Producer: Ramesh Sippy
Director: Vikram Bhatt
Cast: Vishwaas Paandya, Ameet M Gaurr, Alisha, Swapnil, Aditya Ralkar
Music: Himesh Reshammiya, Mystique Karma
Singers: Himesh Reshammiya, Kunal Ganjawala, Gayatri Ganjawala, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan

Newly proclaimed monarch of musical globe, Himesh Reshammiya, continues to appease our musical senses with his melodious strains in Vikram Bhatt’s ‘Fear’. For this musical venture Himesh teams up with Sameer again to deliver spanking new hits. He floods this album with his earlier style of music that clicked in films like ‘Tere Naam’, ‘Humraaz’ and ‘Kyun Ki’ and his bald-faced elevated pitched Sufi rock strains. But nevertheless, the album is swamped with monotony and patchiness that somewhat steals the shine.

The very first track that Himesh puts forward is ‘Tanha Tanha’, preoccupied with a mood of seclusion and isolation. The very ambience of this track is dark and dreary and use of daunting beats adds to its blood-curdling appeal. The song is somewhat recurring reminding us of Himesh’s other previous compositions. It is an overwhelming passionate track which inspite of being loaded with Sufi rock arrangements does not pierces through our minds. ‘Tanha Tanha’ club mix comes as a respite as it is goaded with generous quantity of groovy feel attached to it with disco beats tossing up and down together with Himesh’s gleaming tone.

‘Dil Dhadakta Hai’ (male version) is poured out in the essentially rich tone of Kunal Ganjawala. It is a fast number soiled with terrorizing feel that enhances the scary feel of the flick. Rendered in classic Sufi rock fashion, it appalls throughout. The mood and touch is done keeping in tandem the ambience of this high-speed crime thriller. ‘Dil Dhadakta Hai’ (female version) is rendered with equal passion and style by Gayatri Iyer that is thematically well suited to the plot. Both versions fully substantiate the gore feel of the flick with its mitigating rhythmical thumps in background and quaking vocals adding to its creepy feel.

‘Dil Ki Deewaron Pe’ will make one nostalgic of Himesh’s other soulful sentimental compositions. Following his earlier prototype music, Himesh makes Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik render for this. It is one is the choicest pick of all tracks beautifully arranged by Himesh with supple notes flowing from violin and piano while strains from saxophone and tender percussion adds to its flair.

A vintage feel haunts ‘Tu Ishq Hai Mera’ whined by Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik. One may feel as if they are listening to tracks from early 90s as Himesh deviates from his usual technocratic beats and succumbs to classical instrumental flow. But the only deviation is that the musical arrangement is a bit over stretched and mixed up with new blend of orchestration. But the track simply doesn’t click inspite of mellifluous rendition and impressive vocals as the repetitive feel lingers on.

Follows the title track ‘Fear’ that sounds more like a background score rather than a full-fledged soundtrack garnered with spine chilling tone and quivering vocals.  Sunidhi’s rendition of this track in a raucous tone sums up the evil intentions of the protagoniss. It is extremely earsplitting song that sounds like the signature track of some gothic flick. 
The soundtrack of this flick is haunted with Himesh’s old style of music and does not boast of anything novel. The soundtrack cannot be said to be another milestone in Himesh’s rocking musical career. In a nutshell, the album is loaded with Himesh’s earlier musical touch that sounds stale.