The Score Magazine - Archive April 2009 issue! | Page 11

Cover Story
2007 - JRR Tolkien’s stage adaptation of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ de-
buted in Toronto, Canada and moved to London. This time Rahman
shared the scoring credits with Finnish band Vartina.
But lately, even the Almighty doesn’t seem to want to wait for long.
If one were to extend the successful run period post LOTR, Rahman
started working on the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack in 2008 and
has more recently created history in 2009 by being the first Indian
to win two Oscars. Add to this the fact that he has also had a hat
trick of double whammies by winning awards for the Best Music
and Best Background Score at the Screen, Filmfare and Radio Mirchi
awards.
Rahman also endorses the fact that everyone has a right to his or
her opinion and that nobody should be abhorred because they
don’t like something about his music. At many an awards function,
he has said that he felt awkward accepting the award and that his
contemporaries compose good music too. However, what is per-
haps interesting yet unfortunately true is that criticizing Rahman
gets the critic himself five minutes of fame which he would have
otherwise never got. After the stupendous success of Dilwale Dul-
haniya Le Jayenge a decade ago, composers Jatin-Lalit, taking a dig
at Rahman had said “Just because we don’t wear our hair long and
don’t keep producers awake all night doesn’t mean we are not in
the top league. Let us find out ten years later who is still around…”
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