Jigarthanda: Music from the Motion Picture

Jigarthanda (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Digital Soundtrack Cover Art
Soundtrack album by Santhosh Narayanan
Released	March 3, 2014
Recorded	2013
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	26:51
Language	Tamil
Label	Think Music
Producer	Santhosh Narayanan
Santhosh Narayanan chronology
Cuckoo (2014) Jigarthanda (2014) Madras (2014)

Jigarthanda: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album of the 2014 Musical gangster film of the same name. Santhosh Narayanan composes the album and the background score for the film. The soundtrack album features 9 tracks, all of them being shorter than four minutes.^[1]

Development

Santhosh Narayanan recorded the music for the film along with his newly launched Sandy's Jazz Band. While Santhosh, besides composing, played the keyboard, Australian musicians Hamish Stuart and Graham Jesse played the drums and the saxophone, respectively, and Leon James and Naveen, both from Chennai, played the electronic piano and guitar respectively.^[1]

Release

The audio rights were purchased by Think Music.^[2] The official tracklist of the film was published on March 1, 2014 ^[3] and the soundtrack album was launched at Sathyam Cinemas in Chennai on March 3, 2014 along with the theatrical trailer of the film.^[4] The soundtrack of the Telugu dubbed version was released on July 17, 2014 at Taj Deccan in Hyderabad. The Telugu lyrics had been written by Vennelakanti and Chandrabose.^[5][6]

Reception

The album received positive response. The Times of India stated, "Santhosh Narayanan shows, yet again, that he is one of those composers to watch out for — both for his new sounds and tunes. Jigarthanda is another worthy addition" and rated the album 3 out of 5.^[7] Behindwoods wrote, "If you like to experience new sounds and musical ideas, Jigarthanda is for you" and rated the album 3.25 out of 5.^[8] Indiaglitz wrote, "Santhosh's innovation works yet again" and rated the album 3.3 out of 5.^[9] Milliblog wrote, "Jigarthanda is Santhosh at his eclectic best".^[10] way2movies wrote, "Jigarthanda album is more of interesting orchestration by Santosh Narayanan than chart-buster songs".^[11] His score was well received as well. Baradwaj Rangan in his review wrote, "It’s a good thing Santhosh Narayanan is around. His flamboyant score imbues even the weaker scenes with a Tarantinoesque swagger".^[12] Sify wrote, "Santosh Narayanan’s background score is the major plus of the movie, as he is able to capture the mood of the film".^[13]

The OST (Original Sound Track) was released on August 22, 2014 at the Radio Mirchi station in Chennai.^[14] The OST features the complete soundtrack and BGM (Background Music) along with some dialogues from the movie.^[15]

Tracklist
No.	Title	Lyrics	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Kannamma"	Muthamil	Rita, Andony Dasan	3:33
2.	"Ding Dong"	Arun Raja	Mose	3:54
3.	"Paandii Naatu Kodi"	Andony Dasan	Andony Dasan	3:38
4.	"Dhesayum Ezhundhaney"	Pradeep Kumar	Meenakshi Iyer, Santhosh Narayanan	2:47
5.	"Baby"	Muthamil	Santhosh Narayanan	3:02
6.	"Jigar"	Pradeep Kumar	Pradeep Kumar	3:28
7.	"Thanda"	Instrumental	Santhosh Narayanan	2:18
8.	"Hoo Haa"		Sean Roldan, Santhosh Narayanan	1:41
9.	"Ottam"		Santy's Jazz Band	2:35
Total length:				26:51

References

1. Gupta, Rinku (5 March 2014). "Expect the Unexpected in 'Jigarthanda'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
2. "Vijay Sethupathi’s by May end". Behindwoods. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
3. "'Jigarthanda' tracklist". The Times of India. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
4. "'Jigarthanda' audio and trailer launched". Sify. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
5. "First look: Chikkadu Dorakadu". Idlebrain. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
6. "Audio of 'Chikkadu Dorakadu' to be launched on July 17". The Times of India. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
7. Ramanujam, Srinivasa (4 April 2014). "Music Review: Jigarthanda". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
8. "Jigarthanda songs review". Behindwoods. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
9. "Jigarthanda - Music Review". Indiaglitz. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
10. Karthik (3 March 2014). "Jigarthanda (Music review), Tamil – Santhosh Narayanan". Milliblog. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
11. "Jigarthanda Music Review". way2movies. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
12. Rangan, Baradwaj (2 August 2014). "Jigarthanda: Racket science". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
13. "Jigarthanda". Sify. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
14. "One more big news from team 'Jigarthanda'". Indiaglitz. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
15. "Jigarthanda's biggest highlight to come out soon". Behindwoods. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.