GOWRI MANICKAVASAGAM
Oscar Nayagan, Grammy and Academy Award winner AR Rahman debuts as a producer and writer with the film ’99 songs’. It is a musical romance and it is directed by debutant Vishwesh Krishnamoorthy. Fresh new face Ehan Bhat is the film’s lead actor.
What’s exciting is that the film will have 15 tracks, which will release in three languages Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. The tracks from the film have been mastered in Dolby Atmos who have started a journey to bring Dolby Atmos Music to India.
About this collaboration, Rahman stated: “Dolby Atmos expands the creative palette for artists and creators. With this, people can truly experience instruments and vocals in isolation and experience music with incredible clarity. I am delighted that the love and musical creativity that has gone into creating the music of 99 Songs can be experienced by listeners to its fullest extent with Dolby Atmos. I am excited to partner with Dolby, Sony Music, and Jio Studios to reimagine music like never before in Dolby Atmos.” AR Rahman association with Sony goes way back, and many of his magics from Vande Mataram to Rang De Basanti, Guru and OK Jaanu were tied with Sony.
Commenting on the association, Pankaj Kedia, Managing Director, Emerging Markets, Dolby Laboratories said, “We are on a mission to reinvent how music is experienced. Dolby Atmos Music envelops the listener, bringing you inside the song. We share Jio Studio, Sony Music & AR Rahman’s vision to bring his music to the world for everyone to experience and connect to like never before, in Dolby Atmos for the first time in India.”
Know what is Dolby Atmos Music
Whether it’s a complex harmony of instruments placed around a listener, a legendary guitar solo that fills a room, a massive bass drop that washes over you, or the subtle breath a singer takes, Dolby Atmos gives music more space and the freedom to unleash every detail and emotion as the artist intended. To learn more, visit music.dolby.com.
