Decades

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Tracklist

Digital Media 1
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1The Greatest Show on Earth (remastered)
recording engineer:
Mikko Karmila and Tero Kinnunen
miscellaneous support:
Isobel Griffiths (task: contractor), Richard Ihnatowicz (task: music preparation) and Lucy Whalley (contractor) (task: contractor)
assistant engineer:
Jeremy Murphy
engineer:
Mikko Karmila, Tero Kinnunen and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
co-producer:
Tero Kinnunen and Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
producer:
Tuomas Holopainen
mixer:
Mikko Karmila
acoustic guitar and bass guitar:
Marco Hietala
bass clarinet:
David Fuest (clarinet)
bass trombone:
Andy Wood (trombonist)
bassoon and contrabassoon:
Julie Andrews (UK bassoon player)
bodhrán, bouzouki, low whistle, uilleann pipes and background vocals:
Troy Donockley
cello:
David Daniels (cellist), Paul Kegg (cellist), Martin Loveday (cellist), Frank Schaefer and Jonathan Williams (cellist)
clarinet [bb clarinet]:
Nicholas Bucknall and David Fuest (clarinet)
cor anglais and oboe:
David Theodore (oboist)
double bass:
Chris Laurence (double bassist), Steve Mair (bass player) and Richard Pryce (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Kai Hahto
flute and piccolo:
Andy Findon
French horn:
Nigel Black (horn player), Pip Eastop (horn player) and Richard Watkins (hornist)
guitar:
Emppu Vuorinen
harp:
Skaila Kanga (harpist)
keyboard and piano:
Tuomas Holopainen
percussion:
Paul Clarvis (percussionist), Gary Kettel (percussionist), Frank Ricotti (percussionist) and Stephen Henderson (classical percussionist)
tenor trombone:
Mark Nightingale (trombonist) and Ed Tarrant (trombone player)
timpani:
Stephen Henderson (classical percussionist)
trumpet:
Philip Cobb (trumpetist), Mike Lovatt and Kate Moore (British trumpeter)
tuba:
Owen Slade (tuba player)
viola:
Rachel Bolt (violist), Martin Humbey (UK viola player), Peter Lale (violist), Andrew Parker (viola) and Bruce White (violist)
violin:
Mark Berrow (violinist), Emil Chakolov, Dermot Crehan, Peter Hanson (violinist), Jackie Hartley (violinist), Patrick Kiernan (violinist), Boguslaw Kostecki (violinist), Rita Manning, Jim McLeod, Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist), Steve Morris (violinist), Everton Nelson (violinist), Sonia Slany (violinist) and Chris Tombling (violinist)
choir vocals:
Metro Voices
choir vocals [the children's choir]:
The Young Musicians London
lead vocals:
Marco Hietala and Floor Jansen
spoken vocals:
Richard Dawkins
conductor:
James Shearman (conductor, orchestrator, composer) and Pip Williams (producer)
chorus master:
Jenny O’Grady and Lynda Richardson
additional arranger:
Ilona Opulska
arranger:
Troy Donockley, Kai Hahto, Marco Hietala, Tuomas Holopainen, Floor Jansen, Tero Kinnunen, Jukka Nevalainen and Emppu Vuorinen
choir vocals arranger:
Pip Williams (producer)
orchestrator:
Pip Williams (producer)
additionally recorded at:
Angel Recording Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recorded at:
Angel Studios in Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom, Hats Off Studios in Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Röskö in Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland (from 2014-08 until 2014-09) and Petrax in Päijät-Häme, Finland (in 2014-10)
mixed at:
Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (from 2014-10 until 2014-12)
recording of:
The Greatest Show on Earth
lyricist:
Tuomas Holopainen
composer:
Marco Hietala and Tuomas Holopainen
publisher:
Potoska Publishing
423:59
2Élan (remastered)
recording engineer:
Mikko Karmila and Tero Kinnunen
miscellaneous support:
Isobel Griffiths (task: contractor), Richard Ihnatowicz (task: music preparation) and Lucy Whalley (contractor) (task: contractor)
assistant engineer:
Jeremy Murphy
engineer:
Mikko Karmila, Tero Kinnunen and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
co-producer:
Tero Kinnunen and Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
producer:
Tuomas Holopainen
mixer:
Mikko Karmila
acoustic guitar and bass guitar:
Marco Hietala
bass clarinet:
David Fuest (clarinet)
bass trombone:
Andy Wood (trombonist)
bassoon and contrabassoon:
Julie Andrews (UK bassoon player)
