Beyond the Clouds (soundtrack)

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Beyond the Clouds
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Soundtrack album by
A. R. Rahman
Released2 April 2018 (2018-04-02) (CD)
30 May 2018 (2018-05-30) (Vinyl)
Recorded2017–2018
Studio Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios, Chennai
AR Studios, Mumbai
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length36:59
Label Zee Music Company
KM Musiq
Unisys
Producer A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman chronology
2.0
(2017)		Beyond the Clouds
(2018)		 Sanju
(2018)
Singles from Beyond the Clouds
  1. "Ey Chhote Motor Chala"
    Released: 6 April 2018

Beyond the Clouds is the soundtrack album to the 2018 film of the same name directed by Iranian film director Majid Majidi and starred Ishaan Khatter and Malavika Mohanan. The film's musical score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman. The accompanying soundtrack featured instrumentals from the original score and three songs written by Nikhita Gandhi, MC Heam and Dilshaad Shabbir Shaikh. The album was distributed through Zee Music Company, KM Musiq and Unisys and released on 2 April 2018 in CDs, followed by a vinyl edition under Sony DADC on 30 May.

Contents

Background

Beyond the Clouds is the sophomore collaboration between Rahman and Majidi; the former had composed for Majidi's Muhammad: The Messenger of God (2015). [1] [2] From the inception, Majidi wanted Rahman to compose for the film, owing to his working relationship with Rahman during Muhammad: The Messenger of God and his rapport with the composer. He described him as a "creative and powerful" person who "always trying to experience and learn new things" and was quality oriented. [3] He further added that his music team consisted of youngsters under 30, which would become interesting for Majidi to teach them and make their creativity awaken within. [3] The film only featured three songs: "Ey Chhote Motor Chala", "Ala Re Ala" and the title track, while the accompanying album consisted of instrumentals from the film score. [4]

Release

The soundtrack to Beyond the Clouds was distributed by Rahman's KM Musiq and Zee Music Company for digital platforms, with digital deployement and exploitations by Unisys Infosolutions. [4] The CDs and vinyl LPs of the album were distributed under the label of Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation. [4] The soundtrack was released in iTunes and CDs on 2 April 2018, while the vinyl editions were published on 30 May 2018. [4] [5] The song "Ey Chhote Motor Chala" was released as a single on 6 April 2018. [6] It accompanied with a launch event held at a seashore near Bandra–Worli Sea Link with Ishaan, Malavika and Majidi. Ishaan further performed choreography of the song with its accompanying singer-songwriter MC Heam. [7]

Reception

The music received a negative review from Devarsi Ghosh of Scroll.in who summarized "Not a single tune from AR Rahman’s score for Majid Majidi’s Beyond The Clouds is likely to stay with the listener beyond five minutes, forget a day. Neither would you feel inclined to give the score a second try despite the belief among fans that you don’t get a Rahman album the first time. This isn’t because Rahman’s work in Beyond The Clouds is bad, but because nothing in the score sticks." [8] Similarly, Debarati S Sen of The Times of India also noted that "Rahman's score for this film is replete with a tad bit overused orchestral compositions, that are invariably reminiscent of his earlier creations." [9]

Film critics, however, reviewed it positively. While reviewing the score for Variety, the critic Guy Lodge noted that the score deserves its own directorial credit but it passes to push Rahman's Slumdog Millionaire vibes in two of its crucial sequences. [10] Anisha Jhaveri of IndieWire summarized: "Composer A.R Rahman’s orchestral score, punctuated with piano and tabla interludes, makes for an enrapturing soundtrack in isolation, but its soaring, theatrical swells—not to mention one short, but superfluous and self-referential musical number as a nod to his impressive oeuvre—are ill-fitted to Majidi’s usually more delicate style." [11] Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter felt the score is "overused and generally intrusive". [12]

