Super Deluxe

Super Deluxe is the soundtrack to the 2019 Tamil-language film of the same name, co-written, co-produced and directed by Thiagarajan Kumararaja. The album featured 18 instrumental pieces, composed, arranged, produced and programmed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, eventually marking his second collaboration with Kumararaja after the critically acclaimed Aaranya Kaandam (2011). Unlike, his first film which had no songs, Kumararaja demanded to include a soundtrack having lyrical songs, but later abandoned. This film, eventually marked Yuvan's third musical which did not contain any songs (after Adhu and Aaranya Kaandam). The team, however reused licensed compositions from yesteryear films. Yuvan, however worked on the film's background score, which was critically acclaimed and fetched him the award for Best Music Director at the 13th edition of Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards (also for Peranbu). On 27 May 2020, Yuvan's own music label, U1 Records, released the album through music streaming platforms, that consisted of instrumental pieces, used in the background; particularly due to the demand for releasing the film score into a separate album. The extended version of the original score were released through non-fungible tokens (NFT). Background In an interview with S. Srivatsan of The Hindu, Kumararaja expressed his interest on producing a soundtrack for Super Deluxe and constantly been in touch with Yuvan Shankar Raja for the songs. His previous, as well as debut directorial, Aaranya Kaandam also featured music by Yuvan, did not feature any songs due to S. P. Charan's decision. Kumararaja had a brief influence on film music and songs, that insisted for a film soundtrack. The originally planned album features a mishmash of genres — which includes retro-styled themes, jazz and contemporary classical music. This decision was however taken aback, and instead reused compositions from yesteryear films, including the likes of Ilaiyaraaja, M. S. Viswanathan, Deva and Bappi Lahiri. Yuvan Shankar Raja released a sneak peek in September 2018, saying that the work on the film's background score is in progress. Tapas Nayak worked on the sound design while the re-recording and mixing of the film score was handled by the duo ArunSeenu. Speaking about the sound design, the duo said that "the director emphasized on delivering a realistic sound design and gave higher importance to sound over music.