Tuomas Holopainen
Birth : 1976-12-25, Kitee, Finland
History
Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen is a Finnish songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician, screenwriter and record producer, best known as the founder, leader, keyboardist and songwriter of symphonic metal band Nightwish. He has also studied jazz and classical styles, but prefers to be influenced by harmonic film music. He has also played in the bands Nattvindens Gråt and Darkwoods My Betrothed. His current side projects are the gothic metal band For My Pain... and the band of Timo Rautiainen. Holopainen has written several songs that have been included in movie soundtracks, including recent collaboration with Nightwish bass player, and male vocalist Marco Hietala on "While Your Lips Are Still Red", for the Finnish film Lieksa! in 2007. He also co-wrote Nightwish's own film, Imaginaerum, released in November 2012.
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When Nightwish’s world tour was canceled due to the pandemic, the band wanted to offer fans something unprecedented. Half a year in preparation they put together an exceptionally ambitious production, the like of which had not been seen before. Fans were able to follow the band playing live in the astonishing 3D world, designed according to the band’s vision, while interacting with each other. Also, songs from Nightwish’s latest album ‘Human. : II: Nature.’ were played live for the first time. 'An Evening with Nightwish in a Virtual World’ concert streamed last year across 108 countries to over 150,000 viewers.
Get a taste of this truly magical venue where we will spend the night with all of you exploring our world and play tracks from Human. :||: Nature. for the first time, ever! Join us in this special one-of-a-kind experience.
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Recorded during Nightwish's "Decades World Tour" on September 30th., 2018 at the Microestadio Malvinas Argentinas venue in Argentina. Track List: 1. Swanheart / 2. End of All Hope / 3. Wish I Had an Angel / 4. 10th Man Down / 5. Come Cover Me / 6. Gethsemane / 7. Élan / 8. Sacrament of Wilderness / 9. Deep Silent Complete / 10. Dead Boy's Poem / 11. Elvenjig / 12. Elvenpath / 13. I Want My Tears Back / 14. Amaranth / 15. The Carpenter / 16. The Kinslayer / 17. Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean / 18. Nemo / 19. Slaying the Dreamer / 20. The Greatest Show on Earth / 21. Ghost Love Score.
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Recorded during Nightwish's "Decades World Tour" on September 30th., 2018 at the Microestadio Malvinas Argentinas venue in Argentina. Track List: 1. Swanheart / 2. End of All Hope / 3. Wish I Had an Angel / 4. 10th Man Down / 5. Come Cover Me / 6. Gethsemane / 7. Élan / 8. Sacrament of Wilderness / 9. Deep Silent Complete / 10. Dead Boy's Poem / 11. Elvenjig / 12. Elvenpath / 13. I Want My Tears Back / 14. Amaranth / 15. The Carpenter / 16. The Kinslayer / 17. Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean / 18. Nemo / 19. Slaying the Dreamer / 20. The Greatest Show on Earth / 21. Ghost Love Score.
Recorded on the 4th. of August 2018 in Wacken, Germany. Setlist: 1. End of All Hope / 2. Wish I Had an Angel / 3. Come Cover Me / 4. Gethsemane / 5. Élan / 6. Amaranth / 7. I Want My Tears Back / 8. Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean / 9. Nemo / 10. Slaying the Dreamer / 11. The Greatest Show on Earth (Chapter II: Life; Chapter III: The Toolmaker) / 12. Ghost Love Score.
Himself - Keyboards
After touring for a year and a half throughout every corner of the world and leaving fans of all nationalities breathless, the time has come for Nightwish to immortalise their Endless Forms Most Beautiful tour on DVD. Vehicle Of Spirit features not only two concerts in full length, but also plenty of bonus material.
Tuomas Holopainen
To Nightwish with Love is a crowd-sourced documentary about fans of Nightwish, from fans to Nightwish. Produced by Yle, The Finnish Broadcasting Company.
Himself - Keyboards
After touring for a year and a half throughout every corner of the world and leaving fans of all nationalities breathless, the time has come for Nightwish to immortalise their Endless Forms Most Beautiful tour on DVD. Vehicle Of Spirit features not only two concerts in full length, but also plenty of bonus material.
