New music out! "Aino", the first single from Lauri Porra's score for Antti J. Jokinen's feature Kalevala: Kullervon tarina. Kristian Sallinen & Lahti Symphony Orchestra and Kasmir Uusitupa performing. Recording, mixing, editing and mastering by me in stereo & Dolby Atmos.https://platoon.lnk.to/aino

Thank you Emile European Animation Awards & PÖFF | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival! 3 awards for "Flow" including "best of the best in feature film", and "best soundtrack" for me to keep - but definitely also belonging to Gints Zilbalodis, Rihards Zalupe, Gurwal Coïc-gallas & Philippe Charbonnel!

"Tonttu" / "The Elf and the Christmas Wonder" Finnish dubbed trailer out, premiering next month in Finland! (The original language is English) I was the mixer on Tuomas Kantelinen's score. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1RX...

Antti J. Jokinen's "Kalevala: Kullervon tarina" / "Son of Revenge – The Story of Kalevala" trailer out! Music from the score by Lauri Porra, music mixed and recorded by me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfZB...

Sisu 2 / Sisu: Road to Revenge premiere! I got to play a part in the music team, recording the extra low and high brass. Thank you composers Juri Seppä & Tuomas Wäinölä and orchestrator Rolf Gustavson for the trust - the film is an absolute banger, highly recommended!

New single by Lauri Porra! "Det är redan morgon (It’s Already Morning)" from "Ääniä", Finland's official soundscape, now being released in record form. Mixing, Recording and mastering by me.

An updated Avid Pro Tools & EuCon control surfaces blog in English is up on msonic oy's site, where I explore my current studio setup and talk about working on the Oscar winning animation Flow, Netflix's Little-Siberia and Solar Films Inc.' Stormskerry Maja. Check it out! msonic.fi/en/news/refe...

Had fun doing this small music mix for composer James Coulthard, thank you! 150k+ views in 2 days, not bad! :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5CG...

Some updates to my Mikko Raita site, just missing a new bespoke "about" bio now... Do check it out! mikkoraita.com

@yle.naamio.social made a nice interview about me and my work! Of course about mixing the music for the Oscar-winning Flow with @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social & Rihards Zalupe, but other projects also mentioned. Interview in Swedish, english translation here: yle-fi.translate.goog/a/7-10076813...

New mix & maste for my friends at Dark Satellite! Listen here: tidal.com/browse/album...

My 15 minutes of fame continues, now a 6 minute insert in our biggest commercial TV channel MTV3's "Huomenta Suomi" morning programme and this MTV Uutiset interview with the clip. I talk about working on the Oscar-winning animation "Flow" and Netflix' "Little Siberia", among other things.

Hesarikin ehti arvioimaan Flown! www.hs.fi/taide/art-20...

Flow Finnish premiere today across the country! I mixed the music by director @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social and Rihards Zalupe to this gem. Tätä ei kannata missata!

New music out! The last of this batch of Stele / Arthur Troch tracks that I've done. Mixed & mastered by me in Dolby Atmos, stereo and 5.1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=81rl...

The meteor has arrived on Netflix! See Dome Karukoski's "Little Siberia" ("Pikku Siperia") - I mixed Panu Aaltio's brilliant music for this gem, as well as recording the Jouhikko and Nyckelharpa soloists Ilkka Heinonen and Emilia Lajunen. Do check it out!

New music out! The second track from Celestial Aeon Project's special Budapest Art Orchestra sessions - stereo & Dolby Atmos mix, master and edit by me, orchestration & arrangement by Pessi Levanto. :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GC_...

New music out! Maestro Esa Helasvuo's "EbA" recorded, mixed, mastered and edited by me, in stereo and Dolby Atmos!

I set a reminder on Netflix for Dome Karukoski's "Little Siberia" ("Pikku Siperia") coming on 21th of March, maybe you should too? www.netflix.com/title/81284727 I worked on @panuaaltio.bsky.social's brilliant and inventive music for this first ever Finnish Netflix Original film production!

This is huge! I did a quite lenghty promo interview with @liquidsonics.com about my work on mixing the "Flow" film music by Rihards Zalupe and @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social. It gets a little technical, but has also general insight into the music production process of this Oscar winning feature.

@mikkoraita.bsky.social is a Finnish audio engineer known for his immersive sound mixing on film scores and music projects. In this interview we talk about his mix of the score for multi-award winning independent animated film Flow which recently won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film.

Flow won Best Animation at @theacademyusa.bsky.social!! Music to this unique film mixed by me. Congrats @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social and the whole team!

Can't wait for tonight and the oscars. Best of luck @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social and all of the team, thank you for letting me mix yours and Rihards' amazing music!

Flow won at Cesars! Music mixed by me, on to Oscars...

Trying to figure out how to best showcase my work going forward, especially with the success of #Flow. Here's a work in progress Yotube playlist, with works from recent years and biased towards orchestral and film music works. I'm currently available for projects, reach out if you'd like to talk!

