AR Rahman’s soundtrack won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director. It also won the IIFA Award, the Star Screen Award, the Bollywood Music Award and the V. Shantaram Award
Anand Bakshi penned the affecting, unforgettable lyrics. Taal featured among the last few albums written by the great lyricist, followed by Mohabbatein, Gadar and Yaadein.Riding the waves of ‘Chaiyya Chaiyya’, Sukhwinder Singh reunited with Rahman on Taal. The singer voiced 7 tracks in the film.All 11 songs were faithfully recreated in Tamil, ‘Kadhal illamal’ and ‘Enge En Punnagai’ being the highlightsKavita Kirshnamurthy led the alternative version of ‘Ishq Bina’, listed in Tamil as Kadhal illamal 2Who is that draping Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the song Kahin Aag Lage?Speaking about the film’s title, director Subhash Ghai had said, “I credit the name of the movie to composer AR Rahman'Alka Yagnik had an unbelievable 1999, with chart-busting tracks in Dillagi, Kachche Dhaage, Chehraa, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Yes Boss. She won a Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer for TaalThe opening percussion in Ramta Jogi was created by Sivamani using a beer bottle.. ‘Ishq Bina’ was originally recorded for Subhash’s unreleased war film Shikhar, meant to star Shah Rukh Khan and Jackie ShroffRaga Dance is the only instrumental track in the album. Rahman composed another instrumental track titled Raaga’s Dance, for collaboration with British violinist Vanessa Mae.