[4] Poet Kutti Revathi collaborated two and a half years ago with the film director for the song "Nenje Ezhu".

On composing for "Naetru Aval", Rahman stated that he revisited the retro zones to add a ghazal feel to the contemporary music based track.

[7] He insisted on re-recording it with a singer who could impart more emotions with an earthy voice to the song and eventually opted for Yuvan Shankar Raja.

[9][11] In July 2013, when singer Velmurugan sang the same track live at an event,[12] the reports of end January 2013 published by Times of India counter-confirmed that he was the first choice for "Kadal Raasa Naan".

Selectively, portion of words from 'Kaalam enakkul uraiyuthu' until 'Enakenna kedithu' that added continuity to the melancholic track were penned instantaneously after listening to the requisite aalaap sung by Rahman himself.

The critical review board at Behindwoods gave the album 3.5 out of 5 and stated "Maryan's music serves to prove that when ARR is given a free hand to do as he pleases, he weaves magic!

"[17] Music Aloud noted "Definitely not on par with A R Rahman's previous soundtrack that had similar settings, but at least a couple of songs are here to stay."

"[22] Critic Srinivas Ramanujam of The Times of India set a score of 4 out of 5 stating, "Maryan does have a slight Kadal hangover, in terms of music, but Rahman hits the right note, literally, throughout the album.

[27][28] On 31 March 2013, a 40-second teaser with a musical score of "Sonapareeya" was released which showed Dhanush with a spear in his hand, diving into deep sea in a breath and hunting on the seabed.

[33] The complete soundtrack album was released at the composer's recording studio in Chennai on 17 May 2013, and was also made available as mastered for iTunes version.

[34] A. R. Reihana, Abhay Jodhpurkar, Pooja Vaidyanath, Dr. Narayanan, Senthildass, Malavika Sundar, Santhosh Hariharan, Deepak Subramaniam, Nakash Aziz.

Kids chorus as "Madras Youth Choir" — A. R. Ameen, Sai, R. Ameena, K. Haripriya, K. Saivenkat, S. Akilesh, Dhiyaram, Manavaram, Pranav, Deepika