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Times of Music [1] is an Indian Hindi-Language reality show and MX Player original series [2] created and developed by K G Ramnarayan and Vaibhav Modi and produced by Victor Tango Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. And Wobble Creative & Content LLP.

The concept of the show was to get Indian Music Directors together and paired to recreate each other's songs, with due credit and acknowledgement. [3]

The show was hosted by music director Vishal Dadlani. [4] It was released on MX Player on 20 June 2020; each weekend airing 2-3 episodes. [5]

The theme song 'Sajda Karoon' was composed by Papon, [6] written by Vaibhav Modi and the video shows a montage of all the music composers involved in the show performing the song. [7]

Reviews of the show were positive from both fans and critics. [8] [9] [10]

Composers

The 20 composers paired episode-wise are as follows: [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

** the two episodes featuring these composers were tribute to composers Jaidev, S.D Burman and R.D Burman. Agnee or Amit Trivedi did not recreate each other's songs. [17] [18]

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