New
York-based
American
music
composer
Wayne
Sharpe,
best
known
for
his
award-winning
background
scores
in
Prakash's
Gangaajal
and
Apaharan,
now
doing
the
background
for
Jha's
Raajneeti,
was
down
in
Mumbai
earlier
this
week
to
finalize
a
new
version
of
the
eternal
national
patriotic
song
Vande
Mataram.
The
inimitable
poet
Gulzar,
going
international
for
the
second
time
after
'Jai
Ho'
in
Slumdog
Millionaire,
will
pen
the
lyrics
for
the
new-age
Vande
Mataram.
This
would
be
the
first
attempt
by
a
foreigner
to
modify
and
recreate
an
Indian
patriotic
song.
Wayne
Sharpe's
new-age
Vande
Mataram
would
have
a
whole
array
of
present
day
playback
voices
from
Bollywood
singing
in
the
song.
The
original
Vande
Mataram
for
the
1952
film
was
recorded
by
Lata
Mangeshkar
and
composed
by
Hemant
Kumar.
A.
R.
Rahman
later
did
another
version
of
Vande
Mataram.
But
Wayne's
version
of
the
timeless
track
for
Raajneeti
would
be
entirely
different.
Speaking
before
leaving
for
New
York,
Wayne
Sharpe
said,
"I
specialize
in
background
scores.
Now
I'm
doing
my
first
Bollywood
song
for
Raajneeti.
It's
a
re-arrangement
of
Vande
Mataram
with
my
version
of
the
tune.
I
think
I'm
the
first
American
to
do
this.
It'd
be
huge
production
with
a
big
orchestra.
We'd
have
a
bit
of
the
old
melody
along
with
some
of
the
new
one
that
I'm
writing.
There
would
be
a
whole
cross-section
of
singers."
Wayne
credits
Prakash
Jha
with
his
Bollywood
connection.
"I
met
Prakash
through
a
mutual
friend
in
New
York.
He
invited
me
to
India
to
do
the
background
music
in
Gangaajal.
Now
I'm
doing
a
third
film
for
him.
My
speciality
is
working
on
western
sounds
and
combining
it
with
Indian
sounds.
That's
the
radar
I'd
like
to
stay
within."
Wayne
is
trained
in
western
classical
music.
And
that's
the
sound
we'll
hear
in
this
version
of
Vande
Mataram.
He
is
a
big
fan
of
A
R
Rahman.
"Rahman's
score
in
Taal
just
changed
my
life.
It
was
a
major
pinnacle
for
my
career
as
a
musician."
Wayne
has
also
completed
the
background
music
in
Sanjay
Chouhan's
Lahore.
"I
see
Mumbai
as
a
second
home," said
the
New
Yorker
before
flying
out.
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