This blog examines how disparate cultures collide, cross pollinate, enervate, and synthesize new cultures. Extraordinary and fresh innovation and ideation often occur at the intersection of traditionally orthogonal disciplines, be they music, literature, architecture, advertising and other forms of media.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Heavenly Voices Eerily Similar in Chinese, Indian films
These are two profoundly beautiful films with truly extraordinary soundtracks. Celebrated Director Zhang Yimou's Flowers of War (2012) features lyrical coloratura soprano Chen Xiaoduo and the Allmänna Sången Choir (founded in 1830 in Uppsala, Sweden) in a song called "Heavenly Voice." Listen to it here. Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire (2009) featured India's top female vocalist Suzanne D'Mello on Latika's Theme. Though structurally different, these two theme songs are eerily resonant.
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