I'm on Slumdog Millionaire's music

This Danny Boyle's 'rags to riches' film needs no introduction. Adapted from Vikas Swarup’s novel 'Q&A', the epic love saga is significant in all respects for Bollywood. East Meets West!With highly acclaimed musician and composer A.R Rahman's manner of expressing and conveying various moods, sounds and genres for the hit film makes its presence felt worldwide.
A.R Rahman's throbbing racy and pulsating instrumental, 'O...Saaya', flows in the introductory track. Making use of bombastically thumped drumming, soppy choir vocals and thriving percussions lifts the spirits and intensity for the opening serge through the cluttered street-slums of Mumbai, India. 'Riots', another pulsation instrumental by Rahman brings out different beats and sounds that collide together to portray an intimidating thrive of violent happenings in the plot. This instrumental has North African styled drumming with an electro feel that sets an everlasting impression of the events.

It connects to global audiences as well with UK based pop singer M.I.A’s (Mathangi 'Maya' Arulpragasam), No.1 track 'Paper Planes'. M.I.A’s noisy style in her best-selling pop/ alternative hip-hop hit has energetic inputs and political lyricism that give it an international position. The music is thematically melodramatic with gunshots, trigger locks and cash register clinging sounds getting mixed in a sluggish-tempo. This was used in a very smart and effective way in comparing the traditional past slums and informal alleyways with that of not only modernization but westernization in India today, which was one of the turning points in the plot.
'Mausam and Escape', one of the instrumental gems, portrays the subtleness of the eastern musical flair with the gravity of western rigorously plucked 'Sitar' (an Indian lute with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck), including animated rhythm loops, hard-line percussions and guitar solo accompaniments for that 'fusion' feel. Intern, it creates an outstanding 'Jugal-Bandi' (vocal or instrumental duet).

The mood swivels to the 90's “stylized” Bollywood where Laxmikant-Pyarelal's much acclaimed 'Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai' gets resurrected and revamped with similar informal thrust in 'Ringa Ringa', using the same vocals of Alka Yagnik and Ila Arun with Raquib Alam's chirpy wordings to emote a typical vulgar Bollywood appeal for international audiences as the original. The final product is enticing and riveting enough to deliver the required blaze into the narration of the film.
'Liquid Dance', has fiery vocals from Madhumita and Palakkad Sriram fiercely interwoven in wild percussive elements to create a ferocious feel for the compelling situations and moments of the screen-play.
'Latika Theme', an alaap (performance with harmonious notations) in stifling tones in rhythmic flows comes out as a fresh and new. Suzanne D'Mello hums it gracefully with a sad tone backed with mild orchestral works. It is simply amazing in its entirety as sounds and humming work expressively in drawing solemn emotions from the viewer.
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy's floor dancing track, 'Aaj Ki Raat', gives a thriving boost with added electronic beats. It's was cool way to make the experience even hotter and spicier for international audiences adds thrust in the story-telling.

A.R Rahman shows out his international class in the ballad 'Dreams on Fire' by Suzanne D’Mello. The subtleness of feminine emotions arises when soothing vocals get interwoven with textures of enthralling music and heart-warming lyrics. It stylishly revisits Celine Dion's soulful 'Its All Coming Back to me' with influential Rahman's melodic finesse.

After being served with blend of international music, the finale presents contemporary victorious notes with racing traditional orchestrations emoting volumes about joy and enthusiasm, that is 'Jai Ho' by Sukhwinder Singh's an US sensation The Pussycat Dolls. Gulzar's poetic wordings stem the joyous moments with Rahman's bombastic orchestral flows of loud drumming and percussions, taking listeners and viewers by surprise.

The fiesta of melodic excellence where international genres, moods, sounds, vocals and instrumentals together to showcase the multidimensional facades of the genius, that is A.R Rahman and Danny Boyle’s ‘Slumdog Millionaire”.