![Nightwish: Rock in Rio [2015]](https://moviedb.kr/index.php/image/w500/1S2CeMpTFTPo1luoqavkpkGbl4R.jpg)
Shudder Before the Beautiful, Yours Is an Empty Hope, Wishmaster, My Walden Weak Fantasy (Preceded by a Dawkins Narration), Stargazers, The Islander (with Tony Kakko), Last Ride of the Day (with Tony Kakko), Ghost Love Score
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After touring for a year and a half throughout every corner of the world and leaving fans of all nationalities breathless, the time has come for Nightwish to immortalise their Endless Forms Most Beautiful tour on DVD. Vehicle Of Spirit features not only two concerts in full length, but also plenty of bonus material.
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Showtime, Storytime is a double Blu-ray, DVD and CD from Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. Nuclear Blast recorded their live performance at the Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany on August 3, 2013. Showtime, Storytime is the first Nightwish production to feature Floor Jansen on vocals. 1. Dark Chest Of Wonders 2. Wish I Had An Angel 3. She Is My Sin 4. Ghost River 5. Ever Dream 6. Storytime 7. I Want My Tears Back 8. Nemo 9. Last Of The Wilds 10. Bless The Child 11. Romanticide 12. Amaranth 13. Ghost Love Score 14. Song Of Myself 15. Last Ride Of The Day 16. Outro: Imaginaerum
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An intimate, two-hour documentary of Nightwish’s innermost-workings – included in their upcoming Showtime, Storytime DVD – is a story about what happens when persistence and desire pushes towards dreams. Directed by Ville Lipiäinen (30 Seconds To Mars, HIM) and shot with seventeen cameras at the Wacken Open Air Festival in front of 85,000 fans, the 110-minute live performance by Finland’s most beloved rockers Nightwish was the first of three final shows of the band’s 2013 “Imaginaerum World Tour” which consisted of 104 concerts in 34 countries and a total audience of over 1.5 million fans around the globe.
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Showtime, Storytime is a double Blu-ray, DVD and CD from Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. Nuclear Blast recorded their live performance at the Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany on August 3, 2013. Showtime, Storytime is the first Nightwish production to feature Floor Jansen on vocals. 1. Dark Chest Of Wonders 2. Wish I Had An Angel 3. She Is My Sin 4. Ghost River 5. Ever Dream 6. Storytime 7. I Want My Tears Back 8. Nemo 9. Last Of The Wilds 10. Bless The Child 11. Romanticide 12. Amaranth 13. Ghost Love Score 14. Song Of Myself 15. Last Ride Of The Day 16. Outro: Imaginaerum
Show from Montreux 2012. Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland (2012-07-12). Track listing: 1) Taikatalvi 2) Storytime 3) Wish I Had an Angel 4) Amaranth 5) Scaretale 6) Slow, Love, Slow 7) I Want My Tears Back (with Troy Donockley) 8) Come Cover Me (with Troy Donockley) 9) Last of the Wilds (with Troy Donockley) 10) Planet Hell 11) Nemo 12) Over the Hills and Far Away (Gary Moore cover with Troy Donockley) 13) Song of Myself 14) Last Ride of the Day
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Imaginaerum tells the story of an elderly composer, Tom, who suffers from severe dementia. As he has had the disease for years and has regressed into childhood, he remembers practically nothing from his adult life. His music, friends, all his past including the memory of his daughter are a blur in his fragile mind. All he has left is the imagination of a ten year old boy. As he drifts away into coma, it seems impossible to get back what he has lost. Or is it?
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Imaginaerum tells the story of an elderly composer, Tom, who suffers from severe dementia. As he has had the disease for years and has regressed into childhood, he remembers practically nothing from his adult life. His music, friends, all his past including the memory of his daughter are a blur in his fragile mind. All he has left is the imagination of a ten year old boy. As he drifts away into coma, it seems impossible to get back what he has lost. Or is it?
Tom Whitman (age 47)
Imaginaerum tells the story of an elderly composer, Tom, who suffers from severe dementia. As he has had the disease for years and has regressed into childhood, he remembers practically nothing from his adult life. His music, friends, all his past including the memory of his daughter are a blur in his fragile mind. All he has left is the imagination of a ten year old boy. As he drifts away into coma, it seems impossible to get back what he has lost. Or is it?
