Atif Afzal (also known by his stage name A-Zal) is a New York–based singer-songwriter and composer. He is known for his music compositions for the American

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'', ''

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'', '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' and ''

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'' and for the films '' Resort to Love'', ''

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

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Pune 52 ''Pune 52'' is a 2013 Neo-noir Thriller Marathi language film directed by National Award Winner Nikhil Mahajan. It stars Girish Kulkarni, Sonali Kulkarni and Sai Tamhankar in the leading roles. The film was loosely inspired by 1974 Hollywood cla ...

'', ''

Monsoon Shootout ''Monsoon Shootout'' is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Amit Kumar and produced by Guneet Monga, Trevor Ingma, Martijn de Grunt, and co-produced by Anurag Kashyap, and Vivek Rangachari, starrin ...

'' and '' Baji''.

Early life

Afzal grew up in

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, London and attended Hounslow Heath School. He trained under an alumnus from the conservatoire

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, London. He studied engineering from K.J. Somaiya College and then worked at

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before starting a career in music.

Career

Afzal began his career in 2013 by composing the film scores and soundtracks of ''Prague'', ''Pune 52'' and ''Baji''. He has also worked on international films including a German film, ''Gift'', a European film, ''Then a Hero Comes Along'', a New York short film, ''The Alternative'' and '' Bachelor Girls''. In 2017, he scored the background music for ''Monsoon Shootout'', which was produced by

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and

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. He also composed music for the Marathi film ''Charandas Chor''. Afzal's film albums have been released on major record labels including

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and

Saregama Saregama India Ltd. (Saregama refers to the first four notes of the Indian musical scale); formerly known as The Gramophone Company Of India Ltd. is India's oldest music label owned by the RP- Sanjiv Goenka Group of companies. The company i ...

. He has also sung the songs 'Shravan Shravan' in the film ''Baji'' and 'Chor Chor Saare' in the film ''Charandas Chor''. Afzal moved to New York in 2018 and studied music at

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. In 2020, he composed soundtracks for the American television series ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' and ''The Twilight Zone''. In 2021, A-Zal composed soundtracks for ''

'' and

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produced Netflix film, '' Resort to Love''. In 2022, A-Zal composed two soundtracks for Marvel Cinematic Studios' ''

''.

Filmography

Films

* ''

'' (2013) * ''

'' (2013) * ''Horn Please'' (2013) * '' Baji'' (2015) * ''That Sunday'' (2015) * '' Bachelor Girls'' (2016) * ''

'' (2017) * ''Charandas Chor'' (2017) * ''Gift'' (2017) * ''The Alternative'' (2018) * ''Then a Hero Comes Along'' * '' Resort to Love'' (2021)

Television series

* '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' * ''

'' * ''

References

External links

* * {{IMDb name, 5065411 Indian male film score composers Indian film score composers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century Indian composers 21st-century Indian male musicians