Rahman appreciates Danny Boyle

India’s A.R. Rahman may have composed music for a London West End musical, for a Chinese film, for over 100 Indian films and even conducted the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, but the ace musician claims that working on British director Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire was a challenge. All that Danny wanted was a score that mirrored the energy of the script – that blended with the story of the poor orphan right up to his grand win. But the twist was, Danny gave A.R. Rahman merely three weeks for composition, which is less than half the time he usually takes. "We had met and talked about it for about two months. But I had to finish it quickly as Boyle wanted to start mixing the film by August," said Rahman. Adding, "It's probably one-fifth of the time I normally take. For one thing, a normal film has about 150 cues. But in this one there were only 17-18 cues for me. Boyle uses less music but very efficiently."