Track Listing
1. Bombay 405 Miles
2. Good, The Bad and the Chutney, The
3. My Guru
4. Ganges a Go-Go
5. Great Gambler, The
6. Professor Pyarclal
7. Fists of Curry
8. Punjabis, Pimps & Players
9. Inspector Jay From Dehli
10. Satchidananda
11. Theme From Don
12. Fear of a Brown Planet
13. Uptown Bollywood Nights
14. Kundans Hideout
15. Swami Safari
| Details | | Producer: | Dan The Automator | | Distributor: | Big Daddy Music Dist. | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
A collection of tracks originally recorded for the Indian "Bollywood"
film industry in the '70s, and composed by the soundtrack team of Kalyani, Anandji.
Includes liner notes by Rob Weisberg and Adrian Milan.
BOMBAY THE HARD WAY contains 15 selections from early '70s Indian crime thrillers written and orchestrated by noted soundtrack composers Anandji and Kalyanji Shah. The brothers Shah combine Indian instrumentation and western soundtracks in a way that twists both styles slightly off-kilter. The results are fascinating and delightful, from the atmospheric sonic landscapes of "Bombay 405 Miles" to the sweeping grandeur of "Uptown Bollywood Nights." The short pieces, given somewhat misleading titles like "Punjabis, Pimps and Players" or "Fists of Curry," are interspersed with uncredited film dialogue fragments. Purists may balk at the sometimes intrusive extra drum and sitar tracks added by the album's producers, but they do help hold the album together as a whole. BOMBAY THE HARD WAY is an excellent introduction to the surprising world of Indian film soundtracks.
Editorial Reviews
3 (out of 5) - ...the same claustrophobic, string-heavy soul perfected by Isaac Hayes and Curtis Mayfield, but they retain a distinctly Indian feel through the use of sitars and tablas...
Alternative Press (06/01/1999)
From the folks who brought us the cheesy swank of 1996's VAMPYROS LESBOS comes a tribute to Indian `brownsploitation' flicks. The anthology boasts an eclectically wacky mix of surf, funk and raga-inflected rock... - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (01/15/1999)
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