Heikki Aaltoila
Heikki Aaltoila, (December 11, 1905 in Hausjärvi - January 11, 1992 in Helsinki) was a Finnish film composer who served 40 years as the conductor of Finnish National Theatre's orchestra. Aaltoila's best known composition is a romantic waltz called Akselin ja Elinan häävalssi (Akseli's and Elina's wedding waltz) which originally belonged to the score of the film Here, Beneath the North Star (1968). He won the Jussi Award for best film score twice.
His other film compositions included music for Veteraanin voitto, Kvinnan bakom allt, and Prinsessa Ruusunen.
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