With rehashed tunes emerging as unchallenged club-bangers this year, music aficionados haven't failed to notice that it's been a while since the industry delivered a promising film soundtrack. "The last [time] I felt good about a soundtrack was [when working on] Rockstar," says AR Rahman, who has been vocal about the need for musicians and filmmakers to approach any project as one unit.

Talking to mid-day at the launch of the recently released anthem of the Men's Hockey World Cup, the maestro admits that musicians are under "pressure" when delivering a soundtrack. "There are many challenges [that filmmakers face to get] people to watch movies. So much so, that we have forgotten to catch up with the soul. Sometimes, we need to go back and create something beautiful. For Rockstar, there was a lot of time, commitment and love put into the script, by the actor, director, lyricists and [me]. Then, the concept of content came into existence. Somewhere, the passion of creating a movie is lost; [filmmaking] has become about content creation, not art creation."