Alaipayuthey (soundtrack)

Critic based at The Hindu asserted, "A. R. Rahman's numbers are already a hit – be it "Pachchai Niramae'' zestfully rendered by Hariharan or the melodious "Snegithanae'' or "Yaaro Yaarodi''. Now they come with added flavour in the form of excellently captured visuals and scenic presentations."[13] However, the song "September Madham'' was criticized to obstruct the smooth flow of scenes with music.[13] Methil Renuka of India Today praised the music of the film, calling it 'great'.[14]St. Louis International Film Festival, critic Rich Cline called the music exuberant and colourful.[15] Based on the 5.1 surround DVD release, James Grey stated, "The soundtrack is obviously heavily dubbed, which is not the disk's fault, and while the music doesn't have particular weight it comes across nicely enough. the music surprisingly (to me, anyway) accessible (with one tune going round my head even now)."[16]

On penning review for Bollywood Hungama, critic Taran Adarsh stated, "A.R. Rahman's music is melodious and easy on the ears. The title track is the pick of the lot, but the item song can easily be deleted, for it serves as a speed breaker in the goings-on. Perhaps, even this song was added to add spice."[17] Critic based at Australian Cine Urban praised the music, "A superb digital sound mix drives the all important soundtrack, fantasy music video clips on the cable music channels in that they are multi-costume and multi-location showpieces, taking us from waterfalls to snowy mountain fields to idyllic shorelines. Duets and full scale wedding routines follow each other as the first half zips along with its charter to set the musical mood."[18] Vijay Ramanan of Planet Bollywood, "A. R. Rahman's music and score, while simply re-created from the original except for two songs is as usual – fantastic.[19]Mr. Brown reviewed the music of the film, "The songs-chiefly are the lilting title number; the percussive wedding song "Chhalka Chhalka Re" ("It Spilled"); and the seductive ballads "Chupke Se" ("Quietly") and "Aye Udi Udi Udi" ("Flew Away") a highlight.[20] Glamsham pointed, "All in all, all praises to the music composition by A R Rahman; the music is unique and upbeat. A R Rahman has been successful in creating a different genre of music for his ever increasing list of fans. The lyrics is definitely getting subdued by the exciting music. A must buy for people who love new music".[21]

All lyrics by Vairamuthu, except track "Alaipayuthey", written by Oothukkadu Venkatasubba Iyer and rap portion of "Endrendrum Punngai" written by Praveen Mani.[22] The order of track listing is according to the music cassette or soundtrack CD. The order of tracks in the listing differs in the digital download websites.

All lyrics by Veturi. The order of track listing is according to the digital download websites.

All lyrics by Gulzar.

Backing vocals: Dominique Cerejo, Clinton Cerejo, Srinvas, Febi, Noell James, Kanchana, Ganga, Chandran, Sriram

• Flute: Naveen kumar
• Guitar: Kabuli
• Nadaswaram: Vasu
• Bass guitars: Keith Peters
• Veena: Vishwamohan Bhatt
• Sarangi: Ustaad Sultan Khan

Backing vocals: Karthik, Tipu, Chandran, Clinton Cerejo, Raqeeb Aalam, Febi, Feji, Poornima

Personnel

• Flute: Naveen
• Bass guitars: Keith Peters, Viji
• Dilruba: Saroja
• Sarangi: Ustaad Sultan Khan

Additional programming: Pravin Mani (for the tracks "O Humdum Suniyo Re" and "Chori Pe Chori")

Strings conducted by V. J. Srinivasamurthy

Additional sound design: H. Sridhar

Sound Engineers, H. Sridhar, S. Sivakumar