Maryan (soundtrack)

By early May 2012, composer A. R. Rahman had finished composing two songs which were filmed in Africa.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/A-R-Rahman-starts-work-on-Mariyan/articleshow/13109628.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722160356/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-13/news-interviews/31680643_1_r-rahman-feature-film-songs |url-status=live |archive-date=22 July 2012 |title=A R Rahman starts work on Mariyan |date=13 May 2012 |newspaper=The Times of India | access-date =13 May 2012}} Poet Kutti Revathi collaborated two and a half years ago with the film director for the song "Nenje Ezhu". She said, "Both of them (Bharat Bala & A. R. Rahman) were very clear that it should be a meaningful song. If the song needed two verses, I wrote eight, and Rahman was able to pick the lines that would work. Neither of them wanted words that we have all already heard." She added that the composer aims positive message to young viewers. The song reflects love, separation, struggle, survival and finally, arising.{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/word-for-word/article4692195.ece| title=Word for word |author=Lakshmi Krupa| newspaper=The Hindu| date=2013-05-07|access-date=2013-05-08}} For both the songs, "Innum Konjam Neram" and "Naetru Aval" the composer and the respective song lyricists maintained simple and flowing poetry. On composing for "Naetru Aval", Rahman stated that he revisited the retro zones to add a ghazal feel to the contemporary music based track.{{cite AV media |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcOF9GIWDaw|title=A.R.Rahman's In-depth Talk on Maryan| publisher=MariyanMovie Channel| accessdate=9 July 2013 |medium=YouTube}} The track "Kadal Raasa Naan" was initially sung by A. R. Rahman but he felt his voice did not suit the track.{{cite news |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130516/entertainment-kollywood/article/%E2%80%98maryan%E2%80%99s-soul-its-music%E2%80%99|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625065519/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130516/entertainment-kollywood/article/%E2%80%98maryan%E2%80%99s-soul-its-music%E2%80%99|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 June 2013|title='Maryan's soul is its music'|newspaper= Deccan Chronicle|author= Anupama Subramaian|date=16 May 2013 |access-date=22 May 2013}} He insisted on re-recording it with a singer who could impart more emotions with an earthy voice to the song and eventually opted for Yuvan Shankar Raja. Attributed as a rustic yet character-driven number,{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daR9a74OhzU| title=Maryan – A.R. Rahman Exclusive Interview Part 2| publisher=Sony Music | date=31 May 2013 |medium=YouTube}}{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/AR-Rahman-and-Yuvan-for-Dhanush/articleshow/19752870.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501051737/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-27/news-interviews/38860922_1_ar-rahman-mariyaan-bharath-bala|url-status=live|archive-date=1 May 2013|newspaper=The Times of India|title=AR Rahman and Yuvan for Dhanush|access-date=27 April 2013}} the final version was recorded in Chennai on 25 April 2013.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Yuvan-was-Rahmans-choice/articleshow/19765470.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502084834/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-28/news-interviews/38878116_1_a-r-rahman-mariyaan-dhanush|url-status=live|archive-date=2 May 2013|title='Yuvan was Rahman's choice'|author=V Lakshmi|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=28 April 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/what-else-can-i-do/article4676639.ece| title='What else can I do?'|author=Baradwaj Rangan| newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=2013-05-03}} In July 2013, when singer Velmurugan sang the same track live at an event,{{cite web|url=http://ssmusictheblog.blogspot.in/2013/07/rare-and-unheard-version-of-kadal-rasa.html |title=Kadal raasa – Velmurugan version|date=15 July 2013 |publisher=SS Music|access-date =16 July 2013}} the reports of end January 2013 published by Times of India counter-confirmed that he was the first choice for "Kadal Raasa Naan".{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Velmurugan-sings-for-ARR/articleshow/18234328.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616021515/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-29/news-interviews/36615420_1_velmurugan-rahman-anirudh |url-status=live |archive-date=16 June 2013 |title=Velmurugan sings for ARR!|author=Srinivasa Ramanujam|date=29 January 2013|newspaper=The Times of India |access-date =7 April 2013}} To bring the feel for the song "Enga Pona Raasaa", the film director wanted singer Shakthisree to visualize herself "walking barefoot on the sand" and so the picturisation of filmed character "Panimalar" (played by Parvathi). Rahman patch recorded the song on guitars played by Keba Jeremiah in the range A₄ minor. On the first day, the song was recorded in one rhythm. Later, a fundamental part of it was altered. Selectively, portion of words from 'Kaalam enakkul uraiyuthu' until 'Enakenna kedithu' that added continuity to the melancholic track were penned instantaneously after listening to the requisite aalaap sung by Rahman himself. The recorded version though has orchestral violins apart from guitars in its music.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSswZZmKkdM| title=Maryan – Making of Yenga Pona Rasa|publisher=Sony Music India|date=13 July 2013|medium=YouTube}}

