Week 12 (March 22-26) - Popular music in film

Tuesday 23: Lecture & class discussion

Assigned reading:

Getter, Joseph & B. Balasubrahmaniyan. “Tamil film music: sound and significance.” In Mark Slobin (ed.) Global soundtracks: worlds of film music. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2008.

YouTube links for this class:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc5OyXmHD0w (Music director: A.R. Rahman)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwxM-OUK12A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5RCNJ2LJDs (Music director: Ilayaraja)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZA_90S7q5w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUtH1hjW3mE

Thursday 25: Lecture & class discussion

Assigned reading:

Adamu, Abdalla Uba. “The influence of Hindi film music on Hausa videofilm soundtrack music.” In Mark Slobin (ed.) Global soundtracks: worlds of film music. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2008.

Additional reading:

Booth, Greg. “That Bollywood sound.” In Mark Slobin (ed.) Global soundtracks: worlds of film music. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2008.

YouTube links for this class:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSb89o69zto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVukRzUfMFw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyo3xP3F1P0 (Music directors: Shankar & Jaikishan)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp8G2PN9yhM (Music directors: Laxmikant & Pyarelal)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVgE6C9Ju8I (Music director: A.R. Rahman)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTATUd0D3VU (Music director: A.R. Rahman)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nikw8HG8J8I (Music director: A.R. Rahman)