Pre-Release
- 28 APR 2024
- 1 Song
- Kishore Kumar Most Loved Hits 2023 · 1982
- Evergreen Old Songs · 1985
- Pyare Nagme · 1975
- Evergreen Old Songs · 1981
- Pyare Nagme · 1981
- Pyare Nagme · 1970
- Kishore Kumar Evergreen Hits · 1972
- Zameen Aasman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 1983
- Magical Voice of Kishore Kumar · 1982
- Ultimate Love Duets Hits Vol.1 · 1977
Essential Albums
- R. D. Burman teams up with poet and lyricist Gulzar to create Masoom's soulful soundtrack. The album's intensity is clear early on with "Huzur Is Kadar"—a ghazal performed by Suresh Wadkar and Bhupindra Singh—followed closely by male and female versions of "Tujhse Naraz Nahin Zindagi"; woe dripping from Lata Mangeshkar's voice in hers, while Anup Ghoshal's baritone adds fervour to his. The record ends with a return to innocence, however, with the carefree tune of "Lakdi Ki Kathi" capturing the blissful ignorance of children unaware of adulthood's many ups and downs.
- The Sanam Teri Kasam soundtrack is a ride through some of the most inventive and unique aspects of Bollywood music. Composed by R. D. Burman, the album manages to squeeze in a disco-flavoured classical Indian jaunt with "Jane Jaan O Meri Jane Jaan", a male and a female version of "Kitne Bhi Tu Karle Sitam"—one with crooning strings, the other swimming in tabla back beats—and "Jana O Meri Jana", which delights with a jazzy intro before turning to a more traditional Goan sound.
- A collaboration between composer R. D. Burman and lyricist Anand Bakshi, Rocky's soundtrack is filled with upbeat tracks like "Doston Ko Salaam" and "Aao Mere Yaro Aao", which serve as introductions to our eponymous protagonist. Elsewhere, "Kya Yahi Pyar Hai" features a thrilling duet from familiar pair Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar, but it is "Aa Dekhen Zara"—a disco dance duel between four of the film's main characters—that stands out as the beloved, signature song. Move over "Eye of the Tiger".
- Composer R. D. Burman and lyricist Gulshan Bawra produced the music to accompany Satte Pe Satta, a Bollywood remake of the American musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. The record features ensemble pieces throughout, including the musical theatre refrains of "Jhuka Ke Sar Ko Puchho", and "Mausam Mastana", performed by Asha Bhosle, Dilraj Kaur and Annette Pinto. A particular highlight is "Zindagi Milke Bitayenge", an anthem based on "The Longest Day March" from the 1962 war film of the same name, which stirs with mournful vocals and saxophone strains.
- The influence of the '60s and '70s is illustrated in several of Hum Kisise Kum Naheen’s songs—most notably in the rock 'n' roll stylings of "Aa Dil Kya Mehfil Hai Tere" and "Kya Hua Tera Vada", as well as the psychedelic grooves laced throughout "Tum Kya Jano Mohabbat Kya Hai". One undeniable highlight is the energetic power pop of "Bachna Ae Hasinon"—a song by Kishore Kumar that was revitalised by Sumeet Kumar & Vishal Dadlani and sampled in their 2012 club banger.
- Gulzar's political drama Aandhi—or Storm—lends itself to a dramatic soundtrack, and composer R. D. Burman delivers. The director himself was the film's lyricist, and his love of classical ragas shines through with his inspired use of the sarod and sitar. Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar are the voices most predominantly featured, but an ensemble cast, including Mohammed Rafi, Amit Kumar and Bhupinder, collaborate on "Salam Kijiye", a song that explores the political climate of both the film and the time—to impressive results.
Artist Playlists
- The maverick R.D. Burman, who deftly mixed diverse genres, left a rich musical legacy.
- Relax with soothing, evergreen melodies from RD Burman, one of India's seminal music directors.
Live Albums
About R.D. Burman
R.D. Burman has influenced the bollywood music more than any other music director of his times and brought glitzy dance-oriented music to the stagnated techniques of the '70s. His approach, which takes cues from Western rock and electronic music and amalgamates it perfectly with Indian chorus and rhythm-based melodies is unprecedented and years ahead of his time. The use of new recording techniques and instruments reflected upon the changing attitude of his audience and acted as a trendsetting innovation to the Indian music industry. Rahul Dev Burman (popularly known as Pancham) was born in Calcutta, India to the renowned music director S.D. Burman. In his initial years, Rahul learned the basics of rhythm from tabla maestro Brajen Biswas and sarod from Ali Akbar Khan and later Ashish Khan. He entered the bollywood music industry as an assistant to his father with Pyaasa being the first official film. Rahul's first break as an independent music director came through the film Raaz. Unfortunately, the film was dropped and the unused songs were used for Chote Nawab. In 1966, Rahul gave music for the film Teesri Manzil which became his first box office hit. In early 1970's, Rahul's became the most preferred music directors of his era with hits for films like Kati patang, Amar prem, Buddha mil gaya, Caravan, and Hare Rama Hare Krishna. The song "Dum Maro Dum" from the film Hare Rama Hare Krishna became a hippy anthem of its times and was used in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories soundtrack in 2006. Rahul also sang at times with his grunt bass laden voice; most notable of these being "Mehbooba Mehbooba" from the film Sholay and "Duniya Mein" from Apna Desh. R.D. Burman gave some of the biggest hits of 1970's and early 80's including films like Aandhi, Kinara, Khusboo, Parichay and Golmaal. However, his career took a dip by late 80's with the advent of the disco styled dance music. Most of his music failed to make any significant impression on his audience except that of Sagar and Ijaazat. 1942: A Love Story; released after his death; won him his third Filmfare Award. ~ Bhasker Gupta
- HOMETOWN
- Calcutta, India
- BORN
- 27 June 1939
- GENRE
- Bollywood