Had a great concert with Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra last friday! Game On! -concert focused on game music and one of the three arrangements I wrote for the evening was mentioned as the favourite of our local newspaper reviewer! Check the link for full review: www.aamulehti.fi/kulttuuri/ar...

An outstanding program featuring the German premiere of the Octopath Traveler Violin Concerto, arranged by Jonne Valtonen @jonnevaltonen.bsky.social!

To the german speaking part of the world -> check my interview from the ”good old days” about demoscene and trackers on Retro Gamer! This was my life in my teens and this was pretty much the only way to get into writing electronic music on a low budget back then..

Kahden Kauppa is a mashup of two Finnish folk songs. Pappani maja and Kullan ylistys get introduced, intertwined and rocked in this wonderful performance by the TampereRaw musicians! Mashups are mostly found on pop, so I thought why not do one in a more classical setting! Hope you like it!

Another favourite arrangement of mine that I wrote for Symphonic Legends -concert. Light Spirit from Legend of Zelda. Fragments of Zelda Main Theme added to the mix. This time my approach was more towards effects and unusual textures -> to bring out the magic and the gravity of the situation.

Old juniper is covered in snow, the birds are singing and music that I was working on is playing in the backround. This created a moment that I still very much like. The video was originally recorded in early spring couple of years ago, hence the birds and anticipation of something new.

The (probably?) last big-scale game music arrangement by Jonne @jonnevaltonen.bsky.social, Octopath Traveler with music by Yasunori Nishiki. Rehearsals with the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra and Lina Matsuda for Symphonic Memories, almost exactly five years ago. Conducted by Eckehard Stier.

Yesterday Jonne @jonnevaltonen.bsky.social wrote about how he particularly likes his shorter compositions/arrangements, which reminded me of his Anthem of Merregnon, performed as part of the East meets West concert in Cologne (WDR Funkhausorchester and choir), which I think deserves more love.

I’ve written _a_lot_ of game music arrangements for symphony orchestras in my past - symphonic poems, a violin concerto and even a three movement symphony. This smaller piece written over a decade ago is still my favourite though. Waterside from the game Blue Dragon (original Nobuo Uematsu.)

Kicking it off with a Fanfare for the Common 8-bit Hero!

I composed this piece as a game music concert opener almost 15 years ago. Oh how the time flies. Lighthearted with some twists and turns.

Hello all! I am a Finnish composer and will be following all science and music related stuff here. I’ve written music ranging from Game Boy soundtracks to full blown symphony orchestra works - and everything between. Jup, Bluesky seems like my jam!