Abhishek Ray

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Abhishek Ray
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Abhishek in June 2014
Residence Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Ethnicity Bengali
Occupation Music composer, music director, playback singer, arranger, songwriter, mixing engineer
Years active 2002 - present

Abhishek Ray is an Indian music composer, playback singer, instrumentalist, music arranger and producer. He is well known for having composed the music and done playback vocals of super hit and award winning Bollywood films, such as Paan Singh Tomar, Welcome Back, Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster, I Am Kalam, Shagird, Chaar Din Ki Chandni, Premmayee, Thoondil, Yeh Saali Zindagi, and Tera Kya Hoga Johnny.

Apart from feature films, Abhishek has composed and sung for noteworthy solo albums like Udaas Paani and Raat Chand Aur Main [1] with the legendary poet Gulzar and has other exclusive world music albums like the Amazing India series Ritu ( the magic of the 6 Indian Seasons),[2] Raga Rendezvous.

Abhishek has also composed music for numerous documentaries like The Maharaja Of Jodhpur -the legacy lives on for which he got the Indian Telly Awards 2006 for best Music. Others include The Shiamans Of The Himalayas, Apatanis of Arunachal Pradesh, Forced to kill, Nirvana for Discovery Channel. He began his career composing and singing for TV shows and ad films for all major channels.Today he is one of the most eminent classy composers of Bollywood.

Abhishek sings, composes, arranges and mixes his songs and film scores. He works out of his recording studios in Versova, Andheri, Mumbai and Asiad Village, New Delhi. He plays instruments like the piano, electronic keyboards, accordion, wavedrum, conga, thumba, darbouka, electronic drum and bass. Having a background of western classical piano and Hindustani classical vocals, he likes to effortlessly fuse elements of diverse musical streams in his eclectic arrangements. His original musical compositions come from his nomadic lifestyle, untamed travels and Mother Nature.

Abhishek is also a naturalist and a government bonafide Tiger and Leopard tracker. He is an avid birder and wildlife conservationist and runs his own wildlife reserve next to Corbett National Park called sitabaniwildlifereserve.com.[3] He is also the composer singer of India's national anthem on tiger conservation.

Filmography

Films

Year Film
2015 Welcome Back (film)
2012 Paan Singh Tomar (film)
2012 Chaar Din Ki Chandni
2012 PREMMAYEE
2011 Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster
2011 Shagird (2011 film)
2011 Yeh Saali Zindagi
2010 I Am Kalam
2009 Tera Kya Hoga Johnny
2008 Thoondil

Non film albums

Year Album Comments Label
2015 "SOUNDS OF NATURE" world music MUSIC TODAY
2013 RAAT, CHAND AUR MAIN[1] with Gulzar TIMES MUSIC
2007 RITU MAGIC OF THE 6 INDIAN SEASONS Solo MUSIC TODAY
2006 AMAZING INDIA SYMPHONIES OF THE TAJ[4] Solo MUSIC TODAY
2006 KAB AATE HO with Gulzar TIMES MUSIC
2005 AMAZING INDIA KHAJURAHO Solo MUSIC TODAY
2004 AMAZING INDIA JAISALMER Solo MUSIC TODAY
2002 UDAAS PAANI[5] with Gulzar TIMES MUSIC
2000 RAGA RENDEZVOUS Solo T-SERIES

Film background scores

Year Films
2011 Shagird (2011 film)
2009 Tera Kya Hoga Johnny
2006 Ahista Ahista (2006 film)
2003 Haasil

Playback

Abhishek Ray as playback singer

Ritu

Year Film/Album Song Label
2015 Welcome Back (film) Welcome Back Theme Song solo
2013 RAAT, CHAND AUR MAIN[1] All Songs with Gulzar
2012 Paan Singh Tomar (film) Dhai Dhai[6] with Kailash Kher
2012 Paan Singh Tomar (film) Jaao Dhal Jaao[7] with Kailash Kher
2012 Premmayee Palchin[8] with Shreya Ghoshal
2011 Yeh Saali Zindagi Yeh Saali Zindagi[9] with Chitrangada Singh
2010 I Am Kalam Chini Bhini[10] with Shreya Ghoshal
2010 I Am Kalam Chand Taare[11] with KK (singer)
2008 Thoondil Kadhal Kadavulai Pole with Sunidhi Chauhan
2008 Thoondil Time is Now with Harshdeep Kaur, Pop Shalini
2008 Thoondil Ratham Sindhaatha with Sunidhi Chauhan
2008 Thoondil Athuva Ithu Edhu with Pop Shalini
2007 Ritu[12] All Songs with Shanti Sharma[13]
2006 Amazing India - Symphonies of the Taj All Songs with Radhika Chopra, Sangeeta Pant
2005 Amazing India - Jaisalmer All Songs with Rehmat Khan Langa[14]
2005 Amazing India - Khajuraho All Songs with Radhika Chopra, Sangeeta Pant
2002 UDAAS PAANI[5] All Songs with Gulzar
2000 RAGA RENDEZVOUS All Songs Solo

Music for documentaries

Year Documentary Channel
2012 SHAMANS OF THE HIMALAYAS Discovery Channel
2012 THE APATANIS OF ARUNACHAL[15] Discovery Channel
2012 THE KONYAK OF NAGALAND[16] Discovery Channel
2011 CARNIVAL OF SPIRITUALITY Discovery Channel
2010 MASTERS OF THE JUNGLE Discovery Channel
2009 IN THEIR ELEMENTS National Geographic Channel
2009 FORCED TO KILL Discovery Channel
2008 CHINESE CHECKERS,TIBETIAN AMBIVALENCE & INDIAN DELUSIONS Aim TV
2004 THE MAHARAJA OF JODHPUR-THE LEGACY LIVES ON[17] Discovery Channel
2000 THE MAHARAJA OF JODHPUR-THE LEGACY LIVES ON[18] Aim TV
1999 SHAHJAHANABAD-THE TWILIGHT YEARS Teamwork Films

Sources

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References

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