“Since I worked with Danny Boyle before on Slumdog Millionaire, we have great success and everything. So, when I first got the script and the screenplay of Simon (Beaufoy) and I was reading it, even before the shoot, some kind of sounds came into my mind and I put some stuff [down] and sent it to Danny when he was cutting the movie.” MindFirstsKindReadingStuffSoundCuttingDown AndScriptsMillionaireScreenplaysGreat SuccessSlumdog Millionaire Author:A. R. Rahman
“Certain things are done intentionally opposite - like there's no sound at the end or synthesizers or all that stuff. Anything that drowns the movie, no. Anything that makes you sit up and watch it, yes. So, some are expecting a very sad theme going on.” EndsDoneCertainStuffSoundWatchesOppositesThemeExpectingVery SadSynthesizers Author:A. R. Rahman
“That's a sound design thing but then we wanted to do music that would not disturb it and at the same time drive it.” WantedSoundDesignSound Design Author:A. R. Rahman
“That's the sound design. I watched it sixty times because we were constantly tweaking. The same thing comes twice, right? Once it comes in the beginning when he's about to discover that he needs to come out and one is the dream where he's flattered (??) and then he comes out. The last one, instead of going bigger, we made it smaller. We removed elements and thinned it out. So it doesn't drive him. He drives the music rather than the other way around.” WayNeedsMadeDreamLastsSoundDesignElementsBiggerMade ItSixtyFlatteredSound Design Author:A. R. Rahman
“Sometimes I intentionally cut it off. I just want to be in silence, especially when I'm traveling. I watch movies without sound.” WantSometimesSoundSilenceWatchesCuttingWatch Movie Author:A. R. Rahman
