- He won the Finnish Jussi Award for Best Film Music in 1997 and 1999 and was awarded the Finnish Art Critics' award for "Most impressive Artistic Breakthrough of the Year" in 1999 for his achievements in the fields of film music and classical music. He is known for his beautiful orchestral film themes, but has also scored ads for well-known mobile operators, banks and consumer products, as well as the theme music for MTV3 (Finland) news. in addition to film music, he also composes concert music and even operas. His opera about long-distance runner Paavo Nurmi was performed on the Helsinki Olympic Stadium to 22.000 spectators per night in summer 2000.
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