Anirudh Ravichander is considered one of the best music directors in the country as far as his background scores are concerned. Most of his songs are actually mediocre if you ask the Telugu audience. But the impact he generates with his BGMs is on a different level altogether.
In the 1990s, AR Rahman changed the way we looked at BGM. The likes of Mani Sharma and Harris Jayaraj learned a great deal from his style. In the current generation, it is Anirudh who has radically influenced how we view scores in movies. His scores are stylized and sometimes magnetically so. He doesn't mind his scores overpowering whole scenes. Since his scores are always almost appealing, the audience don't have a problem with him.
But Mickey J Meyer stands at the other end of the spectrum. Defending his score for HIT 3 (which has been criticized by some), he recalled that his BGM for Sekhar Kammula's Happy Days was trashed by a senior technician. But the majority of the audience loved it. "I take risks, which pay off, although not always. Make no mistake, the Hit 3 score was successful in supporting the movie, and is instrumental in its success. Scene elevation is by far the easiest part of a score. Director Sailesh Kolanu did not want the score to be over the top. It took me a while to understand his vision," Mickey wrote.
