Jonne Valtonen is a Finnish composer, arranger and orchestrator. He is renowned for his contributions in the field of demoscene and tracker music, under the name Purple Motion, and with Future Crew.

Contents

• 1 Life and early career
• 2 Educational background
• 3 Working for the entertainment industry
• 4 Orchestra arrangements
• 5 Trivia
• 6 Game music arrangements (excerpt)
• 7 Contemporary works (excerpt)
• 8 Theater music (excerpt)
• 9 Game soundtracks (excerpt)
• 10 Discography
• 11 Awards
• 12 References
• 13 External links

Life and early career

Jonne Valtonen was born in Turku, Finland and was raised in Kaarina along with his brother. He began learning to play cl*ical piano at the age of nine.

Valtonen's first music compositions were done on his home computer, a Commodore 64. During his teen years, he became involved in the PC demoscene where he was able to pursue his p*ion for electronic music production. He has won several awards in this field. Between 1991 and 1996 Valtonen created music for one of the most widely popular groups in the demoscene at the time, the Future Crew. Eventually he became their lead composer under the pseudonym Purple Motion. Some of his best-known compositions are UnreaL ][ / PM" by purple motion" – via YouTube.

External links

• Valtone Oy, Jonne Valtonen's music production company
• Merregnon Studios
• Purple Motion at The Mod Archive
• Jonne Valtonen interview at 4Players.de
• Jonne Valtonen interview at Symphonic Shades
• Jonne Valtonen interview, starting at 3:54 at Kollisionsabfrage.net
• Purple Motion discography at MusicBrainz
• Jonne Valtonen at MobyGames
• Purple Motion - Tracked (1991-2000) album