tracks

Shudder Before The Beautiful
Weak Fantasy
Élan
Yours Is An Empty Hope
Our Decades In The Sun
My Walden
Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Edema Ruh
Alpenglow
The Eyes Of Sharbat Gula
The Greatest Show On Earth
Four Point Six
Life
The Toolmaker
The Understanding
Sear-Worn Driftwood
Yours Is An Empty Hope (live)
Stargazers (live)
Planet Hell (live)
Last Of The Wilds (live)
Storytime (live)
Arabesque (live)
Last Ride Of The Day (live)
Making of Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Élan (official video)
Endless Forms Most Beautiful (official video)
Photo Gallery

notes

Bonus DVD includes, 2 previously unreleased live-clips, 5 special clips, making-of, photo gallery & official video clips.

Screen 16:9 PAL
Sound: AC3 (Dolby Digital Stereo)
Region: All
Running time: 79 min. (CD) / 151 min. (DVD)

Recorded at Röskö Campsite, Kitee, in August - September 2014
& at Petrax Studios, Hollola, in October 2014
Mixed at Finnvox Studios, Helsinki, in October - December 2014
Mastered at Finnvox, in January 2015

Spoken parts recorded at Hats Off Studios, Oxford

Orchestra, Choirs and Percussion recorded at Angel Studios London. Bonus DVD includes, 2 previously unreleased live-clips, 5 special clips, making-of, photo gallery & official video clips.

Screen 16:9 PAL
Sound: AC3 (Dolby Digital Stereo)
Region: All
Running time: 79 min. (CD) / 151 min. (DVD)