bodhrán, bouzouki, low whistle and uilleann pipes:
Troy Donockley
cello:
David Daniels (cellist), Paul Kegg (cellist), Martin Loveday (cellist), Frank Schaefer and Jonathan Williams (cellist)
clarinet [bb clarinet]:
Nicholas Bucknall and David Fuest (clarinet)
cor anglais and oboe:
David Theodore (oboist)
double bass:
Chris Laurence (double bassist), Steve Mair (bass player) and Richard Pryce (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Kai Hahto and Jukka Nevalainen
drums (drum set) [Performer]:
Kai Hahto
flute and piccolo:
Andy Findon
French horn:
Nigel Black (horn player), Pip Eastop (horn player) and Richard Watkins (hornist)
guitar:
Emppu Vuorinen
harp:
Skaila Kanga (harpist)
keyboard and piano:
Tuomas Holopainen
percussion:
Paul Clarvis (percussionist), Gary Kettel (percussionist), Frank Ricotti (percussionist) and Stephen Henderson (classical percussionist)
tenor trombone:
Mark Nightingale (trombonist) and Ed Tarrant (trombone player)
timpani:
Stephen Henderson (classical percussionist)
trumpet:
Philip Cobb (trumpetist), Mike Lovatt and Kate Moore (British trumpeter)
tuba:
Owen Slade (tuba player)
viola:
Rachel Bolt (violist), Martin Humbey (UK viola player), Peter Lale (violist), Andrew Parker (viola) and Bruce White (violist)
violin:
Mark Berrow (violinist), Emil Chakolov, Dermot Crehan, Peter Hanson (violinist), Jackie Hartley (violinist), Patrick Kiernan (violinist), Boguslaw Kostecki (violinist), Rita Manning, Jim McLeod, Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist), Steve Morris (violinist), Everton Nelson (violinist), Sonia Slany (violinist) and Chris Tombling (violinist)
background vocals:
Troy Donockley and Marco Hietala
choir vocals:
Metro Voices
choir vocals [the children's choir]:
The Young Musicians London
lead vocals:
Floor Jansen
vocals:
Troy Donockley, Marco Hietala and Floor Jansen
conductor:
James Shearman (conductor, orchestrator, composer) and Pip Williams (producer)
chorus master:
Jenny O’Grady and Lynda Richardson
additional arranger:
Ilona Opulska
arranger:
Troy Donockley, Kai Hahto, Marco Hietala, Tuomas Holopainen, Floor Jansen, Tero Kinnunen, Jukka Nevalainen, Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal) and Emppu Vuorinen
choir vocals arranger:
Pip Williams (producer)
orchestrator:
Pip Williams (producer)
additionally recorded at:
Angel Recording Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recorded at:
Angel Studios in Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom, Hats Off Studios in Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Röskö in Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland (from 2014-08 until 2014-09) and Petrax in Päijät-Häme, Finland (in 2014-10)
mixed at:
Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (from 2014-10 until 2014-12)
engineered at:
Röskö in Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland
recording of:
Élan
lyricist and composer:
Tuomas Holopainen
revised by:
Petri Alanko (composer, musician and producer)
publisher:
Potoska Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH (1998–2002), Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
44:47
3My Walden (remastered)
recording engineer:
Mikko Karmila and Tero Kinnunen
miscellaneous support:
Isobel Griffiths (task: contractor), Richard Ihnatowicz (task: music preparation) and Lucy Whalley (contractor) (task: contractor)
assistant engineer:
Jeremy Murphy
engineer:
Mikko Karmila, Tero Kinnunen and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
co-producer:
Tero Kinnunen and Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
producer:
Tuomas Holopainen
mixer:
Mikko Karmila
acoustic guitar and bass guitar:
Marco Hietala
bass clarinet:
David Fuest (clarinet)
bass trombone:
Andy Wood (trombonist)
bassoon and contrabassoon:
Julie Andrews (UK bassoon player)
bodhrán, bouzouki, low whistle and uilleann pipes:
Troy Donockley
cello:
David Daniels (cellist), Paul Kegg (cellist), Martin Loveday (cellist), Frank Schaefer and Jonathan Williams (cellist)
clarinet [bb clarinet]:
Nicholas Bucknall and David Fuest (clarinet)
cor anglais and oboe:
David Theodore (oboist)
double bass:
Chris Laurence (double bassist), Steve Mair (bass player) and Richard Pryce (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Kai Hahto
