Avan Ivan
| Avan Ivan | ||||
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| 📅 Released | 29 October 2008 | |||
| 🎙️ Recorded | 2010 - 2011 Prasad Studios (Chennai) S.A.S.I Studios (Chennai) | |||
| ⏳ Length | 23:56 | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| 🏷️ Label | Sony Music | |||
| 🤑 Producer | Yuvan Shankar Raja | |||
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Avan Ivan is the soundtrack is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja for 2011 film of the same name starring Vishal and Arya. It marks his second collaboration with Bala, following a highly critically acclaimed work in Nandha. Deviating from his usual style of composing, he did not use any Western musical elements such as synths and auto-tune,[1] but only "pure ethnic (Indian) sounds",[2] further disclosing that the entire album and score was recorded live.[3] Yuvan Shankar recorded the whole orchestra in one take, after few rehearsals.[4] In August 2010, an intense pathos song was recorded in the voice of Vijay Prakash,[5] while the following month, he recorded several different Indian folk drums with 40 people.[6][7] Yuvan revealed that he was given over two months time for each song,[8] while Bala later commented that Yuvan's job for Avan Ivan was of "international standard".[9] The Master recording was handed over by Yuvan Shankar Raja on 18 March 2011.[10][non-primary source needed]
Release
The soundtrack album was released exactly one month later, on 18 April 2011 by Bala's mentor Balu Mahendra in a grand event held at the Residency Towers, Chennai.[8][11] Controversially, the songs had been leaked to the Internet few days before the official release, after Sony Music had sent the master copies to abroad earlier.[12][13] The album consists of 5 tracks, four songs and an instrumental,[6] with lyrics penned by Na. Muthukumar. The song "Oru Malayoram" featured vocals by children Priyanka, Srinisha Jayaseelan and Nithyashree, who were participants in the second season of the reality-based singing-competition Airtel Super Singer Junior.[14] Only one songs from the soundtrack, "Dia Dia Dole", was used in its entirety, along with an altered shorter version of "Rasathi" and parts of "Mudhal Murai", while "Avanapathi" and "Oru Malayoram" were completely left out.[15][16] The film, however, featured two additional tracks, not included in the soundtrack, which would be released in a second edition.[17] The lyrics for the Telugu version of the soundtrack, which was released on 1 June 2011 at Taj Banjara Hotel in Hyderabad, were written by Ananth Sreeram and Chandrabose.[18]
Soundtrack listing
All lyrics written by Na. Muthukumar.
| Tracklist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Rasathi" | Haricharan | 4:53 |
| 2. | "Dia Dia Dole" | Suchitra | 4:02 |
| 3. | "Oru Malayoram" | Vijay Yesudas, Priyanka, Srinisha Jayaseelan, Nithyashree | 5:43 |
| 4. | "Mudhal Murai" | Vijay Prakash | 3:37 |
| 5. | "Avanapathi" | T. L. Maharajan, Sathyan | 5:41 |
| Total length: | 23:56 | ||
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Behindwoods |    [19] |
| Rediff | [20] |
The album received positive reviews from music critics. Richard Mahesh from Behindwoods gave a 2.5/5 rating and said "Yuvan Shankar Raja has experimented with a new-dimensional music that sounds good on the whole. While 'Avanapathi' and 'Rasathi' turning us irresistibly addictive to its tunes, 'Oru Malayoram' will be a melodic hit of this season." describing the album as "different but a laudable show by Yuvan"[19] Pavithra Srinivasan from Rediff gave a 3/5 rating and said "When it comes to Avan Ivan, it looks like Yuvan has voluntarily tried to move out of his comfort zone, given up on his template and experimented, particularly with the instrumental arrangement and most times, it works. Go for it."[20] Indiaglitz said "Songs from Bala's films never failed to disappoint us. The director has repeated the magic this time too and the credit goes to Yuvan Shankar Raja."[21]
References
- ↑ "'Avan Ivan' thrills Yuvan". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 2010-09-10. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
- ↑ "Yuvan's new experiment for 'Avan Ivan'". Top 10 Cinema. 3 November 2010. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 2011-08-27. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Vishal for 'Guinness Record'". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
- ↑ "Yuvan's orchestra in one take!". The Times of India. 20 April 2011. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Yuvan records on Independence Day". IndiaGlitz. 16 August 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-08-18. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Avan Ivan, Yuvan". Behindwoods. 14 September 2010. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
- ↑ "- The Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Avan Ivan audio launched in style". Sify.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2011-08-27. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Rangarajan, Malathi (28 May 2011). "Arts / Cinema : Seriously FUNNY!". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
- ↑ "Twitter / Yuvan Shankar Raja: Giving the master cd of av". Retrieved 2011-08-27 – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Watch Out For Avan Ivan's Audio!". Behindwoods. 16 April 2011. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-27. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Yuvan's Avan Ivan music leaked". Sify.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-19. Retrieved 2011-08-27. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Piracy Strikes Avan Ivan!". Behindwoods. 16 April 2011. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-27. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Lots to listen to". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 2 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2011. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Avan Ivan Review". Behindwoods. 3 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
- ↑ "Avan Ivan | Movie Review". Top 10 Cinema. 17 June 2011. Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-27. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Yuvan's Additional Bonanzas". Behindwoods. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
- ↑ "Vaadu Veedu Audio Release Function — Photo Gallery". Ragalahari.com. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Avan Ivan Music Review". Behindwoods. 3 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Review: Avan Ivan's music is impressive". Rediff. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
- ↑ "Avan Ivan Music Review songs lyrics". IndiaGlitz. 20 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-01-31. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
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