| KGF: Chapter 2 | |
| Type: | soundtrack |
| Artist: | Ravi Basrur |
| Cover: | K.G.F Chapter 2 album.jpg |
| Caption: | Soundtrack album cover |
| Recorded: | 2019–2022 |
| Genre: | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length: | 16:25 |
| Language: | Kannada |
| Label: | Lahari Music T-Series MRT Music (Hindi) |
| Producer: | Ravi Basrur Bharath Madhusudhanan Sachin Basrur |
| Prev Title: | Abbara |
| Prev Year: | 2022 |
| Next Title: | Kabzaa |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
KGF: Chapter 2 is the soundtrack album, composed by Ravi Basrur, to the 2022 Indian Kannada language period action film of the same name directed by Prashanth Neel starring Yash.[1]
Music sessions of the film began in April 2019, at Basrur's newly renovated recording studio in Bangalore.[2] However, music production was disrupted in mid-March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was resumed during that May.[3] [4] After work on the film's music and score being completed, Basrur later edited the score and songs, during mid-2021.[5] The Naik Brothers (Laxman and Sandesh Datta), recorded two songs "Toofan" and "Sultan", used in the Hindi-dubbed version of the film.[6] They stated "We went there and he dubbed four songs in Telugu and Kannada in our voice. Later, COVID-19 lockdown happened. After a long wait of two years, they recorded two songs for the Hindi dubbed version titled Toofan and Sultan and finalised for the movie".
The music rights for KGF: Chapter 2 were bought by Lahari Music and T-Series for for south languages.[7] The music rights of Hindi version was bought by MRT Music. On 21 March 2022, the first single titled "Toofan" was released from the album.[8] The song depicts the rise of Rocky (Yash) as a saviour of enslaved people in the gold mines of Kolar, as depicted in the predecessor's plot.[9] It crossed over 26 million views within 24 hours of its release.[10] On 6 April 2022, the second single titled "Gagana Nee" was released,[11] On 13 April 2022, the third single titled "Sulthana" was released. On 14 April 2022, the fourth single titled "Mehabooba" was released. On 16 April 2022, the makers released the soundtrack album, containing four songs. On 24 April 2022, the fifth single titled "The Monster Song" was also released.[12]
Credits adapted from Lahari Music