Salaam

Billboard Magazine
"One of the more naturally euphonious ensembles... enchanting."

Product Description
Salaam's first effort, co- produced and recorded by the legendary Grey Larsen. A fusion of original compositions and Middle Eastern styled music with a great ambient sound.

Salaam

Salaam,Salaam,Salaam,Original Middle Eastern inspired compositions performed by amazingly talented musicians. Guaranteed to wake the spirit and put a smile on your face.

Average customer rating: tis a chick flick Crimson Petal - historical correctness Now sleeps the crimson petal... Indeed -- Crimson Petal in -what- year? Crimson Petal in WHAT YEAR?

Vanity Fair Mychael Danna Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Vanity Fair (2004) (Widescreen) Kingdom of Heaven Memoirs of a Geisha Birth (Score) Pride & Prejudice ASIN: B0002JU1GC Release Date: 2004-08-31

Tracks:

1. She Walks In Beauty
2. Exchange
3. Becky And Amelia Leave School
4. The Great Adventurer
5. Becky Arrives At The Queen's Crawley
6. Andante
7. No Lights After Eleven
8. Adagio
9. I've Made Up My Mind
10. Ride To London
11. Becky And Rawdon Kiss
12. Sir Pitt's Marriage Proposal
13. I Owe You Nothing
14. Piano For Amelia/Announcement Of Battle
15. Time To Quit Brussels
16. Waterloo Battlefield
17. Amelia Refuses Dobbin/The Move To Mayfair
18. Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
19. Steyne The Pasha
20. El Salaam
21. The Virtue Betrayed
22. Rawdon's End
23. Dobbin Leaves Amelia
24. Vanity's Conquerer
25. Gori Re

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William Makepeace Thackery's mid-19th-century meditation on the boundaries of class and gender gets a smartly sympathetic remake via Indian director Mira Nair and Reese Witherspoon, who imbues the story's social-climbing Becky Sharp with some of the same spunky spirit the actress brought to Legally Blonde's equally ambitious Elle. Composer Mychael Danna furthers that sense of era-bridging drama with an orchestral score that sets the story's time and place via effective pastiches of Schubert and Beethoven (that's Danna himself channeling a little Ludwig van on the evocative solo piano passages "Andante" and "Adagio"), yet often fuses them seamlessly with a modern sensibility that helps story's contemporary parallels resonate all the more. The soundtracks four songs revolve around poles of Romantic-era evocations (Danna's stately adaptations of Lord Byron's sonnet "She Walks in Beauty" and the standard "Great Adventurer") and the lively East Asian rhythms of Hakim's "El Salaam" and Mahadevan/Sharma's sprightly duet, "Gori Re." But Danna's masterful infusion of 19th century classical Romanticism with the dry, postmodern instincts of the 21st are the score's most compelling achievements, music that argues that while times and mores have changed, the human spirit remains as stubborn as ever. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

tis a chick flick.......2006-05-22

Vanity Fair..A feast for the eyes...and hardly a true period piece! SO the music is a bit out of sync...It is still fabulous and for the musical snobs..I too happen to a VERY learned "chantuese".. and in my opinion Custer Larues'. Crimson petal is anything But wimpy...It is meant to be whispery..and provocative..there is nothing uncertain at all about it...MUCH control there..!
Becky Sharp is a character that many women adore because she is STRONG and ruthless! Who cares if the movie was not dead on accurate..It was truly enjoyable...ANd I loved it!

Crimson Petal - historical correctness.......2005-11-13

I did like this movie... but I'm not going to pretend that it stuck to the book or was even remotely historically correct. I loved the song "Now sleeps the crimson petal," but I did want to clear up some things about it. I've been looking for the sheet music and it doesn't appear to exist. There are about 7 people who have written songs based on Tennyson's poem, but this version was written by Mychael Danna, does not even closely resemble Roger Quilter or Robert Young. Mychael Danna did nearly the entire soundtrack and he is wonderful. I just wish i could find the sheet music.

