Ramayana album: AR Rahman, Hans Zimmer split five tracks

The full Ramayana album is finally here

The wait for the Ramayana soundtrack is over. The complete album has been released in all languages, giving fans a full listen before Nitesh Tiwari’s IMAX-scale epic reaches cinemas on November 5. Starring Ranbir Kapoor and produced by Yash and Namit Malhotra, the film has been positioned as a grand Diwali treat.

Two song clips had already warmed audiences up. Now the full set is out, and the real talking point is how its two composers divided the work.

Who composed what on the five-track album

Many fans expected AR Rahman to handle the songs and Hans Zimmer to look after the background score. The album reveals a different structure: Zimmer has song credits too. The five released tracks break down like this:

• Jai Jai Ram – AR Rahman
• Ravana Tandavam – AR Rahman
• The Sita Mata song – AR Rahman
• Jai Jai Ram orchestra song – Hans Zimmer and AR Rahman
• Ram theme score – Hans Zimmer and AR Rahman

Rahman carries three tracks on his own, while the other two are joint compositions. That sharing of song credits is still unusual in Indian cinema.

Why the Zimmer credit matters

Indian audiences are used to one composer owning the songs and, on bigger projects, another specialist scoring the background. Ramayana collapses that split. Rahman supplies the melodic and devotional weight that Hindi film listeners trust. Zimmer brings the giant orchestral texture that has become his Hollywood signature. Together they make the album feel like a meeting of two film-music traditions rather than two separate departments.

For a film shot for IMAX and sold as an event, the soundtrack is often the first part of that world fans can actually judge. Here the proof is compact: five songs that balance Indian classical colour with modern orchestral sweep. Early response suggests the songs are richly pleasing, and the recommendation is that music lovers should not skip the album.

What the track list tells us

The titles map neatly onto the film’s emotional beats. Jai Jai Ram carries the celebration, Ravana Tandavam signals the antagonist’s energy, and the Sita Mata song anchors the emotional centre. The Ram theme is the spine—and its credit as a joint effort suggests the filmmakers wanted the core motif to borrow from both composers.

How to listen before November 5

Start with Rahman’s Sita Mata and Ravana Tandavam tracks for the film’s devotional and dramatic heart. Then turn to the two joint pieces—the Ram theme and the Jai Jai Ram orchestra version—to hear how Rahman’s melody and Zimmer’s scale negotiate space.

The album is a useful preview of the film’s tone: large, reverent and built for the big screen. If the music is any measure, the Ramayana campaign is selling scale as much as story.

Source: Telugu Cinema News in Telugu