Arrambam (soundtrack)

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Arrambam
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Soundtrack album to Arrambamby
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released19 September 2013
Recorded2013
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length21:44
Language Tamil
Label Sony Music India
Producer Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Biriyani
(2013)		Arrambam
(2013)		 Vanavarayan Vallavarayan
(2014)

Arrambam is the soundtrack album, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, to the 2013 film of the same name, directed by Vishnuvardhan starring Ajith Kumar, Arya, Nayantara and Taapsee Pannu. The album consists of six tracks. Pa. Vijay penned all lyrics for the songs. [1] It was released on 19 September 2013. [2] The album opened at number one on iTunes India within a few minutes after its release at midnight, [3] [4] which, according to Sify, "no Tamil album has done before". [5]

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Production

Yuvan Shankar Raja was signed on to compose the film's soundtrack and score, becoming his sixth project starring Ajith Kumar. In November 2012, Yuvan Shankar Raja composed a new song for the film. [6] On 23 April 2013 the composer tweeted that he had completed three songs, [7] and that one of which was a "mass intro song" rendered by Shankar Mahadevan. [8] [9] Vijay Yesudas stated that he had sung a "celebration song" in the film. [10]

In August 2013 it was reported that Vairamuthu's younger son Kabilan Vairamuthu was enlisted to pen lyrics for a song in the film, his first time working with Yuvan. [11] His lyrics were scrapped later and all five songs were written by Pa. Vijay only.

The music rights were sold to Sony Music India. [12]

Release

Yuvan Shankar Raja had handed over the master copy of the audio to the film's producer on 21 August and it was reported that the soundtrack would release on 9 September for Vinayagar Chaturthi. [13] On 14 September 2013, Sony Music India announced that the album would be released directly to stores on 19 September, while also revealing the track list.

On the same day, Theatrical trailer was released and went viral in YouTube. The trailer received massive response all over India as "Most Stylish one ever" leaving the high expectations in the kollywood. This movie was scheduled to release on 31 October 2013 two days before Diwali. [14]

Reception

Behindwoods.com rated the album 3.75 out of 5 and stated, "Pulsating rhythms, entertaining hooks and hair-raising lyrical moments make Arrambam a commercial heavyweight". [15] Indiaglitz.com rated the album 3.5/5 and stated "Yuvan strikes a Homerun". [16]

The album has also been a commercial success and described as "one of the biggest hits of the year". [17] Upon its release on 19 September, at midnight, the album immediately reached number one spot on the iTunes India store. [3] [4] Sify wrote that "no Tamil album has done (this feat) before". [5] Ashok Parwani, General Manager at Sony Music, stated that it had done "very well from a sales perspective". [17] The CDs were sold out within two days and the second batch of hit the stores on 23 September. [18]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Adadada Arrambame" Pa. Vijay Shankar Mahadevan 3:47
2."En Fuse Pochu" Pa. Vijay Karthik, Ramya NSK 4:43
3."Hare Rama (Not featured in the film)" Pa. Vijay Tanvi Shah, Shakthisree Gopalan 4:18
4."Melala Vedikudhu" Pa. Vijay Vijay Yesudas, Ranjith, Shweta Mohan 4:32
5."Stylish Thamizhachi" Pa. Vijay, Rubba.Bend M. M. Manasi, Rubba.Bend (Psycho Unit)4:24
Total length:21:44

Personnel

Instruments

Production

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