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Sampling new tunes
Updated On: 22 August, 2022 08:21 AM IST | Mumbai | Sonia Lulla
Tackling Shahid’s edgy actioner, and Diljit’s film on Sikh riots for director Ali Abbas Zafar, composer Julius Packiam on exploring diverse genres
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Packiam has used electronic music and orchestral scores
Reportedly inspired by the 2011 French film, Nuit Blanche (Sleepless Nights), Shahid Kapoor-starrer Bloody Daddy sees the actor as an undercover cop in a story about a drug heist that transpires over a night. Score composer Julius Packiam, a long-time collaborator of director Ali Abbas Zafar says the brief given to him was simple — to create a score that was edgy, young, and contemporary.
“The film is an edgy, fast-paced actioner, so he wanted a sound that was a hybrid of electronica and orchestral music. In this case, the edit defined the pace. Once the edit was locked, we could see that it kept viewers on the edge. To make music for such a film is easy. [As composers], we were only making the scenes look more presentable,” says Packiam, who was a senior to Zafar during their time spent in Delhi as students. “He has been an assistant to Kabir Khan on films like New York, and in other movies of Yash Raj Films, where I was also working. So, we have shared a friendly relationship for 14 years. When he became a director, he wanted me [as composer]. Because I have done so many films for him, I have an understanding of what he wants. There’s nothing much to discuss, and even if he wants changes, they are only cosmetic.”
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