C ov er St o r y
Ram Sampath
Ram:
Catering to a Hero
Image is fun, but too
much of fun can get
really boring. So, the
important thing is to
have variety, but in
and of itself is fun.
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very underappreciated work
by Illayaraja, the two non-
film albums he did which are
called “How to name it” and
“Nothing but Wind”. Both are
astonishing achievements of
fusion, sound engineering and
conceptional ideas & incredible
melodies. It is an essential one
to listen to the ones who are
interested in learning more
about Indian Music with
western concepts. And another
composer who is very close to
my heart where most people
don’t know about is Mr Vanraj
Bhatia who has done incredible
scores for films and done
amazing work even in the non-
film territory. There are many
people to talk about, but these
are few of them.
MM: Who are the
legends whom you feel
they have changed the
path of Indian Music
and how it affected
you in becoming a
Music Director?
Ram:
Talking about the
legends of Indian
Film Music who
changed the path,
let me talk about
the non-film Music
Composers primarily.
So, I can talk about
the fusion albums
done by Ravi Shankar,
Zakhir Hussain & L
Subramanium. And
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