Mikko Tarmia Explained

Mikko Tarmia
Background:non_performing_personnel
Birth Date:[1]
Origin:Mikkeli, Finland
Genre:Video game music
Occupation:Composer, musician, sound designer
Label:The Sound of Fiction
Associated Acts:Amnesia The Dark Descent, SOMA, Penumbra (Overture, Black Plague, Requiem & Necrologue)

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 , with a feature about him being included with the games special features. Tarmia's work is also featured in the 2023 Frictional Games release of , another installment in the Amnesia survival horror game series.

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

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.mikkotarmia.com/about.php Mikko Tarmia's official about page
  2. http://www.squareenixmusic.com/features/interviews/mikkotarmia.shtml Interview with Mikko Tarmia (April 2009)
  3. http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,267214/ Mikko Tarmia Developer BIO
  4. http://www.frictionalgames.com/site/node/97 Dark Penumbra Soundtrack Released to Critical Acclaim
  5. http://www.vgmrush.com/blog/?p=820 Penumbra Soundtrack – Special Edition
  6. http://www.moddb.com/games/overgrowth/news/mikko-tarmia-on-game-music-composition Mikko Tarmia on game music composition
  7. http://www.vgmrush.com/blog/?p=268 Interview with Mikko Tarmia: AIKA, Penumbra and More