Slumdog Millionaire: Music from the Motion Picture

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Slumdog Millionaire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman
Released 25 November 2008
Recorded Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios
Genre Soundtrack, film score, world music, hip-hop
Length 51:01
Label N.E.E.T., Interscope
T-Series (India)
Producer A. R. Rahman
Danny Boyle film soundtrack chronology
Sunshine
(2007)Sunshine2007		 Slumdog Millionaire
(2008)		 127 Hours
(2010)127 Hours2010
A. R. Rahman chronology
Ghajini
(2008)		 Slumdog Millionaire
(2008)		 Delhi-6
(2009)

Slumdog Millionaire: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album of the British drama film of the same name, directed by Danny Boyle. The original score and songs were composed by A. R. Rahman, who planned the score in two months and completed it in 20 days,[1] a far shorter time period than usual. The soundtrack has won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, BAFTA Award for Best Film Music, and two Academy Awards, one for Best Original Music Score and the other for Best Original Song for "Jai Ho". The soundtrack has also won two Grammy Awards, one for the album itself and another for the song "Jai Ho".

Development

Rahman has stated that he was aiming for "mixing modern India and the old India" with the music (see Music of India), but that the film and soundtrack "isn’t about India or Indian culture. The story could happen anywhere." The film's director Danny Boyle, who "hated sentiment" and told Rahman "Never put a cello in my film", wanted a "pulsey" score. Rahman appreciated that Boyle liked how Indian films mix music, saying the director wanted "edgy, upfront" music that did not suppress sound. Composing pieces to fit the images, he noted: "There’s not many cues in the film. Usually a big film has 130 cues. This had just seventeen or eighteen: the end credits, beginning credits."[1] Describing the music as one of the parts he liked most in the film,[2] Boyle wanted to include M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" from early on in production on the score, which appears along with an original track Rahman composed, "O...Saya," featuring the artist.[3] M.I.A., who Rahman described as a "powerhouse" gave brief film notes on some scenes to Boyle upon request during editing.[1][4][5] The track "Ringa Ringa" was done as a tribute to the famous Laxmikant-Pyarelal song "Choli Ke Peeche" from the 1993 movie Khal Nayak.[6] Rahman has attributed part of the success of the film soundtrack to Arulpragasam.[7]

The soundtrack for the film was released on M.I.A.'s N.E.E.T. label.[8]

Chart performance

The soundtrack gained popularity after the performance of this movie on the Golden Globe Awards. It also rose up the Billboard 200 albums chart rising from 56 to 16 for the issue of 31 January 2009,[9] later peaking at #4 on the chart.[10] For the issue of 7 March 2009, the album again rebounded from 48 to 22 by selling 21,000 copies (a 38% rise), spurred by sales due to the Oscar win at the 81st Academy Awards.[11]

Track listing

No. Title Lyrics Performer(s) Length
1. "O... Saya*"   A. R. Rahman, M.I.A. A. R. Rahman and M.I.A. 3:34
2. "Riots" (instrumental)     1:59
3. "Mausam & Escape" (instrumental)   Asad Khan (sitar) 3:53
4. "Paper Planes#1"     M.I.A. 3:23
5. "Paper Planes (DFA Remix)"     M.I.A. 5:49
6. "Ringa Ringa"   Raquib Alam Alka Yagnik, Ila Arun 4:15
7. "Liquid Dance#2"     Palakkad Sriram, Srimathumitha 2:59
8. "Latika's Theme"     Suzanne D'Mello 3:09
9. "Aaj Ki Raat#3"   Javed Akhtar Sonu Nigam, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Alisha Chinai 6:07
10. "Millionaire"     Srimathumitha 2:44
11. "Gangsta Blues"   BlaaZe BlaaZe, Tanvi Shah 3:42
12. "Dreams on Fire"   BlaaZe, Wendy Parr Suzanne D'Mello 4:08
13. "Jai Ho**"   Gulzar, Tanvi Shah Sukhwinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Vijay Prakash 5:19
14. "Katiya Karoon"     Harshdeep Kaur
(Additional Vocals: Sapna Awasthi)		 3:59

*Nominated for Best Original Song at Academy Awards
**Winner of Best Original Song at Academy Awards

#1written by Mathangi Arulpragasam, Topper Headon, Mick Jones, Wesley Pentz, Paul Simonon, Joe Strummer
#2previously used as a background track in Azhagiya Thamizh Magan (2007, Tamil film) with different instrumentation and no vocals
#3composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, lyrics by Javed Akhtar; from the album Don - The Chase Begins Again
Not in the soundtrack

Other music featured in the film include:

  1. Salim's mobile phone ringtone – adapted from theme music to Swades.
  2. Opera performance at the Taj Mahal – "Che farò senza Euridice?" from Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice.
  3. "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" - Keith Strachan & Matthew Strachan.
  4. "Great DJ" by The Ting Tings featured in the trailer.

Charts

Charts (2009) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[12] 36
Austrian Albums Chart[12] 23
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[12] 26
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[12] 59
Dutch Albums Chart[12] 52
French Albums Chart[12] 24
German Albums Chart[12] 54
Mexican Albums Chart[12] 3
New Zealand Albums Chart[12] 19
Norwegian Albums Chart[12] 36
Polish Albums Chart[10] 8
Portuguese Albums Chart[12] 26
Spanish Albums Chart[12] 17
Swiss Albums Chart[12] 24
UK Albums Chart[10] 13
U.S. Billboard 200[10] 4
U.S. Billboard Top Electronic Albums[13] 1

Certifications

Country Certification Sales/Shipments
UK Gold[14] 100,000
Australia Gold[15] 35,000
Ireland Gold[16] 7,500

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by U.S. Billboard Top Electronic Albums number-one album
24 January 2009 – 7 February 2009 (first run)
14 March 2009 (second run)		 Succeeded by
The Fame by Lady Gaga

Awards and nominations

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Main article: List of Slumdog Millionaire awards and honors

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See also: List of A. R. Rahman awards
Academy Award for Best Original Score
2008		 Academy Award for Best Original Song
2008

For "Jai Ho"

 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
2008		 BAFTA Award for Best Film Music
2008		 Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
2010		 Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
2010

For Jai Ho

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