About me

Welcome! I'm Antti Martikainen, an independent composer, producer and entrepreneur from Finland. I also run Omniscore, a music label that features other talented composers and producers. Check out my music and playlists and feel free drop me a message below.

News

  • New remake singles
    I just released two new remake singles on Spotify: ‘Legendary’ from 2017’s album ‘The Sound of Courage’ and ‘One Against the World’ from 2016’s album .. [Read more]
  • Omniscore project revealed and new album released!
    New album ‘Crimson Saga’ is out now! This album is the first of release by Omniscore, a collaborative project of mine. The album has Ian Fontova as the featured collaborator and it .. [Read more]
  • ‘Wanderlust’ out now!
    A new album ‘Wanderlust’ was released today! The album includes 12 exciting and uplifting fantasy adventure tracks. Buy and stream here! https://youtu.be/TaKtlANDPlM.. [Read more]

Playlists

You can easily listen to my works in Spotify playlists. Pick your desired genre, style or mood from below and enjoy!

Merch

Licenses

For commercial projects you can buy a license from me directly. The license price depends very much on the size of your project. The more expensive licenses also include a possibility to edit or even remake the licensed songs to fit into your project better. For example, I can cut, remix and loop the licensed song to fit in your video game. I will only provide non-exclusive licenses for existing songs. You can get more details by contacting me.

For YOUTUBE users: You can use my music without asking for permission, however a ContentID system will claim and monetize your video. This is not a copyright strike or warning, it's a claim that uses advertisements in your video to get ad revenue for me. If you want to declaim your video and control the monetization yourself, you'll need to pay a license fee which depends on your channel size. If you're an US citizen you can also use Creator Music to purchase a license for a song directly.

For TWITCH users: You can use my music without permission but I can't control copyright issues on the platform.

NON-COMMERCIAL and NON-PROFIT usage: You can use my music freely for non-commercial and non-profit personal projects, such as school projects and video game mods without asking for permission. If you get funding from any organization or government, the project is not regarded as non-profit and you'll need to buy a license.

To purchase a license from the 'Land of the Brave' album, please contact Colossal Trailer Music

Commissions

Need a customized soundtrack to make your project even more unique? Or perhaps orchestration, arrangement or mixing services for improving your songs or adding a huge sound to them? For music composing and production, I'm charging per minute basis and the price depends on the project budget, the amount of music and tracks needed and complexity of the required compositions. The composition and production quote includes only virtual instruments and real instrumental recordings are provided with additional cost. You can get more details by contacting me.

Software

 

Here's a list of some of my most used software.

FAQ

If you have a question, please read through this section and save yourself and me some trouble before sending me a message.

 

Q: My Youtube video was claimed by "Audiam" or "Interstreet Recordings". Help!

A: Your videos will get claimed if you use my music. If you have a license or a permission to use my music on a monetized or commercial video, send me a message with the link to the video and I'll remove the claim. You can also purchase a license or just keep the claim. The claim doesn't affect your Youtube channel in any way, it's just for monetization purposes.

Q: Can you make me a song for free?

A: No.

Q: Can I use your music for free?

A: See the licensing section

Q: Is there a possibility to buy your music on CD or DVD or vinyl?

A: There are limited edition CD campaigns available for selected albums on Bandcamp. I won't be manufacturing new CD's until the previous ones have been sold out.

Q: Why isn't this album not available on Spotify or Deezer?

A: Certain bonus releases, such as 'Another Saga' and 'Novum Extended Edition' are only available on Bandcamp.

Q: Do you have sheet music, midi files or tablatures?

A: Carmina Gloria Deluxe edition and Sonic Savior Deluxe Edition have Musescore, midi project and tablature files for each song on the album. Please don't ask for additional midi files or scores for other songs, I don't have them available.

Q: Can you make a tutorial about composing?

A: No. It would require a lot of work and time and I'll use the time to make more music. There are enough tutorials available by other professionals. A lot of people have also asked me to teach them "how to make music". It has taken me 20 years of trying out, experimenting and failing by myself until I've reached this level. I don't have resources or time to be your teacher. No one can teach you to become productive or creative. Don't think that it's an easy road to become a composer. It will take years or tens of years, so forget about the money and fame, pick up an (virtual) instrument and start practicing.

Q: Can you give me some hints about composing with virtual instruments?

