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Chords and Notes

KRRISH

T-Series, Rs.160

Rajesh Roshan is one music director who thrives on simplicity whatever may be the flavour of the season. Here again he has dished out a palette full of soft romantic numbers interspersed with a breezy dance number and a mystic love mix by Rafaqat Ali Khan - the only one where Rajesh has fallen to the demand of the times.

However, the problem is if the film is a sequel, does the music also need to be a sequel to the previous hits he has given with brother Rakesh. At times the music reminds of Koyala, at others of Karan Arjun and Koi... Mil Gaya. The songs that stand out are "Pyaar Ki Kahani" by Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghoshal and "Koi Tumsa Nahin" again by the same singers. "Dil Na Diya" by Kunal Ganjawala will appeal to the youngsters. All in all, an album, whose success will depend on the success of the film.

FIGHT CLUB

Shemaroo, Rs.149

The film has not exactly set the box office registers jingling? Never mind. Don't wait for the smaller centres to chip in with a penny here and a penny there to cover the losses. Just cover with the launch of a VCD a few weeks after the film fades away from the silver screen in metropolises. That is what Shemaroo has done yet again. After successful forays with Shikhar and a handful of others, now comes this Vikram Chopra film VCD. The film is sleek, quite stylishly shot. Appealing to the youth, it talks of two camps of youngsters who take on each other. It all starts off as friendly bouts as the kids look for a pit to sort out their differences over a boxing bout. The things turns for the worse as the stakes get serious. The girls, Diya Mirza and Amrita Arora, recede to the background. What happens beyond that does not require a special skills of foretelling. Go in for this offering if you want a leisurely cool Sunday at home with nothing more than an average flick to keep you company.

COMPILATION: METAL HEADS, PART 2

EMI, Two-CD set, Rs. 445

After seeing the song list of this compilation, one realised it was nothing but confused. It is called Metal Heads but half the numbers would fall into the classic/hard rock genres. Nevertheless, both the CDs have some great numbers that though often repeated are worth listening to over and over again. The first disc starts with Dave Mustaine's signature speed guitaring in Megadeth's "Symphony of Destruction". The second number, Alice Cooper's "Poison" really makes you ask who decides which songs go into these compilations. They have used a live version of it here. In a compilation that only studio tracks, this one sticks out like a sore thumb.Whitesnake's "Still Of The Night", Queensryche's "I Don't Believe In Love", Scorpions' "Rock You Like A Hurricane" and "747 (Strangers In The Night)" by Saxon are classics but surely don't fall into the metal category. And there is Deep Purple's "Highway Star", used in countless compilations till now. Of the metal numbers, most are just noise though bands such as Satyricon, Sentenced, The Haunted, Dark Tranquility, Nocturnal Rites, Naglfar and Mercenary might have listeners. Of these, Manowar's "Battle Hymn" stands out.

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