Mikko Tarmia

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Mikko Tarmia
Born1978 (age 4243) [1]
Origin Mikkeli, Finland
Genres Video game music
Occupation(s)Composer, musician, sound designer
LabelsThe Sound of Fiction
Associated acts Amnesia The Dark Descent, SOMA, Penumbra (Overture, Black Plague, Requiem & Necrologue)
Website mikkotarmia.com thesoundoffiction.com

Mikko Tarmia is a Finnish video game music composer known for working with Codeblender Software, Frictional Games, and Wolfire Games. He founded the independent record label The Sound of Fiction. [2]

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His first work was with the Macintosh developer Codeblender Software, and between 2002 and 2005 worked on four games with them. [3] He is most well known for making the music for the Penumbra series . His record label released the soundtrack for the games in January 2010. [4] [5] He also worked with Frictional Games for their game Amnesia: The Dark Descent , with a feature about him being included with the games special features.

He has worked on Frictional Games' SOMA and with Wolfire Games for their game Overgrowth . [6] [7]

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References

  1. Mikko Tarmia's official about page
  2. Interview with Mikko Tarmia (April 2009) Archived 24 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine Square Enix Music Online (Article by François Bezeau and Chris Greening)]
  3. Mikko Tarmia Developer BIO
  4. Dark Penumbra Soundtrack Released to Critical Acclaim Frictional Games, 8 January 2010
  5. Penumbra Soundtrack – Special Edition Archived 13 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine VGM Rush, 7 February 2010
  6. Mikko Tarmia on game music composition Overgrowth ModB, 11 January 2010
  7. Interview with Mikko Tarmia: AIKA, Penumbra and More Archived 1 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine VGM Rush, 21 April 2009