Billa II (soundtrack)

Billa II is the soundtrack album, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, for the 2012 film of the same name, directed by Chakri Toleti that stars Ajith Kumar as the title character. The album consists of six tracks; five songs and a theme music track.[1] Na. Muthukumar penned all lyrics for the songs.[2]

Billa 2
Soundtrack album by
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released2 May 2012
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LanguageTamil
LabelSony Music
ProducerYuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Mr. Nookayya
(2012)		 Billa 2
(2012)		 Dhenikaina Ready
(2012)

Production

Although a new director (Chakri Toleti) was chosen to direct the prequel, Yuvan Shankar Raja, who had worked on the score of Billa (2007), was retained as the composer of Billa II, which became his fifth project starring Ajith Kumar. The soundtrack album was reported to feature six tracks, including one promotional video song.[1] It consists of five songs and a theme music track, an altered version of the original 2007 Billa theme. Yuvan Shankar Raja had composed a sixth song for a belly dance sequence, which was not included in the soundtrack, but featured only in the film.[3][4] Na. Muthukumar agreed to write the lyrics,[2] replacing Pa. Vijay who had worked on Billa's lyrics. In a departure from convention, the lyrics were penned first which were set to tunes later.[5]

Yuvan Shankar Raja revealed in 2014 told that he tried to recruit Shakira for the project but failed because of "budget troubles".[6] In late January 2012, Yuvan Shankar Raja left for Florida, US, Chakri's home place, to finish the compositions.[7] During the trip, he had composed a "melody song".[8] Singer Krish informed via Twitter that he had lent his voice for a R&B style song that would be the introduction track of the protagonist,[9][10] while Shweta Pandit was reported to have performed one song, too.[11] However, Krish's version was later replaced by Yuvan Shankar himself.[12] Re-recording works began by May 2012 in Mumbai.[13]

Release

The audio launch was initially to be released in mid-March 2012, but was then pushed to second week of April. Actor Rajinikanth was approached to unveil the soundtrack, with the team supposedly rescheduling the audio launch to suit Rajinikanth's dates, who had left for London for the filming of his film Kochadaiyaan.[14][15] The soundtrack was unveiled on 1 May 2012, coinciding with Ajith Kumar's birthday.[16] Sony Music Entertainment that marketed the album of Ajith Kumar's previous film Mankatha, acquired the music rights of Billa II as well for an unprecedented sum after some weeks-long negotiations.[17] In the week before the audio launch, Sony Music began releasing teasers of each of the songs every day and promoted them across social platforms.[18][19] The Telugu version of the soundtrack was released on 5 June 2012 at the Taj Deccan in Hyderabad.[20]

Reception

Rediff's Pavithra Srinivasan gave it 3 stars out of 5 and went to add that Yuvan Shankar Raja had "infused certain freshness to the music", describing it as "quite promising".[21]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Na. Muthukumar.

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Gangster"Yuvan Shankar Raja, Stefny4:07
2."Idhayam"Shweta Pandit4:04
3."Yedho Mayakkam"Yuvan Shankar Raja, Tanvi Shah, SuVi4:22
4."Madurai Ponnu"Andrea Jeremiah3:55
5."Unakkulle Mirugam"Ranjith4:18
6."Billa II Theme Music"Yuvan Shankar Raja1:56
Total length:22:42

Billa 2 Song Lyrics

Second release
No.TitleSingersLength
7."Everytime I See You (Georgian)"Sofia Bedia3:53

Personnel

Instruments
  • Live Drums & Percussion: V. Kumar
  • Flute: Napoleon
  • Veena: Devi
  • Sitar: Ganesh
  • Nadaswaram: Thirumoorthy
  • Electric Guitar: Kabuli & Joshwa
  • Tabla: L. V. Prasad, Prasad, Madhu, V.Ramana, Neelu, Venkat Balu, Venkatrao, Shruti
  • Tavil: Sundar
  • Female Harmony: Surmuki, Priya, Priyadharshini, Anitha

Production
  • Program Manager: V. Karthik
  • Program Co-ordination: A. S. Subbiah
  • Recorded at: Prasad Studios & S.a.s.i Studios, Chennai
  • Recorded by: M.Kumaraguruparan, Baranidharan & Prabhakar
  • Theme Music mixed by M.Kumaraguruparan
  • Theme Music mastered at Studio N.Y.S.A. Mumbai
  • Theme Music mastered by Murali
  • Mixed at nHow Studios, Berlin, Germany
  • Mixed by Kausikan Sivalingam & Özgür İkinci
  • Mastered at Masterlab Berlin
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gollark: I don't think anyone actually does the pay-per-song thing because they don't offer it.
gollark: Regarding Spotify, people prefer a flat rate for X music per month over paying per song.
gollark: People do like zero *marginal* cost, though.
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References
  1. "Sony Music snaps Billa 2 audio". Sify. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  2. "'I compete only with myself'". The New Indian Express. India. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  3. Manigandan, K. R. (25 June 2012). "Shot Cuts: A weird friendship". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
  4. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/83267.html
  5. "Billa 2 Is Full Of Thrills". Behindwoods. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  6. http://silverscreen.in/features/striking-chord-yuvan-shankar-raja-interview/
  7. "Yuvan flies to Florida enroute to Hollywood !". Sify. 19 January 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  8. "Yuvan's melody in Billa 2". The Times of India. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  9. https://twitter.com/Krrishsinger/status/169447468264730626
  10. https://twitter.com/Krrishsinger/status/169486693559308288
  11. ""Singing is a beautiful process." Singer Shweta Pandit talks with BollySpice about her life and music". BollySpice. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  12. https://twitter.com/Krrishsinger/status/195179056210251777
  13. http://www.sify.com/movies/billa-2-re-recording-in-mumbai-news-tamil-mfvrmEjheeb.html?ref=false
  14. "Will Rajini attend Billa 2 audio launch?". The Times of India. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  15. "Rajini to unveil Ajith's 'Billa 2' music?". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  16. "Billa 2 audio, on Ajith's birthday?". Sify.com. 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
  17. "Sony Music snaps Billa 2 audio". Sify. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  18. "Billa 2 audio online!". The Times of India. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
  19. "Sony Music goes viral to promote Tamil movie 'Billa 2' songs | Editorial-News". Radioandmusic.com. 2010-01-14. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
  20. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/82681.html
  21. http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/south-review-billa-2-music-is-quite-promising/20120504.htm
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