Jonne Valtonen is a Finnish composer, arranger and

orchestrator Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra (or, more loosely, for any musical ensemble, such as a concert band) or of adapting music composed for another medium for an orchestra. Also called "instrumentation", orch ...

. He contributed to

demoscene The demoscene () is an international computer art subculture focused on producing demos: self-contained, sometimes extremely small, computer programs that produce audiovisual presentations. The purpose of a demo is to show off computer programmi ...

and tracker music, under the name Purple Motion, and with

Future Crew Future Crew was a Finnish demogroup that created PC demos and software, active mostly between 1987 and 1994. History The group was founded in 1986 by PSI (Sami Tammilehto) and JPM (Jussi Markula) as a Commodore 64 group, before moving to the ...

Life and early career

Jonne Valtonen was born in

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and was raised in

Kaarina Kaarina (; , i.e. "Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Catherine's") is a town in Finland, located in the region of Southwest Finland. It lies south of the regional capital, Turku. The population of Kaarina is approximately , while the Turku sub-regi ...

along with his brother. He began learning to play classical piano at the age of nine.Spielekonzerte
Official biography
(accessed 2014-10-24) Valtonen's first music compositions were done on his

home computer Home computers were a class of microcomputers that entered the market in 1977 and became common during the 1980s. They were marketed to consumers as affordable and accessible computers that, for the first time, were intended for the use of a s ...

, a

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. During his teen years, he became involved in the PC

where he was able to pursue his passion for electronic music production. He has won several awards in this field. Between 1991 and 1996 Valtonen created music for

, one of the groups in the demoscene at the time. Eventually he became their lead composer under the pseudonym Purple Motion, chosen as a tribute to the British rock group

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.Official Purple Motion message board
Purple Motion – why this nick name?
(accessed 2008-06-25) His compositions include ''UnreaL ] / PM'' (from Future Crew demo ''Second Reality''), ''Satellite One'', and ''Starshine''.Nectarine radio
Song charts
(accessed 2014-05-04) Valtonen sings in a mixed choir (Näsin Ääni, Tampere) and has started learning to play the harp.VGM Rush biography
Jonne Valtonen
(accessed 2009-04-07)

Educational background

Jonne Valtonen graduated from classical composition at the Pirkanmaa Polytechnic in Finland in 2009. He has received training in composition under the guidance of Hannu Pohjannoro,

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, and Juhani Nuorvala. He has also studied under

Magnus Lindberg Magnus Gustaf Adolf Lindberg (born 27 June 1958) is a Finnish composer and pianist. He was the New York Philharmonic's composer-in-residence from 2009 to 2012 and the London Philharmonic Orchestra's composer-in-residence from 2014 to 2017. Ear ...

Jukka Tiensuu Jukka Santeri Tiensuu (born 30 August 1948) is a Finnish contemporary classical composer, harpsichordist, pianist and conductor. Career Tiensuu was born in Helsinki. After extensive musical studies (piano, harpsichord, conducting, composing, histor ...

, Kirmo Lintinen and

Michael Nyman Michael Laurence Nyman, Order of the British Empire, CBE (born 23 March 1944) is an English composer, pianist, libretto, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker. He is known for numerous film soundtrack, scores (many written during his lengthy ...

in various composition masterclasses.

Working for the entertainment industry

In 1996, Jonne Valtonen began doing commission work for game developers in Finland, namely

Remedy Entertainment Remedy Entertainment Oyj, trading internationally as Remedy Entertainment Plc, is a Finnish video game developer based in Espoo. Notable games the studio has developed include the first two entries in the ''Max Payne'' franchise, '' Alan Wake' ...

Housemarque Housemarque Oy (or Housemarque Inc.) is a Finnish video game developer based in Helsinki. The company was founded by Ilari Kuittinen and Harri Tikkanen in July 1995, through the merger of their previous video game companies, Bloodhouse and Terr ...

and

Bugbear Entertainment Bugbear Entertainment Oy is a Finnish video game developer based in Helsinki, founded by Janne Alanenpää in 2000. The company is best known for the '' FlatOut'' series and '' Wreckfest''. In November 2018, a majority stake of the company was ...

