Tuomas Holopainen "Music Inspired By The Life and Times of Scrooge"

Country: Finland
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Nuclear Blast
Release date: April 11/15, 2014
Tracklist: 
01. Glasgow 1877
02. Into The West
03. Duel and Cloudscapes
04. Dreamtime
05. Cold Heart of The Klondike
06. The Last Sled
07. Goodbye, Papa
08. To Be Rich
09. A Lifetime Of Adventure
10. Go Slowly Now, Sands of Time

Line-up: 
Tuomas Holopainen (Nightwish): keyboards
   With

Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica): vocals on Cold Heart of the Klondike
Alan Reid: vocals as Scrooge McDuck
Johanna Kurkela: vocals as Glittering Goldie
Johanna Livanainen: vocals as Scrooge’s mother and sister
Pip Williams: orchestral arrangements
Mikko Livanainen: guitar and banjo
Troy Donockley (Nightwish): uilleann pipes, low whistles, bodhran
Teho Majamäki: didgeridoo
Jon Burr: harmonica
Dermot Crehan: violin

Description/Reviews: 

Tuomas' solo album was inspired by 'The Life And Times Of Scrooge McDuck', written by Don Rosa. It’s the biographical story of the fictional character which struck Holopainen powerfully as he first read it 20 years ago.
Holopainen says the music is inspired by the classical, folk and soundtrack genres in the vein of composers Vaughan Williams, Michael Nyman, James Newton Howard and Enya.

Media/Samples 
A Lifetime Of Adventure

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