Moomin wedding march 'Hosulin and Sosulin' a summer hit at Tampere churches
This summer many Tampere couples are choosing the Moomin wedding march 'Hosulin and Sosulin' as animation and film music becomes a popular option for church weddings.
Many couples in Tampere are walking down the aisle to the Moomin wedding march 'Hosulin and Sosulin' this summer, YLE reports.
Parish organist Katja Mäkiö says the generation raised on the Moomins is reaching marriage age. Animation music has become an accepted choice for church services, and film scores by Hans Zimmer and John Williams, along with Lasse Mårtenson’s Myrskyluodon Maija, are also being requested at summer weddings. Sumio Shiratori’s Hosulin and Sosulin, written for the 1990 to 1992 Moomin TV series and the Japanese version of the Moomin film, has become one of the season’s favourites.
Organists will play at hundreds of weddings in Tampere this summer. Churches in the Tampere Evangelical Lutheran parish union are holding ceremonies for more than 300 couples. July 18 will be the busiest day, with 24 couples, and the most popular venue is Finlayson Church, with 69 bookings. Tampere Cathedral follows with 62 bookings and Alexander Church with 51.
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