When researching into Filmi, one thing that I knew before this project was the form of inspiration Filmi has on the western world. Samples on Indian music mainly from films (Filmi Music). This really inspires me for this project, looking at the relationship between east and west film/music industries and how the overlap. One thing that would be good for this project, is looking at the ways in which western world is inspired from Filmi. It could be a possible outcome, where I bring awareness to the western world on how its used eastern influence to create music and feature in songs that it knows.
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> The Article Below mentions how Truth Hurts was sued for using Filmi music from 20 years ago without any apporval from the original composer of the song. Key notes share information about this situation.
A famed Indian composer has filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming the recent hit single "Addictive" by Truth Hurts featuring Rakim borrowed heavily and without permission from a 20-year-old Hindi
- "A famed Indian composer has filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming the recent hit single "Addictive" by Truth Hurts featuring Rakim borrowed heavily and without permission from a 20-year-old Hindi song."- "The lawsuit also charges American producers, including hip-hop impresario Dr. Dre, with practicing a form of "cultural imperialism" by not crediting Third World artists."
- "Songwriter Bappi Lahiri filed suit in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Tuesday seeking a halt to the further sale of the album "Truthfully Speaking" on Dr. Dre's Aftermath Records, his lawyer said."
- "Lahiri claims that the producers of "Addictive" lifted four minutes of the original recording by Indian artist Lata Mangeshkar of the song "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai." "They literally superimposed their own drum track and lyrics over the beat," said Lahiri's lawyer Anthony Kornarens. "It's not just a small loop."
- "It's our opinion that the label simply took it for granted that Hindi music was something they didn't need pay for, that it could be used simply at will," Kornarens said."
- "Addictive," produced by DJ Quik, was released as a single and reached No. 2 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart and No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100."
- "Saregama India Ltd., the Bombay-based film and music company that produced the original recording of Lahiri's song, filed its own suit last month in federal court in Houston, seeking $500 million in damages."
> The Article highlights the attitudes the western world have towards eastern music, and that Truth Hurts thought that they could get away with sampling it without thinking of the consequences, or even think that there were any. I think this attitude disrespects the Filmi music industry, and it's culture as a whole. This could spark the idea of showing the level of sampling people have done to use Filmi Music.
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> Other musicians that have used samples of Filmi to create music (With legal use)
Research Source: https://www.whosampled.com/news/2011/05/23/top-10-bollywood-samples/
1) Britney Spears - Toxic > Lata Mangeshkar and S.P. Balasubrahmanyam - Tere Mere Beech Mein
2) Black Eyed Peas - Don't Phunk with My Heart > Asha Bhosle - Aye Naujawan Hai Sab Kuchch Yahan
3) M.I.A. - Jimmy - Parati Khan > Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aajav
4) Jay Z feat. Kanye West - The Bounce > Alka Yagnik and Ila Arun - Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai
5) Chase & Status - Eastern Jam > Shreya Ghoshal and Nusrat Badr - Silsila Ye Chaahat Ka
6) Tricky - Ponderosa > Jagjit Singh - O Maa Tujhe Salaam
9) Mobb Deep feat. Young Buck - Give It to Me > Alka Yagnik, Manpreet Akhthar and Udit Narayan - Tujhe Yaad Na Meri Aaye
10) Bombay Bicyle Club - Feel > Lata Mangeshkar Man Dole Mera Tan Dole
11) will.i.am feat. Cody Wise - It's my Birthday > A.R. Rahman - Urvashi Urvashi
> The heavy use of Filmi used in the Western world is shown well with this list, which is not all songs that have used samples. Some are extremely successful and heavily rely on the sample being used to make the song what it is.
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> Here are some films that sample and use Fimli music. Using Bollywood for Hollywood.
1) Inside Man - Chal Chaiyan Chaiyan
2) The Dictator - Mundian tu Bachke
3) The Accidental Husband - Chhalka Chhalka re
4) GURU - Chori Chori hum Gori Sey
5) The Accidental Husband - Mujhe Rang de
6) Moulin Rouge - Chamma Chamma
7) Ghost World - Jaan Pehchaann Ho
8) Lord of War - Bombay Theme
9) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Wada na tod
> From matching the location of the film, the attitude of character or just because the director purely liked the song, many filmi songs have been used in Hollywood. How could I create this into a final piece? I could highlight the ways in which the films used the music, by making the western aspect of the film eastern. I could take the posters made and form them into a traditional styled poster (Examples shown below).
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