DIL Chahta Hai Soundtrack - (33 1/3 South Asia) by Jayson Beaster-Jones (Hardcover)
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- The soundtrack to the film Dil Chahta Hai (2001) was arguably the first hit soundtrack in Bollywood created by a rock band.
- About the Author: Jayson Beaster-Jones is Professor of Music in the Department of Global Arts, Media, and Writing Studies at the University of California, Merced, USA.
- 152 Pages
- Music, Individual Composer & Musician
- Series Name: 33 1/3 South Asia
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About the Book
"Dil Chahta Hai (2001) had possibly the first rock soundtrack in Bollywood. It transformed the sound and production practices of Bollywood cinema, as shown by reviews from music critics and fans, industry interviews, and close analysis of the film and its music. These songs emerged from writing trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. The popularity of their collaborative compositional approach reveals the changing tastes of India's urban youth audiences and the rise of the rock star narrative in Hindi films. This award-winning soundtrack is an entry point into Bollywood film songs, Hindi language music, and the Indi-pop movement of the '80s and '90s"--Book Synopsis
The soundtrack to the film Dil Chahta Hai (2001) was arguably the first hit soundtrack in Bollywood created by a rock band. Through interviews and analysis of the soundtrack, this book provides insights into the relationships between Bollywood films, their songs, and new production practices at a key moment of Indian popular music history.
Music scholar Jayson Beaster-Jones illustrates how the collaborative approach for this Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy soundtrack generated momentum for a new kind of Indian film song. He highlights the changing tastes of India's urban youth audiences in the twenty-first century and shows how Dil Chahta Hai paved the way for the rock and EDM-oriented compositions of Hindi-language cinema that came to dominate the first decades of the 21st century, making Dil Chahta Hai among the most influential soundtracks in Indian cinematic history. In his discussion of this landmark album, Beaster-Jones draws from interviews with the musician-composers of this soundtrack, reviews by music and film critics, and his own close analysis of the music to trace the production and reception of the Dil Chahta Hai soundtrack in India. Placing the soundtrack in its cultural, historical, and musical contexts, he describes how the rock band aesthetic of the music director trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (i.e. Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa) and the lyrics of Javed Akhtar transformed both the sound and the compositional practices of Bollywood cinema in the new millennium.About the Author
Jayson Beaster-Jones is Professor of Music in the Department of Global Arts, Media, and Writing Studies at the University of California, Merced, USA. He is the author of Bollywood Sounds: The Cosmopolitan Mediations of Hindi Film Song (2015), Music Commodities, Markets, and Values: Music as Merchandise (2016), and co-editor of Music in Contemporary Indian Film: Memory, Voice, Identity (2017).Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x .38 Inches (D)
Weight: .61 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 152
Genre: Music
Sub-Genre: Individual Composer & Musician
Series Title: 33 1/3 South Asia
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Format: Hardcover
Author: Jayson Beaster-Jones
Language: English
Street Date: December 12, 2024
TCIN: 1001765760
UPC: 9781501388651
Item Number (DPCI): 247-43-1415
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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