Expectations
An
edgy
and
thrilling
score
-
That's
what
one
expects
from
the
music
of
Game
which
sees
the
team
of
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
and
Javed
Akhtar
coming
together
again.
Now
this
was
expected
considering
the
fact
that
Game
is
a
Farhan
Akhtar-Ritesh
Sidhwani
film.
Since
Game
is
a
thriller
and
has
major
portions
of
it
shot
abroad,
one
expects
a
soundtrack
that
would
boast
of
an
out
and
out
Western
flavour
with
a
foot
tapping
appeal.
Music
Title
song
'It's
A
Game'
opens
the
album
and
one
can
well
expect
this
one
to
be
playing
in
the
opening
credit
rolls
of
the
film.
Boasting
of
the
same
style
as
the
opening
sequence
of
the
Bond
movies,
'It's
A
Game'
pretty
much
meets
the
expectations.
Sung
ferociously
by
Vishal
Dadlani,
it
is
not
the
kind
that
turns
out
to
be
a
chartbuster
track
but
does
well
in
setting
up
the
mood
right
at
the
start
of
the
film.
Also,
one
can
expect
snippets
from
the
song
to
form
a
part
of
the
background
score
of
the
film
as
well.
Later
Sunitha
Sarathi
does
a
'reprise
version'
of
the
song
as
well
and
it
turns
out
to
be
further
closer
to
the
Bond
theme.
An
even
better
outing
takes
place,
courtesy
the
soft
notes
that
mark
the
beginning
of
'Maine
Yeh
Kab
Socha
Tha'.
An
urban
contemporary
love
song
with
a
modern
day
setting
to
it,
'Maine
Yeh
Kab
Socha
Tha'
is
a
quintessential
love
song
that
one
expects
from
a
film
that
boasts
of
upmarket
production
values.
Rendered
by
Shaan
and
Anusha
Mani
(good
again
after
'Dil
Mein
Jaagi'
[Dev
D],
'Lazy
Lamhe'
[Thoda
Pyaar
Thoda
Magic]
and
'Lehrein'
[Aisha])
with
Loy
Mendonsa
chipping
in
as
well,
'Maine
Yeh
Kab
Socha
Tha'
is
a
bring-on-the-smiles
love
song
that
moves
along
rather
smoothly
and
makes
you
play
it
all
over
again.
'Mehki
Mehki'
takes
the
listener
back
to
the
50s
when
cabarets
were
in
vogue.
With
the
female
protagonist
taking
centre-stage
here,
it
is
Shreya
Ghoshal
who
does
the
needful
to
be
her
voice.
While
she
does
her
job
well
and
so
does
Kshitij
Wagh
who
is
her
male
counterpart,
the
overall
composition
turns
out
to
be
just
about
decent.
For
a
setting
like
this
one
would
have
expected
something
spectacular
but
that
is
not
really
the
case
with
the
song
turning
out
to
be
more
lazy
than
exciting.
The
'remix
version'
too
doesn't
quite
add
on
to
the
spice
and
one
moves
on
to
the
next
song
with
a
feeling
that
this
one
could
have
been
far
better.
It
is
back
to
Bond
mood
with
Aditi
Singh
Sharma
and
K.K.
sung
'Kaun
Hai
Ajnabi'
bearing
the
kind
of
sound
which
has
been
associated
with
many
a
film
belonging
to
this
genre
over
the
decades
gone
by.
This
one
in
fact
mixes
Bond
theme
with
the
50s
style
composition
which
is
yet
again
situational.
The
lyrics
here
are
typical
where
the
protagonists
are
trying
to
find
the
identity
of
a
stranger,
hence
setting
the
mood
for
a
song
(arriving
again
in
a
'remix
version')
that
could
well
have
been
composed
for
the
climax
setting.
Overall
Game
starts
off
well
with
an
attention
grabbing
title
song
and
a
melodious
'Maine
Yeh
Kab
Socha
Tha'.
However
it
doesn't
quite
keep
the
momentum
with
'Mehki
Mehki'
and
'Kaun
Hai
Ajnabi'
ending
up
being
just
about
situational.
Of
course
in
the
process
of
doing
so,
a
definite
mood
is
maintained
for
Game
which
in
a
way
is
a
positive
considering
the
fact
that
the
film
was
never
meant
to
be
a
musical.
However
for
the
songs
to
make
an
impact,
it
would
all
boil
down
to
how
they
are
picturised
and
plugged
into
the
film's
narrative.
Our
Pick(S)
Maine
Yeh
Kab
Socha
Tha,
It's
A
Game
Story first published: Monday, February 21, 2011, 12:57 [IST]