[1] The official soundtrack album consists of 6 songs composed by S. Thaman and Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar penning the lyrics.

Being recorded in 2011, the film's soundtrack album was launched on 21 December 2011 in a grand promotional event at Shilpakala Vedika, Hyderabad on Aditya Music label.

[3] Mahesh Babu himself sang the theme song along with director Puri Jagannadh in all three languages – Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam.

The Promotional event of Launch of the Soundtrack Album was held at Shilpakala Vedika in Hyderabad on 21 December 2011.

The others who attended the audio function were D. Ramanaidu, Mahesh's wife and actress Namrata Shirodkar, Kajal Aggarwal, Rama Rajamouli, Dil Raju, Kajal's sister and actress Nisha Agarwal, S. Thaman, Nassar, Bhaskarabhatla Ravikumar, Anil Sunkara, Ram Achanta, Ramesh Puppala and others.

[8] The television broadcasting rights were acquired by Telugu channels NTV and Gemini TV for a disclosed price.

Musicperk.com gave a review stating "Thaman has done great justice to this high profile movie by delivering the goods in the music section.

"[10] Oneindia Entertainment gave a review stating "The Businessman is a wonderful album, which lacks variety.

"[12] greatandhra.com gave a review stating "It is never an easy task when a music director is delivering nearly six out of ten films that are arriving and that too top league big budget flicks.

"[13] way2movies.com gave a review stating "All in all, Thaman has impressed the audiences with Businessman by delivering few energetic tracks that goes well with larger sections.

"[14] Cinecorn.com gave a review stating "Barring few songs that provide an instant satisfaction nothing sticks in mind once we stop playing the album.

"Pilla Chao" was alleged to be a straight lift from the techno mix of the legendary Italian World War II song Bella ciao.

In his complaint to the Mahankali police, Dal city unit's representative Murali alleged that the song in question, "Bad Boys", was written with vulgar words and demanded action against the film's director, Puri Jagannath, for screening such a vulgar song for public viewing at cinema houses.