flute and piccolo:
Andy Findon
French horn:
Nigel Black (horn player), Pip Eastop (horn player) and Richard Watkins (hornist)
guitar:
Emppu Vuorinen
harp:
Skaila Kanga (harpist)
keyboard and piano:
Tuomas Holopainen
percussion:
Paul Clarvis (percussionist), Gary Kettel (percussionist), Frank Ricotti (percussionist) and Stephen Henderson (classical percussionist)
tenor trombone:
Mark Nightingale (trombonist) and Ed Tarrant (trombone player)
timpani:
Stephen Henderson (classical percussionist)
trumpet:
Philip Cobb (trumpetist), Mike Lovatt and Kate Moore (British trumpeter)
tuba:
Owen Slade (tuba player)
viola:
Rachel Bolt (violist), Martin Humbey (UK viola player), Peter Lale (violist), Andrew Parker (viola) and Bruce White (violist)
violin:
Mark Berrow (violinist), Emil Chakolov, Dermot Crehan, Peter Hanson (violinist), Jackie Hartley (violinist), Patrick Kiernan (violinist), Boguslaw Kostecki (violinist), Rita Manning, Jim McLeod, Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist), Steve Morris (violinist), Everton Nelson (violinist), Sonia Slany (violinist) and Chris Tombling (violinist)
background vocals:
Troy Donockley and Marco Hietala
choir vocals:
Metro Voices
choir vocals [the children's choir]:
The Young Musicians London
lead vocals:
Troy Donockley and Floor Jansen
conductor:
James Shearman (conductor, orchestrator, composer) and Pip Williams (producer)
chorus master:
Jenny O’Grady and Lynda Richardson
additional arranger:
Ilona Opulska
arranger:
Troy Donockley, Kai Hahto, Marco Hietala, Tuomas Holopainen, Floor Jansen, Tero Kinnunen, Jukka Nevalainen and Emppu Vuorinen
choir vocals arranger:
Pip Williams (producer)
orchestrator:
Pip Williams (producer)
additionally recorded at:
Angel Recording Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recorded at:
Angel Studios in Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom, Hats Off Studios in Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Röskö in Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland (from 2014-08 until 2014-09) and Petrax in Päijät-Häme, Finland (in 2014-10)
mixed at:
Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (from 2014-10 until 2014-12)
recording of:
My Walden
lyricist and composer:
Marco Hietala and Tuomas Holopainen
publisher:
Potoska Publishing
44:41
4Storytime (remastered)
recording engineer:
Marco Hietala, Emppu Vuorinen, Mikko Karmila (from 2010-10 until 2011-04) and Tero Kinnunen (from 2010-10 until 2011-04)
engineer:
Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
producer:
Tuomas Holopainen
mixer:
Mikko Karmila (from 2011-03 until 2011-06)
bass and electric bass guitar:
Marco Hietala
bodhrán, bouzouki, low whistle and uilleann pipes:
Troy Donockley
drums (drum set) and drums (drum set) and percussion:
Jukka Nevalainen
guitar and guitar family:
Emppu Vuorinen
keyboard and keyboard and piano:
Tuomas Holopainen
choir vocals:
Metro Voices
lead vocals:
Anette Olzon
vocals:
Anette Olzon
orchestra:
The Looking Glass Orchestra
conductor:
James Shearman (conductor, orchestrator, composer)
chorus master:
Jenny O’Grady
arranger:
Marco Hietala, Tuomas Holopainen, Jukka Nevalainen, Emppu Vuorinen and Pip Williams (producer)
orchestrator:
Pip Williams (producer)
recorded at:
Angel Recording Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-10 until 2011-04), Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (from 2010-10 until 2011-04), Legendary Bay of Tube Studios (from 2010-10 until 2011-04), Pajarin Hauta in Finland (from 2010-10 until 2011-04), Petrax in Päijät-Häme, Finland (from 2010-10 until 2011-04) and Röskö in Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland (from 2010-10 until 2011-04)
mixed at:
Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (from 2011-03 until 2011-06)
music videos:
Storytime by Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
recording of:
Storytime
lyricist and composer:
Tuomas Holopainen
publisher:
Potoska Publishing and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH (2002–today)
55:30
5I Want My Tears Back (remastered)
recording engineer:
Marco Hietala, Emppu Vuorinen, Mikko Karmila (from 2010-10 until 2011-04) and Tero Kinnunen (from 2010-10 until 2011-04)
engineer:
Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
producer:
