The soundtrack features six songs composed by A. R. Rahman. Raja Sen of Rediff called it, "Rahman's finest soundtrack, by far." The soundtrack album sold six million units in India. The song "Chaiyya Chaiyya", based on Sufi music (based on the Sufi folk song, "Thaiyya Thaiyya" by Bulleh Shah) and Urdu poetry, became especially popular and the song has been featured in the film "Inside Man", in the musical "Bombay Dreams", and in the television shows "Smith" and "". The soundtrack was recorded in several other languages.