.MobyGames
Valtonen's profile page
(accessed 2008-06-25) During the same time, he served as the musical director for the TeatteriSusi theatre, where he composed music for several plays including ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 1998, Jonne Valtonen co-founded his company Valtone Oy, specialising in music productions for the entertainment industry. Continuing on this path, he also contributed two titles, in 2000 and 2002, for the ''

Merregnon ''Merregnon'' is a narrative orchestral music series created and produced by Thomas Böcker through his company, ''Merregnon Studios''. Combining symphonic compositions with fantasy storytelling, the project launched in 1999 and has since produced ...

'' trilogy, an international soundtrack project featuring orchestral music by veteran video game composers from all over the world, such as

Chris Hülsbeck Christopher Hülsbeck (born 2 March 1968), known internationally as Chris Huelsbeck, is a German video game music composer. He gained popularity for his work on game soundtracks for '' The Great Giana Sisters'' and the ''Turrican'' series. Caree ...

and

Yuzo Koshiro is a Japanese composer and sound programmer. He is often regarded as one of the most influential innovators in chiptune and video game music, producing music in a number of genres including rock, jazz, symphonic, and various electronic genres s ...

. In 2002, Valtonen's talent was recognized again when he was presented with the Best Soundtrack Award at the International Fest of Cinema & Technology for the movie ''House by the Sea'', directed by Janne Ketola.IFCT award
Official website
(accessed 2008-06-25) In 2004, Jonne Valtonen released his first professionally mastered

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, ''Musicdisk'', featuring tracks from his

past. At the beginning of 2008, Jonne Valtonen took the position of the music lead for all live orchestra projects at

Studios, a company managed by

Thomas Böcker Thomas Böcker (born October 8, 1977) is a German producer. He is the founder of ''Merregnon Studios'' and artistic director of his orchestral music projects ''Merregnon'' and Symphonic Game Music Concerts, ''Game Concerts''. In 2003, he produced ...

and involved in productions of video game music concerts around the world, and several live recordings for publishers/developers such as

THQ THQ Inc. was an American video game company based in Agoura Hills, California. It was founded in April 1990 by Jack Friedman, originally in Calabasas, and became a public company the following year through a reverse merger takeover. Initial ...

US,

SEGA is a Japanese video game company and subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings headquartered in Tokyo. It produces several List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises for arcade game, arcades and video game cons ...

Japan and

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Japan.Symphonic Shades interview
Valtonen music lead at Merregnon Studios
(accessed 2008-06-25)

Orchestra arrangements

Drawing on his background in live orchestra work and his studies, Jonne Valtonen has been arranging and orchestrating music for video game concerts since 2005. He has earned worldwide recognition as the main arranger of the annual video game music concerts of the German

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Radio Orchestra, namely '' Symphonic Shades'' (2008), ''

Symphonic Fantasies ''Symphonic Fantasies: Music from Square Enix'' was an award-winning symphonic tribute concert originally held in Cologne, Germany on September 12, 2009, at the Cologne Philharmonic Hall featuring video game music from Japanese game developer Squ ...

'' (2009), ''

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'' (2010), and '' Symphonic Odysseys'' (2011).Concert producer Boecker speaks
Valtonen's arrangements
(accessed 2008-06-25) In addition to the WDR Radio Orchestra, his arrangements have been performed at the

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Gewandhaus Gewandhaus () is a concert hall in Leipzig, the home of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Today's hall is the third to bear this name; like the second, it is noted for its fine acoustics. History The first Gewandhaus (''Altes Gewandhaus'') The ...

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, Max Fisher Music Center Detroit,

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Singapore,

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Philharmonic Hall, and Konserthuset

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. His portfolio includes franchises such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Super Mario Galaxy is a 2007 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii. It is the third 3D platformer game in the ''Super Mario'' series. As Mario, the player embarks on a quest to rescue Princess Peach and save the universe from Bowser, af ...

'', ''

The Elder Scrolls ''The Elder Scrolls'' is a series of action role-playing games, action role-playing video games primarily developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The series focuses on Nonlinear gameplay, free-form gameplay in an ...