For the background score of the film, vocals of several cast members from Africa were recorded. The opening credits theme song was sung by Bruno Conn in Afrikaans. The song "Sangamam Anbin Sangamam" sung by Chennai based El Fé Choir was headed by Maria Roe Vincent. Actress Parvathy sang an alternate version of the song "Enga Pona Raasaa". All the three tracks were used only in the film score.{{cite web|url=http://www.backgroundscore.com/2013/07/maryan-background-score.html|title=Maryan Background Score|website=backgroundscore.com|access-date =24 July 2013}} Her name featured under the singer's list in the opening credits of film.{{cite web|url=https://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/message/163596|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130728155926/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/message/163596|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 July 2013|title="Enga pona" movie version sung by Heroine Parvathy Menon|publisher=Yahoo Group|access-date =28 July 2013}}

The soundtrack received positive reviews from critics. The critical review board at Behindwoods gave the album 3.5 out of 5 and stated "Maryan's music serves to prove that when ARR is given a free hand to do as he pleases, he weaves magic! Three instant hits and two slow poisons."{{cite web|date=17 May 2013|title=MARYAN SONGS REVIEW|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/maryan/maryan-songs-review.html|access-date=17 May 2013|publisher=Behindwoods}} Music Aloud noted "Definitely not on par with A R Rahman's previous soundtrack that had similar settings, but at least a couple of songs are here to stay." They gave the soundtrack 8 out of 10.{{cite web|date=18 May 2013|title=MARYAN – MUSIC REVIEW (TAMIL MOVIE SOUNDTRACK)|url=http://www.musicaloud.com/2013/05/13/maryan-music-review-tamil-movie-soundtrack/|access-date=18 May 2013|publisher=Music Aloud}} Indiaglitz assigned the album 4.2 out of 5 and stated, "Start to finish, the album is purely magical and would make for one of the most cherished repertoires. Coming from none less than the genius, the album sparks further curiosity and interest in the movie. In all, anyone would fall in love with 'Mariyaan'."{{cite web|date=17 May 2013|title=Mariyaan – Music Review|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/musicreview/16314.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213210948/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/musicreview/16314.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 December 2012|access-date=18 May 2013|work=Indiaglitz}} S. R. Ashok Kumar of The Hindu highlighted that "A.R.Rahman once again mesmerises with his compositions."{{cite news|date=25 May 2013|title=Audio beat: Maryan – Rahman scores again!|newspaper=The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/audio-beat-maryan-rahman-scores-again/article4727295.ece|access-date=27 May 2013}} At The Indian Express, Sankhayan Ghosh & Suanshu Khurana pointed, "Maryan is bit of a mixed bag, with few songs showing signs of new musical signature and some suffering from over familiarity from the composer's previous own songs." They rated the album 3 out of 5.{{cite news|date=23 May 2013|title=Music Review: Dhanush's Tamil movie Maryan|newspaper=The Indian Express|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/music-review-dhanushs-tamil-movie-maryan/1116773/|access-date=26 May 2013}} Srikrishna at Musicperk gave 8 out of 10 to the album and his verdict, "While, Kadal had class written all over it, Maryan is much more accessible and eclectic. It also marks Rahman’s return to pure Tamil folk. A memorable album overall."{{cite web|date=20 May 2013|title=Maryan|url=http://www.musicperk.com/maryan/|access-date=22 May 2013|publisher=Musicperk}} Critic Srinivas Ramanujam of The Times of India set a score of 4 out of 5 stating, "Maryan does have a slight Kadal hangover, in terms of music, but Rahman hits the right note, literally, throughout the album."{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/music/music-reviews/Maryan/articleshow/20274174.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721072705/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-26/music-reviews/39537726_1_parvathi-menon-happy-song-shweta-mohan|url-status=live|archive-date=21 July 2013|title=Music Reviews:Maryan|author=Srinivas Ramanujam|date=26 May 2013|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=27 May 2013}}

