Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (soundtrack)

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"For lot of South Indians, Suprabhatam is the first tune that they hear early in the morning, and is a sacred hymn to the lord, to thank him for his generosity and to urge him to take care of us. And, me being a South Indian that was something that I grew up with, I somehow always felt that I need a more loving loving version to the Suprabhatam."

— R. Madhavan, on the usage of the devotional track Suprabhatam. [3]

The first song to be recorded, was the rendition of the Sanskrit poem Suprabhatam featured in the film. It was arranged and produced by Divakar Subramaniam, who attributed the song to be soft and gentle, like "awakening the lord" and a nascent and pure version from the heart. Subramaniam went to several temples around Chennai and Tirupati, and had met several religious scholars as a part of his research. [3] Madhavan stated that, the Suprabhatam is played in the beginning of the film, where "beyond from the universe there is an absolute emptiness, and the only existing thing is the supreme being and from there, the universe slowly converges to the planet earth, and then it showcases into Nambi Narayanan's house and his altar where he is seen praying". [3] It is to show that, "there is a universe that is oblivious to what is happening on earth, but the universe of Narayanan, on that day, is going to get completely destroyed". [3] And he felt auspicious to begin with that, to feel a positive impact before the "devastation happens and hits him [Narayanan] harder". [3]

The film has two original songs, featured in the film: "And It Hurts" and "Through Thick and Thin". Nate Cornell and Billy Dawson, country musicians hailing from Tennessee, composed and also sang the respective tracks. Cornell co-wrote the lyrics for the former, with Terell Davy, whereas Dawson wrote "Through Thick and Thin" through WhatsApp text message with Madhavan; they intended to not have linguistic barriers between "a Texan and an Indian", as a result, both the songs were recorded in six different languages. [8] [9]

Release

On 17 June 2022, as a part of the film's promotions, Madhavan, the co-producer Vijay Moolan, along with composer Divakar Subramaniam went to Sri Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati, to release behind-the-scenes video of the film's music as well as the release of the "Sri Venkateshwara Suprabhatam". [10] [8] On 24 June, the film's music album was released in Tamil, and Hindi languages, featuring the two songs and instrumentals composed by Sam C. S. [11]

Track listing

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
Rocketry The Nambi Effect (soundtrack).jpeg
Soundtrack album by
Sam C. S., Billy Dawson and Nate Cornell
Released24 June 2022
Recorded2021–2022
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length1:00:04
Language
Label Sangeet Music
Tricolour Films
Sam C. S. chronology
Saani Kaayidham
(2022)		Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
(2022)		 Ramarao on Duty
(2022)
Official audio
Rocketry - Full Album on YouTube
English
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Rocketry Sri Venkatesha Suprabhatam"TraditionalDivakar SubramaniamVignesh G, Sai Vignesh, Venkataramanan L, Nikhil Shankar, Vikram Pitty 27:38
2."Cry of Venus"  Sam C. S. Instrumental 2:49
3."And It Hurts"Nate Cornell, Terell DavyNate CornellNate Cornell4:04
4."Celestial Dance" Sam C. S.Instrumental4:50
5."Through Thick and Thin"Billy Dawson, R. Madhavan Billy DawsonBilly Dawson3:45
6."Monarchs" Sam C. S.Instrumental5:01
7."Ranging Rivers" Sam C. S.Instrumental2:49
8."Cosmic Medley" Sam C. S.Instrumental3:34
9."Reunion" Sam C. S.Instrumental5:28
Hindi
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Rocketry Sri Venkatesha Suprabhatam"TraditionalDivakar SubramaniamVignesh G, Sai Vignesh, Venkataramanan L, Nikhil Shankar, Vikram Pitty 27:38
2."Cry of Venus"  Sam C. S. Instrumental 2:49
3."Behene Do" Raj Shekhar Nate CornellAditya Rao4:04
4."Celestial Dance" Sam C. S.Instrumental4:50
5."Aasmaan"Anurag MishraBilly DawsonAditya Rao3:45
6."Monarchs" Sam C. S.Instrumental5:01
7."Ranging Rivers" Sam C. S.Instrumental2:49
8."Cosmic Medley" Sam C. S.Instrumental3:34
9."Reunion" Sam C. S.Instrumental5:28
Tamil
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Rocketry Sri Venkatesha Suprabhatam"TraditionalDivakar SubramaniamVignesh G, Sai Vignesh, Venkataramanan L, Nikhil Shankar, Vikram Pitty 27:38
2."Cry of Venus"  Sam C. S. Instrumental 2:49
3."Peruvali" Nambi Narayanan Nate CornellAditya Rao4:04
4."Celestial Dance" Sam C. S.Instrumental4:50
5."En Kanmani"Nambi NarayananBilly DawsonAditya Rao3:45
6."Monarchs" Sam C. S.Instrumental5:01
7."Ranging Rivers" Sam C. S.Instrumentalk2:49
8."Cosmic Medley" Sam C. S.Instrumental3:34
9."Reunion" Sam C. S.Instrumental05:28
Malayalam
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Rocketry Sri Venkatesha Suprabhatam"TraditionalDivakar SubramaniamVignesh G, Sai Vignesh, Venkataramanan L, Nikhil Shankar, Vikram Pitty 27:38
2."Cry of Venus"  Sam C. S. Instrumental 2:49
3."Vedanaa"Nidheesh NaderyNate CornellAditya Rao4:04
4."Celestial Dance" Sam C. S.Instrumental4:50
5."En Kanmani"Nidheesh NaderyBilly DawsonAditya Rao3:45
6."Monarchs" Sam C. S.Instrumental5:01
7."Ranging Rivers" Sam C. S.Instrumental2:49
8."Cosmic Medley" Sam C. S.Instrumental3:34
9."Reunion" Sam C. S.Instrumental5:28
Kannada
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Rocketry Sri Venkatesha Suprabhatam"TraditionalDivakar SubramaniamVignesh G, Sai Vignesh, Venkataramanan L, Nikhil Shankar, Vikram Pitty 27:38
2."Cry of Venus"  Sam C. S. Instrumental 2:49
3."Bayalali"Naveen TejaswiNate CornellAditya Rao4:04
4."Celestial Dance" Sam C. S.Instrumental4:50
5."Nanna Kanmani"Naveen TejaswiBilly DawsonAditya Rao3:45
6."Monarchs" Sam C. S.Instrumental5:01
7."Ranging Rivers" Sam C. S.Instrumental2:49
8."Cosmic Medley" Sam C. S.Instrumental3:34
9."Reunion" Sam C. S.Instrumental5:28

Reception

The music by Sam C. S. was positively received with Pratikshya Mishra of The Quint , [12] and Srinivasa Ramanujam of The Hindu , [13] mentioning it as "one of the film's highlights". Janani K. of India Today also praised the Sam's music "magically makes you feel different emotions", [14] while DT Next -based Vijaya Shankar called it as "decent" and "shifts to suit the mood of the film". [15] Behindwoods'c opined that Sam CS' background score is "another backbone of the film" and wrote "He amplifies the dramatic portions well and makes sure the scenes are impactful, while the scenes where Nambi achieves a lot of things, the score becomes more rousing. His work is solid and makes the film far better than what it should have been." [16]

Koimoi-based Umesh Punwani wrote "The music is moving but also a bit extra in some parts. Can’t deny Behne Do (And It Hurts) is placed in a way to churn out emotion and it does that successfully." [17] Bollywood Hungama criticised the film's two songs as "it fails to make the mark", but opined that the Suprabhatam is well woven into the film, and Sam CS' music " is exhilarating and enhances impact in several scenes". [18]

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