Slumdog Millionaire

Danny Boyle's film Slumdog Millionaire is a wild and wonderful ride through India's colourful worlds of everyday family life, mafia, homelessness and out-sourced call centres. The film is expertly shot, cast and, almost most importantly, soundtracked. Boyle asked A.R. Rahman, a world-renowned music composer from India, to do the job. Rahman perfectly matches the films eyebrow-raising splashes of colour with equally colourful Bollywood flare, Bhangra beats and local celebrity guest artists. M.I.A. makes three appearances on the album ("Paper Planes," a DFA remix of the same song and the original song "O… Saya"). The rest is a fresh set of danceable, fast-paced music that sounds more like a Mumbai mixed tape than an original score. There are a couple score-like movie moments that are a little out of context on a stereo, but the majority of this album is electrifying and includes "Jai Ho," the song in the final magical dance sequence of the movie.

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