Tapani Puranen

Tapani Puranen (born 1 October 1957 in Juva, Finland) is a composer, arranger, orchestra conductor, recording engineer, and a producer. Since 2018, Puranen has lived in Benalmádena, Spain. Major works * The most successful composition written by Tapani Puranen is a pop ballad called “Love Like Never Before” (using the alias Joachim Brooks), which had more than 7,000 airplays in France and was number 1 in the Top Dance chart in January 1996. The performer was Jazmine (United States/Finland). Released by Atoll Music, France. * A soundtrack for a TV documentary film Avara Luonto - “Suoerämaa” 2018 * Modern/experimental-style composition Unen ja valveen kuvia (“Pictures of the dreams and being awake”) to a similarly named multi-episode TV program including paintings of Finnish surrealist painters. This program has been broadcast several times in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Director Petri Merta. * Conducted the string parts in the recording session of “Rakkaus on lumivalkoinen” (“Love is White Like the Snow”) by the top selling Finnish rock band Yö. The song was one of the biggest hits in Finland in 2003. Released by Poko Records, Finland. * The symphony orchestra arrangements