Now sleeps the crimson petal..........2005-08-10

Why bother about historical accuracy at all? The scene where Becky sings "Now sleeps the crimson petal" is probably the most memorable and moving scene of the whole film. I loved it.

Indeed -- Crimson Petal in -what- year?.......2005-04-03

I very much enjoyed the soundtrack (much, much more than the movie) for what it was -- some beautifully done music. I don't know enough about composition to relate different styles to different periods (my knowledge goes about as far as "dissonant=modern"), but I -do- know literature, and just want to note that "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal" is a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, published in 1847 -- which would be WELL after Becky Sharpe sung it in the movie, even with all the bizarre time-jumping going on in it. This in no way diminishes the song's beauty, and I love the poem for itself -- but just wanted to add a few grains of salt to the historical accuracy of the soundtrack, which remains, to my ear, quite beautiful.

A further quirk to me was the "Salaam" song, which is sung in Arabic. Still enjoyable (though it made NO SENSE in the movie), but I feel it's worth noting that it's not any dialect of Indian.

Crimson Petal in WHAT YEAR?.......2005-02-21

As a retired professional classical musician, I have strong attitudes about music. I greatly enjoyed this film version of Vanity Fair, and think Reese Witherspoon was wonderful, as were most of the actors. The music, though, was odd to say the least. For me the "Crimson Petal" song (and the whole movie scene in which it was heard) was a low point, because the song was obviously from the late twentieth century or the early twenty-first, and did not belong in the movie at all. I suspect that the reason the moviemakers got away with this is that with the general decline in interest in classical music, nobody knows any more what kind of music came from which era. Well, I think I do know - though I am ready to stand corrected if someone can explain that there really was a song from the Napoleonic era that had all this chromaticism, etc. in it. I did appreciate the fact that when Becky Sharp/Reese Witherspoon was supposed to be singing, her voice was rather wimpy and uncertain; it would not have been believable to have her singing with fabulous line and breath support. I agree with the other reviewer that Sissel's "She Walks In Beauty" was a high point.
I suggest that people might look into real period song collections and skip the movie music in this instance.

Average customer rating: Dakar the hip-hop capital of Africa?

Salaam Positive Black Soul Manufacturer: Mango ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: African Underground Vol. 1: Hip-Hop Senegal ASIN: B000003QLJ Release Date: 1996-03-12

Tracks:

1. Def Lo Xam [Do What You Got to Do]
2. Boul Fale (Don't Worry)
3. Respect the Nubians
4. Bon a Rien [Good for Nothing]
5. Djoko [Unity]
6. Bourreau Est Noit [The Executioner Is Black]
7. Ataya [Senegalese Tea]
8. Return of da Djelly [Return of the Griot]
9. Je Nes Sais Pas [I Don't Know]
10. Peurs [Fears]
11. President d'Afrique [President of Africa]

Customer Reviews:

Dakar the hip-hop capital of Africa?.......2003-03-11

In comparison to quantity of hip-hop acts in Africa, South Africa wins hands down. However if you are comparing via quality, West Africa, particulary Senegal is a thriving and inventive zone of hip-hop. Look no further than this album which really pioneered West African hip-hop. At times this album seems over produced, but the flow, and humor of the lyrics make this album an excellent experience. Perhaps French is the best language for rap, at least Postive Black Soul, along with another Senegalese born rapper, MC Solaar, make a point in favor of French as the smoothest language for rap.

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Ya Salaam Reda Darwish ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Middle East | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000O2CI5O

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Percussion, Middle Eastern

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Salaam-E-Ishq Ishq Ishq Latest Hits & Groovy Mixes Song Compilation ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000NNECWQ

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Songs from Film(s): Salaam-e-Ishq, Nehlle Pe Dehlla, Woh Lamhe, Don, Just Married, Bhagam Bhagam & others...

