Composer
ILMO KORHONEN
Hi. I'm Ilmo Korhonen, a composer from Helsinki, Finland. My mission is to make stories sing; to augment, to communicate, and to shed light from new angles to worlds created by visionary storytellers. I believe that music has the power to communicate things that cannot be said across barriers and borders. To me, music is another character, one that says the quiet parts out loud without us even realising it. It helps us understand the world through feeling. It helps us think and make connections. My aim is to tap into that undercurrent and conduct it to the audience. My aim is to make you resonate.
Activities of Daily Living (2023)
I worked as the main score composer on the film Activities of Daily Living, written and directed by Frankie Joe Gommon and Bailey Falgate. Watch my Behind the Score stream with Bryan Waters and Archie Jennings from The Cue Tube:
Score Relief 2024 (Runner-Up)
I placed in the Top 5 in 2024's Score Relief competition. Watch the entire competition clip below:
My approach to composing often starts with piano, but also the drums, both of which are instruments that I've played since childhood. I love expanding my piano compositions and rhythmic ideas both with traditional orchestration and contemporary sound design. I have a passion for synthesizers and sampling, and feeding those sounds through different processes to come up with something soulful. My mind is constantly at work searching for fresh and interesting sounds. In the end it's all in service of the story that's being told.
Photos by Veera Kontula