The point of an OTT score
“The point of an OTT score isn’t just to enhance the onscreen drama. The music should do the storytelling': composers Vishal Khurana and Ashutosh Phatak talk about composing for Aarya Season 2 and Mumbai Diaries 26/11 respectively. The second season of Aarya, the Disney+ Hotstar moody mob series created by Ram Madhvani, and the first season of Nikkhil Advani’s Mumbai Diaries, the medical drama fictionalising the bloody 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, offer two of the year’s best television experiences. There are many similarities to draw between Aarya and Mumbai Diaries: For one, both shows revolve around dissecting the anatomy of survival in the face of an unspeakable tragedy. There is a razor-sharp clarity in vision: Aarya and Mumbai Diaries consistently remain in command of their maze-like narrative, compelling and ambitious in their insistence to eschew conventional storytelling tropes. They are created and helmed by two filmmakers who appear to thrive in the luxury of long-forma