A: You'll need a lot of money to buy yourself a good set of libraries to work with. The libraries I own cost anywhere from $5 to $1000 a piece. Free instruments are usually useless. You can't substitute bad instruments for composing or mixing skills (and vice versa). I only have experience with FL studio DAW so I don't know about Pro Tools or Ableton or Cubase. But I have understood that FL studio is a very good software for composing and for people like me who don't use midi keyboards nor record any audio. For beginners, a good and cheap all-round library is probably EastWest Symphonic Orchestra Gold, and for more deep-sampled and quality instruments, Hollywood Orchestra.

Q: Are you educated in music?

A: No, I have learned everything by myself, and so can you!

Q: Are you going to do live concerts?

A: No. It would be incredibly costly to hire a full orchestra and solo instrumentalists to play my music. I'd need name recognition on par with Hans Zimmer to make it profitable. Much of my music isn't actually playable with real folk instruments anyway, only with virtual instruments.

Contact

You can contact me by filling the following form.


3 days ago

Antti Martikainen
Ride with the Dragons - 2024 RemakeStream on Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/20KfwLIiMSMT7HUiHuTNcoCheck out similar music on my Celtic Adventure playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/4LckkYpQiYz1VmAElVQVdMI actually had to rebuild and record this song completely from the ground up because I managed to lose the project files along with all the recordings. There was just an empty slot between song 7 and 9 folders in my Adventuria, Vol. 1 folder. Also backups are gone. Let me know if you find it somewhere around the internet!This remake has all the main melodies intact but it's a bit longer than the original because I decided to extend the epic middle brass part. The middle part with Uilleann pipes and Celtic whistles is also different. The cello solo at the quiet part is replaced by zhongu, a Chinese counterpart to cello, to give this song a bit more ethnic flavor. In addition, every instrument, chord, voicing and melody has some details and polish applied to them.A lot of great performances on this song:-Celtic whistles and Uilleann pipeIan Fontovantova-Vocals by Mailén Blanco Arriola-Violin by Nino Chikviladze-ZhonghKanae Nozawaozawa ... See MoreSee Less
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1 week ago

Antti Martikainen
Endless Frontier - 2024 RemakeStream on Spotify (includes ambient bonus track): open.spotify.com/album/7GyiFKQiZBbJyt1Gv5wS1ICheck out similarish music on my playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/009rdFacwOuiCHuMTpAfPPThis song originally from 'Enter Infinity' (2015) has a lot of genres and themes in it: Arabic/oriental vibe synth ambient that evolves into epic cinematic EDM and symphonic metal. I really liked making songs that surprise the listeners even at the end of a long track (make sure to listen it to the end before commenting that this isn't metal). A pretty complex song with a few very different parts in various genres so tagging it with a genre is pretty difficult. How would you categorize this song?The remake mostly follows the original but to make the middle part a bit exciting a decided to do a transposition so the end of the song is in different key. Also the middle parts have a bit of re-arranged chords and voicing, along with some new choir parts. The most significant change is naturally in the sound quality and mixing. GuitarFrancesco Matteirancesco Mattei! ... See MoreSee Less
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2 weeks ago

Antti Martikainen
Today's remake is 'Through Enemy Lines'Stream on Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/7nqb4DJYfbg9f65TIjzyXXCheck out more similar music on this playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/0FTxbk3zzS5Cu1N6dDbd3MThis song was originally from the bonus album 'Another Saga' consisting of alternative versions and unreleased tracks. It was also one of the first demos I released back in 2012 as myself and not under an artist name. So the song's origin is beyond ancient and it really shows in the composition and sound quality of the original track. The remake has the same structure but it's re-arranged and more detailed. The outro is a bit more somber and there's no longer a fadeout. I used to do a fadeout in most track back then because it was an easy and amateurish way to end a song, or rather just keep it going without endlessly. ... See MoreSee Less
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3 weeks ago

Antti Martikainen
Today's remake single is 'Cannonstorm'!Stream on Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/1oMGPm1UcsMmxSOGd73AzECheck out my epic pirate battle playlist with similar music:open.spotify.com/playlist/3c9K729n2UuJFPFTdQx70dThis is a track from 2017's 'The Sound of Courage'. There are no major changes to the song's structure because it works pretty well as a short battle track. It's the shortest song on the upcoming remake album. There are added details, some slight re-arranging and a transposed last chorus. The instruments are a lot tighter. The biggest change is in the mixing. I really dislike the mixing on the old TSoC album so the change in the sound is pretty big. ... See MoreSee Less
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1 month ago

