THE FLOWER OF BATTLE
(A swashbuckling adventure comedy film)
The Flower Of Battle soundtrack is a musical love-letter to the classic adventure films of the Golden Age of Hollywood, inspired by The Legend of Zorro, The Princess Bride, and Robin Hood. Think epic orchestra, thematic melodies, and fast paced action sequences, recorded and performed by The Budapest Scoring Orchestra. I hope you enjoy all the love that went into the making of this album, and thanks for listening!
LIVE ORCHESTRA VIDEOS
LISTEN TO ALBUM (Recorded with Budapest Scoring Orchestra)
(Adventure Comedy Soundtrack - Released by Short Cuts / MovieScore Media 2023)
ALBUM CREDITS
Music by Nikhil Koparkar
Orchestration: Nikhil Koparkar & Joe Carrillo
Score Mixer: Brian R. Taylor
Music Performed by: Budapest Scoring Orchestra
Score Contractor: Balint Sapszon
Score Mix Assistants: Dylan Schollmeyer & Eric Huergo
THE ALBUM INSPIRATION
When I first met Gedaly and Reuben Guberek (the Directors / Producers of the film), we immediately bonded over our shared love of classic adventure films (Robin Hood, The Legend Of Zorro, The Princess Bride). I couldn’t believe how they were able to capture the heart, comedy and scale of films like that in a short film!
It inspired me to try to capture that feeling musically and pack a feature’s worth of themes in a short film, a daunting task especially when temped with Elmer Bernstein and Korngold! I wrote three themes that made it into the film, and based the score around that.
Full credit to the filmmakers for entertaining my crazy idea that since this film harkens back to classic adventure films, it must be recorded with live orchestra!
It was a fun challenge figuring out how to make that work logistically, whilst still feeling like an homage to 40’s / 50’s film scores with a modern twist.
We all inspired each other throughout the process, and the end result is that everyone on the team (from Brian Taylor the score mixer and his team, Joe Carrillo (orchestrator), Budapest Scoring Orchestra), went all out to create a score we hope will remind people of the films they grew up with.
