The song Tum Hi Ho had already been recorded by Mithoon two years before its original release through Arijit's voice. Jeet Gannguli (left) at an event for Aashiqui 2 music concert Jeet Gannguli reused the tune from his own Bengali composition "Mon Hariye Beghorey" for "Milne Hai Mujhse Aayi" and "Aaj Tomai Niye Shuru Holo Notun Jibon" for "Hum Maar Jayenge".
Arijit Singh sang six of the songs on the album. Sandeep Nath wrote both versions of "Sunn Raha Hai", while Mithoon wrote "Tum Hi Ho" and Sanjay Masoom wrote "Bhula Dena". Irshad Kamil wrote lyrics for most of songs on the album. The songs of the film were mostly composed by Jeet Gannguli, although Mithoon and Ankit Tiwari composed two songs each (including both versions) as guest composers. The enormous success of multi composer setup has been followed in many films. The album was produced by Bhushan Kumar and Mahesh Bhatt under the banner T-Series and Vishesh Films. Aashiqui 2 is the soundtrack to the 2013 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical drama film of the same name, directed by Mohit Suri and starring Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor in the lead roles.