Ari Pulkkinen

Ari "artz" Pulkkinen is a Finnish musician with a background in the tracker music demoscene. He won many music competetitions and made his first big public album to accompany a freeware game named "StarFight VI: Gatekeepers" in 1999.

His production, for Frozenbyte, of the soundtrack for the computer game Shadowgrounds generated wide-ranging interest and was released separately as an unusual Finnish commercial soundtrack.

Lordi's guitarist Jussi Sydänmaa worked with Ari to create guitar riffs for the Shadowgrounds soundtrack.

Noteworthy game contributions

* "Shadowgrounds Survivor" (2007) - music, sound effects
* "Super Stardust HD" (2007) - music, sound effects
* "Shadowgrounds" Shadowgrounds (2005) - music, sound effects [http://www.shadowgroundsgame.com/en/soundmusic.html]
* StarFight VI - Gatekeepers (2000) - music, sound effects [http://sf6.jpproduction.fi]

Noteworthy Competition entries

* "Assembly" 2004 Fast Music Compo - Summer Rain (1st place)
* "Assembly" 2003 Fast Music Compo - Back To the Roots (1st place)
* "Assembly" 2002 Fast Music Compo - Karjalan Haamu (2nd place)
* "Assembly" 2001 Fast Music Compo - Comrades (1st place)

External links

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* [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,226304/ Ari Pulkkinen] at MobyGames
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* [http://www.aripulkkinen.com Ari Pulkkinen's official website]
* [http://www.vgmrush.com/artist.php?id=60 Profile at VGM Rush]