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Ilaiyaraaja was one of the earliest Indian film composers to use
Western classical music harmonies and string arrangements in Indian film music. This
allowed him to craft a rich tapestry of sounds for films, and his themes and
background score gained notice and appreciation among Indian film audiences The
range of expressive possibilities in Indian film music was broadened by
Ilaiyaraaja's methodical approach to arranging, recording technique, and his
drawing of ideas from a diversity of musical styles
According to musicologist P. Greene, Ilaiyaraaja's "deep
understanding of so many different styles of music allowed him to create
syncretic pieces of music combining very different musical idioms in unified,
coherent musical statements". Ilaiyaraaja has composed Indian film
songs that amalgamated elements of genres such as
Afro-tribal, dance music (e.g., disco), doo-wop, flamenco, acoustic guitar-propelled Western folk, fun, Indian classical, Indian
folk/traditional, jazz, pop, psychedelia and rock and roll.
By virtue of this variety and his interfusion of Western, Indian
folk and Carnatic elements, Ilaiyaraaja's
compositions appeal to the Indian rural dweller for its rhythmic folk
qualities, the Indian classical music enthusiast for the employment of Carnatic Ragas, and the
urbanite for its modern, Western-music sound Ilaiyaraaja's sense of
visualization for composing music is always to match up with the storyline of
the running movie and possibly by doing so, he creates the best experience for
the audience to feel the emotions flavored through his musical score. He mastered
this art of blending music to the narration, which very few others managed to
adapt themselves over a longer time.
Although Ilaiyaraaja uses a range of complex compositional
techniques, he often sketches out the basic melodic ideas for films in a very
spontaneous fashion.
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