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- Summary: The Oscar nominated film's soundtrack features three songs with M.I.A. and A.R. Rahman's score.
- Record Label: Interscope
- Genre(s): Dance, Soundtrack
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 8
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Mixed: 2 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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This is about as close to perfection as a soundtrack can ever hope to get - perfectly capturing the emotional grit of Danny Boyle's onscreen drama, while successfully evoking a very Indian atmosphere for a very Western audience.
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Most tracks stir the pulse; a few evoke the film’s overarching tenderness. Rahman’s trademark sound is polyrhythmic, nuanced and utterly polished but without sacrificing an edgy contradiction that keeps all the songs spinning on their heads.
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It's one of those rare soundtracks that holds up well independent of its film.
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Like all score-dominated soundtracks, Slumdog Millionaire, at times, sounds like a mishmash of random pieces that don’t have much to do with each other. But that’s due to the fact that these pieces were created with specific visuals in mind -- so only listening to the album, you’re only getting half of the story. But this half is still pretty incredible.
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The rest of the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack consists of Rahman's evocative score, which meshes pounding technoid percussive-heavy pieces (such as "Riots" or "Mausam And Escape") and slightly less forceful cues (such as "Ringa Ringa"), some of which seem designed to bring to mind specific moments in the film, some to evoke more general emotions.
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Like the film, the soundtrack to Slumdog Millionaire is all curry-flavored ghetto fabulousness.
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Unfortunately, the rest is incidental disco-lite dross, with a couple of bland bumpers and a little East-meets-West fusion thrown in for good measure. The three M.I.A. tracks would’ve made a solid EP.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 10
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Mixed: 0 out of 10
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Negative: 5 out of 10
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DariaRFeb 11, 2009
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VikramMMay 27, 2009
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PratishkFeb 28, 2009
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JhonatanYMendozaFeb 23, 2009Awful album, so ordinary, overrated, terrible.
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AndreaGMar 17, 2009
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JuanPMar 19, 20097.9 points for it?, its only ghetto and pseudo-dance music, I can't stand Jai Ho its so stupid song, like the rest of the album.
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PeterPMar 19, 2009That's terrible, Why it wins two Oscars?! I don't understand, maybe is a signal from the end of the world.
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