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Ost Salaam-E-Ishq Manufacturer: T-Series ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Bollywood Dance Workout With Hemalayaa ASIN: B000P0JOHA Release Date: 2007-03-30

Tracks:

1. Dil Kya Kare
2. Saiyaan Re
3. Mera Dil
4. Salaam-E-Ishq
5. Tainu Leke
6. Babuji
7. Ya Rabba

Average customer rating: Brilliant trance music A superb multicultural music collection.

Sabil a Salaam Nass Marrakech Manufacturer: Alula ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Africa | International | Styles | Music Morocco | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Middle East | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004SAZI Release Date: 2000-04-11

Tracks:

1. An-a, An-ta
2. Yo Mala
3. Salaam Aleikum
4. Marhaba
5. Allah
6. Hamdushi
7. Shema
8. Hammeadi
9. Torkalila

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Morocco's Gnawa tradition has been producing trance music for many centuries, but Nass Marrakech take the idea in a new, more global direction, incorporating elements as unlikely as Indian tablas and Japanese shakuhachi flute into the mix. It could be a worldbeat mess, but instead it proves to be a triumph, simply because the band features some of the best gimbri playing since Hassan Hakmoun and a firm sense of trance and its role in the ensemble's music. So while there are elements of flamenco (Morocco and southern Spain are close in both history and geography), the true roots remain plainly visible. The harsh, jangly rhythm of the karkabas, the tiny Gnawa steel finger cymbals, run through this collection in sizzling fashion while other world-music ideas float on top, anchored by Abdel Bensaloum's gimbri. Magical and mesmerizing. --Chris Nickson

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant trance music.......2001-02-02

As a recent convert to Gnawa trance music, I took a chance when I ordered this CD on spec. The best known Gnawa musician in this country, Hassan Hakmoun, has experimented with Western musical blends, using everything from jazz to rap with varying levels of success. Nass Marrakech uses more of a European and/or Eastern blend, using instruments like the tabla, and influences more natural to my ear than those of the U.S. Using musical sources having an historical geographic connection to Morocco, such as the Iberian peninsula and West Africa, where the Gnawa are said to have originated, makes for a wonderful, almost organic sound.

Mesmerizing! Perhaps not for every taste, but I recommend it!

A superb multicultural music collection........2000-04-25

In Sabil 'a 'Salaam, Moroccan band Nass Marrakech combines traditional Gnawa music with West African, flamenco and Indian percussion, Japanese flutes, and many other globally derived beat elements. This high energy collection features An-a, An-ta (4:07); Yo Mala (5:48); Salaam Aleikum (4:44); Marhaba (4:15); Allah (5:27); Hamdushi (5:13); Shema (4:42); Hammeadi (11:08); and Torkalila (3:51). Sabil 'a 'Salaam is a superb addition to any personal, academic, or public library multicultural music collection.

Average customer rating: Finally! DONT STOP HIP HOP! K. Salaam Is Great. Unexpected Surprise - Loved It. Real Hip Hop, Real Music - Loved It!

The World Is Ours K-Salaam Manufacturer: Rex Recordings Inc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: True Magic Blue Collar Talib Kweli:Brooklyn Tennessee (Mixtape) Present Cloud 9: The 3 Day High The Healing ASIN: B000EWBMN8 Release Date: 2006-07-11

Tracks:

1. Intro- So Much Trouble In The World
2. What I Feel- Talib Kweli
3. Sail On (Play Guitar)- Sizzla
4. Ghetto Youth- Kardinal Offishal Featuring Solitair
5. To The Rescue- Papoose Featuring Busy Signal
6. The World Is Ours- Black Ice
7. Victory- Mos Def and Sizzla
8. Long Country Road- Da Backwudz
9. Never Let Us Down- Capleton
10. Where I'm From- Rakaa
11. If Love Conquers All- Luciano
12. Vieques P.S.A.- Bobbito Garcia
13. Fallen Soldierz- Dead Prez
14. It's Just A Matter Of Time- Saigon
15. Revolution- Anthony B
16. Refugees- Suheir Hammad

Customer Reviews:

Finally! .......2006-09-03

I have been waiting for an album like this for so long, and Def Jamaica just didn't quite do it for me. Big up! Pure fiyah. The track listing speaks for itself. Huge tune!

