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Murder 2
 
Producer: Mukesh Bhatt
Director: Mohit Suri
Starring: Emraan Hashmi, Jacqueline Fernandez, Prashant Narayanan, Sudhanshu Pandey, Sandeep Sikand
Music: Harshit Saxena, Mithooon, Sangeet Haldipur, Siddharth Haldipur
Lyrics: Sayeed Quadri, Mithoon, Kumaar
Singers: Harshit Saxena, Sunidhi Chauhan,Kshitij Tarey, Salim Bhat, Mithoon, Mohd Irfan, Arjit, Sangeet Haldipur, Roshni Baptist
Audio On: T Series    Number of Songs: 8
Album Released on: 30 May 2011
Reviewed by: Ankit Ojha  - Rating: 5.0 / 10
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  • Everybody knows what original Murder’s soundtrack is made of; with ‘Kaho Na Kaho’ and ‘Bheegey Hont Tere’ still playing up those charts due to its immense popularity. It thus comes as no wonder that when the soundtrack of the sequel to Murder releases, rest assured we can expect something absolutely way high up from its songs, though it so happens that a soundtrack featuring more than two composers doesn’t usually work out as a whole? As an addition, we have Mithoon helming two of the eight odd songs we’ve got in the soundtrack I’m holding. With immense, high-flying expectations, I insert the disc into my laptop, waiting for iTunes to open.

    Starting off with a calm prelude with some catchy almost-yodelling vocal samples used throughout the song, ‘Hale Dil’, rest assured, has got the Bhatt trademark all over it, reminding us mostly of ‘Zara Sa’(Jannat) at many places, and then occasionally reminding us of other Bhatt film soundtracks like ‘Kya Mujhe Pyar Hai’ from Woh Lamhe and ‘Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai’ from Gangster at places, while at a couple of precise junctures, the bassline and the background pad reminds you of Raaz 2’s smash hit Maahi.

    I think this kind of exhilarating format with free-flowing vocals with some exhilarating chorus crooning has become more of a Bhatt thing, as while we can see that the first three songs I’ve mentioned in comparison are Pritam, the fourth points are Sharib and Toshi. And this song is composed by neither of them; in fact, it’s composed by new entrant Harshit Saxena, who does an amazing job of composing this track beautifully, though of course, it does leave a taste of déjà vu in your mouth after you’ve heard it. Nevertheless, it makes for a repeat hear and has the potential to climb up the ladder as a chartbuster. Returning as a raw, acoustic version, the track connects more to the listener on a personal level, what with a very unplugged, unmixed feel to it. Brilliant!

    Unfortunately, there is a major dip, with Sunidhi Chauhan crooning to a very strictly functional old-wine-in-a-new-bottle track ‘Aa Zara’ that sounds a lot like ‘Dil Ko Hazaar Baar’ from the soundtrack of the franchise’s first instalment. Though Sunidhi Chauhan gives her all to the track, the composition, arrangements and mixing aren’t really great and don’t impress at all. The 'Reloaded’ version might just nail it because the mix is efficient, but the problem with the song is it’s strictly situational that just doesn’t manage to impress the listener. A downer from the Siddharth-Sangeet duo.


    Mithoon is back after almost a year with ‘Aye Khuda’, being one of the most amazing compositions by Mithoon since ‘Maula Mere’, where the real essence of spirituality is truly captured by the composer in the intensity with which he writes and performs with Kshitij Tarey and Saim Bhat in his own composition. For a track that spans almost seven minutes, it manages to impress the discerning niche listener, though it does come with one single drawback.

    Despite the charming Mithoon-trademarked melody we get to hear that soothes us, we are yet again thrown into déjà vu of quite a few of Mithoon’s earlier compositions, which is something Mithoon must realize. Though the song is at the most unpredictable, Mithoon is stuck doing almost similar songs from the past three years, with the only trace of unique we’ve seen from him way back in 2006 with the title track of Bas Ek Pal. The track doesn’t need a remix, and yet comes in a very disappointing version that should deserve a skip.

    The composer makes his return with a love song ‘Phir Mohabbat’ that does end up being pretty different from all the other usual romantic songs. Mithoon and Sayeed Quadri have nailed it this time, and vocalists Mohd. Irfan and Arijiaim Bhat’s comforting vocals give you not a Mithoon trademark, but more of a Bhatt trademark to the whole setting, reminding us of chartbusting songs like ‘Tera Mera Rishta’ from Awarapan, and ‘Awarapan Banjarapan’ from Jism, though in a very good way. There’s a very classy element to the whole set of proceedings, right from the way the whole song has been composed to the writing by Quadri, to the arrangements to the mixing the reverb on the vocalists suits the intensity and mood brilliantly). Now it is this song that does the trick for Mithoon, who does in the end do something more movie-centric than composer-centric. I remember his lesser known track ‘Paas Aaya Kyon’ from Aggar, which I loved for the fact that none of the other songs had any sort of ‘fresh’ element in them, the composer himself being fresh out of the success of his standalone album The Train, most of the songs of the former of which were sounding eerily similar. This, by Mithoon, is one of those tracks that stand out for being different. Must hear!

    What have the Bhatts come to? They’ve always delivered a quality soundtrack in them! But this time, courtesy Siddharth and Sangeet Haldipur yet again, we’re delivered with a tasteless pseudo-wannabe dance number >‘Tujhko Bhulaana’ sung by Sangeet Haldipur and Roshni Baptist, that just jars on your brains. Heavily disappointed with this song, which sounds more like a mish-mash between ‘Teri Tamanna’ from The Train and ‘Zindagi Hosh Mein’ from Bas Ek Pal, it just doesn’t impress.


    For a Vishesh Film soundtrack, this one just doesn’t impress at all, and disappoints except for a few silver linings a la Mithoon and Harshit Saxena. Sidharth-Sangeet has delivered some painfully functional songs which deserve a kick out of your iPod. Not worth the buy, but you could go to iTunes and grab those individual tracks if you want to! An average affair.

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