Antti Martikainen
Synthesia - 2024 RemakeStream on Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/51FoFPGvYqCfqyCmIPPhHACheck out my epic anime metal playlist with similar music:open.spotify.com/playlist/5TT77B5GDhHMPMVgoGd4TkThis remake single is the title song from the 2016 album 'Synthesia'. It is closer to remaster than remake since not much needed to change in addition to real recorded instruments and some minor arrangements, and of course throughout mixing. Only the last loud part of the song is somewhat different to the original version. I though the mixing and instrumentation were surprisingly good on the original album. ... See MoreSee Less
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1 month ago

Antti Martikainen
'Valor' is out now!Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/4HLq2ztZi7eBbVBgPLmeRtYoutube: youtu.be/kXcnjgsjH3gCheck out and like my 'epic battle score' playlist with other relevant songs: open.spotify.com/playlist/2XZtnqqmHWeTsak8qGa0SVAnother single release, this time it's an ancient song from over ten years ago. 'Valor' was first released on 'Eternal Saga' album in 2014. There are quite a bit of changes in this version in addition to the apparent rearranging, remixing and remastering of the original. The quiet parts and melodies have been extended so the song is longer than the original. Solo violin parts are played by Nino Chikviladze. The part before the last chorus is completely remade.The original songs on 'Eternal Saga', especially the louder ones tend to sound very powerful but also super muddy and boomy because I didn't know how to properly mixing back then. Also the originals have an apparent lack of harmony and color because I didn't understand much theory back then, I just did what sounded good to me. In the new version you can more clearly hear all the instruments, elements, colors and details. ... See MoreSee Less
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1 month ago

Antti Martikainen
Destination Tortuga - 2024 RemakeNow available to stream on:Youtube: youtu.be/PueOFh0nAncSpotify: open.spotify.com/album/6bsqO859KV5lE6MlBlcg5MHey folks! This is a new single from an upcoming remake album. I try to release a new song every week until the release. This piratey song is a pretty popular one and it didn't require much additional work because it's full of great fun melodies. I decided to speed up the tempo a bit because I felt the original version was a bit too slow. The song duration is still the same because I added some additional parts to let the song breathe. Recording and editing real instruments, re-arranging the orchestra and mixing everything of course took some work. Folk instruments reIan Fontovaan Fontova and violin by Nino Chikviladze. ... See MoreSee Less
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2 months ago

Antti Martikainen
New remake single is going to be released on Spotify next friday! I have a whole album of these remakes, and it's going to be finished pretty soon. These are remade tracks from various albums released in 2014-2017. What song are you hoping a remake for? ... See MoreSee Less
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3 months ago

Antti Martikainen
We just released a new album called "Kingdom Quest"! It's a sort of tongue-in-cheek style Medieval chill album in the style of classic RPG and RTS games like Age of Empires, Stronghold and Sims: Medieval.Album links: songwhip.com/bardforceVideos: www.youtube.com/@OmniscoreBardforce · Album · 2024 · 20 songs ... See MoreSee Less
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4 months ago

Antti Martikainen
I made a ginormous playlist consisting of every song I've composed or produced available on Spotify. Save the playlist and you'll keep yourself always updated about my newest songs! The newest songs are added to the top of the list whenever they release.Playlist · Antti Martikainen · 465 items · 30 likes ... See MoreSee Less
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5 months ago

Antti Martikainen
Hi! I'm a bit late here because I was on a vacation. Anyways, a new collaborative album by me and the very talented Raphaël Hinojosa was released recently. 'Fablebound' is an orchestral fantasy album with light-hearted adventure compositions for RPG's, TTRPG's, action adventure games, fantasy platformers and background music.Buy or stream the album:Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/3qEiQOwat6asbPMLLEa5FQYoutube Music: music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mbxeDqAnsapQq7LM2qwe3CPkeYTlGyUpgAmazon: amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0D6X9965FBandcamp: sonorium.bandcamp.comFollow Sonorium (our new collaborative project):songwhip.com/sonoriumsonorium.bandcamp.com/10 track album ... See MoreSee Less
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7 months ago

Antti Martikainen
Me and STFUR released a new collaboration project and album! 'Alatyr' is a 20-piece and 90-minute long Slavic and Eastern European epic folk album with authentic traditional instrumentation, unique vocal styles, dark mythological themes and epic orchestrations. This album contains lyrics in a fictional Slavic language. For the fans of instrumental music the special instrumental edition with bonus tracks will be released in two weeks!Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/6oU5vDebmpDhWmZWGm49v9Bandcamp: runecraft.bandcamp.com/album/alatyrYoutube Music: music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nrZlx9AW-XNUwzGebFmYZWyQJvR_mx6ok20 track album ... See MoreSee Less
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