Panu Aaltio FINLAND
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Panu Aaltio is a film composer based in Helsinki and Los Angeles. He has composed music to over 30 feature films, and many TV series and video games.
Panu is a three-time winner of the IFMCA Best Documentary Score Award, and was a nominee for IFMCA Composer of the Year in 2022 alongside Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Jonny Greenwood and Nicholas Britell. His most recent projects include the third installment of the family adventure film series, Super Furball and the Lying Squirrel, the Netflix original film Little Siberia, as well the drama film about mental illness and homelessness 5000 Blankets starring Anna Camp, released by Sony Pictures Entertainment. |
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HARPA nominated 2026 for his score for Little Siberia directed by Dome Karukoski.
"Little Siberia tells a peculiar story set in a remote Finnish village: a local priest tries to make sense of his life while protecting a valuable meteorite from all kinds of thugs. Colourful characters are presented and absurd events unfold in this absurdist dark comedy. In his quirky score, Panu Aaltio combines inventive electronic sound design with traditional Finnish folk music, creating a unique sonic world that seamlessly fits the film’s surreal mood. Bridging the otherworldly absurdity of the space realm and rural, traditional small-town people, Aaltio's production choices form a one-of-a-kind mélange from improbable ingredients. Crafted with high-level professionalism, Aaltio's score weaves in and out, punctuating on-screen action just the right amount and making the score an integral part of the film’s storytelling, as only a well-crafted film score can." |
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