‘Moominvalley’ – new Season 2 character reveal & soundtrack info
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Gutsy Animations’ internationally celebrated animated drama series Moominvalley (13 x 22’) is releasing an official soundtrack with music from its second season in partnership with Sony Music Finland. The album includes exclusive music from rising stars such as Cavetown, girl in red, Alex Vargas, BOBBi, New Ro and Jesse Markin, and follows the successful Season 1 soundtrack which featured Tom Odell, First Aid Kit and MØ. The season two Moominvalley soundtrack will be available on April 10, 2020 on all digital platforms.
The announcement of the new soundtrack comes with the first look at new series character Seahorse, who will appear in upcoming episodes voiced by Miriam-Teak Lee alongside Taron Egerton as Moomintroll.
© Moomin Characters ™ © Gusty Animations 2020 courtesy of Sky Kids
In the UK, the second batch of Season 2 episodes for Moominvalley debuted on Sky One and Sky Kids over the Easter weekend, starting 10th April. Moominvalley, based on the beloved Moomin stories by Finnish-Swedish author and artist Tove Jansson, is commissioned by Yle in Finland and Sky in the UK, and produced by Gutsy Animations. It has currently sold to over 30 countries around the world, and is represented worldwide (excluding UK, Finland, Japan, South Korea and China) by PGS Entertainment.
It’s so weird hearing my music being part of a show which characters I grew up with. I listened to Moomintroll audio books all the time as a kid to help me sleep, and I’m over the moon that my first soundtrack appearance is on a show which means so much to me!
-Robin Skinner (Cavetown)
The songs these talented artists have created for the new soundtrack perfectly encapsulate the feel and values of the Moominvalley series, and we’re proud to be working with this incredible collection of rising stars. We hope that the Moominvalley music and stories bring hope and positivity to everyone during these challenging times.
-Marika Makaroff, Gutsy Animations Creative Director and Executive Producer of the Moominvalley series.
The role of the music in the Moominvalley series has grown in Season 2: the ‘Island Trilogy’ refers to three episodes of the series that are partly musicals. The Moomin family as well as the eccentric Fisherman express their feelings of love, longing, mysteries and their everyday life on the island with singing.
© Moomin Characters ™ © Gusty Animations 2020 courtesy of Sky Kids
The award-winning Finnish multi-instrumentalist Jarmo Saari has joined the production to compose original score music for Moominvalley’s second season together with Samuli Kosminen, who also worked on season one. Saari is known for a visual compositional style and layered sound collages made with guitar, vocals, theremin, viola da gamba, trombone and glass harp. The original score music of the Moominvalley Season 2 honours the legacy of Pekka Kuusisto’s composition work for the first season.
The Music Editor for the second season of Moominvalley is Dan Brown, who has a versatile background in performing, editing and producing music. Virpi Immonen continues as the Music Supervisor on the second season.
Moominvalley is available to watch in the UK on Sky