It was released on 20 December 2005 by labels Sony BMG in India and Varèse Sarabande internationally.

The album has 21 songs in total, 15 Instrumental pieces by Mychael Danna and 6 Hindi songs composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics by Sukhwinder Singh and Raqeeb Alam, except for the song Vaishnava Janatho (which is a famous 15th century bhajan in Gujarati composed and lyricized by Narsinh Mehta).

The soundtrack was released by international label, Varèse Sarabande[1] but it is distributed in India by Sony BMG.

The Indian release contains only the 6 Hindi songs composed by A.R.

[2] The song Aayo Re Sakhi (Chan Chan) was considered for the Best Original Song nomination in the 2007 Academy Awards.