Music
| Yogi | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja | ||||
| Released | 13 September 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 / 2008 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 25:29 | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
| Producer | Yuvan Shankar Raja | |||
| Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology | ||||
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The musical score of Yogi is composed by Ameer's friend, Yuvan Shankar Raja, teaming up with Ameer again for this picture, having earlier worked on several projects as Mounam Pesiyadhe (2002), Raam (2005) and Paruthiveeran (2007), which all turned out to be huge musical hits. The score and most of the songs are centred on the traditional Indian string instrument sarangi, an essential part of Hindustani classical music, which is considered the hardest to Indian instrument to master. Noted Sarangi player Ustad Sultan Khan was therefore assigned to perform the sarangi pieces in this film.
The soundtrack was released on 13 September 2009 at Sathyam Cinemas among many prominent personalities. Yuvan Shankar Raja and Ameer had travelled to France in September 2007 to compose and record the songs, which were released only 2 years later. The album consists of six tracks and features the voices of Ameer Sultan himself, composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, lyricist Snehan, rapper Blaaze, Neha Bhasin and noted Sarangi player Ustad Sultan Khan, who has performed the Sarangi in this album as well, among others. Both versions of "Yogi Yogi Thaan" weren't featured in the film. The lyrics were written by Snehan, who usually pens for Ameer's films.
The soundtrack received generally positive reviews. Karthik of Bangalore Mirror described it as "brilliant", while a critic from Indiaglitz.com wrote it was "stylish" and "scintillating". Rediff's Pavithra Srinivasan gave a mixed review, citing that Yuvan Shankar Raja "partially delivers in Yogi". However, despite garnering favorable reviews, the songs failed to become prominent, due to the film's poor theatrical run.
All lyrics written by Snehan, all music composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja.
| Tracklist | ||||
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| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length | |
| 1. | "Yogi Yogi Thaan" | Blaaze, Neha Bhasin | 3:56 | |
| 2. | "Yaarodu Yaaro" | Yuvan Shankar Raja, Ustad Sultan Khan | 5:24 | |
| 3. | "Yogi Theme In Saarangi" | Ustad Sultan Khan | 4:02 | |
| 4. | "Seermevum Koovathiley" | Ameer Sultan, Naveen, Snehan, Jijuba | 5:52 | |
| 5. | "Yogi Theme Music" | Instrumental | 1:57 | |
| 6. | "Yogi Yogi Thaan Version II" | Blaaze, Neha Bhasin | 4:18 | |
| Total length: | 25:29 | |||
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