---
name: "Rauli Somerjoki"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rauli-somerjoki"
fi1m_id: "rauli-somerjoki"
imdb_id: "nm0045978"
tmdb_id: 110793
wikidata_id: "Q704835"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "30 August 1947"
died: "14 January 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:48:18.455445+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Rauli Somerjoki

## Identity

Rauli Somerjoki

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rauli-somerjoki
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rauli-somerjoki
- **IMDb ID:** nm0045978
- **TMDB ID:** 110793
- **Wikidata ID:** Q704835
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauli_Somerjoki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q704835, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0045978/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/110793

Composer. Born 30 August 1947 in Helsinki, Finland. Died 14 January 1987.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 30 August 1947, Helsinki, Finland
- **Died:** 14 January 1987
- **Also known as:** Rauli Badding Somerjoki, Teppo Räme
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauli_Somerjoki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q704835, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0045978/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/110793

## Biography

Rauli Somerjoki (also known as Rauli 'Badding' Somerjoki and Teppo Räme) was a Finnish singer, songwriter and composer. He began his career in the 1960s, forming bands and releasing music on labels such as Love Records, and became known for songs including 'Bensaa suonissa', 'Paratiisi' and 'Valot'.

Somerjoki contributed music to films, including as composer on *Ariel* (1988), directed by Aki Kaurismäki. He also appeared in Mika Kaurismäki's *The Worthless* (*Arvottomat*, 1982). He died in Helsinki on 14 January 1987.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ariel* (1988), Fi1m 80, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/ariel.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ariel* (1988), Music — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ariel.md)
- *Bensaa suonissa* (1970), Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Singer Rauli Somerjoki on 24 September 1970.](https://film.one/media/person/3926471/gallery-8f7e6ddbc7c7.jpg) Singer Rauli Somerjoki on 24 September 1970. — Helge Heinonen, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Laulaja_Rauli_Somerjoki_%2821274385278%29.jpg/1280px-Laulaja_Rauli_Somerjoki_%2821274385278%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rauli Badding Somerjoki suvun kioskilla kesällä 1984](https://film.one/media/person/3926471/gallery-ecdbfd476f67.jpg) Rauli Badding Somerjoki suvun kioskilla kesällä 1984 — Ptoukkar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Badding1984.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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