Why Clinton Cerejo wants background scores at the forefront
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Clinton Cerejo, who composed the background score for Kartik Aaryan’s latest OTT release, Freddy, is furious over the lack of recognition for those who composed the original score for the film. He took to Instagram to point out how people are not aware of the difference between the music director and the one who composes the background score.
The musician tells us, “My whole point of lashing out was that it happens in every film. This isn’t the first time it’s happened, and it won’t be the last. The fact is that background scores get marginalised in our country, and people don’t realise their value. It’s high time people stop treating songs and background music as one entity.”
The artiste, who composes music as well as original scores, called out a section of film critics for “not taking an effort while reviewing a film as to who composed the original score” and wrongly mentioning music composer Pritam’s name for giving the background music. He asserts, “Background scoring as an art form is completely different from songs. The commoners might not understand the terminologies, but a film critic should know the technicalities of filmmaking. All I’m saying is every person needs to get their due. This is the time to raise our voices. We can’t spend our life thinking all this is fine.”