The soundtrack album made its debut at number one upon release on the iTunes India charts.{{cite tweet|user=SonyMusicSouth|author=Sony Music South|number=333958474532810752|date=13 May 2013|title=#Maryan debuts at No.1 on iTunes India. Thank you music lovers ! @dhanushkraja @arrahman @bharatbala}} The day after release, the track "Nenjae Ezhu" topped all the charts with over one crore online listeners.{{cite tweet|user=rahman360|author=Rahman 360º|number=334138496329584640|date=13 May 2013|title=✦ Nenjae Yezhu – Topping The Charts With Over 1 Crore Listeners ✦ #Maryan #ARRahman #BharatBala}} As of 8 June 2013 the song "Kadal Raasa Naan" had topped all the Radio FM charts in southern India.{{cite tweet|user=bharatbala|author=Bharatbala Ganapathy|number=343388901991407617|date=8 June 2013|title=Maryan song "Kadal Rasaa" continues to be No#1 song across all Radio FM !!!}} After one month of the release of the soundtrack album, the songs "Nenjae Ezhu" and "Kadal Raasa Naan" attained the peak position on the Radio Mirchi South Top 20 charts, whereas "Sonapareeya" peaked at #3 and "Innum Konjam Neram" at #18.{{cite web |url=http://www.radiomirchi.com/chennai/countdown/tamil-top-20|title=TAMIL TOP 20 – Radio Mirchi|publisher=radiomirchi.com|date=19 June 2013|access-date=19 June 2013}}{{cite tweet|user=bharatbala|author=Bharatbala Ganapathy|number=342940705922101250|date=7 June 2013|title=Maryan song Kadal Rasa no #1 on RadioMirchi top 20.}}

On 31 March 2013, a 40-second teaser with a musical score of "Sonapareeya" was released which showed Dhanush with a spear in his hand, diving into deep sea in a breath and hunting on the seabed.{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/news/2013/dhanush-mariyaan-promo-hits-106787.html|title=Dhanush's Maryan promo gets 2 lakh hits|author= Ramchander|publisher=One India Entertainment|date=3 April 2013|access-date=3 April 2013}}{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Mariyaan-teasers-getting-better/articleshow/19376024.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408081101/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-04/news-interviews/38277527_1_panimalar-construction-fisherman-mariyaan|url-status=live|archive-date=8 April 2013|title=Maryan teasers getting better!|date=4 April 2013|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=4 April 2013}} The teaser of the song "Nenje Ezhu" was released on 26 April 2013. It crossed over three lakh views on YouTube in less than two days.{{cite web|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-10/arrahmans-magic-repeats-itself-again-for-mariyaan-a-r-rahman-mariyaan-29-04-13.html|title=A.R.Rahman's magic repeats itself for Maryan|publisher=Behindwoods|date=29 April 2013|access-date=29 April 2013}} A. R. Rahman extended an invitation through YouTube for the premiere of the song "Nenjae Ezhu" on 3 May 2013.{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsPVbj0U0xI | title=AR.Rahman – Exclusive Invitation to Nenjae Yezhu Premier | publisher=Sony Music | date=30 Apr 2013 | medium=YouTube}} The track was released as a single on 3 May 2013.{{cite tweet|user=SonyMusicSouth|author=Sony Music South|number=327812468254597120|date=26 April 2013|title=Immerse yourself in 'Nenje Ezhu' from Maryan, in the iconic voice of maestro A.R.Rahman himself.}}

