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]

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