Heikki Aaltoila, (11 December 1905,

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– 11 January 1992,

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) was a Finnish film composer who served 40 years as the conductor of Finnish National Theatre's orchestra. Aaltoila's best known composition is a romantic waltz called ''Akselin ja Elinan häävalssi'' (Akseli's and Elina's wedding waltz) which originally belonged to the score of the film ''

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'' (1968). He won the

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for best film score twice. His other film compositions included music for '' Veteraanin voitto'', ''

Kvinnan bakom allt ''Four Times Love'' ( sv, Kvinnan bakom allt n Sweden sv, Fyra gånger kärlek n Finland fi, Neljä rakkautta; da, Alt dette og Island med; no, Alt dette – og Island også) is a 1951 co-Nordic film directed by Hampe Faustman and Johan Ja ...

'', and '' Prinsessa Ruusunen''.

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