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I'm an independent composer, producer and entrepreneur from Finland. I compose and produce mostly epic soundtrack music mixed with ethnic, folk, medieval, electronic and metal elements in my home studio. My songs are usually very melodic, strongly harmonic, rhythmic and simple yet very diverse. I aim to compose strong motifs, memorable melodies, epic structures and to offer my listeners and clients unique experiences. My music is a perfect match with various types of video games, trailers, performances, commercials and movies...and just for casual listening.

‘Novum’ out now!
November 30, 2022
A new epic sci-fi album, ‘Novum’ is out now! The album includes 20 diverse songs and around 80 minutes of content. It’s epic battle music, industrial and symphonic metal, synthwave, cyberpunk, EDM, Asian ethnic music and weird cinematic space music in one package. Stream or buy the album on your favourite platform by clicking here !.. [Read more]
Patreon launch!
September 19, 2022
I launched my Patreon page today. For those unaware, Patreon is a place where you can support my work and in return you get exclusive rewards and content (or good will). I took some time to craft exclusive content for this month, and here’s the full list of rewards (depending on your support tier): -Cover: New World Metal Symphony. A heavy metal rendition of Antonín Dvořák’s New World Symphony, 4th movement. -Remake: Legendary. -4 remixes: Corruption, Alien Lifeforms, The Dead of Night, .. [Read more]
‘Throne of the North’ out now!
July 6, 2022
The new ‘Throne of the North’ is out now! It’s a complete remake of my 2015 album with the same name, with new recordings and effects, rearranged and even re-composed parts, remixed instruments and remastered audio. The remake also includes five new bonus tracks. It’s taken a good amount of time and effort to make this album, probably more than went making the originals. I hope you enjoy the fresh sound of the classics! If you’ve bought the original 2015 .. [Read more]

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 your video is expected to get less than 50 thousand views, the license fee is 50 euros which is the smallest fee I accept. If you usually get millions of views, the fee will naturally be bigger.

For TWITCH users: You can use my music without permission but I can't control copyright issues on the platform. If you can find my music on Twitch Soundtrack, the usage is safe and it will get me some ad revenue.

NON-COMMERCIAL and NON-PROFIT usage: You can use my music freely for non-commercial and non-profit personal and school projects 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.

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.

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

You can get more details by contacting me. Remember to provide:
-Title(s) of the song(s) you want to get a license for
-Production or project name
-Production type (video game, film, TV, trailer, performance etc.)
-Production budget and/or music budget
-Do you need the song remixed for your project?

Need a customized soundtrack to make your project even more unique? For music composing and production, I'm charging per minute basis and the price depends on the project budget, the amount of music needed and complexity of the required compositions. The minimum starting fee per project is 2000 euros. 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. The following info is required for me to calculate the time and cost for your project:

-Amount of music: Number of songs and approximation in minutes
-Usage: Video game, TV, film, trailer, performance, online, corporate etc.
-Musical complexity (from less expensive to more expensive): 1) Simple orchestra (not more than ten instruments), 2) folk instrumentation, 3) full orchestra, choir and percussion, 4) symphonic, synth or folk metal, 5) full orchestra with complex hybrid and synth layers and effects
-Rights: Do you need an exclusive or non-exclusive license? Do you need selling rights for the music?
-Production budget and/or music budget
-Project name
-Deadlines

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Orchestra

EastWest: Hollywood & Symphonic Orchestra Gold
8Dio: Majestica, Century series, CAGE series, Claire Woodwinds series
Cinesamples: CineStrings Runs, Hollywoodwinds, CineHarps
Project Sam: Symphobia
Orchestral Tools: Metropolis Ark I, Orchestral String Runs
Sonokinetic: Maximo, Grosso, Capriccio
Native Instruments: Symphony Essentials series
Chris Hein: Solo viola and violin
Embertone: Intimate strings solo series

Choir & vocals

Strezov: Storm Choir II, Freyja
8Dio: Requiem Pro, Lacrimosa, Insolidus, Studio Sopranos
Soundiron: Olympus Choir series
Eduardo Tarilonte: Shevannai
CineSamples: Voices of War, Voxos

Percussion

Native Instruments: Action Strikes
Heavyocity: Damage I & II
8Dio: Epic Ensemble series
CineSamples: Drums of War
EastWest: Stormdrum series
Keepforest: Everything
Strezov: X3M Series
Impact Soundworks: Juggernaut
Sonuscore: Trinity Drums

Hybrid & Synth

8Dio: Hybrid series
Heavyocity: Gravity, Aeon series, Damage series
Output: Signal, Substance, REV, Exhale, Movement
Spectrasonics: Omnisphere, Stylus RMX
Keepforest: Everything
Vengeance Sound: VPS Avenger
Native Instruments: Evolve series, Rise And Hit
Camel Audio: Alchemy
Impact Soundworks: Juggernaut, Super Audio Cart

Ethnic & Solo

Eastwest: Silk
Eduardo Tarilonte: ERA series, Forest Kingdom III, Epic World, Anthology series, Accordions 2
Best Service: Ethno World 6
Impact Soundworks: Ventus series, Plectra series
Embertone: Recorders, Canjo, Shire Whistle, Ivory Wind, Jubal Flute
Strezov: Balkan & Jade Ethnic Orchestra, Kambanite
UVI: World Suite 2
Sonokinetic: Hurdy Gurdy, Sultan Strings & Drums, Delphi
Native Instruments: Discovery series
Soniccouture: Nyckelharpas, Conservatoire Collection
Ilya Efimov: Acoustic & Nylon Guitars, Total Russian Bundle, Ethnic Winds, Accordion, Uilleann Pipes
MusicLab: RealGuitar 5
Orange Tree Samples: Mesawinds
PrecisionSound: Lyra, Finnish Concert Kantele, Persian Santur, Praktik Cittra, Ukrainian Bandura

Metal

Impact Soundworks: Shreddage series
Native Instruments: Guitar Rig 6
Custom Shop: Amplitube 5
Positive Grid: Bias Amp
Toontrack: EZDrummer

Effects

FabFilter: Everything
Polyverse: Comet, Manipulator, Gatekeeper
Zynaptiq: ZAP bundle
Illformed: Glitch 2
Native Instruments: Transient Master
Heavyocity: Punish
Eastwest: QL Spaces

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.

Q: Je voudrais me permettre d'utiliser la musique...

A: I don't speak foreign. Please don't send me messages in French or Spanish or Swedish. Only in English or Finnish.

Q: Can you make a tutorial about composing?

A: It would require a lot of work and time and I preferably use the time to make more music. So no, not at the moment.

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

A: My supporters at Patreon get monthly scores, including sheet music, tablatures and midi files. Also, Carmina Gloria Deluxe edition has Musescore project files for each song on the album.

Q: Are you educated in music?

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

Q: Do you play any instrument?

A: I used to try and play the guitar when I was younger but nowadays I'm doing everything on the computer.

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.

Consider supporting me at Patreon if you want to get your burning questions answered in depth. Unfortunately I don't have time to do that for emails.

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