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Panu Aaltio (b. 1982)

Birthplace:
Nurmijärvi, Finland

Born:
January 29, 1982

Biography from TheMovieDB

Panu Aaltio (born January 29, 1982) is a Finnish film composer. He was educated at the Sibelius Academy and University of Southern California and established himself as a film composer with The Home of Dark Butterflies (2008). He has received the International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Documentary three times, for Tale of a Forest (2012), Tale of a Lake (2016) and Tale of the Sleeping Giants (2021).  Panu Aaltio was born in Nurmijärvi on 29 January 1982. Wanting to become a film composer, he studied music technology at the Sibelius Academy in Finland, attended the Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program at the University of Southern California and worked as an intern on film and television productions in Los Angeles. After returning to Finland, he became established there as a composer for feature films, television series and video games. The first feature film he composed a score for was The Home of Dark Butterflies (2008), for which he was nominated for the Jussi Award for Best Music.  Aaltio composed the music for a trilogy of nature films produced by MRP Matila Röhr Productions, Tale of a Forest (2012), Tale of a Lake (2016) and Tale of the Sleeping Giants (2021). For both Tale of a Forest and Tale of a Lake he received the International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Documentary. Tale of a Lake also received the Jussi Award for Best Music.

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Film Production

Music:
2005  Mun Lappi
2013  Whisper of Minqin
2014  I Won't Come Back
2015  The Find
2016  Tale of a Lake
2017  Life in Four Elements
2017  Repeater
2019  Nature Symphony
2021  Rabobesto – Or How I Saved a Monster
????  Memorial

Music Producer:
2005  Mun Lappi
2013  Whisper of Minqin
2014  I Won't Come Back
2015  The Find
2016  Tale of a Lake
2017  Life in Four Elements
2017  Repeater
2019  Nature Symphony
2020  Tale of the Sleeping Giants
2021  Rabobesto – Or How I Saved a Monster
????  Memorial

Original Music Composer:
2005  Mun Lappi
2008  Sauna
2008  The Home of Dark Butterflies
2011  Body of Water
2011  Dawn of the Dragonslayer
2011  Hella W
2011  Orcs!
2012  Tale of a Forest
2013  Whisper of Minqin
2014  I Won't Come Back
2014  SAGA - Curse of the Shadow
2014  The Island of Secrets
2015  The Find
2016  Lake Bodom
2016  Rolli and the Secret of All Time
2016  Tale of a Lake
2017  95
2017  Life in Four Elements
2017  Repeater
2018  Super Furball
2019  Nature Symphony
2020  Ladies of Steel
2020  Tale of the Sleeping Giants
2020  The Potato Venture
2021  Finders of the Lost Yacht
2021  Rabobesto – Or How I Saved a Monster
2022  Super Furball Saves the Future
2022  The Twin
2023  Finders 2: Pharaoh's Ring
2025  Little Siberia
????  Memorial

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