'', ''

Metal Gear Solid is a franchise of stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, ''Metal Gear'', was released in 1987 for MSX home computers. The player often takes control of a special forces operative (usually S ...

'', ''

Kingdom Hearts is a series of action role-playing games developed and published by Square Enix (originally by Square) and owned by The Walt Disney Company. A collaboration between the two companies, it was conceptualized by Square employees, Japanese gam ...

'', ''

The Legend of Zelda is a media franchise, video game series created by the Japanese game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. It is primarily developed and published by Nintendo; some portable installments and re-releases have been outsourced to Flags ...

'', and ''

Castlevania ''Castlevania'' (), known in Japan as is a gothic horror action-adventure video game series and media franchise created by Konami. The series is largely set in the castle of Count Dracula, the arch-enemy of the Belmont clan of vampire hunters. ...

''. In 2007, he arranged and orchestrated music for Sega's arcade game series ''

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'' which was recorded with a live orchestra and choir in

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.MUSA website list
Game credits WCCF
(accessed 2008-06-25)

Game music arrangements

* 2005 '' Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind'' (''Suite'') for the ''

Symphonic Game Music Concert The ''Symphonic Game Music Concerts (''shortened to: ''Game Concerts'') are a series of award-winning orchestral video game music concerts first performed in 2003 at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany, notable for being the longest running and th ...

'' * 2006 ''

'' (''Suite'') for ''PLAY! A Video Game Symphony'' * 2006 ''

Turrican 3 ''Mega Turrican'' is a run and gun video game, developed by Factor 5 in 1993 and marketed by Data East in 1994. Part of the ''Turrican'' series, it was designed for the Mega Drive/Genesis, and later followed by an Amiga port converted by Kaiko a ...

'' (''Suite'') for the ''Symphonic Game Music Concert'' * 2006 '' Castlevania: Symphony of the Night'' (''Wood Carving Partita'') for the ''Symphonic Game Music Concert'' * 2007 ''

'' (''Suite'') for ''PLAY! A Video Game Symphony'' * 2007 ''

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'' (''Suite'') for ''PLAY! A Video Game Symphony'' * 2007 ''

Secret of Mana ''Secret of Mana'', originally released in Japan as is a 1993 action role-playing game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the sequel to the 1991 game ''Seiken Densetsu'', released in North Ameri ...

'' (''Suite'') for the ''Symphonic Game Music Concert'' * 2007 '' Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater'' (''Suite'') for the ''Symphonic Game Music Concert'' * 2007 ''World Club Champion Football 2006–2007'' (live orchestra soundtrack) for ''SEGA'' * 2007 ''World Club Champion Football 2006–2007'' (''Suite'') for the ''Symphonic Game Music Concert'' * 2007 ''Wonderland Adventures'' for ''Midnight Synergy'' * 2008 '' Grand Monster Slam'' (''Opening Fanfare'') for the ''WDR'' concert ''That's Sound, that's Rhythm'' * 2008 ''Mobile Suit Gundam Battlefield Record UC0081'' (video game music arrangements) for

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* 2008 ''Symphonic Shades – Hülsbeck in concert'' (''WDR'' concert dedicated to

) * 2009 ''

– A Musical Adventure'' (school concert tour featuring music from ''Super Mario Galaxy'') * 2009 ''Symphonic Fantasies – music from Square Enix'' (''WDR'' concert dedicated to the music of

) * 2010 ''Symphonic Legends – music from

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'' (''WDR'' concert dedicated to the music of Nintendo) * 2011 ''LEGENDS – music from Nintendo'' (concert of the ''

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'' dedicated to the music of Nintendo) * 2011 ''Symphonic Odysseys – Tribute to

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'' (''WDR'' concert dedicated to

) * 2012 ''Symphonic Fantasies Tokyo – music from Square Enix'' (concert performed by the ''

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'') * 2012 ''Symphonic Fantasies Stockholm – music from Square Enix'' (concert performed by the ''

'') * 2013 ''Final Symphony – music from Final Fantasy VI, VII and X'' (concert performed by the ''Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal'') * 2013 ''Final Symphony London – music from Final Fantasy VI, VII and X'' (concert performed by the ''

London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's orchestras, symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's ...

