Music - Badmaash Company, IAWA, Bird Idol.......

This week, again, featuring mostly unheard of films and music:

Badmaash Company (2010)

Music: Pritam

Pritam! It's been a while now since his last album came out. The search for the original album which he plagiarized has begun. But it is kind of worthless, because the songs are just so plain and boring that it is hard to find that motivation. But there was one thing I noticed from listening to this album. No wonder Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is highly paid, because Fakeera was the only song that stood out in this album. Otherwise, what a bore!

It's A Wonderful Afterlife (2010)

Music: Sukshinder Shinda, Taz Stereo Nation, Bally Sago

What a weird album! Kind of reminds of Prince, which had about 9 remixes. But at least the remixes were of original tracks from the movie. The case for this album is different. This album consists of remixes of well-known songs from previous movies and albums. For example, Gud Naalon Vishiq Mitha, Desi Girl. I don't see any reason why would someone pay to listen to remixes of not-so-old songs. There might be some songs that are original, but due to aforementioned fact, I am not sure whether the song is original or if I have not heard the original track.
Anyways, back to the music,

• I just skipped the remixes, and out of all remix tracks Do The Nach is better.
• And again, the usual suspect, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan comes up with his gem, Ghum Sum Ghum Sum is nice to listen to. He deserves the money.
• It's Love (Piano version) is pretty soothing. Piano instrumentals sound so good.

Admissions Open (2010)

Music: Amit Trivedi (....expectations are high)

This is not a high impact album. Pretty middle-class would be it's metaphor. Not flashy or chic, but something that you don't feel like trashing. Just feels bad though, that in spite of a good vibe, it would not be something anyone would want to listen to again.
Amit Trivedi does it again in this album. It could be his trademark. Different genres of music all in one album:
Meri Rooh (6/10) -- Silent, romantic track.
Aasmaan Ke Paar (6/10) -- Modern and hip-hop. Energetic.
Dariya Ubale (6/10) -- Good sounding rock music
Roshni (6/10) -- Perhaps the most interesting track of the album. Indo-western music with nice play of harmonium, sitar and drum beats. Typical Amit Trivedi. It just misses the mark.
Music Hi Hai (6/10) -- Fun argument put to a tune. Pretty positive sounding.

Bumm Bumm Bole (2010)

Music: M.G. Sreekumar, Tapas Relia, Azaan Sami

Alright, after some relatively wordy reviews, this one deserves only a few words. The album size (4 tracks) compels me to write only 4 points:
-- Not interesting
-- Boring
-- Good music was not the intention
-- Clinton Cerejo tries his best (Rang De), but not enough

Bird Idol (2010)

Music: Siddharth Haldipur

Another Bollywood animation movie made me think this was the last place where I would have found interesting music. Guess what! The music, if nothing else, deserves to be listened to at least once. Pretty lively and exciting. Totally hit me out of the blue.
Get these:
Dil Jaana (Duet) (7/10) -- Cutest song of the movie. Not to forget, the leading lady voice is pretty bad, until you know it is sung by Juhi Chawla. Not bad for her I would say.
Dil Jaana (Solo) (7/10) -- Same song, just as good as the duet owing to the fact that Juhi did not sing in this one.
This album gets some brownie points:
-- Oomph Soniye and it's remix version are pretty lively with funny lyrics
-- Ditto for Hey You (Muskurumber) and it's remix
-- Fly, Fly, Fly is the first time ever I have heard Kailash Kher in such joy and energy.
Pretty surprised to find some delightful music here. Nothing awesome, but the liveliness is just there.