Scoring on melody
Shobha Nair
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Ousepachan recalls his journey through Malayalam filmdom.
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The film is placed before you on a platter, and the music has to be woven into the sequences. Ousepachan
Tuning in: Ousepachan
"The difference is between a readymade item and one made to order," says Ousepachan as he made a comparison between song recording and background score. "The film is placed before you on a platter, and the music has to be woven into the sequences, which needs time and concentration," explains Ousepachan, who has composed the background music for Rajeev Anchal's `Made in USA.'
Says Ousepachan, who was a student of St. Thomas College, Thrissur, in the Seventies, "Although, initially, I trained to be a vocalist, I switched to the violin at a very young age," he says. While at college, he joined The Voice of Trichur,' an amateur music troupe. "Music runs in my family but no one had chosen this as their livelihood." In 1975-76, Ousepachan joined Devarajan's troupe and reached Chennai. Thereafter, he played the violin not only for his troupe but also for several other noted music directors in Malayalam, Tamil and even Hindi. "Even now I play for select music directors," Ousepachan added.
Background music
It was while in Chennai that Bharathan offered him the role of a shaggy, bearded man in his `Aaravom.' Ousepachan had to fiddle with the violin and that music went on to become the background score for the film together with that of Johnson's. That was his first step in composing background music.
Impressed by the performance, Bharatan asked him to render score for his `Eenom' and that was indeed a feather in his cap. But the first film that brought Ousepachan recognition was `Kaathodu Kaathoram' in 1985. Later, he rendered lilting songs and melodies to films like `Ulkadal,' `January Oru Orma,' `Unnikale Oru Kathaparayam,' which fetched him the State award in 1987, `Kakkothikavile Appooppanthadi' and so forth to recent movies such as `Aniyathi Pravu,' `Vismaya Thumbathu,' `Mullavalliyum Thenmaavum' to `Udayananu Tharam' (background). In `Vajram' he felt greatly privileged to tune the lines of Kumaranasan and Vyloppilli.
Any music in the offing? "Of course!" he says, "Pramod Pappan's `Thaskara Veeran,' and `Made In USA,' which have been released, V.K Prakash's `The Police,' and then there is `Udayaal,' with a novel orchestration, and the work of which is underway."
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