Mirzapur (soundtrack)

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Mirzapur (Amazon Original Series Soundtrack)
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Soundtrack album by
Anand Bhaskar and John Stewart Eduri
Released21 October 2020
Recorded2019–2020
Genre Amazon Original Series Soundtrack
Length42:35
LanguageHindi
Label Zee Music Company
Producer
  • Parth Parekh
  • Anand Bhaskar
  • Ajay Jayanthi

Mirzapur is the soundtrack for the Amazon Prime Original web television series of the same name, created by Karan Anshuman. The series directed by Anshuman, Gurmmeet Singh and Mihir Desai features Pankaj Tripathi, Shweta Tripathi, Divyendu Sharma, Ali Fazal, Vikrant Massey, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Rasika Dugal, Harshita Gaur and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in the first season, whereas the second season has Vijay Varma, Isha Talwar, Lilliput, Anjum Sharma, Priyanshu Painyuli, Anangsha Biswas and Neha Sargam in prominent roles.

Contents

The series features 12 songs composed by Anand Bhaskar and John Stewart Eduri, who also composed the background score. It features few songs from the first and second season respectively. It was released on 21 October 2020 by Zee Music Company label. [1]

Development

Before composing for Mirzapur, Bhasker worked in an advertising agency, who later quit his job to pursue his career as a full-time musician. [2] [3] On bagging the project, he stated in an online news portal that he got a random call from Abbas Khan, the show's head producer, who informed him to the music producer Ankur Tewari. The creative team wanted Bhaskar to pen few songs so that Ankur want to work on the soundtrack. [4]

The album had twelve songs compiled for both season one and two.[ citation needed ] It took him about a year to create all the songs in Mirzapur, however the time for the composition of the songs individually took a few months. He initially planned to release all the songs in March 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, it took him more time for composition. [5]

Composition

For the songs "Tittar Bittar", Bhaskar roped in his entire band Anand Bhaskar Collective, along with indie musician Isheeta Chakravarty to render vocals for this number. Ginny Diwan, the lyricist of this song penned the lyrics within an hour. Anand stated that "It’s an ‘item song’ from a woman's point of view while a fight is on. I'm grateful the directors supported our wacky ideas". [6] Later he also roped in Shipla Surroch and Keka Ghoshal, who were also independent singers to record the album. [6] Anand Bhaskar planned to compose a wedding song for Guddu (Ali Fazal) and Sweety (Shriya Pilagonkar) which is touted to be a Sufi number. An original song titled "Varoon" was created for the same. [7]

Bhasker stated that "Munna Rap" was not initially planned to happen in 2015. He opined that the makers of Mirzapur (Mihir Desai and Gurmmeet Singh) were focusing more on situational songs. He also had a Sufi song ("Varoon"), a Bhojpuri song ("Sajanwa Ki Gunwa") and a Punjabi wedding song ("Saure Chali Ve"). "Munna Rap" was difficult to compose, according to Bhaskar, since he had to mix influences from Uttar Pradesh folk as the modern hip-hop to achieve the right sound. [8] With "Munna Rap" became an exceptional hit upon release Bhaskar stated that the song managed to give a chance to compose in genres that were out of his comfort zone. [9] [10] Being the last song that Bhaskar had composed for the series, the song also had a female version performed by Shilpa Surroch. [11]

Once I got on board, the makers had come up with lyrics and I wanted to compose a song using them, but I could not. Then one day, I was exploring some tunes on sarangi on my laptop and managed to come up with a sounding hook for the song. I added some lines to the composition and sent it to Mihir. He loved it instantly and said it totally goes with the vibe of Munna Bhaiya. That’s how the song came into being. While the demo lyrics didn't work, Ginny Diwan (lyricist) was brought on board for it.

Anand Bhaskar about the creation of "Munna Rap" [11]

Track listing

The songs are composed by Anand Bhaskar while the background score is composed by John Stewart Eduri. Lyrics are written by Ginny Diwan.

Mirzapur (Original Series Soundtrack)
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Mirzapur Theme Song"John Stewart Eduri1:28
2."Vaaroon" Romy 5:50
3."Tittar Bittar"Isheeta Chakrvarty, Anand Bhasker (Backing Vocals)4:10
4."Sab Ho Jaane De"Pratichee Mohapatra, Anand Bhasker (Backing Vocals)4:09
5."Lallanwa"Vijayaa Shanker4:30
6."Munna Rap"Anand Bhaskar3:19
7."Ding Dong"Keka Ghoshal, Suraj Paraswani (Dialogue)3:04
8."Raakh"Anand Bhaskar5:51
9."Munna Rap (Female Version)"Shilpa Surroch3:18
10."Sajanwa Ki Gunwa"Veena Parasher2:08
11."Saure Chali Ve"Rashmeet Kaur2:03
12."Mirzapur Bhaukal Mix"John Stewart Eduri2:41
Total length:42:35

Season 3

Mirzapur 3 (Amazon Original Series Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by
Anand Bhaskar and John Stewart Eduri
Released8 July 2024 [12]
Recorded2023–2024
Genre Amazon Original Series Soundtrack
Length39:02
Language Hindi
Label Zee Music Company

The songs are composed by Anand Bhaskar while the background score is composed by John Stewart Eduri. Lyrics are written by Ginny Diwan.

Mirzapur 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Duaa"Ghansham Vaswani4:42
2."Twinkal Twinkal"Vivek Hariharan1:54
3."Madhuri Anthem"Vidhya Gopal1:26
4."J 4 Zarina"Keka Ghoshal1:14
5."Kajri"Vijayaa Shanker1:20
6."Boys" (Instrumental)1:49
7."Jhandu" (Instrumental)2:06
8."Kaleen Bhaiya" (Instrumental)1:05
9."Parivaar" (Instrumental)1:28
10."Guddu Pandit" (Instrumental)1:35
11."Mirzapur Pe Raaj" (Instrumental)1:41
12."Munna Tripathi" (Instrumental)2:32
13."Sharad Shukla" (Instrumental)0:55
14."Babbar Sher" (Instrumental)4:11
15."Ghayal Sher" (Instrumental)2:30
16."Justice" (Instrumental)2:20
17."Mirzapur Reprise" (Instrumental)1:30
18."Mr. Purvanchal" (Instrumental)3:09
19."The King" (Instrumental)2:04
Total length:39:02

Personnel

Credits adapted from Zee Music Company [13]

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