Nitin Kumar Gupta

Nitin Kumar Gupta
Birth name Nitin Kumar Gupta
Also known as Nitin Gupta
Origin Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Genres film score
Occupation(s) Composer
Years active since 2000
Associated acts Kailash Kher, Kavita Krishnamurthi, Zubin Garg, Shaan, Kunal Ganjawalla, Sunidhi Chauhan, Hariharan, Alka Yagnik, Roop Kumar Rathod, Vinod Rathod

Nitin Kumar Gupta is a music director in the Hindi (or Bollywood) film industry. He has won the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival Award for his work in Road to Sangam.[1] Nitin Kumar Gupta's debut film song was in 2009. His YouTube page has over 3 million views.

Early years

Nitin Kumar Gupta started his career through the internet, launching and selling his music on the famous online music site – mp3.com. He was in the Top 40 world artist chart, and listed among the top earning artists on the site. He also collaborated with international artists such as Allerian and Cassandra Fink during that period thus gaining immense experience in incorporating international flavour into Indian music.

His albums on mp3.com included –

Nitin Kumar Gupta worked for Magnasound as an arranger and remixer on several of their 'B-side' tracks for the top names in the Indian pop industry. Nitin also did several lesser known remixes for DJ Suketu.

Television

Nitin Kumar Gupta worked for B. P. Singh and Pradeep Uppoor for a couple of years composing the background scores for several episodes of the chart topping series C.I.D. (TV series) and Aahat.

Nitin Kumar Gupta did his first complete album as composer and lyricist for a collaboration between Zee Saregama (Gajendra Singh) and Magnasound (Sashi Gopal) in 2004. The album featured the top singers from Zee Saregama's Popular Choice series, and gave breaks to singers who went on to sing for India's top music directors. These included Nehha Rajpal (later sung for Shankar Ehsaan Loy), Abhijit Ghoshal (playback singer in films such as London Dreams) and Rahul Saxena (sung the title song for Om Shanti Om).

Under 'Shethia Audio Video', Nitin composed and wrote the songs and also did the background score and sound design, including mixing and dolby mixing for several animations, including Ghatotkacha and Prahlad, which were heavily showcased on Star network in India[2]

Musical Aura

Nitin Kumar Gupta collaborated with Prem Hariya on an ongoing series of albums called 'Musical Aura', which feature dolby surround music playing with high definition videos of nature to produce a relaxing atmosphere. The series currently has 22 albums.[3]

Films

Nitin Kumar Gupta got his first chance to compose for films under producer Oscar V. Ravichandran, one of the biggest producers in the south. The movie 'Devdas 2006', however failed to take off after the preproduction stage. It did give Nitin a huge insight into the creative and technical logistics behind creating chartbusting songs that appeal to the masses and classes alike. After this, Nitin composed, wrote and recorded songs for the films Aashiqui.in and Road to Sangam with top Indian playback singers.

YouTube

His song, Dabang Style, a spoof on Gangnam Style meets Salman Khan from Dabang, went viral on YouTube, as reported in The Times of India.[4] The song was written and sung by him under the nickname N.K.G.

Gupta has also recorded all the music and jingles for the channel "Oh My Genius".[5]

Dolby 5.1 For Television

Nitin Kumar Gupta was the first person to mix in Dolby 5.1 for Indian television for the UTV Produced Star Plus show Maayke Se Bandhi Dor. The Dolby episode was telecast on 18 March 2011. He then did the Dolby 5.1 mix for several Indian television shows including Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava?, Issi Ka Naam Zindagi, Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai and more.

Awards

Nitin Kumar Gupta received the award for Best Foreign Film Original Score at 'Los Angeles Reel Film Festival' for the songs of Road to Sangam announced on 30 December 2009[6]

Discography

FILMS

ANIMATION

FOLK MUSIC OF INDIA ALBUMS

MUSICAL AURA ALBUMS

POP ALBUMS

References

  1. ↑ http://www.lareelfilmfest.com/2009_Winners.html
  2. ↑ http://www.indiantelevision.com/release/y2k8/mar/marrel61.php
  3. ↑ http://www.musicalaura.com/
  4. ↑ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-15/news-interviews/35836397_1_salman-khan-psy-s-gangnam-style-salman-s-dabangg
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/user/ohmygenius
  6. ↑ http://www.lareelfilmfest.com/2009_Winners.html
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