Be it live orchestration that he intrinsically believes in, or the use of rare instruments to keep native instrumentations alive, the music score from J. Anoop Seelin is always awaited for its fresh perspective. Such is the case with Anoop’s latest, Rustum , starring Shivarajkumar and Shraddha Srinath.
Talking about the score Anoop says, “I am in the composing stage, and am itching to do a different instrumentation to highlight a new energy. It takes a while to create a tune that is in harmony with the film’s narrative and our mood.”
Rustum will be stunt-and-fight choreographer Ravi Varma’s first directorial venture produced by Jayanna. According to Anoop, “Varma has given me full freedom for the background score and the tracks. It has an action-packed storyline like most Shivarajkumar movies. It takes time to work on creative pieces.”
Unlike independent albums, music for films requires the sound to drive the film. “Our music has to reach the masses. We have to create within the framework provided for us,” says Anoop.
Anoop took one-and-a-half years to compose for his earlier film Dayavittu Gamanisi. “The music has to have an intrinsic connect with the narrative. The script and the situation of the song too decides the mood. Once my tune for Rustum is ready, the lyrics from Nagendra Prasad and AT Arjun will fall in place. Then I will decide on the kind of instruments that would go in for the live orchestration in the music recording,” says Anoop.
In the future, Anoop will be scoring for Kalbettada Darodekoraru, a mystery, directed by Deepak Madhuvanahalli, based on the novel by Anush Shetty. “There is also Inspector Vikram under Narasimha’s direction produced by Vikyath Productions with Prajwal Devaraj and Bhavana in the lead. I am engrossed making melodies and in my dreams as creativity has no time-line.”
Anoop has a classical music background and his father was an instrument connoisseur. “My father, A S Jaya Prasad, was a classical violinist and my first guru. So I know what kind of experience live instruments can bring about in film music too,” says Anoop who has around 30 movies to his credit.
How did the music connoisseur do all this with an LLB background? “I was six when I started listening to Hamsalekha’s numbers and I was drawn to his work. I worked under him for nearly seven years and later took off independently from there,” says Anoop.
