Panu Aaltio

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

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The Twin

(2022) Music

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Sauna

(2008) Original Music Composer

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Lake Bodom

(2016) Original Music Composer

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Dawn of the Dragonslayer

(2011) Original Music Composer

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Finders of the Lost Yacht

(2021) Original Music Composer

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Ladies of Steel

(2020) Original Music Composer

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The Island of Secrets

(2014) Original Music Composer

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95

(2017) Original Music Composer

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Acting

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Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2023	Original Music Composer	Finders 2: Pharaoh’s Ring 2023-01-20 Movie
2022	Music	The Twin 2022-04-06 Movie
2021	Original Music Composer	Finders of the Lost Yacht 2021-07-14 Movie
	Music	Rabobesto – Or How I Saved a Monster 2021-02-04 Movie
2020	Music Producer	Tale of the Sleeping Giant 2020-12-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Potato Venture 2020-12-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tale of the Sleeping Giant 2020-12-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ladies of Steel 2020-01-03 Movie
2019	Music	Nature Symphony 2019-03-22 Movie
2018	Original Music Composer	Super Furball 2018-01-26 Movie
2017	Original Music Composer	95 2017-12-25 Movie
	Music	Repeater 2017-11-24 Movie
	Music	Heroes of the Baltic Sea 2017-04-16 Movie
	Music	Life in Four Elements 2017-03-17 Movie
2016	Original Music Composer	Rolli and the Secret of All Time 2016-09-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Lake Bodom 2016-08-19 Movie
	Music	Tale of a Lake 2016-01-15 Movie
2015	Music	The Find 2015-12-03 Movie
2014	Original Music Composer	The Island of Secrets 2014-10-31 Movie
	Music	I Won't Come Back 2014-06-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	SAGA - Curse of the Shadow 2014-04-02 Movie
2013	Music	Whisper of Minqin 2013-12-26 Movie
2012	Original Music Composer	Tale of a Forest 2012-12-28 Movie
2011	Original Music Composer	Body of Water 2011-10-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Dawn of the Dragonslayer 2011-09-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hella W 2011-01-28 Movie
2008	Original Music Composer	Sauna 2008-10-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Home of Dark Butterflies 2008-01-11 Movie
2005	Music	Mun Lappi 2005-06-15 Movie
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