Panu Aaltio
{{Short description|Finnish composer and record producer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Panu Aaltio
| image =
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| birth_name = Panu Aaltio
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|1|29}}
| birth_place = Nurmijärvi, Finland
| nationality = Finnish
| occupation = Composer
| education = Sibelius Academy
University of Southern California
| notable_works = The Home of Dark Butterflies
Tale of a Forest
Tale of a Lake
Tale of the Sleeping Giants
| awards = International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Documentary (2012, 2016, 2021)
Jussi Award for Best Music (2016)
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Panu Aaltio (born 29 January 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).
Life and work
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.{{cite web |last=Nurmio |first=Satu |date=1 November 2012 |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-6341021 |title=Elokuvasäveltäjä ponnisti Lost-sarjasta Nurmijärvelle |work=yle.fi |language=fi |access-date=6 September 2021 }} 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 {{ill|Jussi Award for Best Music|lt=Best Music|fi|Parhaan musiikin Jussi}}.
Aaltio composed the music for a trilogy of nature films produced by {{ill|MRP Matila Röhr Productions|fi}}, 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.{{cite news |last=Koppinen |first=Mari |date=24 February 2017 |url=https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000005101381.html |title=Suomalaissäveltäjä voitti maailman arvostetuimman elokuvamusiikin palkinnon – taakse jäi jopa Hollywoodin supertähti |url-access=subscription |work=Helsingin Sanomat |language=fi |access-date=6 September 2021 }} Tale of a Lake also received the Jussi Award for Best Music.{{cite web |url=https://elonet.finna.fi/Search/Results?filter%5B0%5D=author2_id_str_mv%3A%22kavi.elonet_henkilo_1228888%22&lng=en-gb |title=Panu Aaltio |work=Elonet |language=en, fi|publisher=National Audiovisual Institute |access-date=6 September 2021 }}
Selected filmography
- The Home of Dark Butterflies (2008)
- Sauna (2008)
- {{ill|Hella W|fi}} (2011)
- Body of Water (2011)
- Tale of a Forest (2012)
- I Won't Come Back (2014)
- Moomins on the Riviera (2014)
- {{ill|The Island of Secrets|fi|Lomasankarit}} (2014)
- {{ill|The Find (film)|lt=The Find|fr|Criminel (film, 2015)}} (2015)
- Tale of a Lake (2016)
- Lake Bodom (2016)
- {{ill|Rolli and the Secret of All Time|fi|Rölli ja kaikkien aikojen salaisuus}} (2016)
- {{ill|95 (film)|lt=95|fi|95 (elokuva)}} (2017)
- The Eternal Road (2017)
- {{ill|Super Furball|fi|Supermarsu}} (2018)
- {{ill|Nature Symphony|fi|Luontosinfonia}} (2019)
- Ladies of Steel (2020)
- {{ill|Peruna (film)|lt=Peruna|fi|Peruna (elokuva)}} (2020)
- Finders of the Lost Yacht (2021)
- Tale of the Sleeping Giants (2021)
- Codename: Annika (2023)
References
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External links
- [https://www.panuaaltio.com/ Personal website]
{{International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Documentary}}
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Category:Finnish film score composers
Category:Finnish male film score composers
Category:Finnish video game composers
Category:Male television composers
Category:People from Nurmijärvi