Satyajit Ray

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Satyajit Ray (1921–1992) from Kolkata is best known as a film director. For his first films he worked with musicians from Indian classical music: Ravi Shankar, Vilayat Khan and Ali Akbar Khan. Ray noticed that their first loyalty lay with the musical tradition and not with his film. From Teen Kanya (1961) onwards he therefore wrote his film music himself. He was a connoisseur of Western classical music, and Beethoven was his favourite composer. He wanted to use Western forms mainly in films set in the city. In this way he wrote the music for Charulata (1964) and Aranyer Din Ratri (1970). For the fairy-tale film Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969) he also wrote the songs.

Listening

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  Teen Kanya Theme (Instrumental) · Satyajit Ray, 1961
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  Charu Theme (Instrumental) · Satyajit Ray, 1964
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  Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne Theme (Instrumental) · Satyajit Ray, 1969
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  Charulata · Satyajit Ray, 1964

Discography

Studio albums

• 1966Shakespeare Wallah (soundtrack)
• 1970Goopy Gyne & Bagha Byne (soundtrack)
• 1980Hirok Rajar Deshe (soundtrack)
• 1984Ghare Baire (soundtrack)

Other work

• 1961Teen Kanya
• 1964Charulata
• 1969Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
• 1970Aranyer Din Ratri

In School of Rock

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• Film Music Map^NL Map
• The Dream Factory: Film Reel 6^NL Reader

Mentioned in other articles

• Parallel cinema (Bengal) GenreIn Kolkata in 1955, Satyajit Ray made Pather Panchali, influenced by Italian neorealism.

See also

• Parallel cinema (Bengal)