Tuomas Holopainen
mixer:
Mikko Karmila (from 2011-03 until 2011-06)
bass and electric bass guitar:
Marco Hietala
bodhrán, bouzouki, guest bodhrán, guest bouzouki, guest uilleann pipes, low whistle and uilleann pipes:
Troy Donockley
drums (drum set) and drums (drum set) and percussion:
Jukka Nevalainen
guitar and guitar family:
Emppu Vuorinen
keyboard and keyboard and piano:
Tuomas Holopainen
choir vocals:
Metro Voices
lead vocals:
Marco Hietala and Anette Olzon
vocals:
Marco Hietala and Anette Olzon
orchestra:
The Looking Glass Orchestra
conductor:
James Shearman (conductor, orchestrator, composer)
chorus master:
Jenny O’Grady
arranger:
Marco Hietala, Tuomas Holopainen, Jukka Nevalainen, Emppu Vuorinen and Pip Williams (producer)
orchestrator:
Pip Williams (producer)
recorded at:
Angel Recording Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-10 until 2011-04), Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (from 2010-10 until 2011-04), Legendary Bay of Tube Studios (from 2010-10 until 2011-04), Pajarin Hauta in Finland (from 2010-10 until 2011-04), Petrax in Päijät-Häme, Finland (from 2010-10 until 2011-04) and Röskö in Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland (from 2010-10 until 2011-04)
mixed at:
Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (from 2011-03 until 2011-06)
recording of:
I Want My Tears Back
lyricist and composer:
Tuomas Holopainen
publisher:
Potoska Publishing and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH (2002–today)
45:11
6Amaranth (remastered)
engineer:
Tuomas Holopainen, Mikko Karmila, Tero Kinnunen and Emppu Vuorinen
co-producer:
Mikko Karmila and Tero Kinnunen
producer:
Tuomas Holopainen
mixer:
Mikko Karmila
bass:
Marco Hietala
bodhrán, bouzouki, low whistle and uilleann pipes:
Troy Donockley
drums (drum set):
Jukka Nevalainen
guitar:
Emppu Vuorinen
keyboard and piano:
Tuomas Holopainen
lead vocals:
Marco Hietala and Anette Olzon
arranger:
Marco Hietala, Tuomas Holopainen, Tero Kinnunen, Jukka Nevalainen and Emppu Vuorinen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nuclear Blast GmbH (company and copyright holder for Nuclear Blast) (in 2007)
recording of:
Amaranth (from 2006-09 until 2007-03)
lyricist and composer:
Tuomas Holopainen
publisher:
Hanseatic Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (2001-2017), Potoska Publishing and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
version of:
Reach
4.13:57
7The Poet and the Pendulum (remastered)4.313:54
8Nemo (remastered)
additional recording engineer:
James Collins (engineer), Dave Moore (engineer) and Emppu Vuorinen
recording engineer and engineer:
Mikko Karmila (from 2003-11 until 2004-03) and TeeCee Kinnunen (from 2003-11 until 2004-03)
additional programming:
TeeCee Kinnunen
additional assistant engineer:
Simon Goldfinch (engineer) and Aaron Price (engineer)
producer:
Tuomas Holopainen and TeeCee Kinnunen
mixer:
Tuomas Holopainen, TeeCee Kinnunen and Mikko Karmila (in 2004-03)
acoustic guitar:
Marco Hietala and Emppu Vuorinen
bass clarinet and clarinet:
Nicholas Bucknall
bass guitar:
Marco Hietala
bass trombone:
Dave Stewart (trombonist) and David Vines (trombones player)
bassoon:
Julie Andrews (UK bassoon player)
cello:
Ben Chappell, Caroline Dale (cellist), David Daniels (cellist), Robin Firman (cellist), John Heley (cellist), Anthony Pleeth (cellist) and Jonathan Williams (cellist)
cor anglais and oboe:
Chris Hooker (oboe)
double bass:
David Ayres (bassist), Leon Bosch (double bassist), Lynda Houghton (Classical Double Bass player), Patrick Lannigan (bass player), Chris Laurence (double bassist) and Mary Scully (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Jukka Nevalainen
electric guitar:
Emppu Vuorinen
flute:
Andy Findon and Nina Robertson (flautist)
French horn:
Richard Berry (British horn player), Nigel Black (horn player), Pip Eastop (horn player), Paul Gardham and Michael Thompson (British horn player and conductor)
harp:
Skaila Kanga (harpist)
keyboard and piano:
Tuomas Holopainen
percussion:
Chris Baron
piccolo:
Nina Robertson (flautist)
timpani:
Steve Henderson (classical percussionist)
trombone:
Richard Edwards (trombonist), Simon Gunton (trombonist), Roger Harvey (trombonist / arranger) and Mark Nightingale (trombonist)
trumpet:
John Barclay (trumpeter), Andy Crowley (trumpet player) and Derek Watkins (trumpeter)
tuba:
Owen Slade (tuba player)
vibraphone [tuned percussion]:
Frank Ricotti (percussionist)
viola:
Rachel Bolt (violist), Gustav Clarkson (viola), Don McVay, Tim Grant (violist), Zoe Lake (violin), Peter Lale (violist), Kate Musker (violist), Edward Vanderspar (viola) and Bruce White (violist)
violin:
Mark Berrow (violinist), Dermot Crehan, Elizabeth Edwards (violinist), Simon Fischer (London‐based violinist), Patrick Kiernan (violinist), Boguslaw Kostecki (violinist), Julian Leaper (concert master and violinist), Rita Manning, Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist), Everton Nelson (violinist), Eddie Roberts (Violinist), Jackie Shave, Katherine Shave, Cathy Thompson (violinist), Chris Tombling (violinist), David Woodcock (violinist), Gavyn Wright (UK violinist) and Warren Zielinski (violinist)
choir vocals:
GME choir and Metro Voices
lead vocals:
Tarja
vocals:
Marco Hietala
conductor:
James Shearman (conductor, orchestrator, composer)
chorus master:
Jenny O’Grady
choir vocals arranger:
Pip Williams (producer)
orchestrator:
Pip Williams (producer)
concertmaster:
Gavyn Wright (UK violinist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Scene Nation Oy (in 2004)
additionally recorded at:
E-Major Studios in Kerava, Uusimaa, Finland and Phoenix Sound (Wembley) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recorded at and engineered at:
Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (from 2003-11 until 2004-03) and Tempputupa Studios (formerly Caverock Studios) in Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland (from 2003-11 until 2004-03)
mixed at:
Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2004-03)
music videos:
Nemo (music video) by Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
recording of:
Nemo
lyricist and composer:
Tuomas Holopainen
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Potoska Publishing
4.454:36
9Wish I Had an Angel (remastered)
additional recording engineer:
James Collins (engineer), Dave Moore (engineer) and Emppu Vuorinen
recording engineer and engineer:
Mikko Karmila (from 2003-11 until 2004-03) and TeeCee Kinnunen (from 2003-11 until 2004-03)
additional programming:
TeeCee Kinnunen
additional assistant engineer:
Simon Goldfinch (engineer) and Aaron Price (engineer)
producer:
Tuomas Holopainen and TeeCee Kinnunen
mixer:
Tuomas Holopainen, TeeCee Kinnunen and Mikko Karmila (in 2004-03)
acoustic guitar:
Marco Hietala and Emppu Vuorinen
bass clarinet and clarinet:
Nicholas Bucknall
bass guitar:
Marco Hietala
bass trombone:
Dave Stewart (trombonist) and David Vines (trombones player)
bassoon:
Julie Andrews (UK bassoon player)
cello:
Ben Chappell, Caroline Dale (cellist), David Daniels (cellist), Robin Firman (cellist), John Heley (cellist), Anthony Pleeth (cellist) and Jonathan Williams (cellist)
cor anglais and oboe:
Chris Hooker (oboe)
double bass:
David Ayres (bassist), Leon Bosch (double bassist), Lynda Houghton (Classical Double Bass player), Patrick Lannigan (bass player), Chris Laurence (double bassist) and Mary Scully (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Jukka Nevalainen
electric guitar:
Emppu Vuorinen
flute:
Andy Findon and Nina Robertson (flautist)
French horn:
Richard Berry (British horn player), Nigel Black (horn player), Pip Eastop (horn player), Paul Gardham and Michael Thompson (British horn player and conductor)
harp:
Skaila Kanga (harpist)
keyboard and piano:
Tuomas Holopainen
percussion:
Chris Baron
piccolo:
Nina Robertson (flautist)
timpani:
Steve Henderson (classical percussionist)
trombone:
Richard Edwards (trombonist), Simon Gunton (trombonist), Roger Harvey (trombonist / arranger) and Mark Nightingale (trombonist)
trumpet:
John Barclay (trumpeter), Andy Crowley (trumpet player) and Derek Watkins (trumpeter)
tuba:
Owen Slade (tuba player)
vibraphone [tuned percussion]:
Frank Ricotti (percussionist)
viola:
Rachel Bolt (violist), Gustav Clarkson (viola), Don McVay, Tim Grant (violist), Zoe Lake (violin), Peter Lale (violist), Kate Musker (violist), Edward Vanderspar (viola) and Bruce White (violist)
violin:
Mark Berrow (violinist), Dermot Crehan, Elizabeth Edwards (violinist), Simon Fischer (London‐based violinist), Patrick Kiernan (violinist), Boguslaw Kostecki (violinist), Julian Leaper (concert master and violinist), Rita Manning, Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist), Everton Nelson (violinist), Eddie Roberts (Violinist), Jackie Shave, Katherine Shave, Cathy Thompson (violinist), Chris Tombling (violinist), David Woodcock (violinist), Gavyn Wright (UK violinist) and Warren Zielinski (violinist)
choir vocals:
GME choir and Metro Voices
lead vocals:
Marco Hietala and Tarja
vocals:
Marco Hietala
conductor:
James Shearman (conductor, orchestrator, composer)
chorus master:
Jenny O’Grady
choir vocals arranger:
Pip Williams (producer)
orchestrator:
Pip Williams (producer)
concertmaster:
Gavyn Wright (UK violinist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Scene Nation Oy (in 2004)
additionally recorded at:
E-Major Studios in Kerava, Uusimaa, Finland and Phoenix Sound (Wembley) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recorded at and engineered at:
Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (from 2003-11 until 2004-03) and Tempputupa Studios (formerly Caverock Studios) in Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland (from 2003-11 until 2004-03)
mixed at:
Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2004-03)
music videos:
Wish I Had an Angel (official music video) by Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
recording of:
Wish I Had an Angel
lyricist and composer:
Tuomas Holopainen
publisher:
Potoska Publishing
4.554:02
10Ghost Love Score (remastered)
additional recording engineer:
James Collins (engineer), Dave Moore (engineer) and Emppu Vuorinen
recording engineer and engineer:
Mikko Karmila (from 2003-11 until 2004-03) and TeeCee Kinnunen (from 2003-11 until 2004-03)
additional programming:
TeeCee Kinnunen
additional assistant engineer:
Simon Goldfinch (engineer) and Aaron Price (engineer)
producer:
Tuomas Holopainen and TeeCee Kinnunen
mixer:
Tuomas Holopainen, TeeCee Kinnunen and Mikko Karmila (in 2004-03)
acoustic guitar:
Marco Hietala and Emppu Vuorinen
bass clarinet and clarinet:
Nicholas Bucknall
bass guitar:
Marco Hietala
bass trombone:
Dave Stewart (trombonist) and David Vines (trombones player)
bassoon:
Julie Andrews (UK bassoon player)
cello:
Ben Chappell, Caroline Dale (cellist), David Daniels (cellist), Robin Firman (cellist), John Heley (cellist), Anthony Pleeth (cellist) and Jonathan Williams (cellist)
cor anglais and oboe:
Chris Hooker (oboe)
double bass:
David Ayres (bassist), Leon Bosch (double bassist), Lynda Houghton (Classical Double Bass player), Patrick Lannigan (bass player), Chris Laurence (double bassist) and Mary Scully (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Jukka Nevalainen
electric guitar:
Emppu Vuorinen
flute:
Andy Findon and Nina Robertson (flautist)
French horn:
Richard Berry (British horn player), Nigel Black (horn player), Pip Eastop (horn player), Paul Gardham and Michael Thompson (British horn player and conductor)
guest sitar:
Sami Yli-Sirniö
harp:
Skaila Kanga (harpist)
keyboard and piano:
Tuomas Holopainen
percussion:
Chris Baron
piccolo:
Nina Robertson (flautist)
timpani:
Steve Henderson (classical percussionist)
trombone:
Richard Edwards (trombonist), Simon Gunton (trombonist), Roger Harvey (trombonist / arranger) and Mark Nightingale (trombonist)
trumpet:
John Barclay (trumpeter), Andy Crowley (trumpet player) and Derek Watkins (trumpeter)
tuba:
Owen Slade (tuba player)
vibraphone [tuned percussion]:
Frank Ricotti (percussionist)
viola:
Rachel Bolt (violist), Gustav Clarkson (viola), Don McVay, Tim Grant (violist), Zoe Lake (violin), Peter Lale (violist), Kate Musker (violist), Edward Vanderspar (viola) and Bruce White (violist)
violin:
Mark Berrow (violinist), Dermot Crehan, Elizabeth Edwards (violinist), Simon Fischer (London‐based violinist), Patrick Kiernan (violinist), Boguslaw Kostecki (violinist), Julian Leaper (concert master and violinist), Rita Manning, Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist), Everton Nelson (violinist), Eddie Roberts (Violinist), Jackie Shave, Katherine Shave, Cathy Thompson (violinist), Chris Tombling (violinist), David Woodcock (violinist), Gavyn Wright (UK violinist) and Warren Zielinski (violinist)
choir vocals:
GME choir and Metro Voices
