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The Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman, scoring for the first time for a Gautham Menon film, for the same-titled Tamil film, directed by Gautham Menon. Lyrics are penned by Menon's usual associate, Thamarai along with Kalyani Menon and Kaithapram, the latter penning the Malayalam lyrics in the album.
The album was released on 19 December 2009 in London with several film personalities participating at the grand function. It was the first time that a Tamil film audio release was held in London.
Before the official audio release on 19 December 2009 in London and 12 January 2010 in Chennai, Hosanna track was leaked onto the internet. Later the track was officially released with the same singer but another strophe had been added to the song.
The official audio of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa was released in London on 19 December 2009. On 12 January 2010, another audio release function was held in Chennai with several film personalities participating in the grand function, after which the original audio cassettes and CDs were available in stores. The audio was released by Kamal Hassan, who has previously acted in Gautham's direction in the film Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu. The CD's & cassettes cover had an image of three Silambarasan's and on the right side a Trisha Krishnan. All the lyrics are penned by Menon's usual associate, Thamarai and the Malayalam lyrics by Kaithapram and Kalyani Menon. The first song in the album, is Omana Penne, which supposedly will feature Silambarasan dancing with Trisha. It is set to picturize him dancing and singing while they meet together. The song was sung by, Benny Dayal and Kalyani Menon.
The second song in the album, is entitled, Anbil Avan which is sung by Chinmayi and Devan Ekambaram. The song was picturized in Malta. The third song is Mannipaaya, which was picturized in New York City, with sets at a cost of three Indian Crores. The song has National Award winning singer Shreya Ghoshal along with A. R. Rahman himself singing.
The fourth song in the album is Hosanna and is sung by Vijay Prakash, Suzanne D'Mello and Blaaze, which has already made huge waves before the official audio release. The fifth song is titled Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, which name is the album's title. The voice was rendered by Karthik. The sixth song is named, Kannukkul Kannai - one being a peppy number sung by Naresh Iyer. The final song in the album, is entitled, Aaromale sung by the Music Director Alphons Joseph, with Kaithapram's Malayalam lyrics. After the songs became successful in the music charts, the Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa team has planned to put more efforts to strike the audience with a good choreography of the hit song Aaromale. So the producers have called Trisha and Silambarasan for this shooting.
| No. | Song | Singers | Picturization | Length (m:ss) | Lyrics | Notes |
| 1 | Omana Penne | Benny Dayal, Kalyani Menon | Malta | 5:32 | Thamarai, Kalyani Menon | Featuring Tamil and Malayalam lyrics |
| 2 | Anbil Avan | Devan, Chinmayi | USA | 4:11 | Thamarai | |
| 3 | Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa | Karthik | Chennai | 3:12 | Thamarai | Additional vocals by Vivek Agarwal |
| 4 | Hosanna | Vijay Prakash, Suzanne, Blaaze | Malta | 5:30 | Thamarai, Blaaze | Additional vocals by Vivek Agarwal, Dr. Narayan, V. V. Prasanna, Haricharan Sesh |
| 5 | Kannukkul Kannai | Naresh Iyer | Chennai | 3:52 | Thamarai | |
| 6 | Mannipaaya | A. R. Rahman, Shreya Ghoshal | Chennai, Kerala | 6:56 | Thamarai | |
| 7 | Aaromale | Alphons Joseph | Kerala | 5:46 | Kaithapram | Featuring Malayalam lyrics |
The background score for the film was composed by A. R. Rahman and was met with huge acclaims. Along with several instrumental pieces, he used hummings of the tracks Hosanna, Aaromale and Mannipaayaa. The hummings were rendered by Suzanne for Hosanna and Shreya Ghoshal for others. Along with the other instrumental pieces, a rock song starting Jessie's Been Driving Me Crazy appears in the background. This song is composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics provided by Blaaze.