| MUMBAI:
Worldspace Satellite Radio has launched a new series Soundtrack of Your Life,
which will broadcast across multiple channels on the Worldspace Satellite Radio
network.
The series will bring in music from the movies of various genres
and languages ranging from Hollywood soundtracks to Bollywood's all time background
scores as well as regional film hits in Kannada, Telugu and Bengali.
This new program kicked off
on 23 October and will air till 31 December on a host of channels on Worldspace
satellite radio network.
Jhankaar, Farishta, Shruti, Gandharv, Spin,
Spandana, Sparsha, Tara and Falak Soundtrack of your life will go beyond
just music to present a host of interviews with composers, actors and directors
as well as on-air features and performances and much more, creating a compelling
radio magazine on the impact of music on the movies.
"At Worldspace,
we are committed to presenting to our subscribers with innovative new content
unavailable anywhere else on radio," said Worldspace India chief marketing
officer Harshad Jain. "We are confident that our first-of-their-kind initiatives
will further establish our brand as the best source for exclusive program listening
in our markets."Program Highlights
Jhankaar
- 23 October to 29 October
A week long series of exclusive interviews with
award winning music directors like Salim-Suleiman, Sandeep Chowta, Raju Singh,
Vishal Shekar and Ranjit Barot, who share their perspectives on trends in the
Hindi film music scene today.
Spin - 30 October to 5 November
Spin
plays songs of well-know composers like Michael Kamen, Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer,
Randy Newman and John Williams - all renowned for some stellar background scores
for movies on 4 November, 11 am to 12 PM - Radio Talkies' OST, ties up with Soundtrack
of Your Life with Radio Talkies, which is a weekly film special on the Big Bang
(our breakfast show).
Gandharv - 13 November to 19 November
Gandharv
traces the trajectory of folk music and the inspiration that Hindi movies have
drawn from Hindustani Classical Music. The series features songs of popular Bollywood
music directors like Pahadi & Mand and songs from legendary films like Teesri
Kasam, Ganga Jumna, Lekin to the present day hits like Omkara.
Farishta
- 27 November - 3 December
Farishta will trace the career of Husnlal Bhagatram
- Hindi cinema's first ever composer duo who started their career in the 40s.
Radio Farishta will play 150 fresh songs composed by this duo, procured from a
private collector exclusively for the series - these songs are not available elsewhere.
Additionally, Radio Farishta will interview people who've worked with the duo
and surviving family members.
Falak - 25 December - 31 December
Falak will present special programs for seven days presenting different
aspects and influence of Urdu ghazals and lyrics in Indian cinema. The programmes
will include a detailed description by prominent scholars on Parsi theatre and
theatre songs in Hindi cinema, melodious and memorable Urdu songs of Hindi cinema,
classical ghazals of legendry poets sang by prominent singers in Hindi cinema. | 