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Says the band: "Get your copy and see how one of the most ambitious projects in rock history was made! This spectacular hour and a half long Making of Imaginaerum documentary gives you an inside look to the recordings of the album and the movie. Documentary includes loads of never before seen Nightwish footage! Full documentary is only available on Imaginaerum Tour Edition release!"
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1) Intro (Resurrection) [00:05] 2) Bye Bye Beautiful [03:25] 3) Dark Chest of Wonders [07:40] 4) Whoever Brings the Night [13:10] 5) The Siren [18:00] 6) Amaranth [22:50] 7) Sacrament of Wilderness [27:15] 8) The Poet And the Pendulum [32:30] 9) Ever Dream [46:35] 10) While Your Lips Are Still Red [52:50] 11) Wishmaster [57:15] 12) Sahara [62:15] 13) Nemo [68:35] 14) Wish I Had an Angel [75:45]
1. Bye Bye Beautiful 2. Dark Chest of Wonders 3. The Siren 4. Dead to the World 5. Amaranth 6. Wishmaster 7. Sahara 8. Nemo 9. 7 Days to the Wolves 10. Wish I Had an Angel
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The Islander (Edit). The Islander (Full Lenght Video) and Making of "The Islander" - Documentary. The music video was filmed in Rovaniemi, in Finnish Lapland, in October 2007, and Holopainen commented that they at first didn't plan to make a third video for the album, but when they were offered Finnish beauty, they couldn't resist it. He has also said that for once the lyrics actually fits with the video, which is "a sort of Lapp wilderness combined with the surrealism of Salvador Dalí". The video features guest musician Troy Donockley. The video has a steampunk theme with airships, and features the old sailor (the Islander of the title) walking along a beach through the fog dragging a boat behind him and haunted by ghosts of his past.[2] Later we see him in a flashback as a young man playing the uilleann pipes (portrayed by Troy Donockley) with trees blossoming after he ends his life by dropping anchor and being relieved of his burdens.
In the video for "Bye Bye Beautiful", the four male members of the band are replaced by four female models throughout the verses. Despite speculation, Holopainen said in a Finnish interview that the female doubles in this video have nothing to do with the removal of Tarja Turunen from Nightwish, saying "It's just pure self-irony and rock 'n' roll". The four models are referring to the rumor going around the fans that Anette Olzon, the new singer, was chosen to attract more fans because of her looks. In the video, they make fun of the rumor. The video was released on September 27, 2007.
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1) Crimson Tide (Hans Zimmer song)
2) Storytime 3) Dark Chest of Wonders 4) Wish I Had an Angel 5) Amaranth 6) Scaretale 7) Slow, Love, Slow 8) I Want My Tears Back (with Troy Donockley)
9) Nemo (with Troy Donockley)
10) Last of the Wilds (with Troy Donockley)
11) Planet Hell 12) Ever Dream 13) Over the Hills and Far Away (Gary Moore cover) (with Troy Donockley)
14) Ghost Love Score 15) Song of Myself 16) Last Ride of the Day 17) Imaginaerum
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Video and making of Amaranth.
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End of an Era is a BluRay, DVD and double CD from the Finnish symphonic metal Nightwish. Recorded at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland on October 21st. 2005, the final concert of a long worldwide tour for their album Once. During the concert the band was joined on-stage by John Two-Hawks, who performed "Stone People" from his album Honor as an introduction to "Creek Mary's Blood", which featured his voice and cedar flutes. End of an Era is the final Nightwish production to feature Tarja Turunen. She and the rest of the band parted mere hours after this concert. Set-List: 1. Dark Chest of Wonders / 2. Planet Hell / 3. Ever Dream / 4. The Kinslayer / 5. The Phantom of the Opera / 6. The Siren / 7. Sleeping Sun / 8. High Hopes / 9. Bless the Child / 10. Wishmaster / 11. Slaying the Dreamer / 12. Kuolema tekee taiteilijan /13. Nemo / 14. Ghost Love Score / 15. Stone People / 16. Creek Mary's Blood / 17. Over the Hills and Far Away / 18. Wish I Had an Angel.
