JAM8 is a founded by Indian music composer/director
Pritam
Pritam Chakraborty (born 14 June 1971), also known mononymously as Pritam, is an Indian composer, instrumentalist, guitarist, and singer. After working as an ad jingles composer, he debuted as a co-composer in the 2001 Hindi film Tere Liye. A ...
. The platform provides facilities up and coming musicians. Pritam and his team supervise the young talent and some artists become part of Pritam's musical projects.
History
On 9 April 2016, music composer and director Pritam announced JAM8 on
Twitter
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. He wrote: "Just announced J.A.M 8 (Just About Music) with Kaushik-Akash, who are the first artists of my ''A&R'' Music Production platform."
Their first work in mainstream Indian music was the ''
1920 London'' soundtrack, which released in 2016. They were one of the composers for the soundtrack of the film
''Raees'' in 2017. Their composition "
Zaalima
"Zaalima" () is an Indian Hindi song from the Bollywood film '' Raees''. The song is written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, composed by JAM8 and sung by Arijit Singh and Harshdeep Kaur. The music video of the song is picturised upon actors Shah Ruk ...
" was a huge hit from this album. They continued their works in Bollywood composing for the films like
Behen Hogi Teri,
Raabta,
Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana
''Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana'' () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language romance-drama comedy film directed by Ratnaa Sinha. The film features Rajkummar Rao and Kriti Kharbanda in lead roles, while K. K. Raina, Alka Amin, Vipin Sharma, Govind Namdev, ...
,
Race 3
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,
Loveratri and recent films like
14 Phere
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Plot
Sanjay Lal Singh and Adi ...
and
Helmet
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. They also worked in Telugu film
Touch Chesi Chudu
''Touch Chesi Chudu'' () is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film written by Vakkantham Vamsi and directed by Vikram Sirikonda in his directorial debut in Telugu cinema. It features Ravi Teja, Raashi Khanna and Seerat Kapoor in the l ...
and Bengali films like
Crisscross
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Plot
Divorced mom T ...
, Villain.
In June 2022, they launched their first non-soundtrack album under the name "''Raposo JamRoom''" by collaborating with 19 Indian background singers and 12 selected composers mentored by Pritam under
Sony Music India
Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd. is the record label operated by Sony in Chennai, India. The company began operation in 1997, and it was the first record company in India to be 100% foreign-owned, with Sony being a Japanese corporatio ...
label.
Discography
Soundtracks
Hindi Soundtracks
Non-Hindi Soundtracks
Hindi Music Video
Hindi Non-Film Soundtracks
Overview
During the launch, Pritam said, “I had this plan long back, but could not execute it as I had no time and no one to manage it. Now, there is a team to do so, and I have some time to mentor them as I have limited assignments.”
“JAM8 is a platform for newcomer composers. We hunt for them from all corners and want to push their music into the mainstream, as the industry is open to multiple composers for a film now.”
Accolades
References
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Indian music websites
Music companies of India