Inspired Music

I was recently listening to a piece of music in a cab and was initially smiling to myself as the tune was the familiar violin piece at the beginning of "The Fiddler on the Roof." My initial reaction soon turned to rage when the song morphed into some disgusting dance music with beats. Turned out it was from a Telugu movie named "Jayam." This is no isolated instance.

Enough movies these days flick shamelessly from original (classical or otherwise) compositions.
Almost none has been lacking in the "inspiration quotient."

And there are those, who just embed it in arbitrary contexts with no heed to appropriateness, the issue of copyright being ignored for a second, to highlight the decadence in music composition.

I have heard some Tamil song recently with an evidently Spanish theme all through. Whither the original talented composers?

With the trend in movies being remade in the other 2 or 3 South Indian languages, after its been made in one (usually Malayalam), there's no shortage of songs sounding the same in 4 languages.
How I long to hear music from people like Illayaraja. The issue of originality is an endless debate. Guess one may have to end up listening to nature and then one may never know if one songbird is copying another!

I wish people could atleast license it from the owners, use it and hopefully with some taste.

Right now, its like making a photocopy of the Mona Lisa and hanging it on your Loo (vre!)