DONT STOP HIP HOP!.......2006-07-26

Great CD. Beatnick is a friend of mine and a very talented one. K-Salaam is a really cool guy, I have so much respect for him for making a difference in music. The Mos Def and Talib Kweli tracks are hot, not to mention there is a lot reggae on here. If you're into real hip hop or reggae, its a must have!!

K. Salaam Is Great........2006-07-20

This is my favorite CD for 2006. Unique, original blend of hip-hop, rap, pop -- one of a kind. It really kicks dirt and breaks new hip-hop ground. This one is a keeper.

Unexpected Surprise - Loved It........2006-07-16

I decided to check out this CD for the social message. I don't usually listen to hip-hop, but am politically aware, so figured I'd give it a try. What a surprise. Wow!! I love it. It has such a blend of hip-hop, reggae, and rhythm and blues that I can't stop listening to it. Let's face it -- good music is good music, and you can also find it in hip-hop. I highly recommend it. It is far superior to the hip-hop that I occasionally hear. It will please listeners of any age.

Real Hip Hop, Real Music - Loved It!.......2006-07-13

"THE WORLD IS OURS" in stores July 11th!! produced by Beatnick & K-Salaam for Shining Star Music
The artist/compilation album featuring all original and exclusive songs from:
MOS DEF, SIZZLA, PAPOOSE, TALIB KWELI, DEAD PREZ, DA BACKWUDZ, SAIGON, CAPLETON, BLACK ICE, ANTHONY B, BOBBITO GARCIA, RAKAA IRISCIENCE, LUCIANO, KARDINAL OFFISHALL, BUSY SIGNAL
and many more...
Real hip hop, Real Music, Real Production...inspiring!!
Check KSalaam's myspace page for downloads.

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Salaam-e-ishq nikhil advani ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items: Dhoom:2 - 2 Cd Set (Bonus - Free Flavours CD) Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna ASIN: B000M573EO

Product Description

1 dil kya kare - adnan sami 2 saiyaan re - shilpa, shankar mahadevan & loy mendonsa 3 mera dil - shaan & nihira 4 salaam-e-ishq - sonu nigam, shreya ghoshal, kunal ganjawala, sadhna sargam & shankar mahadevan 5 tainu leke - sonu nigam & mahalaxmi iyer 6 babuji - nihira 7 ya rabba - kailash kher

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Salaam Namaste Salaam , and Namaste Manufacturer: Yash Raj ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000AJT7BO Release Date: 2006-09-15

Tracks:

1. Salaam Namaste
2. My Dil Goes Mmmm
3. Whats Goin' On
4. Tu Jahaan
5. My Dil Goes Mmmm (English Club Mix)
6. Salaam Namaste (Dhol Mix)
7. My Dil Goes Mmmm (Instrumental)

Product Description

1. Salaam|Namaste- Kunal Ganjawala- Vasundhara Das 2. My dil goes mmmm- Shaan- Gayatri Iyer 3. What's going on- Kunal Ganjawala- Sunidhi Chauhan 4. Tu Jahaan- Sonu Nigam- Mahiaxmi Iyer 5. My dil goes mmmm (English Club Mix)- Shaan- Caralisa Monteiro 6. Salaam|Namaste (Dhol Mix)- Kunal Ganjawala- Vasundhara Das 7.My dil goes mmmm (instrumental)- Dj Aqeel

Average customer rating: Salam Bombay An eclectic, evocative and wholly outstanding collection A FILM NOT SOON FORGOTTEN.... Magnificent film! India's Urban Experience

Salaam Bombay!: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack L. Subramaniam Manufacturer: Drg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Monsoon Wedding Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love Bombay Mississippi Masala Salaam Bombay (Widescreen Special Edition) ASIN: B000000PH3 Release Date: 1998-05-12

