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Tuomas Kantelinen
Film music composer Tuomas Kantelinen studied classical composing in his native Finland and continues to make music for both cinema and concert audiences.
He has scored orchestral film music for over 30 feature films, including Klaus Haro's awarded "Mother of Mine", Renny Harlin´s dark thriller "Mindhunters" and Sergei Bodrov's Genghis Khan epic "Mongol".
Mongol was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film.
In addition to film scores Tuomas has written news and program jingles and scored the music for many television shows and movies of the week. He has also worked on dozens of ads, including brands like Coca-Cola and major European banks.
His classical credits include Paavo Suuri, an opera that was performed on Helsinki Stadium for the Cultural Capital of Europe festivities of 2000 (and broadcast by Arte TV channel throughout Europe), piano and guitar concertos as well as pieces for symphonic and chamber orchestras.
Tuomas Kantelinen
Film music composer Tuomas Kantelinen studied classical composing in his native Finland and continues to make music for both cinema and concert audiences.
He has scored orchestral film music for over 30 feature films, including Klaus Haro's awarded "Mother of Mine", Renny Harlin´s dark thriller "Mindhunters" and Sergei Bodrov's Genghis Khan epic "Mongol".
Mongol was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film.
In addition to film scores Tuomas has written news and program jingles and scored the music for many television shows and movies of the week. He has also worked on dozens of ads, including brands like Coca-Cola and major European banks.
His classical credits include Paavo Suuri, an opera that was performed on Helsinki Stadium for the Cultural Capital of Europe festivities of 2000 (and broadcast by Arte TV channel throughout Europe), piano and guitar concertos as well as pieces for symphonic and chamber orchestras.
