A R Rahman compose chiefly in Apple’s Logic Pro

I happen to see an interesting Interview featured as hot news in Apple site, title reads as “ Scoring Slumdog Millionaire with Logic Studio: An Interview with A. R. Rahman.”

Logic Studio is a music production suite by Apple Inc. Logic Pro is a Digital Audio Workstation and MIDI sequencer software application for the Mac OS X platform

Here is the A. R. Rahman interview experts with Joe Cellini featured in Apple’s website

Even before it won two Oscars for best score and best song (“Jai Ho), as well as the Golden Globe and BAFTA awards for best score, A. R. Rahman’s soundtrack—written on a Mac in Logic Studio—had registered with any reasonably alert listener during the film’s much-reported rise from Indian-flavored indie longshot to runaway worldwide hit.

To create the “Slumdog Millionaire,” Rahman used a rich palette of logic plug-ins on the live instruments and software instrument tracks, including classic Logic plug-ins like the Autofilter, Overdrive, Compressor, Fuzz Wah, Enveloper, Stereo Delay, Phaser, Ring Shifter and Bit Crusher, as well as the newer flagship Space Designer and Delay Designer to help create the overall sound. Several of the tracks are very simply mixed in Logic Pro with the Logic Adlimiter and Channel EQ on the main outputs.

You compose chiefly in Logic Pro?

Yes, I’ve been working with Logic for almost 12 years. I use it as my writing tool because I can have it on a desktop or on a laptop. I can carry it all over.

Did you use a lot of Logic effects, instruments, and plug-ins for the “Slumdog” soundtrack?

Yes, most of the processing was done with Logic plug-ins actually: Ring Shifter; Multipressor; Space Designer. I also really like EXS24, EVP88, and Sculpture, and I use them a lot.

[full interview at Apple site]

Pussycat Doll adds English Vocals to ‘Jai Ho’ Song

The Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger has laid down new English-language vocals on remix of A.R. Rahman’s Oscar-winning Best Original Song “Jai Ho,”

The Pussycat Dolls are an American pop girl group, and dance ensemble founded by choreographer Robin Antin. The group originated in 1995 as a burlesque troupe based in Los Angeles, California.

Scherzinger said in a statement.

It’s an honor to be able to collaborate with A.R. Rahman and be a part of the ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ project in any way

Play the video below and listern the songs for yourself !!!

[via mtv]

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Photo: A R Rahman with his Oscar Statuettes

A R Rahman poses with his Oscar statuettes at the 81st Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

A R Rahman Wins 2 Oscar Awards. AR Rahman’s score for Slumdog Millionaire has won an Oscar for best music, and a second for best song.

Slumdog Millionaire’s eight Oscars was the largest total won by a single film since The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won 11 in 2004.

[Photo credit ndtv.com]

Congratulate music maestro A R Rahman – Double Oscar

A R Rahman Wins 2 Oscar Awards. AR Rahman’s score for Slumdog Millionaire has won an Oscar for best music, and a second for best song.

A R Rahman become the third Indian to receive an Oscar, the others being Bhanu Athaiya and Satyajit Ray.

Congratulate the brilliant singer-composer A R Rahman.
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A R Rahman Wins Oscar Award !!!!

It’s REAL. A R Rahman Just won Oscar Award for Best Original Score for the film Slumdog Millionaire.
A R Rahman become only the third Indian to receive an Oscar, the others being Bhanu Athaiya and Satyajit Ray.