However, Filmfare based critic Devesh Sharma stated that "AR Rahman's background score isn't intrusive but subtly adds to the proceedings." [13] Critic Anupama Chopra mentioned: "A. R. Rahman's soundtrack further underlines every note". [14] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV noted that Rahman is "fully into the swing of the film's spirit" complimenting the score. [15] Rajeev Masand of News18 called it as a "mostly familiar score" from Rahman. [16]

Track listing

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Son of Mumbai" A. R. Rahman 03:34
2."The Game of Life"A. R. Rahman01:08
3."Twist of Destiny"A. R. Rahman01:56
4."The Gift"A. R. Rahman01:10
5."The Family Comes Home"A. R. Rahman02:05
6."Second Thoughts"A. R. Rahman02:57
7."Akshi"A. R. Rahman02:24
8."Hospital"A. R. Rahman03:02
9."Full Moon"A. R. Rahman02:19
10."Reunited"A. R. Rahman01:34
11."The Family Leaves"A. R. Rahman02:58
12."Beyond The Clouds" Nikhita Gandhi 04:42
13."Holi"A. R. Rahman01:22
14."Ala Re Ala"Dilshaad Shabbir Shaikh, Nikhita Gandhi, Srinivas Raghunathan, MC Heam02:52
15."Ey Chhote Motor Chala"MC Heam, Arjun Chandy, Sid Sriram 02:46
Total length:36:59

Credits

Credits adapted from A. R. Rahman's official website: [17]

Musicians
FAME'S Macedonian Symphonic Orchestra
Sound engineers

References

  1. ↑ Joshi, Namrata (14 April 2018). "Iranian director Majid Majidi on why he set Beyond The Clouds in Mumbai". The Hindu . ISSN   0971-751X. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Beyond The Clouds director Majid Majidi: A R Rahman's put India on world map through his brilliant music". The Indian Express . 8 April 2018. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 D'Mello, Wayne (11 April 2018). "We Have Many Similarities: Iranian Auteur Majid Majidi On His First Indian Film Beyond The Clouds". Film Companion . Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 A. R. Rahman (2 April 2018). "Beyond the Clouds (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes . Apple Inc. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  5. ↑ A. R. Rahman (30 May 2018). Beyond the Clouds (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Vinyl). Sony DADC. ASIN   B07BPYHKFK.
  6. ↑ "A R Rahman composition from 'Beyond the Clouds' released". United News of India. 7 April 2018. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Ishaan Khatter impressed the crowd at the song launch of Beyond The Clouds". The Times of India . 8 April 2018. ISSN   0971-8257. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  8. ↑ Ghosh, Devarsi (8 April 2018). "'Beyond The Clouds' music review: The AR Rahman-Majid Majidi combo fails to lift the spirits". Scroll.in . Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  9. ↑ S Sen, Debarati (14 April 2018). "Music review: Beyond The Clouds". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  10. ↑ Lodge, Guy (14 October 2017). "Film Review: 'Beyond the Clouds'". Variety . Penske Business Media. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  11. ↑ Jhaveri, Anisha (20 April 2018). "'Beyond the Clouds' Review: Iranian Auteur Majid Majidi Reaches for Familiar Themes in the Slums of Mumbai". IndieWire . Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  12. ↑ Young, Deborah (22 January 2018). "'Beyond the Clouds' ('Ansooy-e Abrha'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter . Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  13. ↑ Sharma, Devesh (18 April 2018). "Movie Review: Beyond The Clouds". Filmfare . Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  14. ↑ Chopra, Anupama (19 April 2018). "Beyond The Clouds Movie Review: Worth Seeing But Doesn't Measure Up To Majidi's Other Films". Film Companion . Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  15. ↑ Chatterjee, Saibal (20 April 2018). "Beyond The Clouds Movie Review: Ishaan Khatter, Malavika Mohanan Do The Heavy Lifting In Majid Majidi's Film". NDTV . Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  16. ↑ Masand, Rajeev (21 April 2018). "Beyond The Clouds Movie Review: A Bittersweet Drama That Runs But Never Flies". News18 . Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  17. ↑ "Beyond The Clouds – Album Credits". arrahman.com . Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
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