Bombay (soundtrack)

Bombay
Soundtrack album by
A. R. Rahman
Released24 December 1994
RecordedPanchathan Record Inn
Genre
Length40:50
LabelPyramid
ProducerA.R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman chronology
Gangmaster
(1994) 		Bombay
(1994) 		Indira
(1995)

Bombay is the soundtrack to the 1995 Indian film of the same name, with eight tracks composed by A. R. Rahman.[1] The film was directed by Mani Ratnam, and stars Arvind Swamy and Manisha Koirala, while the soundtrack album was released on 24 December 1994 by Pyramid.[2] The Indian film was originally a Tamil film dubbed into Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam. The soundtrack was thus released in multiple languages. The lyrics for the Tamil version were written by Vairamuthu, except for the song "Halla Gulla", which was written by Vaali. The lyrics for the Hindi and Telugu versions were written by Mehboob and Veturi, respectively.

The soundtrack of the film became one of the best-selling Indian music albums of all time, with sales of 15 million units.[3][4] The soundtrack was included in The Guardian's "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die" list,[5] and the Hindi version of the song "Kannalane", titled "Kehna Hi Kya" by K S Chitra was included in their "1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear" list.[6] The song "Hamma" was later reused in Ok Jaanu (2017) as "The Humma Song".[7] "Bombay Theme" has appeared in various international films and music compilations, while "Kannalanae" and "Bombay Theme" have been sampled by various international artists.

  1. ^ "Bombay soundtrack by Rahman". A. R. Rahman Official Website. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Bombay soundtrack release history". Tripod.
  3. ^ "The "Mozart of Madras" AR Rahman is Performing LIVE in Australia". SBS. 14 February 2017.
  4. ^ Surajeet Das Gupta, Soumik Sen. "A R Rahman: Composing a winning score". Rediff. Retrieved 21 September 2002.
  5. ^ "100 Best Albums Ever". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  6. ^ "1000 songs everyone must hear; Part one: Love". The Guardian. 14 March 2009. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Songs about love across the barricades delivered in a coquettish fashion are something of a staple in Bollywood. Which is why Kehna Hi Kya by AR Rahman is all the more extraordinary. With its extravagant vocal gymnastics and qawwali-esqe devotional wails, this tale of inter-religious attraction set a new standard and leaves you in no doubt that Rahman deserves his India's greatest living composer tag.
  7. ^ "Here's what Shraddha Kapoor thinks about 'OK Jaanu' co-star Aditya Roy Kapur!". 11 January 2017.