Ishaan Chhabra is a Los Angeles–based composer and music producer whose work spans feature films, television, documentaries, and commercials across Hollywood and Indian cinema. A graduate of Berklee College of Music in electronic music production and sound design, his music blends orchestral and electronic elements across a wide range of cinematic styles.

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His credits include high-profile feature films The Diplomat (2025), Srikanth (2024), Imtiaz Ali’s Love Aaj Kal (2020), and Aanand L. Rai’s Raksha Bandhan (2022), as well as the acclaimed series Scam 2003 (Sony) and Dhootha (Amazon Prime Video). Earlier work includes Budhia Singh: Born to Run, which won India’s National Award for Best Children’s Film, and Hansal Mehta’s Omertà, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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Ishaan co-composed the score for the Oscar-nominated documentary Writing With Fire (2021) and received a Sports Emmy nomination for Best Music Direction for HBO’s Momentum Generation (2018). His recent work includes the score for the “Rice” episode of the Apple TV+ documentary series Omnivore and the song “Jeet Hai Humari” from Marvel’s What If…? Season 3.

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In addition to film and television, he has composed music for commercials for brands including Intel, Hyundai, History Channel, Renault, Škoda, and 7UP.

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In 2025 he was invited to the inaugural BMI Composer Lab. He also produced the Vintage Bollywood sample library for Splice, with material from the library appearing in an Apple iPhone social media campaign. Earlier in his career, he worked as a sound designer for Boston-based Sonivox, creating widely used virtual instruments and sample libraries. He was also a finalist for the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, mentored by composer Philip Glass.

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Chhabra has collaborated extensively with Academy Award-winning composer A. R. Rahman, contributing to projects including DreamWorks’ The Hundred-Foot Journey, Disney’s Million Dollar Arm, Pelé: Birth of a Legend, Viceroy’s House, and several Indian films including Highway and Tamasha.