ABOUT NIKHIL

Nikhil Koparkar is a composer known for creating compelling scores for Film, Television, and Gaming. In 2025, he composed the original song, 'The Hills Of Tanchico', a musical number sung by the lead actors in the hit Amazon fantasy series, The Wheel Of Time.

His work on the psychological horror film Dead Whisper, released theatrically, earning him a nomination for the prestigious SCL Awards in the David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent category. 

In 2023, he wrote the official main theme for Riot Games’ League Of Legends - Lunar New Year Campaign, which is featured in all their videos, in-game, as well as the foundation for other composers’ music

He previously worked as an additional composer alongside Lorne Balfe at 14th Street Music, writing and arranging music on TV shows like Netflix’s Life On Our Planet, Amazon’s The Wheel Of Time, HBO’s His Dark Materials, and the Hulu docu-series, Victoria’s Secret: Angels & Demons.

In addition to scoring, Nikhil works with Joy Music House on score production, most notably on the Oscar-Nominated score to A24’s Minari and Amazon’s Homecoming for Emile Mosseri, as well as the Netflix show, Untold for Brocker Way.

In December 2021, Nikhil wrote the trailer music for Riot Games’ League of Legends: Wild Rift champion reveal. His official theme song for the Cusco Futbol Club (a Peruvian national soccer team) will soon be played at stadium games and press events in Peru, and his 90 minute live orchestra score for the upcoming film The Candle & the Curse will be released soon.

His specialty of combining instruments from different cultures with a modern western cinematic palette led to his being invited to give a Talks At Google in 2019.

In addition, as a touring performance artist, he creates albums combining orchestra, pop sensibilities, and musical influences from around the world. This work has been featured in such publications as The Huffington Post, Music Connection and AXS.com and has earned him a Hollywood Music In Media Awards nomination in 2018.