lead vocals:
Tarja
vocals:
Marco Hietala
conductor:
James Shearman (conductor, orchestrator, composer)
chorus master:
Jenny O’Grady
choir vocals arranger:
Pip Williams (producer)
orchestrator:
Pip Williams (producer)
concertmaster:
Gavyn Wright (UK violinist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Scene Nation Oy (in 2004)
additionally recorded at:
E-Major Studios in Kerava, Uusimaa, Finland and Phoenix Sound (Wembley) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recorded at and engineered at:
Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (from 2003-11 until 2004-03) and Tempputupa Studios (formerly Caverock Studios) in Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland (from 2003-11 until 2004-03)
mixed at:
Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2004-03)
recording of:
Ghost Love Score
lyricist and composer:
Tuomas Holopainen
publisher:
Potoska Publishing
4.210:02
11Slaying the Dreamer (remastered)
recording engineer:
Mikko Karmila and Tero Kinnunen
engineer:
Terhi Kallio
co-producer:
Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
producer:
Tuomas Holopainen and TeeCee Kinnunen
mixer:
Mikko Karmila
bass and bass guitar:
Marco Hietala
drums (drum set):
Jukka Nevalainen
electric guitar and guitar:
Emppu Vuorinen
keyboard:
Tuomas Holopainen
lead vocals:
Marco Hietala and Tarja
vocals:
Marco Hietala
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Spin‐farm Records OY (company, for copyrights purposes) (in 2007)
recorded at:
Tempputupa Studios (formerly Caverock Studios) in Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland (from 2002-01 until 2002-04)
recording of:
Slaying the Dreamer
lyricist:
Tuomas Holopainen
composer:
Tuomas Holopainen and Emppu Vuorinen
44:34
12End of All Hope (remastered)4:23
1310th Man Down (remastered)
recording engineer:
Mikko Karmila and Tero Kinnunen
bass:
Sami Vänskä
drums (drum set):
Jukka Nevalainen
guitar:
Emppu Vuorinen
keyboard and keyboard bass:
Tuomas Holopainen
guest vocals:
Tapio Wilska
lead vocals:
Tarja
arranger:
Tero Kinnunen and Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Spin‐farm Records OY (company, for copyrights purposes) (in 2007)
recorded at:
Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland and Tempputupa Studios (formerly Caverock Studios) in Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland
recording of:
10th Man Down
composer:
Tuomas Holopainen
4.355:29
14The Kingslayer (remastered)4:09
15Dead Boy’s Poem (remastered)
recording engineer and engineer:
Mikko Karmila (from 2000-01 until 2000-03) and Tero Kinnunen (from 2000-01 until 2000-03)
producer:
Tero Kinnunen and Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
mixer:
Mikko Karmila (in 2000-04)
additional flute:
Esa Lehtinen
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Jukka Nevalainen
electric bass guitar:
Sami Vänskä
guitar:
Emppu Vuorinen
keyboard and synthesizer:
Tuomas Holopainen
choir vocals [baritone]:
Kimmo Kallio
choir vocals [bass]:
Anssi Honkanen and Riku Salminen
choir vocals [tenor]:
Matias Kaila and Ville Laaksonen (Finnish tenor choir singer and choir arranger)
guest spoken vocals and guest vocals:
Sam Hardwick
lead vocals:
Tarja
arranger:
Tero Kinnunen and Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
choir vocals arranger:
Ville Laaksonen (Finnish tenor choir singer and choir arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Spin‐farm Records OY (company, for copyrights purposes) (in 2007)
recorded at and engineered at:
Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (from 2000-01 until 2000-03) and Tempputupa Studios (formerly Caverock Studios) in Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland (from 2000-01 until 2000-03)
mixed at:
Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2000-04)
recording of:
Dead Boy’s Poem (from 2000-01 until 2000-03)
lyricist and composer:
Tuomas Holopainen
4.156:52
16Gethsemane (remastered)
recording engineer:
Tero Kinnunen
mixer:
Mikko Karmila
bass guitar:
Sami Vänskä
cello:
Erkki Hirvikangas
drums (drum set):
Jukka Nevalainen
electric guitar:
Emppu Vuorinen
flute:
Esa Lehtinen
keyboard:
Tuomas Holopainen
viola:
Markku Palola
violin:
Plamen Dimov and Kaisli J. Kaivola
lead vocals:
Tarja
arranger:
Tero Kinnunen and Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Spin-Farm Oy (company, for copyrights purposes) (in 1998) and Spin‐farm Records OY (company, for copyrights purposes) (in 2007)
recorded at:
Caverock studio and Tempputupa Studios (formerly Caverock Studios) in Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland (from 1998-08 until 1998-10)
mixed at:
Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
recording of:
Gethsemane (in 1998)
lyricist and composer:
Tuomas Holopainen
3.95:22
17Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean (remastered)
recording engineer:
Tero Kinnunen
mixer:
Mikko Karmila
bass guitar:
Sami Vänskä
cello:
Erkki Hirvikangas
drums (drum set):
Jukka Nevalainen
electric guitar:
Emppu Vuorinen
flute:
Esa Lehtinen
keyboard:
Tuomas Holopainen
viola:
Markku Palola
violin:
Plamen Dimov and Kaisli J. Kaivola
guest vocals:
Tapio Wilska
lead vocals:
Tarja
arranger:
Tero Kinnunen and Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Spin-Farm Oy (company, for copyrights purposes) (in 1998) and Spin‐farm Records OY (company, for copyrights purposes) (in 2007)
recorded at:
Caverock studio and Tempputupa Studios (formerly Caverock Studios) in Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland (from 1998-08 until 1998-10)
mixed at:
Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
recording of:
Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean (in 1998)
lyricist and composer:
Tuomas Holopainen
3.854:46
18Sacrament of Wilderness (remastered)
recording engineer:
Tero Kinnunen
mixer:
Mikko Karmila
bass guitar:
Sami Vänskä
cello:
Erkki Hirvikangas
drums (drum set):
Jukka Nevalainen
electric guitar:
Emppu Vuorinen
flute:
Esa Lehtinen
keyboard:
Tuomas Holopainen
viola:
Markku Palola
violin:
Plamen Dimov and Kaisli J. Kaivola
lead vocals:
Tarja
arranger:
Tero Kinnunen, Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal) and Erno Vuorinen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Spin-Farm Oy (company, for copyrights purposes) (in 1998) and Spin‐farm Records OY (company, for copyrights purposes) (in 2007)
recorded at:
Caverock studio and Tempputupa Studios (formerly Caverock Studios) in Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland (from 1998-08 until 1998-10)
mixed at:
Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
recording of:
Sacrament of Wilderness (in 1998)
lyricist:
Tuomas Holopainen
composer:
Tuomas Holopainen and Emppu Vuorinen
4.44:14
19Sleeping Sun (remastered)4:33
20Elvenpath (remastered)
recording engineer, engineer and mixer:
Tero Kinnunen
producer:
Tuomas Holopainen and Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
bass and guitar:
Emppu Vuorinen
drums (drum set):
Jukka Nevalainen
keyboard and synthesizer:
Tuomas Holopainen
background vocals:
Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
lead vocals:
Tarja
arranger:
Tero Kinnunen and Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Spinefarm Records (in 1997) and Spin‐farm Records OY (company, for copyrights purposes) (in 2007)
recording of:
Elvenpath (in 1997-09)
lyricist:
Tuomas Holopainen
composer:
Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
44:42
21The Carpenter (remastered)
recording engineer, engineer and mixer:
Tero Kinnunen
producer:
Tuomas Holopainen and Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
bass and guitar:
Emppu Vuorinen
drums (drum set):
Jukka Nevalainen
keyboard and synthesizer:
Tuomas Holopainen
background vocals:
Tuomas Holopainen and Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
lead vocals:
Tuomas Holopainen and Tarja
arranger:
Tero Kinnunen and Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Spin-Farm Oy (company, for copyrights purposes) (in 1997), Spinefarm Records (in 1997) and Spin‐farm Records OY (company, for copyrights purposes) (in 2007)
recording of:
The Carpenter (from 1997-04 until 1997-05)
lyricist:
Tuomas Holopainen
composer:
Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
3.66:00
22Nightwish (demo) (remastered)
acoustic guitar and guitar:
Emppu Vuorinen
drums (drum set):
Jukka Nevalainen
keyboard:
Tuomas Holopainen
lead vocals:
Tarja
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Spin‐farm Records OY (company, for copyrights purposes) (in 2007)
recording of:
Nightwish
composer:
Tuomas Holopainen
45:48