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End of an Era is a BluRay, DVD and double CD from the Finnish symphonic metal Nightwish. Recorded at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland on October 21st. 2005, the final concert of a long worldwide tour for their album Once. During the concert the band was joined on-stage by John Two-Hawks, who performed "Stone People" from his album Honor as an introduction to "Creek Mary's Blood", which featured his voice and cedar flutes. End of an Era is the final Nightwish production to feature Tarja Turunen. She and the rest of the band parted mere hours after this concert. Set-List: 1. Dark Chest of Wonders / 2. Planet Hell / 3. Ever Dream / 4. The Kinslayer / 5. The Phantom of the Opera / 6. The Siren / 7. Sleeping Sun / 8. High Hopes / 9. Bless the Child / 10. Wishmaster / 11. Slaying the Dreamer / 12. Kuolema tekee taiteilijan /13. Nemo / 14. Ghost Love Score / 15. Stone People / 16. Creek Mary's Blood / 17. Over the Hills and Far Away / 18. Wish I Had an Angel.
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Including three studio videos and a further four full live songs filmed live at the Summer Breeze Festival in Germany in 2002 . All versions feature a new (2005) recording of the song "Sleeping Sun" and a live version of Pink Floyd's "High Hopes" from which this compilation takes its name.
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Featured on the soundtrack of the film Alone in the Dark,Wish I Had An Angel became the group's most popular single in Europe and in the United States, next to "Nemo", and their highest placed single in the UK charts. It made it onto two U.S. film soundtracks. Directed by Uwe Boll, "Wish I Had an Angel" was the last video from Once and it features some scenes from the 2005 movie Alone in the Dark, also directed by Boll.
Wish I Had an Angel is the second most played song by Nightwish in concert, with well over 470 times, as of August 2018. During Once and Dark Passion Play tours it was always the last song performed. This DVD release features the music video for Wish I Had An Angel, as well as the making of the video.
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Nemo Video and The Making Of Nemo.
End of Innocence is the second official DVD release of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. The DVD features numerous clips of the band performing livetracks, including a recording of the band performing one of their first songs; "Beauty and the Beast", with bassist Marco Hietala performing the male vocal part (in the past this part was performed by Tuomas Holopainen or Tony Kakko, from Sonata Arctica)
RMJ Festival, Rauma, Finland (2003-06-19)
1) The Kinslayer [00:45]
2) Ever Dream [04:50]
3) The Pharaoh Sails to Orion (feat. Tapio Wilska) [10:05]
4) She Is My Sin [16:45]
5) Sleeping Sun [21:30]
6) Bless the Child [26:05]
7) Wishmaster (Outro Metallica - Enter Sandman) [32:20]
8) Over the Hills and Far Away [37:05]
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Over The Hills And Far Away (Videoclip), Bless The Child (Videoclip), Interview and Promotion Trailer
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Live concert by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It was recorded in Tampere, Finland on 29 December 2000. Setlist: 1. The Kinslayer / 2. She Is My Sin / 3. Deep Silent Complete / 4. The Pharaoh Sails to Orion / 5. Come Cover Me / 6. Wanderlust / 7. Instrumental (Crimson Tide/Deep Blue Sea) / 8. Swanheart / 9. Elvenpath / 10. FantasMic (Part 3) / 11. Dead Boy's Poem / 12. Sacrament of Wilderness / 13. Walking in the Air / 14. Beauty & the Beast / 15. Wishmaster.
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Live concert by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It was recorded in Tampere, Finland on 29 December 2000. Setlist: 1. The Kinslayer / 2. She Is My Sin / 3. Deep Silent Complete / 4. The Pharaoh Sails to Orion / 5. Come Cover Me / 6. Wanderlust / 7. Instrumental (Crimson Tide/Deep Blue Sea) / 8. Swanheart / 9. Elvenpath / 10. FantasMic (Part 3) / 11. Dead Boy's Poem / 12. Sacrament of Wilderness / 13. Walking in the Air / 14. Beauty & the Beast / 15. Wishmaster.
