Biography
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Born
22 September 1969 (age 55)
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Born In
Kankaanpää, Satakunta, Finland
Film music composer Tuomas Kantelinen (born 1969) studied classical composing in his native Finland and continues to make music for both cinema and concert audiences.
He has written numerous scores for TV movies and advertisements, including brands like Coca-Cola and major European banks. In addition to many commercials and three consecutive MTV3 news jingles, Tuomas has also done the music for many television shows and movies of the week.
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 through Europe), piano and guitar concertos as well as pieces for symphonic and chamber orchestras.
Tuomas Kantelinen 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".
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