Tracks:

1. Main Titles
2. Chaipau's Theme
3. The Entry Of Solasaal
4. Chick Melody
5. Mera Naan Chin Chin Choo
6. Chillum's Theme
7. Manju's Theme
8. Chaipau's Theme
9. Street Children Sing A Ballad Of Lost Promises
10. Souls Of Dead Children Floating
11. Escape From The Chiller Room: Original Version
12. Baba Kisses Solasaal
13. Farewell To Manju
14. Chaipau Helps Chillum Across The Tracks
15. The Funeral Procession
16. Chaipau Sets Fire To Solasaal's Bed
17. Solasaal's Theme
18. Escape From The Chiller Room: Film Version
19. Aartis For The Ganpati Festival: A Medley
20. Chaipau Alone
21. End Music Credit

Customer Reviews:

Salam Bombay.......2005-07-05

I HAD SEEN THIS MOVIE SOME FOUR YEARS WHEN I RENTED IT. IHAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR IT IN LARGE VIDEO RENTAL AND SELLING STORES WITHOUT SUCCESS. IT IS EMOTIONALLY CHARGED ABOUT LIFE OF A BOY. LAST SHOT BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES

An eclectic, evocative and wholly outstanding collection.......2003-01-09

Composed by renowned South Indian recording artist L. Subramaniam, the "Salaam Bombay!" soundtrack features an invigorating blend of jazz and traditional Indian styles that serves to emotively embellish the movie's heart-wrenching tale. In fusing east with west in the plaintive and the frenetic, the work also manages to gloriously capture the spirit that defines the remarkable city that is Bombay. The album is not just distinguished though by its innovativeness or even its evocativeness, but also by the sheer brilliance of the musicianship on display. Track number 6 ["Chillum's Theme" - this song does not appear in its entirety in the motion picture], for instance, remains what is, in my opinion, one of the most incredible pieces of music to have graced my ears.

A FILM NOT SOON FORGOTTEN...........2002-01-21

This is a superb film that gives the viewer a bird's eye view into the plight of India's urban street children. It is done through the experience of young Krishna, an illiterate, country bumpkin of a boy, who is abandoned by his mother at a circus and told not to come home until he has five hundred rupees for having broken something that belonged to his brother. While Krishna is on an errand, the circus packs up and leaves town, and he is left alone to fend for himself.

Krishna uses his last few rupees to travel to a city, which by luck of the draw turns out to be Bombay. Thrust into the life of the street children of Bombay, living among the pimps, hustlers, drug addicts, prostitutes, and throw away children that proliferate in India's urban settlements, a modern day jungle, Krishna struggles to survive. His resourcefulness holds him in good stead. He quickly develops some street smarts and forms attachments. He struggles to earn and save money, so that he can return home to his mother and the family whom he misses, only to be duped in the end by one whom he had trusted. His story breaks one's heart, as he learns some hard lessons in life.

This is a gritty look into the underbelly and plight of Bombay's poor street children, who call the gutters of its filthy urban streets home. It is filled with the sights and sounds of this urban nightmare. An Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, this highly acclaimed film allows the viewer a peek at another culture, only to find that basic human needs and desires are universal.

Magnificent film!.......2001-08-15

This is fantastic! Great music, Great story, Awesome photography! I promise you will love this film.

India's Urban Experience.......2001-08-05

Salaam Bombay is an excellent portrayal of a slice-of-life in India's urban settlements. After I witnessed New Delhi's urban environment a year ago, Salaam Bombay serves as an ideal example of the lack of human basic needs in India. This film is full of common themes in India's less developed cities: migration, poverty, and employment, ECT... This film is great! No other film captures India's true urban situation.

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6. Sua Pessoa [Import]
7. Swaradhiraj: The King of the Musical Note, Vol. 3-4
8. The Dream of the Currawong
9. Tracks & Dubplates [Import]
10. Troisieme Coffret [Import]

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