Weird Sound
Haneef
Sholay is considered a classic and one of the best Indian films. It was ranked first in the British Film Institute's 2002 poll of "Top 10 Indian Films" of all time. In 2005, the judges of the 50th annual Filmfare awards named it the Best Film of 50 Years.
Sholay’s soundtrack, composed by the endlessly inventive maestro RD Burman, is nearly as iconic as the film itself.
Rahul Dev Burman who is considered one of the seminal music directors of movie world, nicknamed Pancham da, was the only son of the composer Sachin Dev Burman
Mr.Raju Singh and his team began recreating the sound of Sholay 3D and tried to keep the soul of the background music intact, and avoided the use of electronic music as far as possible, and acoustic instruments were used for recreating the soundtrack music. It took them years to recreate the music of Sholay 3D.
An interesting anecdote was shared by Raju Singh during the recreation of the Sholay music. In the scene where Thakur Baldev Singh returns to village after massacre of his family, a weird sound plays in the back ground to enhance the bewilderment of the man who has lost his whole family suddenly. Raju Singh said they tried various instruments, including electronics, to create that sound but were unsuccessful. No one seems to know how that sound was created or which instrument was used. Finally, they were successful in finding not only the weird instrument but also the man who had played it. It seems Pancham had got made that instrument by using the back part of a truck which joins two rear tyres and had a ball like object in the middle (the differential). That part was welded on both ends by metal rods and the bow of the sarangi was used to play on those metal rods to create weird sound! The man who had played this instrument, Rijraam, was dead, but his son was tracked down and this instrument was found in a locked room in his home and he actually played his very instrument to create that weird sound! Later on a small video clip of this instrument being played for recording of the sound was shown.
Before synthesizers, horror and sci-fi film-makers had to
employ all kinds of weird instruments to achieve those creepy musical scores.
One such instrument is the water phone, an atonal inharmonic percussion
instrument consisting of a hollow metal water filled bowl, surrounded by metal
rods of differing sizes. The instrument can be hit or bowed, with the movement
of the water inside effecting the tone of the sound produced. Giving an
over-all ethereal and creepy sound, perfect for horror movie and sci-fi
soundtracks.
The water phone was invented by A man called Richard
Waters in the 1960s, and was influenced by a Tibetan drum he came across, and a
nail violin. Aside from its use in movie soundtracks, it has become a popular
instrument among artists as diverse as classic music performers, to Aerosmith
and Tom Waits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y70MnP1B__E
Sushil Kumar
Haneefa... U r gr8 at such seminal research n spread of unique "knowledge" in diverse subjects! Kudos dear chap!
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