Music Review: David (2013)

Music Director: Various

Much like the abundance of Davids, we have an ensemble of music directors too. Only, we have eight of them. Watching Remo Fernandes after a long hiatus is like opening an old box of chocolates, and realizing they still taste as delicious as ever. “Maria Pitache” is your quintessential Goan melody, and surprisingly accompanies a dishoom-dishoom sequence in the movie. Remo’s ‘Light house symphony’ is also refreshing, and a delight for guitar lovers. ‘Tore Matware Naina’ starts off with a brilliant riff, a French prelude from Joyshanti and follows it from some impeccable singing from Nirali Kartik.

Rekha Bhardwaj proves her mettle yet again with her own rendition of the classic ‘Mast Kalandar’. The song gels very well with its placement in the movie. And I doff my hat to whoever came up with the rock version of this. ‘Out of control’, with Nikhil D’souza’s vocals, is also a good listen (as is its choir version), though the beginning of the song sounds uncannily similar to “Father’s song” (August Rush). ‘Ya Husain’ adds to the list of soulful songs on the album, with Lucky Ali showing his prowess, yet again. Playing to a rather intense sequence in the movie, the song makes for a few captivating minutes.

The theme of David ‘Ghum Huye’ and ‘Rab Di’ sung by Kartik, add colour with enthralling beats and some dub-step moments. Modern Mafia (Not sure who they are) with ‘Bandhay’, however, are rather forgettable. Honestly, many songs and bits sound much better as background score to the movies pacy sequences.

(3/5)