--- name: "Hrishikesh Hirway" canonical: "https://film.one/person/hrishikesh-hirway" fi1m_id: "hrishikesh-hirway" imdb_id: "nm1818659" tmdb_id: 1191975 wikidata_id: "Q18044119" roles: ["Composer"] born: "1 February 1979" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T19:32:23.016488+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Hrishikesh Hirway ## Identity Hrishikesh Hirway - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hrishikesh-hirway - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** hrishikesh-hirway - **IMDb ID:** nm1818659 - **TMDB ID:** 1191975 - **Wikidata ID:** Q18044119 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrishikesh_Hirway, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18044119, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1818659/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1191975 Composer. Born 1 February 1979. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 1 February 1979 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrishikesh_Hirway, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18044119, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1818659/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1191975 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Companion*](https://film.one/film/companion.md) (70) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Hrishikesh Hirway is an American composer, musician and podcast host. He composed the original score for the 2025 film *Companion*, the Netflix series *Everything Sucks!* (2018) and the film *Save the Date* (2012). Hirway created and hosts the podcast *Song Exploder*, which was adapted into a Netflix television series. He has also composed scores for the documentary *Our Nixon* (2013) and other projects. He graduated from Yale University. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Companion* (2025), Fi1m 70, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/companion.md) ## Complete filmography (6) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Cause & Effect* (2026), as Podcast Host (voice) - *Companion* (2025), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/companion.md) - *Everything Sucks!* (2018), series, Original Music Composer - *This Is How You Die* (2013), Music - *Our Nixon* (2013), Music - *Save the Date* (2012), Original Music Composer ## Gallery - ![Hrishikesh Hirway](https://film.one/media/person/8730/gallery-f7ab6ad7f5ba.jpg) Hrishikesh Hirway — Thor Brødreskift / Nordiske Mediedager, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Nordiske_Mediedager_2018_%2826998536817%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Med Hrishikesh Hirway, Joshua Malina, Torbjørn Røe Isaksen. Moderator: Eirik Bergesen. (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/8730/gallery-585c26c468a7.jpg) Med Hrishikesh Hirway, Joshua Malina, Torbjørn Røe Isaksen. Moderator: Eirik Bergesen. (2018) — Thor Brødreskift / Nordiske Mediedager, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/NMD_Vi_som_elsket_West_Wing_-_NMD_2018_%2826998538057%29.jpg/1280px-NMD_Vi_som_elsket_West_Wing_-_NMD_2018_%2826998538057%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Med Hrishikesh Hirway, Joshua Malina, Torbjørn Røe Isaksen. Moderator: Eirik Bergesen. (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/8730/gallery-0a068cda0bbf.jpg) Med Hrishikesh Hirway, Joshua Malina, Torbjørn Røe Isaksen. Moderator: Eirik Bergesen. (2018) — Thor Brødreskift / Nordiske Mediedager, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/NMD_Vi_som_elsket_West_Wing_-_NMD_2018_%2826998543367%29.jpg/1280px-NMD_Vi_som_elsket_West_Wing_-_NMD_2018_%2826998543367%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Med Hrishikesh Hirway, Joshua Malina, Torbjørn Røe Isaksen. Moderator: Eirik Bergesen. (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/8730/gallery-d0211b8a5d3f.jpg) Med Hrishikesh Hirway, Joshua Malina, Torbjørn Røe Isaksen. Moderator: Eirik Bergesen. (2018) — Thor Brødreskift / Nordiske Mediedager, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/NMD_Vi_som_elsket_West_Wing_-_NMD_2018_%2827997841598%29.jpg/1280px-NMD_Vi_som_elsket_West_Wing_-_NMD_2018_%2827997841598%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Med Hrishikesh Hirway, Joshua Malina, Torbjørn Røe Isaksen. Moderator: Eirik Bergesen. (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/8730/gallery-796da0b929f6.jpg) Med Hrishikesh Hirway, Joshua Malina, Torbjørn Røe Isaksen. Moderator: Eirik Bergesen. (2018) — Thor Brødreskift / Nordiske Mediedager, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/NMD_Vi_som_elsket_West_Wing_-_NMD_2018_%2827997843488%29.jpg/1280px-NMD_Vi_som_elsket_West_Wing_-_NMD_2018_%2827997843488%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Med Hrishikesh Hirway, Joshua Malina, Torbjørn Røe Isaksen. Moderator: Eirik Bergesen. (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/8730/gallery-93d03dc18e09.jpg) Med Hrishikesh Hirway, Joshua Malina, Torbjørn Røe Isaksen. Moderator: Eirik Bergesen. (2018) — Thor Brødreskift / Nordiske Mediedager, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/NMD_Vi_som_elsket_West_Wing_-_NMD_2018_%2827997844038%29.jpg/1280px-NMD_Vi_som_elsket_West_Wing_-_NMD_2018_%2827997844038%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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