Music Forecast: Kaun banega scorepati?

Rachana Dubey checks out the big movie music scores expected this year. Read on..

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Ajab Prem ki Ghajab Kahani

Composer:

Pritam

Pritam was all over the charts last year.. allegations of plagiarism flew fast.. but so did the chartbusters. For the first time, he teams up with Gulzar.

Billoo Barber

Composer:

Pritam

The music in the teasers sounds promising. And with Shah Rukh Khan and three guest dancers —Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone — the star quotient is top class.

Blue

Composer:

A R Rahman

What! A R Rahman composing for a Sanjay Dutt-Akshay Kumar deep-sea diving action movie. Umm, maybe there are item numbers underwater.

Delhi Belly

Composer:

A R Rahman

Rahman and Aamir Khan Productions form a musical combo ever since the Lagaan days.

Dilli 6

Composer:

A R Rahman

Another interesting-very interesting combo returns. Rahman with his Rang De Basanti director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra narrating a bio-story about his days in old Delhi. One of its tracks was leaked on the Internet and Amitabh Bachchan wrote highly about it on his blog.

Composer:

Anu Mallik

One of the biggest movies of the year, the music has been mixed in the hi-tech studios of London.

Beyonce Knowles was approached to sing for this movie but hasn’t.. not yet anyway. After a round of flops last year, it could be make-or-break score for Anu Mallik.

Kites

Composer:

Rajesh Roshan

After

Krazzy 4,

this will be Rajesh Roshan’s first score.. hopefully.. completely original. And as the lore goes, the composer always delivers his best for a big bro Rakesh Roshan production.

London Dreams

Composer:

A R Rahman

The music of Vipul Shah’s films has always been.. well.. um not exactly subtle. Bhangra and Holi songs are the producer-director’s calling cards. His combo with Rahman for this remake of Amadeus should be worth lending an ear to.

Luck by Chance

Composers:

Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

The CDs will be in the stores next week.. the songs are already on air. Sapnon se bhare naina heard in the promos sounds promising.

New York

Composer

: Pritam

Pritam’s first attempt to score for a dark movie. He’s back in the Yash Raj camp. His Dhooms for the production house are still blared from streetside loudspeakers.

My Name is Khan

Composers:

Shankar Ehsaan Loy

Karan Johar directs after three years. His last,

Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna

, by the composer trio continues to haunt. Javed Akhtar pens the lyrics.

Aladdin

Composers:

Vishal-Shekhar

Well, the name Vishal-Shekhar promises quality.. and they team up with Sujoy Ghosh for whom they composed

Jhankaar Beats

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