Finnvox Studios - Diary

Jussi-palkinnot vuoden 2011 parhaille kotimaisille elokuville ja elokuvantekijöille jaettiin 29.1 2012 pidetyssä Jussi gaalassa. Finnvoxin osatuottama Hiljaisuus –elokuva oli ehdolla yhteensä seitsemässä eri kategoriassa. Se palkittiin vuoden 2011 parhaasta äänisuunnittelusta, parhaasta musiikista, parhaasta miespääosasta ja parhaasta miessivuosasta.

Hiljaisuus -elokuva äänisuunnittelusta Jussi palkinnon saivat Olli Huhtanen ja Pietari Koskinen. Parhaasta musiikista Jussi palkinnon sai säveltäjä Timo Hietala. Hiljaisuus -elokuvan ääniraita on kokonaisuudessaan Finnvox Cinepostin tuottama, tuottajana Mikko Oinonen, joka vastasi myös musiikin äänityksestä ja miksauksesta sekä tuotannosta yhdessä Timo Hietalan kanssa.

Parhaan dokumentti - elokuvan Jussi palkinto myönnettiin Mia Halmeen ohjaamalle Ikuisesti sinun -elokuvalle. Äänisuunnittelun Ikuisesti sinun -dokumenttiin on tehnyt Kirka Sainio Finnvox Cinepostissa.

Sydämelliset onnittelut ja kiitokset kaikille palkituille koko Finnvoxin puolesta!

Cinepost’s premieres 2011:

The Italian Key - Avain Italiaan, www.theitaliankey.com, Rosa Karo’s awarded debut had its opening night Dec 2^nd 2011.

The Italian Key awards:

8th Park City Film Music Festival 2011,

Aloha Accolade Winner 2011,

Silver Ace Award Winner 2011,

Los Angeles Reel Film Festival,

Feel Good Film Festival,

Route 66 Film Festival, Springfield Illinois, Best of Fest Award

Hiljaisuus, www.hiljaisuuselokuva.fi, Sakari Kirjavainen’s touching war drama had its opening night Dec 9^th 2011

Other news from Cinepost:

-Ikuisesti sinun (Forever Yours) http://www.avanton.fi/ikuisestisinun, Document directed by Mia Halme and sound designed by Kirka Sainio dokumentti won the best movie award in Visions du Réel film festivals April 7^th-13^th 2011 in Nyon.

-Erään hyönteisen tuho - The Death of an Insect, http://www.pohjankonna.fi, Short film directed by Hannes Vartiainen and Pekka Veikkolainen and mixed by Olli Huhtanen got an honorable mention from the jury of Minimalen –short film festival March 16^th-20^th 2011 in Norway and was also awarded as the best experimental short film in Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival June 6^th 2011.

The fine tuning and trimming of the new Nightwish album will be soon over. Holopainen, Kinnunen and Karmila got all the tracks of the forthcoming Imaginaerum mixed and several test masterings have been done during summertime. In the end of May we had a listening session at Finnvox together with the band (without Anette), Karmila, Kinnunen and Stobe Harju & Petri Alanko working on the movie score. Tuomas brought some champagne and Finnvox took care of some salty and sweet snacks. There will be still some work with instrumental-, orchestral- and surround versions, and “stop press” the album will come out before Christmas!

Arto Tuunela received a gold record of Astronautti by Pariisin Kevät. This means 10.000 sold albums. Finnvox congratulates it's own "golden boy". Pariisin Kevät has toured all summer for wide range of audience. Especially at Himos Festival one was able to spot - delightfully and perhaps strangely - heavily tattood guys in addition to young girls fighting the space in the front row and singing along to all the tracks. The rock 'n roll guys have been more typical sight at Major Label, the other band of Arto's, gigs. We have great news for the fans of both bands. Arto with his band mates are writing new material for both upcoming records.

In his career TT took part in numerous projects and the sheer number of hit records he was involved in is simply astounding. The listing below should demonstrate the impact of TT's work in Finnish rock music, especially in the 80's and 90's when domestic music began to dominate the Finnish charts.

By participating I announce the seriousness of the intent of Finnvox to expand its international business and sales and also spread our customer base beyond our national borders. The Midem Music convention is a great opportunity to meet international customers as well as possibly forming some new contacts. It's a great place to see other Finnish players in the business, with almost all being at the same place at the same time.

In the Finnish music export business it is easy to only see the already successful bands and their newest achievements and latest albums. Few consider that there have been many of us professional technicians working on and creating these records by hit artists that sell millions. The expertise of the studio business in Finland is world class and also affordable when compared to other foreign countries. We should be able to sell this know-how and expertise in the international market. And I don't just mean the studios, recording, mixing and mastering but especially individuals, producers, engineers and other technical experts.