Flow wins Best Animation at Académie des César! The music by director @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social and Rihards Zalupe mixed by myself. The composers are already on their next adventure onsite preparing for The #Oscars...

Proud music mixer reporting about peaking awards season - go Flow & Oscars @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social! Also, tomorrow IFMCA will announce their 2024 winners - I 'm associated with 2 of the Breakthrough Composer of the Year nominees, best of luck to both Lauri Porra and @wilbertroget.bsky.social!

"TERVETULOA FILMIAURAN JÄSENEKSI" - I'm now part of the voting membership of our local Oscar equivalent Jussi awards! :)

Congratulations Lauri Porra and @wilbertroget.bsky.social for the IFMCA BREAKTHROUGH COMPOSER OF THE YEAR nominations! I mixed, recorded and edited Lauri's nominated Stormskerry Maja film score, and recorded solo strings for Wilbert's nominated "Gundam: Requiem For Vengeance" series score.

Finnish friends - olen vihdoin saanut tiedon, että ympäri maailmaa kymmeniä palkintoja, myös Golden Globesissa parhaan animaation voittanut Flow on tulossa ensi-iltaan 28.3. ympäri Suomen! Sitä ennen saadaan jännittää kuinka Oscareissa käy. Musiikit uniikkiin elokuvaan ovat minun miksaamani.😊

SOK's "Joulusatu" commercial is shortlisted in all categories, including "best music and sound" in our Voitto best commercials competition. I mixed Panu Aaltio's beautiful acoustic orchestral music for the clip, congrats Panu and to all involved! Vote here: www.voittokilpailu.fi/shortlist/

New track and video by Arthur Troch / @steleprod.bsky.social - mixed by me in stereo, Dolby Atmos and 5.1 (Youtube)! Orchestration by Rolf Gustavson, recorded by RTVE orchestra at Teatro monumental, Madrid. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7pr...

Album release! Nouse luonto - "Vid Stormyren" (Frigg), "Suden tuutu" (Maria Kalaniemi), "Sadejärvi" (Maria Kalaniemi, Maija Kauhanen) and "Vaskilintu" (Maija Kauhanen & everybody) recorded and mixed by me, also in Atmos. I also feature as a singer and as a mouth wind artist bfan.link/nouse-luonto...

"And if you ask me, one important factor in the quality of life is not being dead." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-and...

It's a takeover then? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Latvian Dream Well Studio gang (Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža & co) behind Flow & co-composer Rihards Zalupe, with myself representing Finland as the music mixer 🙂

Queen of Fucking Everything started 8,3 million times in Yle Areena! I recorded, mixed, edited and mastered Lauri Porra's music for the soundtrack, 5.1 and Dolby Atmos. The series is also coming to all other Nordic countries, as well as Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands. yle.fi/aihe/a/20-10...

Saturday warderobe - I can so relate to this! 😂

” Fans of the genre-flexible Verneri Pohjola led a delayed standing ovation” www.classicalsource.com/concert/bbc-...

We established Dream Well Studio in Latvia for Flow. This room is the whole studio. Usually about 4-5 people were working at the same time including me. I was quite anxious about being in charge of a team, never having worked in any other studios before, but it worked out.

🎶 Une journée spéciale ! 🎶 Ravi d’annoncer la sortie de la première pièce d’une série de quatre, interprétée par l’Orchestre RTVE.Musique évoque la nostalgie. Rolf Gustavson, @mikkoraita.bsky.social , Ariane Moulard, Nigel Valencia, Orchestre RTVE. #sortiedemusique #rêves #compositeur #orchestre

AMAZING!! 2 Oscar nominations for Flow, music to this one of a kind "the animation that could" mixed & surround mixed by me!!

🎶 A Special Day! 🎶 Excited to announce the release of the first piece in a four-part series, performed by the RTVE Orchestra. This music evokes childhood nostalgia. Rolf Gustavson, @mikkoraita.bsky.social, Ariane Moulard, Nigel Valencia,RTVE Orchestra. #musicrelease #dreams #composer #orchestra

Flow just won at the Golden Globes! Music to this amazing film mixed by me, congrats @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social and the whole team!!!

msonic oy, our local Avid Pro Tools rep published a nice article about me and my work in music mixing / immersive audio with current Avid gear - the text is in finnish but there are fancy pictures and lots of links! msonic.fi/blogi/mikko-...

Very honored that Flow is nominated for the Best Edited Animated Film at the Eddie Awards!

First time nomination in Classical of the Year in our Grammy equivalent Emma awards! I mixed, immersive mixed, edited and mastered on half of the tracks.

What is happening here??? Music to "Flow" mixed by me!

2 more very important awards today! Best Animation from Los Angeles Film Critics Association and also Boston Society of Film Critics! This is truly overwhelming and I’m very grateful!