Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire (soundtrack)

Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire is the soundtrack to the 2023 film of the same name directed by Prashanth Neel under the production of Hombale Films, starring Prabhas, Prithviraj Sukumaran and Shruti Haasan. The film features music composed by Ravi Basrur and lyrics written by Krishna Kanth. The soundtrack which consisted of four songs and three instrumental tracks were released by Hombale Music and Divo on 31 December 2023.

Development
Basrur has been frequently collaborated with Neel since their feature debuts with Ugramm (2014) and the KGF franchise. This is also his third film in Telugu, following Marshal (2019) and Sasanasabha (2022). For the film's score, Basrur collaborated with international musicians to record the orchestral music. The brass section has a 60-member ensemble who recorded the drums, brass and other orchestral scores for four days. Besides composing, Basrur had also worked with the sound design with engineers mastering the score in DTS and Dolby Digital formats. Basrur started recording the background score during August and September 2023.

Release
Divo served as the digital distributor for the film's music. The soundtrack was preceded with the first single "Sooreede" on 13 December 2023 sung by Harini Ivaturi. The song picturizes on the friendship between Prabhas and Sukumaran, while media reports falsely clarify the song to be about brotherhood. The second single "Prathikadalo" was released on 21 December. The third single titled "Sound of Salaar" was released on 22 December 2023. The fourth single titled "Vinaraa" was released on 26 December 2023. The song "Aaru Sethulunnaa" was released along with full soundtrack album on 31 December 2023.

Background score
The background score was arranged and composed by Ravi Basrur.

Reception
Paul Nicodemus of The Times of India wrote "Ravi Basrur’s soundtrack adds a robust layer to the film's atmosphere, complementing the tone and heightening the emotional impact of certain scenes." Janani K. of India Today and Mayur Sanap of Rediff.com described it as both "thumping" and "edgy". Critic based at 123Telugu wrote "Ravi Basrur delivers a satisfactory job and his score helps in elevating a few scenes". Sowmya Rajendran of The News Minute said that the background score has been executed well. Rahul Devanapalli of The Week wrote "The music integrates with the plot but does not register much".