Mahesh Manjrekar has never had a good ear for music. To do the job they roped in Anand Raaj Anand to compose the music. The result? Well Anand Raaj Anand doesn`t really do any wonders here. All the songs on this album sounds like they have been lifted from an 80´s flick. To start us off, the album opens up with Chaha Hai Tumhe sung by Alka Yagnik. Alka is the saving grace of the song. She sounds her seductive best, just slightly stretching the endings to her words. Sanjay Dutt joins her to mouth some dialogue. Another romantic track featured on this album is Yeh Dil Deewana Hai with Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik.

Asha Bhosle makes two appearances on the album. Thamba Re Thamba is one of those 80´s disco cabaret numbers spiced up with synthesized beats to make it hip. To add a more rustic touch Anand throws in a sarangi. Dev Kholi does a bad job with lyrics. The song really has nothing to offer anyone. Asha isn´t ever bad at anything, but here you don´t even take notice of her vocals because you´re too involved in looking for the fast forward button. Mohd.  Thankfully Asha´s other attempt on this album is slightly better. Nazar Nazar features twice on the album. The original is sung by Asha Bhosle and the remix is sung by Alisha Chinoy.  It sounds like a techno-mujra spiced up with guitars, flutes and drums, but still very 80´s at the core.

What gangster epic would be complete without a few tapori numbers. Well you have a choice of two equally silly tracks, so enjoy. The first is Baat Hai Kamaal which is a really silly buddy track. The situational number opens with a ´rap´ by Bali Bhrambhatt. Jolly Mukherjee joins Bali to belt out a slang filled rendition of the tapori number. The music continues to change paces throughout, making this listening experience all the more intolerable. When it´s over, you heave a sigh of relief. Last time Nitin Raikwar composed a tapori style track the result was Javed Bhai So Re Le from Jaani Dushman. Here we get Boxer Bhai. He also sings along with Vinod Rathod and Sudesh Bhosle. And to complete his hat trick he also pens the lyrics. Overall the track isn´t really note worthy, it´s just another popish number with silly lyrics and some annoying voices. 

Just like the rest of Manjrekar´s Sanjay Dutt movies, Hathyar also contains a Shlok. A grim techno beat gives way to zombie-like chanting by a menacing Ravindra Sathe. The song culminates into a percussion based finale. In general it´s fine as far as shloks go.Hathyar is truly another average album from Anand Raaj Anand. He seldom experiments on his albums, this soundtrack is no different. 

All of the compositions sounds like half baked rush jobs. Raaj is capable of good work, he just needs to cut down on his number of assignments and concentrate on making good music. The number´s in this film all have a heard-it-before feel to them. Chaha Hai Tumhe and Nazar Nazar are the pick of the lot. Maybe next time we´ll hear something a little more experimental like Ishq Samundar, until then Anand Raaj Anand better hope he doesn´t burn out.