10/01/2026
Meet our composer, Kirk Botula.
Kirk Botula is an award-winning Pittsburgh composer and songwriter whose film work spans electronic, acoustic, orchestral and experimental. His score for The Dirty Hands Man won Best Music at the 2021 Independent Horror Movie Awards. His score for 3 to Go won Best Film Score at both the World Film Carnival, Singapore and the Dreamz Catcher International Film Festival in 2022. He also took home an award in 2021 for Best Score at the Pittsburgh 48 Hour Film Project for Hors D'oeuvres.
Kirk came up through the alternative rock scene as principal songwriter in The Affordable Floors, a band signed to MCA Records, and later in Cloud. He holds a BFA in painting and a master's degree from Carnegie Mellon University, and later studied electronic music production under British producer Rick Snoman.
For The Mumler Trials, set in 1869, Kirk built the score around the mandolin and piano, instruments commonly found in parlors of the era.
The Mumler Trials soundtrack is coming to Spotify and other streaming platforms.
The Affordable Floors and Cloud can be found on all streaming platforms.
Hear more of Kirk's work at kirkbotula.com
