Songs and musician credits at the end.
Like director Boban Samuel’s last film (Shahjahanum Pareekuttiyum), Vikadakumaran too features just two songs. Nakshathrangal is a Christian devotional piece penned by BK Harinarayanan; the director appears to have a penchant for the genre (good luck charm perhaps?), having featured them in the past as well – I had really liked Arthungal Palliyil from Romans. Like Arthungal, Nakshathrangal too is an upbeat song, with a pleasantly engaging tune that at times reminds me a bit of the traditional piece Enthathishayame. Composer Rahul Raj does well with the orchestral arrangement, making great use of the chorus, even as Rimi Tommy confidently leads the vocals. It is in the other song that Rahul scores an absolute winner though. Kannum Kannum has an incredibly haunting melody (set to sindhubharavi raga based, presumably, and in a very Raja-esque fashion), and the composer adorns it with a thrilling backdrop that deftly mixes synth elements with strings and flute (in love with that second interlude). Akhila Anand does her part well behind the mic, but Vineeth Sreenivasan sounds patchy; the song’s awesomeness deserved better.
Vikadakumaran. Short but engaging soundtrack from Rahul Raj highlighted by a song that already qualifies as one of the year’s best.
Music Aloud Rating: 3/5
Musician Credits
Konji Konji
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Music Composed & Produced by – Rahul Raj
Lyrics – Harinarayanan BK
Vocals – Vineeth Sreenivasan & Akhila Anand
Keyboard & Rhythm Programming – Rahul Raj @ Indiasoundz Productions
Flute – Nikhil Ram
Strings Session – Cochin Strings & Francis Xavier
Engineers
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Romy @ Hat3 Studios
Saiprakash @ MyStudio
Mixed & Mastered by – Abin Paul @ Mixwithabin,Chennai
Special Thanks – Michael Kottayam
Nakshathrangal…
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Music Composed & Produced by – Rahul Raj
Lyrics – Harinarayanan BK
Vocals – Rimi Tommy
Harmony – Ranjini Hannah
Keyboard & Rhythm Programming – Rahul Raj @ Indiasoundz Productions
Strings Session – Cochin Strings & Francis Xavier
Choir Group – Singing Birds,Cochin
Engineers
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Romy @ Hat3 Studios
Ragesh Swaminathan @ Subsaid Scoring Stage
Mixed & Mastered by – Abin Paul @ Mixwithabin,Chennai
Special Thanks – Michael Kottayam