credits

Arranged By [Arrangements By] – Vuorinen, Jansen, Nevalainen, Hahto, Hietala, Kinnunen, Donockley, Holopainen,
Band [Nightwish Are], Bass, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar [Acoustic Guitars] – Marco Hietala
Band [Nightwish Are], Drums – Jukka Nevalainen
Band [Nightwish Are], Guitar [Guitars] – Emppu Vuorinen
Band [Nightwish Are], Keyboards, Piano – Tuomas Holopainen
Band [Nightwish Are], Uilleann Pipes, Low Whistle, Bodhrán, Bouzouki, Vocals – Troy Donockley
Band [Nightwish Are], Vocals – Floor Jansen
Choir – The Metro Voices, Young Musicians London,
Choir [The Metro Voices] – Alexandra Gibson, Alice Fearn, Andrew Playfoot, Ann De Renais, Ben Fleetwood Smyth, Callum MacIntosh, Catherine Bott, Claire Henry, David Porter Thomas, Deborah Miles Johnson, Eleanor Meynell, Emma Brain Gabbot, Gabriel Vick, Gerard O'Beirne, Grace Davidson, Helen Brooks, Jacqueline Barron, James Mawson, Jenny O'Grady, Jo Marshall (2), Joanna Forbes, Kate Bishop, Lawrence Wallington, Lawrence White (2), Mary Carewe, Michael Dore, Morag MacKay, Neil Bellingham, Richard Henders, Robin Bailey, Rosemary Forbes Butler, Sarah Eyden, Soophia Foroughi, Stephen Weller, Steve Trowell (2), Tom Pearce
Choir [The Metro Voices], Chorus Master [Choirmaster] – Jenny O'Grady
Choir [Young Musicians London] – Akinoluwa Olawore, Alistair Spencer, Andrew Morton (6), Asha Lincogle-Gabriel, Bertie Beaman, Celine Markantonis, Christopher Sabiski, Delphine Christou Hill, Eleanor Grant (2), George Webb (8), Jane Jones (5), Jenson Loake, Kaela Simi Masek, Marguerite Moriarty, Modadeogo Olawore, Oliver Cripps, Omar Ait El Caid, Robert Masek, Rowan Hallett, Theo Harper (2)
Choir [Young Musicians London], Chorus Master [Choirmaster] – Lynda Richardson
Co-producer [Co-produced By] – Nightwish, Tero "TeeCee" Kinnunen,
Conductor [Orchestra and Choir Conducted By] – James Shearman
Contractor [Assistant Orchestral Contractor] – Lucy Whalley
Contractor [Orchestral Contractor] – Isobel Griffiths
Copyist [Music Preparation] – Richard Ihnatowicz
Cover, Artwork – Gina Pitkänen, Janne Pitkänen
Drums [Drums On This Album Performed By] – Kai Hahto
Engineer [Engineered By], Recorded By – Mikko Karmila, Tero "TeeCee" Kinnunen,
Engineer [Orchestra, Choirs and Percussion Assistant Engineer] – Jeremy Murphy
Engineer [Orchestra, Choirs and Percussion Engineered By] – Steve Price (6)
Lyrics By [All Lyrics By] – Holopainen,
Mastered By – Mika Jussila
Mixed By – Mikko Karmila
Music By [All Music By] – Holopainen,
Musical Assistance [Assistant to Pip Williams] – Ilona Opulska
Orchestra [Orchestra De Grandeur], Bass [Basses] – Chris Laurence, Richard Pryce, Steve Mair
Orchestra [Orchestra De Grandeur], Bass Trombone – Andy Wood (2)
Orchestra [Orchestra De Grandeur], Bassoon, Contrabassoon – Julie Andrews (2)
Orchestra [Orchestra De Grandeur], Cello [Celli] – Dave Daniels, Frank Schaefer, Jonathan Williams (4), Martin Loveday, Paul Kegg
Orchestra [Orchestra De Grandeur], Clarinet [Bb Clarinet] – Nicholas Bucknall
Orchestra [Orchestra De Grandeur], Clarinet [Bb Clarinet], Bass Clarinet – Dave Fuest,
Orchestra [Orchestra De Grandeur], Flute, Piccolo Flute – Andy Findon, Anna Noakes
Orchestra [Orchestra De Grandeur], French Horn [French Horns] – Nigel Black, Philip Eastop, Richard Watkins
Orchestra [Orchestra De Grandeur], Harp – Skaila Kanga
Orchestra [Orchestra De Grandeur], Oboe, Cor Anglais – David Theodore
Orchestra [Orchestra De Grandeur], Percussion [Ethnic Percussion] – Paul Clarvis, Stephen Henderson,
Orchestra [Orchestra De Grandeur], Percussion [Orchestral Percussion] – Frank Ricotti, Gary Kettel
Orchestra [Orchestra De Grandeur], Timpani – Stephen Henderson,
Orchestra [Orchestra De Grandeur], Trombone [Tenor Trombones] – Ed Tarrant, Mark Nightingale
Orchestra [Orchestra De Grandeur], Trumpet [Trumpets] – Kate Moore, Mike Lovatt, Phil Cobb (2)
Orchestra [Orchestra De Grandeur], Tuba – Owen Slade
Orchestra [Orchestra De Grandeur], Viola [Violas] – Andy Parker, Bruce White, Martin Humbey, Peter Lale, Rachel Bolt
Orchestra [Orchestra De Grandeur], Violin [Violins] – Boguslaw Kostecki, Chris Tombling, Dermot Crehan, Emil Chakalov, Emlyn Singleton, Everton Nelson, Jackie Hartley, Jim McLeod, Mark Berrow, Patrick Kiernan, Perry Montague-Mason, Pete Hanson, Rita Manning, Sonia Slany, Steve Morris
Orchestra, Choir, Arranged By, Orchestrated By, Directed By – Pip Williams
Photography By [Band Photography By] – Ville Juurikkala
Producer [Produced By] – Tuomas Holopainen

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Nuclear Blast Records
Copyright (c) – Nuclear Blast Records
Recorded At – Röskö
Recorded At – Petrax Studios
Recorded At – Hats Off Studios, Oxfordshire
Recorded At – Angel Studios
Mixed At – Finnvox
Mastered At – Finnvox
Pressed By – Technicolor – CAP02721
Pressed By – Technicolor – DTP54845
Pressed By – Technicolor
Pressed By – Laser Disc Argentina – 73883
Pressed By – Laser Disc Argentina

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