Ride Audio Review

This youthful entertainer centered around a bike is running successfully. For the first time, rocking singer Hemachandra has turned music director for this film. Let's see how the audio turned out.

1. Rangula Lokam

Singers: Clinton, Venu, Sravana Bhargavi, Bhargavi Pillai

Lyricist: Bhaskarabhatla

This seems like an introduction song to the movie. It talks about how students feel once they go college. It is a really energetic song and has four singers lending their voices for it. The lyrics will be liked by youngsters and the musical interludes are appealing as well. Overall it is an energetic song that will be liked be the youth.

Rating: 3/5

2. Mahive

Singers: Hemachandra, Sravana Bhargavi

Lyricist: Ramajogayya Sastry

The tune of this song will surely get stuck in your head after you listen to it. It is used in some of the trailers as well. Hemachandra, who rocked everyone with his voice in the song "Bommali..." from Billa, has done a similar job here. Especially the little chant in between reminds you a lot of "Bommali...". However, I liked this song better than "Bommali" as it is especially good in the pallavi where Hemachandra starts singing and there is a change in the beat. The charalu and the interludes are well composed as well. It must be said that this song doesn't seem like one composed by a debutant. This is another number that will be liked by the youth.
Rating: 3.25/5

3. Edo Edo

Singers: Hemachandra, Geetha Madhuri, Sravana Bhargavi

Lyricist: Bhaskarabhatla

This is a melody infused with a bit of rap. All the singers do a good job especially Hemachandra in the rap part, "Deni peru lovu ro, Padani vaadu ledu ro...". The interludes are well composed and once again this is a song that will especially be liked by the youngsters. Sravana Bhargavi has sung a few songs in this movie and it is good to see young Telugu singers coming into the scene. The lyrics are peppy and overall it is a good song.

Rating: 3.25/5

4. Ride

Singers: Deepu, Babloo

Lyricist: Ramajogayya Sastry

The title song and also a friendship song. There have been many movies released after Happy Days based on friendship and this is another one. It is a good song after repeated listening. I especially like the second interlude where there is an opera-like aalapana. The charanalu are well orchestrated with each singer singing each line. The lyrics are simple and peppy. It is a softer song compared to most of the album. The singers did justice to the song.

Rating: 3.25/5

5. Naa Manasantha

Singers: Hemachandra, Sunitha

Lyricist: Bhaskarabhatla

This a melody song. It starts off well but somewhere it loses the listener's interest. It is sung well by Hemachandra (who is shows his versatility in this album) and everyone's favourite Sunitha. But somehow it doesn't quite have the pulling-aspect that the other numbers in the album have. I have been listening to this album for about three weeks and this is the only song that I feel like skipping everytime. Not that it is a terrible song but it just doesn't sound new and doesn't provide much variety musically or lyrically.

Rating: 2.5/5

6. Danchave (Remix)

Singers: Venu, Sai Shivani

Lyricist: C. Narayana Reddy, Gurucharan

There doesn't seem to be an album without a remix these days. This is a remix of the super-hit song from the movie Mangamma Gari Manavadu starring Balakrishna. It starts off with the original and then moves into the remix. It is well remixed and is a treat for the mass audience. It is full of beats and is ideal for heavy dance moves. The lyrics, as far as I know, are the same as the original, and the singers do well. As a number on its own it is not that great but will be liked by most people.

Rating: 3/5

7. Ride Theme Music

Singers: Hemachandra, Babloo, Geetha Madhuri, Sravana Bhargavi, Pooja

All the singers in the album come together for this number. It is infact a fusion of all the songs in the album. It doesn't really have any singing, so I am not sure what the five singer actually did. But the musically it is really well composed with a great use of a variety of instruments. I am not sure if this is in the movie, but I think it would be great music to have in the starting titles.

Rating: 3.25/5

Last Words:

This is a pretty good album appealling mainly to the youth audience. The only problem I find with this album is that there is probably one song too many. The movie is also targetted at the youth and hence it is running successfully. If you haven't heard this soundtrack yet go ahead and listen to it.

Overall Rating: 3/5 (Good)

My Picks: Mahive, Edo Edo