Master (soundtrack)

The soundtrack album features eight songs written by Arunraja Kamaraj, Gana Balachandar, Arivu, Vignesh Shivan, Vishnu Edavan and Bjorn Surrao, with three of them were released as singles.

The film also features an extended soundtrack album with two songs "Vaathi Kabaddi" and "Master The Blaster" being released on 13 and 14 January 2021.

[2] The soundtrack album features eight tracks, with lyrics written by Arunraja Kamaraj, Gana Balachandar, Arivu, Vignesh Shivan and Vishnu Edavan.

[11] The film's audio launch event was held on 15 March 2020, at The Leela Palace Hotel in Chennai, with a live telecast on Sun TV.

[12] The film's cast and crew and other celebrities, attended the event, and was held with closed doors without fans and press due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[13][14] The album cover from the soundtrack features a blurred image of Vijay staring an intense look resmbling to that of the film's first look poster.

[19][20] After negotitating with Five Star Audio and Ayngaran International, which procured the rights of the original film,[21] Sony Music South released the lyrical video of the song on 13 January 2021.

[22][23] The second song "Master the Blaster" which released on 14 January 2021,[24] is a reggae[a] track written and performed by independent musician Bjorn Surrao, whom Anirudh had collaborated in Velaikkaran (2017).

"[27] Indiaglitz gave 3.75 out of 5 and quoted "The culmination of good composition, lyrics and singers make the album remarkably entertaining and highly listenable.

"[28] Moviecrow rated the album 3.5 out of 5, stating that "Anirudh easily delivered his best among his recent outings for the mass films with the vibrant soundtrack led by Vaathi Raid.

It's got actors and composers singing, directors writing lyrics, folk overtones, percussion, many traditional instruments and drummers beating the life out of a variety of drums.

[34][35] The second song "Vaathi Coming" received phenomenal response, and its lyrical video which released on 10 March, crossed 100 million views on 5 January 2021.

[52] Writing for the track "Andha Kanna Paathakka", Ghosh stated that "a tribute to the hero played by Vijay, but instead of having the usual anthemic quality, it's a peppy torch song".

[61] The soundtrack for the Hindi version titled Vijay The Master features lyrics written by Raqueeb Alam, Vimal Kashyap and Akshay Dhawan.