Pietu Korhonen is a Helsinki-based sound designer (b. 1981). He has worked as a sound designer on films such as Fjord, Fallen Leaves, The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki, and Compartment No. 6, for which he received a Jussi Award nomination.
Prior to founding his own company Usva Sound he worked as a sound editor at Heikki Kossi’s H5 Film Sound. He contributed to numerous international productions including Ad Astra and Sound of Metal, which won the Academy Award for Best Sound.
Over the course of his career Pietu Korhonen has worked on more than 200 Finnish and international films and television series.
Member of European Film Academy EFA
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Selected SOUND DESIGN Filmography
FJORD
Cristian Mungiu
Mobra Films, Aamu Film Company
2026
ISÄNPÄIVÄ
FATHER’S DAY
Aleksi Salmenperä
Tekele Productions
2026
L/OVER
Aleksi Salmenperä
Gutsy Pictures
2026
OLIVIA
Sofia Petersen
Animitas Cine
2025
swedish torpedo
Frida Kempff
Momento Film, Indland Film Company
2024
KUOLLEET LEHDET
FALLEN LEAVES
Aki Kaurismäki
Sputnik, Bufo
2023
karaokeparatiisi
karaoke paradise
Einari Paakkanen
Napafilms
2022
HYTTI NRO 6
COMPARTMENT NO6
Juho Kuosmanen
Aamu Film Company
2021
Distant barking of dogs
Simon Lereng Wilmont
Final Cut for Real, Mouka FIlms
2017
hymyilevä mies
happiest day in the life of olli mäki
Juho Kuosmanen
Aamu Film Company
2016
Usva Sound Oy
Film sound design, sound editing, recording and mixing
VAT FI33127104
Y-tunnus 3312710-4
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Contact
Pietu Korhonen
+358503573781
pietu@usvasound.fi
Studio
~25m2 studio, floating room with great acoustics designed by Janne Riionheimo, Akukon
-Pro Tools HDX
-AVID S1 + DOCK 16 fader Controller
-M3 Mac
-Coffee Machine
-Genelec 8351, 8331, 7370 5.1 Monitoring
-Video projector with ~100″ acoustically transparent screen
-VO, ADR and FX recording. Vanguard Tube, Rode, LOM, DPA,contact mics and hydrophones with Neve preamp
-FabFilter, Izotope, Acon, Zplane, Cargo Cult, Cedar, UAD and many many more plugins
-Analog synths, rhythm machines, samplers, out of tune piano and all kinds of more or less weird sound sculpting instruments
You can also rent my studio for your own projects.
Please contact for quote
I also work as a re-recording mixer at Kalevala Studio
â’¸ Usva Sound Oy 2026