How to add different composers/lyricists per track on a release?

I’m working on adding my first release to MusicBrainz and am running into some issues editing the relationships. Almost all of the tracks on the CD have different composers, but when I go to the Edit Relationships page, either for the release itself or the tracks, neither composer nor lyricist is available from the Artist relationship type dropdown. I am able to select composer and lyricist from the generic “Release Relationships” section from the Edit Relationships page for the entire release, and I was able to successfully add all of the appropriate ones in a list (see screenshot), but I don’t see any option to tie the composers to the specific song they composed. Am I missing something?
Thanks!

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You may be looking for works, How to Use Works - MusicBrainz

If you create works, you can credit artists as writers or lyricists. Here is an example: Dr. Dre - 2001

If you are sure the works don’t exist (ちょこ - Works - MusicBrainz), you can batch-create works from the ‘edit relationships’ tab on the release.

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Thanks, that got me what I needed.

Another related question - the album has a track that’s a remix, so I added a work for the track it’s a remix of, and I added relationships for remixer and the original work (see screenshot below), do I need to add anything else? When I created the “recording of” relationship, none of the attributes really apply, so I just wanted to make sure I was doing it right.

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There is another relationship you can add on that same page. If you know which Recording was remixed, you can select that and link them.

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Relationships like that bring the database alive. Now when you look at the original Recording, you see the remixes

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