''Water'' is the soundtrack to the 2005 film of the same name. It was released on 20 December 2005 by labels Sony BMG in India and

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internationally. The songs were composed by

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and the background score of the film was composed by

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Overview

The album has 21 songs in total, 15 Instrumental pieces by

and 6

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songs composed by

with lyrics by Sukhwinder Singh and Raqeeb Alam, except for the song Vaishnava Janatho (which is a famous 15th century bhajan in

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composed and lyricized by

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). However,

introduced new orchestration with new singers. The soundtrack was released by international label,

but it is distributed in India by Sony BMG. The Indian release contains only the 6 Hindi songs composed by A.R. Rahman. Rahman has rated this as his only album which he would give a 10/10. The song ''Aayo Re Sakhi'' (Chan Chan) was considered for the

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nomination in the 2007 Academy Awards. The album kicks off with ''Aayo Re Sakhi'', a song composed in the style of

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, which uses only rich Indian music instruments and is regarded as a master piece of the composer as well as vocalists

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and Sukhwinder Singh. The next two tracks sung by

are noted especially for the rendition and use of soft instruments. They are soft in temper and is quite off-beat but their strength lie in the somber backdrops of the rhythm. The fourth track ''Sham Rang Bhar Do'', beautifully penned by professional lyricist Raqeeb Alam is a

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song and is beautifully sung by noted classical singer Richa Sharma and other male vocalists. The bhajan Vaishnava Janatho was not composed by A.R. Rahman, but the elements of the chant was completely modified by him. The final track ''Bhangari Morori'' is highly inspired by ''water'', one of the five elements. It uses the flow of water in the background at various portions similar to some earlier tracks, in which the composer used many sounds from the nature. The extra tracks in the international release, by

use rich

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music instruments which make the film, a perfect blende of Indian classical music and

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. Director Deepa Mehta commented about the soundtrack: "The music that has been created for Water is simply breath-taking…It has the makings of a phenomenal soundtrack".

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, who sang one of the songs, commented that "''Water'' was a wonderful experience. I didn't even realize I was singing for a film or that A.R. Rahman was recording a song. I sang all the variations I could conceive of. It was like rediscovering myself".

Track listing

''Indian Release''

''International Release''

References

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