'') * 2014 ''Final Symphony Tokyo – music from Final Fantasy VI, VII and X'' (concert performed by the ''

'') * 2014 ''Final Symphony Aarhus – music from Final Fantasy VI, VII and X'' (concert performed by the ''

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'') * 2014 ''Final Symphony Stockholm – music from Final Fantasy VI, VII and X'' (concert performed by the ''

'') * 2014 ''Symphonic Legends London – music from The Legend of Zelda'' (concert performed by the ''

'') * 2014 ''Final Symphony Tampere – music from Final Fantasy VI, VII and X'' (concert performed by the

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)

Contemporary works (excerpt)

* 2003 ''Unelma Mäntästä'' (short film) * 2004 ''Aukeus!'' (contemporary music) * 2005 ''Mimesis'' (viola solo) * 2005 ''Virtapiirileikki'' (contemporary music) * 2006 ''Production Values'' (trumpet miniconcerto) * 2007 ''Pianosonata I'' * 2007 ''Piece for chamber orchestra and soprano'' * 2007 ''Tales from the kitch'' – series (solo piano) * 2008 ''Tango Nellille'' (WDR commission work, concert premiere on March 6, 2010) * 2009 ''Fanfare overture'' (WDR commission work, concert premiere on September 12, 2009) * 2009 ''.wav for string orchestra'' * 2010 ''End credits for an orchestra'' (concert premiere on July 10, 2010, with the WDR Radio Orchestra) * 2010 ''Fanfare for the Common 8-bit Hero'' (WDR commission work, concert premiere on July 10, 2010) * 2013 ''Culicidae Night'' (for Male Voice Choir) * 2017 ''Tales from the Moominvalley - musical suite for the orchestra, children's choir and soloists'' (Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra commission work, concert premiere on August 9, 2017) * 2018 ''The Blue Bird'' (cello/piano duo and string orchestra) * 2019 ''Song of the Scarlet Flower'' (Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra commission work, concert premiere on April 12, 2019)

Theater music (excerpt)

* 1998 ''

'' * 1998 ''

'' * 1999 ''

'' * 2000 '' Saituri'' * 2001 ''

Tartuffe ''Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite'' (; , ), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy (or more specifically, a farce) by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical theat ...

'' * 2004 ''Circus Sergei'' * 2005 ''Mieletön raamatun historia'' * 2006 '' B. Virtanen'' * 2006 '' Hattifattenerrs Island''

Game soundtracks (excerpt)

* 1996 ''

Alien Incident ''Alien Incident'' () is a 1996 point-and-click graphic adventure game. It was developed by Finnish game developer Housemarque and published by GameTek for MS-DOS. Plot On Halloween, Benjamin Richards is at his uncle's mansion to bear witness ...

'' * 1996 ''

Death Rally ''Death Rally'' is a vehicular combat racing video game developed by Remedy Entertainment, published by Apogee Software and distributed by GT Interactive. Originally known as ''HiSpeed'' during development, it was released on 7 September 1996 ...

'' * 1999 '' Drop Mania'' * 1999 ''Thrust, Twist + Turn'' * 1999 ''Fire Crow'' * 2000 ''Puzzle Station'' * 2000 ''

Project S-11 ''Project S-11'' is a game developed by Paragon 5 and published by Sunsoft for the Game Boy Color. It was released in North America on January 3, 2001. Gameplay The game is played in a manner similar to a shoot 'em up arcade game. Players contr ...

'' * 2001 '' 3DMark2001 SE (PC Benchmark)'' * 2001 '' Rally Trophy'' * 2001 ''

Rampage Puzzle Attack ''Rampage Puzzle Attack'' is a puzzle game for Game Boy Advance, developed by Finnish development house Ninai Games and published by Midway Games. The game is a clone of the puzzle game '' Drop Mania'' and based on the ''Rampage'' characters. A ...

