People have unsatiated needs and aspirations. Some of these aspirations, even though unrealistic, still stay with us as a wish which if fulfilled can add a tinge of uncanny flavour in our lives. I've always wondered how even small insignificant events are made breathtaking and admirable in movies and why the same exuberance is missing in our real lives. This void makes life mundane and run of the mill and somehow the daily course of events become inconsequential for us. We lose the panache of making each day special and bringing that distinct element which not only makes us feel good about ourselves but also about the world around us.
Going deep into the vacuum of this void made me realize how exciting and sanguine life would be, if we also have background music in our lives to reflect our capricious mood swings, to catch the essence of our emotion at every specific instant, to add a special flavour to our daily quotidian chores. Farah Khan gave a sarcastic yet a pleasant picture of this in her directorial debut "Main Hoon Na" where SRK has violins and saxophones played all around him whenever he encounters his gorgeous Chemistry teacher Sushmita Sen. He becomes all jovial and jocund on seeing her and the music plays a perfect apostle to his feel good demeanor.
Just reccall the scene of the cult Rocky movie series when Stallone sweats it out in a rigorous regimen to prepare for his boxing matches just to make sure he stays the last man standing. Now would those scenes be even half effective as they really were, if not for the epic "gonna fly now" theme or the "eye of the tiger" playing to showcase his journey from an underdog to a people's champion. The music exhilerates the audience and sets the adrenaline rushing through the body.
Another instance in the movie "The Pursuit of Happyness" when Will Smith finally becomes a stock broker and the way that moment has been captured with his narration "This part, this little part of my life is what i call as happiness" just leaves you spellbound. The music just creates the ambience to place us in his shoes and empathize with his plight.
The instances are many to illustrate. Fancy Tim Robbins' escape sequence in THe Shawshank Redemption or the preparation of Rocket by the Rocket boys in October Sky, the combat by Tom cruise and Val kIlmer in Top Gun or our desi post war redemption of King Asoka in the movie Asoka, the list goes on and each reiterates the fact that if we had background music in our lives, life would have been a far enriching experience and we wont take little moments for granted.
Presume a situation of a piece of music playing when you accomplish a laurel, when you make people around you proud, when you are frenzy and above this world. Imagine if there is a piece of music playing when your heart skips a beat on seeing that beautiful face whom you love and your smile doesnt need an instruction but comes straight from the heart. A euphony to reflect your desire to be with that person and making sure things just turn out perfect (Isnt it beautiful even imagining it, well atleast for me it is).
Imagine a piece of music that captivates the grim mood you might be in when things are adverse and you feel down and out, and then a motivating theme plays to pick you up from the precipice and reinstilling the confidence that you have it in you to win the world. I know it all sounds surreal and phantasmagoric, but wishes and aspirations dont think of pacifying the preconditions of tangible feasibility before they're set free to fly high. Some Birds aren't meant to be caged, they're just meant to be left in the open to find their own way towards their dreamland.
I give everyone a little work to do now. Just pick up one tune or song which you'll love to be the one that plays as a background score to your life's journey. I agree that one song might not correctly captivate the kernel of one's life, but we dont get everything we want now, do we???? atleast that'd make you rack your brain a bit more to come up with that perfect euphony.
If i have to pick one song to be played as a background score in my life, for me it has to be the "kal ho na ho" instrumental theme. It captures a wide gamut of emotions right from being happy, sad, pensive,romantic or feeling gregarious. I feel it provides the quintessence feel to the journey called life.But each mind has its own liking, so the choices may or rather should differ. But the bottom line remains the same, life is a gift and is meant to be enjoyed with or without music. So stay happy and make others happy and let the music play in your imagination. Trust me, things do get better.
