You can argue that Rahman, one of India’s most famous and successful musicians at 47, can afford to. After all he tasted huge success at the age of 25 with his very first soundtrack, for the Tamil language film Roja (Rose), which was listed on Time magazine’s all-time 10 Best Soundtracks in 2005.
American film critic Richard Corliss wrote that the composer’s ‘astonishing debut work parades Rahman’s gift for alchemizing outside influences until they are totally Tamil, totally Rahman.
He plays with reggae and jungle rhythms, fiddles with Broadway-style orchestrations, runs cool variations on Hollywood maestro Ennio Morricone’s scores for Italian westerns’.
American film critic Richard Corliss wrote that the composer’s ‘astonishing debut work parades Rahman’s gift for alchemizing outside influences until they are totally Tamil, totally Rahman.
He plays with reggae and jungle rhythms, fiddles with Broadway-style orchestrations, runs cool variations on Hollywood maestro Ennio Morricone’s scores for Italian westerns’.