A. R. Rahman discography

Original soundtracks

• The films are listed in order that the music released, regardless of the dates the film released.
• The year next to the title of the affected films indicates the release year of the either dubbed or remade version in the named language later than the original version.
• ♦ Indicates a film remade in another language with a different cast, featuring music reused from Rahman's compositions for the original.
• ! indicates only the songs are composed by Rahman, while the background score is composed by another composer.
• ✦ indicates only one song are composed by Rahman, while other songs are composed by another composer.
• The films Nayak: The Real Hero, Saathiya, Godfather , and Ok Jaanu were remakes of the films Mudhalvan, Alai Payuthey, Varalaru and O Kadhal Kanmani respectively. The soundtracks were reused with changes and additional songs.
• The films Yuva, Raavan and Ye Maaya Chesave were simultaneous makes of the films Aaytha Ezhuthu, Raavanan and Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya, respectively. Ekk Deewana Tha was a remake of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya and Ye Maaya Chesave. The soundtracks were reused with changes and additional vocals.
• He has contributed one song: "Piya Haji Ali" to Fiza.
• He reused the songs from May Maadham for Love You Hamesha although the film wasn't a remake.
• He has also contributed a promotional song with Tamil lyrics in the movie Lavender''.

As playback singer

• In the language column, "/" is used for dubbed in other languages.
• ", " shows that the original song have contain many languages.

Singles

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