Thaman

Thaman is a great Music director. He has great ear for sound and mix. He doesn't over mix, neither does overlay with heavy vocals. He keeps a good ratio between vocals and music. The best of his comes in Mundhinam Paartheney. This soundtrack is superb for its use of western influences - English lyrics, Jazz, Swing and a variety of musical instruments. It doesn't go fast too. It would be nice to hear this guy try out new dimensions in music. Only this kind of experimentalist will make the much necessary shake up in music industry. It is also very heart breaking that this person has not followed up, or maybe not been allowed to follow up with a great album.

All the songs are good, but some are better. All of Suchitras songs are excellent, but I would not say anything about it with respect to others. So among the rest of the track list, Maya sung by Naresh Iyer and Janani is a good easy listener, Indre Indre by Ranjith doesn't live up to the singers level, and Manadhil Adiyil sung by Priyadarshini is barely OK. All these songs have heavy rock influence and a failed attempt at fusion. Even then all these songs have been nicely produced.

The other songs by Suchitra are Mundhinam Paarthen with Thaman, Pesum Poove with Krish and Kanavena with Haricharan. The best of this lot is Pesum Poove. Mundhinam Paarthen is a class apart. The song Kanavena is good in parts, though there are at times when you feel what the music tries to say.

So Mundhinam Paartheney: Must Have.

Recommended buy for sure.

Other soundtracks by same director from movie Eeram is also good, though I would not recommend to buy it.

Trivia: He debuted in the movie Boys as an actor.