


The lyrical version of the song crossed 2.3 million views and received good response from the audience. It was released in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam on 7 December 2018, along with the full soundtrack album whereas the album for the Hindi version was released on 9 December 2018. The track "Salaam Rocky Bhai" was served as the lead single from the soundtrack album. Lahari Music bought the audio rights of Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam versions of the soundtrack album for a record sum of ₹3.6 crores beating the previous record of Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, whereas the soundtrack album of its Hindi version were acquired by T-Series. Even though I have done very few films, I feel that sound designing plays a prominent role". He further added, "The cinematographer and I have worked closely to ensure there’s a sync in ideas of the director.

He added that the score will be "on par with Hollywood standards" and had met Hollywood technicians and record producers for the score. In order to experiment with the score, Basrur had composed the tunes mostly through keyboard. The composition and recording of the film's music took more than three years, and about 400 musicians from various parts of the world, 20 sound producers and prominent orchestras working on the score cues, increased anticipation around the film's music. Ravi Basrur composed the songs and the background score, in his second collaboration with Prashanth Neel, after Ugramm (2014). Nagendra Prasad, Kinnal Raj and Basrur (Kannada), Prasad and Mohammed Aslam (Hindi), Kabilan and Madhurakavi (Tamil), Ramajogayya Sastry (Telugu) and Sudamsu (Malayalam).

The Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada versions of the album, were released by Lahari Music on 7 December 2018, whereas the Hindi version's soundtrack, marketed by T-Series, released two days later. The score was recorded in over three years, and several musicians and orchestras, across the world, had attributed to the film score and music. Ravi Basrur composed the film's score and also for its sequel, K.G.F: Chapter 2. K.G.F: Chapter 1 is the soundtrack album of the 2018 Indian period action film of the same name.