'' * 2002 ''Geopod'' * 2002 ''Wonderland'' * 2003 ''Return to Wonderland'' * 2003 ''Stuntcar Extreme'' * 2003 ''Typer Shark Deluxe'' * 2003 ''Floboarding'' * 2003 ''Wordshark'' * 2004 ''Fathammer Classics Pack'' * 2004 ''Geopod XE'' * 2004 ''

Insaniquarium Deluxe ''Insaniquarium'' is a 2001 virtual pets simulator video game, developed by George Fan, Flying Bear Entertainment and published by PopCap Games and MumboJumbo. Before PopCap Games's involvement, the game was a web-based Java (programming langu ...

'' * 2004 ''Stuntcar Extreme Advanced'' * 2005 ''Toy Golf'' * 2005 ''Fathammer Bowling'' * 2005 ''Rainbow Jek'' * 2005 '' Super Drop Mania'' * 2005 ''Tank Squad'' * 2005 ''

The Chronicles of Narnia ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' is a series of seven portal fantasy novels by British author C. S. Lewis. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes and originally published between 1950 and 1956, the series is set in the fictional realm of Narnia (wor ...

'' * 2005 ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Krabby Quest'' * 2007 ''Wonderland Adventures'' * 2008 '' Golf: Tee It Up!'' * 2009 ''Stair Dismount 2'' * 2010 '' Need for Madness 2 stage 16'' * 2013 '' Albion Online beta soundtrack'' * 2014 ''Mobile Suit Gundam: Side Stories'' * 2015 '' Cities: Skylines'' * 2017 '' Albion Online orchestral soundtrack'' * 2023 '' Cities: Skylines II''

Discography

* 2000 ''Merregnon Soundtrack, Volume 1'' (two compositions, synSONIQ Records) * 2004 ''Musicdisk'' (first solo album) * 2004 ''Merregnon Soundtrack, Volume 2'' (two compositions, English and Japanese edition, Merregnon Studios/Soulfood Distribution/Dex Entertainment) * 2007 ''Number Nine'' (Turrican 3 Piano Suite arrangement, synSONIQ Records) * 2008 ''Symphonic Shades'' (live concert arrangement and orchestration, Merregnon Studios/synSONIQ Records) * 2008 ''Musica e WCCF secondo movimento'' (live orchestra and choir arrangement and orchestration, Wave Master) * 2010 ''Symphonic Fantasies'' (live concert arrangement and orchestration,

Decca Records Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis (Decca), Edward Lewis after his acquisition of a gramophone manufacturer, The Decca Gramophone Company. It set up an American subsidiary under the Decca name, which bec ...

/Square Enix) * 2010 ''Benyamin Nuss plays Uematsu'' (piano arrangement,

Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...

) * 2012 ''Symphonic Fantasies Tokyo'' (live concert arrangement and orchestration, Merregnon Studios/Square Enix) * 2012 ''Folk Tunes'' (Kahden Kauppa composition for

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, Deutsche Grammophon) * 2019 ''Tracked (1991-2000)'' * 2022 ''Space Chase'' (single) * 2022 ''Artificial Love'' (single)

Awards

* 1992 Assembly: 1st place, ''Unreal Soundtrack'' * 1993 Assembly: 1st place, ''Second Reality Soundtrack'' * 1993 Assembly: 1st place, ''Sundance'' * 1993 Aggressive Party: 1st place, ''Shadowrun'' * 1999 Assembly: 1st place, ''Credits'' * 2002 IFCT Award: Best Original Soundtrack, ''House by the Sea'' * 2006 Isofestival: 2nd place, ''Mimesis for Viola'' * 2007 Adagio Composition Contest: Honorable mention, ''Elegiac'' (for string orchestra) * 2015 Game music awards, Finland 2015: 1st place * 2017 Game music awards, Finland 2017: 1st place * 2017 Arts Promotion Centre Finland - Pirkanmaa fine art award, Finland 2017

References

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Life and early career

Educational background

Working for the entertainment industry

Orchestra arrangements

Game music arrangements

Contemporary works (excerpt)

Theater music (excerpt)

Game soundtracks (excerpt)

Discography

Awards

References

External links