Nevada
(ANI):
Oscar
winner
musician
AR
Rahman"s
'Jai
ho'
has
again
won
laurels
at
prestigious
World
Soundtrack
Academy
awards
in
Ghent,
Belgium.
The
song
from
Slumdog
Millionaire
won
in
'best
original
song
written
for
film'
category
at
the
ninth
World
Soundtrack
Awards
announced
at
Ghent,
and
the
ceremony,
in
addition
to
Rahman,
was
reportedly
attended
by
world
film
music
personalities
like
Alexandre
Desplat,
Marvin
Hamlisch,
Reinhold
Heil,
Johhny
Klimek,
Alti
Ovarsson,
Jerôme
Lemmonier,
Andrew
Lockington,
etc.
Acclaimed
Indo-American
statesman
Rajan
Zed
has
applauded
Rahman
for
creating
a
bridge
between
the
music
of
east
and
west
and
for
strengthening
the
worldwide
market
and
stature
of
Indian
music.
Zed,
who
is
the
chairperson
of
Indo-American
Leadership
Confederation,
in
a
statement
in
Nevada
(USA),
urged
Rahman
to
help
nourish
the
next
generation
with
the
richness
of
Indian
music,
elements
of
whose
theory
were
first
found
in
ancient
Hindu
scripture
Sama-Veda.
Music
for
“Jai
ho" was
provided
by
Rahman;
lyrics
by
Gulzar
and
Tanvi
Shah;
published
by
KM
Musiq
Ltd.;
and
performed
by
Rahman,
Sukhvinder
Singh,
Tanvi
Shah,
Mahalaksmi
Iyver,
and
Vijay
Prakash.
Rahman,
who
has
reportedly
recorded
sales
of
over
300
million,
was
called
'Mozart
of
Madras'
by
Time
magazine.
Rahman
sees
music
“as
a
way
to
connect
to
spirituality
and
embrace
it"
and
for
“creating
harmony
in
troubled
times".
The
World
Soundtrack
Awards
are
distributed
annually
for
outstanding
achievement
in
scoring
music
for
motion
pictures
and
other
achievements
in
five
categories.
Academy
is
aimed
at
organizing
and
overseeing
the
educational,
cultural
and
professional
aspects
of
the
art
of
film
music,
including
the
preservation
of
the
history
of
the
soundtrack
and
its
worldwide
promotion.
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