Mikko Tarmia
Born1978 (age 45–46)[1]
OriginMikkeli, Finland
GenresVideo game music
Occupation(s)Composer, musician, sound designer
LabelsThe Sound of Fiction
Websitemikkotarmia.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]

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]

Games credited

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

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