win a National Award for background score besides Johnson, who won it for the Malayalam film Sukrutham in 1995.
While this may signify how much the Indian film industry underplays the importance of background scores in a film, it also shows that finally, people are waking up to its importance. Part of the success of two recent blockbusters, Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai and Dabangg, is being attributed to the background score. Milan Luthria, the director of OUATIM, in fact, delayed the submission of his film to the censor board so that he could appropriately recreate the ’70s and add to the mood of thrill to go with the film’s storyline. Another successful film this year, Raajneeti, too has notable background music by composer Wayne Sharpe (who also did Prakash Jha’s Gangajal, which won him an award and Apaharan).
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