The complete track listing was revealed on A.R. Rahman's official website on 4 May 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.arrahman.com/discography/maryan.html|title=Maryan (Official Tracklist)|publisher=arrahman.com|access-date=4 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507054743/http://www.arrahman.com/discography/maryan.html|archive-date=7 May 2013|url-status=dead}} The complete soundtrack album was released at the composer's recording studio in Chennai on 17 May 2013, and was also made available as mastered for iTunes version.{{cite web|url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/sony-music-releases-two-mastered-itunes-albums|title=Sony Music releases two 'Mastered for iTunes' albums|publisher=Radio and Music|access-date=11 May 2013}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Maryan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

| extra_column = Singer(s)

| total_length =

| title1 = Nenjae Yezhu

| extra1 = A. R. Rahman

| lyrics1 = Kabilan, Kutti Revathi, A. R. Rahman

| length1 = 4:43

| title2 = Innum Konjam Naeram

| extra2 = Vijay Prakash, Swetha Mohan

| lyrics2 = Kabilan, A. R. Rahman

| length2 = 5:13

| title3 = Naetru Aval Irundhal

| extra3 = Vijay Prakash, Chinmayi Sripaada

| lyrics3 = Vaali

| length3 = 4:58

| title4 = Sonapareeya

| extra4= Javed Ali, Haricharan, Nakash Aziz, Sofia Ashraf

| lyrics4 = Vaali, Sofia Ashraf

| length4 = 4:05

| title5 = Yenga Pona Raasaa

| extra5= Shakthisree Gopalan

| lyrics5 = Kutti Revathi, A. R. Rahman

| length5 = 3:44

| title6 = I Love My Africa

| extra6= A. R. Rahman, Blaaze, Madras Youth Choir

| lyrics6 = Brian Kabwe, Blaaze

| length6 = 2:53

| title7 = Kadal Raasa Naan

| extra7= Yuvan Shankar Raja

| lyrics7 = Dhanush

| length7 = 4:13

}}

• Won, Norway Tamil Film Festival Award for Best Music Director
• Won, SIIMA Award for Best Music Director
• Won, iTunes Music Award for Best Tamil Album{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151848698086720|title=Thank you listeners for Maryan being chosen|publisher=A. R. Rahman Official on Facebook|access-date=22 December 2013}}
• Won, Mirchi Music Awards South – Album of the Year
• Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil
• Nominated, Edison Award for Best Music Director
• Nominated, Edison Award for Best Background Score
• Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Music Director
• Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Background Score

;Backing Vocals

A. R. Reihana, Abhay Jodhpurkar, Pooja Vaidyanath, Dr. Narayanan, Senthildass, Malavika Sundar, Santhosh Hariharan, Deepak Subramaniam, Nakash Aziz.

Kids chorus as "Madras Youth Choir" — A. R. Ameen, Sai, R. Ameena, K. Haripriya, K. Saivenkat, S. Akilesh, Dhiyaram, Manavaram, Pranav, Deepika

;Personnel

• Drums on "Nenje Ezhu": Vinnie Henrico | Assistant Engineer: Murray Lubbe
• Ghatam: Uma Shankar
• Nadaswaram: M. K. Natraj, Thirumurthy
• Violin: Kalyan, Prabhakaran
• Flute: Kiran
• Guitars: Keba Jeremiah
• Percussions: T.Raja, M.Lakshmi Narayanan, Raju

;Production

• Producer: A. R. Rahman
• Mastering: Louie Teran at Marcussen Mastering Studios, Los Angeles | R. Nitish Kumar for the song "Kadal Raasa Naan"
• Engineers:
• Suresh Permal, Hentry Kuruvilla, T. R. Krishna Chetan, Srinidhi Venkatesh, Jerry Vincent, R. Nitish Kumar, Santhosh Dhayanidhi({{small|at Panchathan Record Inn}})
• S. Sivakumar, Kannan Ganpat, Pradeep, Karthik Sekaran, Anandha Krishnan ({{small|at A.M. Studios}})
• Kevin Doucette, Satoshi Mark Naguchi ({{small|at Panchathan Hollywood Studios}})
• String engineer: V.J. Srinivasamurthy
• Mixing: T.R. Krishna Chetan
• Additional Mixing: Satoshi Mark Naguchi
• Music co-ordinator: Noell James, Priya Chinnaswamy, Vijay Mohan Iyer
• Musicians' fixer: R. Samidurai

{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2793930/soundtrack Maryan (soundtrack)] at IMDb

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