Eeram's music barely satisfies

Director Shankar's always been known to have a magic touch when it comes to production, and Eeram, his latest Tamil venture, directed by Arivazhagan, promises to be an intriguing venture, judging by the audio, at any rate.

Composed by Thaman S and with lyrics by Viveka, this one promises to be a short album. Here's what the musical score has to offer:

Strings of a guitar begin the soothing, and somewhat steadily paced Mazhaiye Mazhaiye, rendered by Ranjith. A rather pleasing violin interlude peps things up in an otherwise rather familiar melody but for all its oft-heard feel, this number, sprinkled liberally with rain and water references, is mildly appealing.

Disjointed notes zap together to commence Tharai Erangiya, scattered notes coalescing to form a song; the impression is that of droplets of rain collecting together. Sung by Suchitra, the effect is catchy, but the novelty of it wanes after a while. The chorus gathers your attention again, and there's a mild angsty feel to this otherwise romantic number that keeps your attention on it for the rest of the song.

Something very like a crash of thunder assaults your ears in Saaral En and then it's back to Ranjith's vocals. There's definitely more than a whiff of Yuvan Shankar Raja, circa the Manmadhan era, and this one's an anguished romantic number which is meant to tug at your heart-strings. It's too short, though, for you to really immerse yourself into it.

Eeram's theme song is far more appealing than the numbers, and despite the influence of Yuvan, manages to pique your interest about how exactly it's going to be used in the movie.

It looks like Thaman has turned out a collection that barely skims the surface and it only barely satisfies you. Surely this composer has a lot more to offer, and maybe we'll see more of it in his future works.

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