Comments on: Soundtrack Review: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

By: Sladjana

Sladjana — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:29:31 +0000

I do agree with the review above, and I think it is interesting soundtrack and very good one. This might be a consequence of my lack of knowledge about Indian and Bollywood music. However, at the same time I am listening to the his other soundtrack – Between Heaven and Earth, and I have to admit when watching a movie I could not stop thinking how great music was. He did not came close to this one with Slumdog Millionaire… or maybe I expected more after Between Heaven and Earth (Tian di ying xiong, 2003).

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By: Jorn Tillnes

Jorn Tillnes — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:12:21 +0000

That’s where we disagree. I would say my rating system is something like this:

5: Average
6: Above Average
7: Good
8: Very good
9: Great
10: Excellent

So 7.5 is between good and very good which is exactly how I feel about this soundtrack.

By: Timothy E. RAW

Timothy E. RAW — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:39:17 +0000

I rate the cues, but my overall score is not defined by maths. Simply how i feel about the whole experience outside of the sum of its parts. But 7.5?! 2.5 off PERFECT, i’d say 7.5 is a high score that translates as VERY GOOD, leaning towards EXCELLENT if it was an 8. It seems from the review that this is a good solid soundtrack nothing more, hence 6

By: Jorn Tillnes

Jorn Tillnes — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:11:19 +0000

Hehe yes our score system is definitely very different. I think you rate per cue, correct? I also rate the tracks, but they don’t reflect my main score as I rate them how I feel after I’ve listened to the soundtrack several times. 7.5 means to me that it’s far from impressive and definitely overrated but hey I still like it.

Curious to know what you think of it.

By: Timothy E. RAW

Timothy E. RAW — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:10:01 +0000

Great review, very thorough, but again the score baffles me. Something that you obviously consider overrated, shouldn’t get more than 6, as anything above that would be you really rating it.

A score of 6 would be more in keeping. Points for being a good, solid, original sounding album but not great.

That said, the in-depth content of the review will have me listening later today.