Early Demos From “Imaginaerum” & B‐Sides

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Tracklist

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1Storytime (demo)
vocals:
Marko Hietala
recording of:
Storytime
lyricist and composer:
Tuomas Holopainen
publisher:
Potoska Publishing and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH (2002–today)
25:25
2I Want My Tears Back (demo)
vocals:
Marko Hietala
recording of:
I Want My Tears Back
lyricist and composer:
Tuomas Holopainen
publisher:
Potoska Publishing and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH (2002–today)
5:11
3Slow, Love, Slow (demo)
vocals:
Marko Hietala
recording of:
Slow, Love, Slow
lyricist and composer:
Tuomas Holopainen
publisher:
Potoska Publishing and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH (2002–today)
35:18
4The Crow, the Owl and the Dove (demo)4:07
5Rest Calm (demo)
producer:
Tuomas Holopainen
recording of:
Rest Calm
lyricist and composer:
Tuomas Holopainen
publisher:
Potoska Publishing and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH (2002–today)
6:57
6The Heart Asks Pleasure First (theme from the movie Piano)
cover recording of:
The Heart Asks Pleasure First (The Piano)
composer:
Michael Nyman (composer)
publisher:
Chester Music Ltd., G. Schirmer Inc., J&W Chester/Ed Wilhelm, Michael Nyman Ltd. (independent UK record, publishing and holding company) and Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)
part of:
The Piano (1993 film score)
4:24
7The Crow, the Owl and the Dove (instrumental)
recording engineer:
Marko 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)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Jukka Nevalainen
electric bass guitar:
Marko Hietala
guest tin whistle and guest vocals:
Troy Donockley
guitar family:
Emppu Vuorinen
keyboard and piano:
Tuomas Holopainen
choir vocals:
Metro Voices
orchestra:
The Looking Glass Orchestra
conductor:
James Shearman (conductor, orchestrator, composer)
chorus master:
Jenny O’Grady
arranger:
Marko Hietala, Tuomas Holopainen, Jukka Nevalainen and Emppu Vuorinen
orchestrator:
Pip Williams (producer)
recorded at:
Angel Recording Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2010-10 until 2011-04), Finnvox (Finnvox Studios) 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 (Päijänne Tavastia), Finland (from 2010-10 until 2011-04) and Röskö in Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala (North Karelia), Finland (from 2010-10 until 2011-04)
mixed at:
Finnvox (Finnvox Studios) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (from 2011-04 until 2011-06)
instrumental recording of:
The Crow, the Owl and the Dove
lyricist:
Tuomas Holopainen
composer:
Marko Hietala
publisher:
Potoska Publishing and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH (2002–today)
54:13
8The Heart Asks Pleasure First (instrumental)
instrumental cover recording of:
The Heart Asks Pleasure First (The Piano)
composer:
Michael Nyman (composer)
publisher:
Chester Music Ltd., G. Schirmer Inc., J&W Chester/Ed Wilhelm, Michael Nyman Ltd. (independent UK record, publishing and holding company) and Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)
part of:
The Piano (1993 film score)
instrumental recording of:
The Heart Asks Pleasure First (The Piano)
composer:
Michael Nyman (composer)
publisher:
Chester Music Ltd., G. Schirmer Inc., J&W Chester/Ed Wilhelm, Michael Nyman Ltd. (independent UK record, publishing and holding company) and Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)
part of:
The Piano (1993 film score)
4:21
9Cadence of Her Last Breath (demo)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nuclear Blast (1987-2022, rebranded to Nuclear Blast Records in 2022) (in 2009)
recording of:
Cadence of Her Last Breath
lyricist and composer:
Tuomas Holopainen
publisher:
Hanseatic Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (2001–2017), Potoska Publishing and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
24:14