通過: Tuomas Holopainen,大部分樂團歌詞同音樂嘅作者,話他對Nightwish嘅歌曲嘅靈感主要嚟自電影音樂.好似"Beauty of the Beast" (來自Century Child),"Ghost Love Score" (來自Once) 同"The Poet and the Pendulum" (來自Dark Passion Play) 嘅歌曲係呢個影響嘅例子. Holopainen亦話電影音樂係佢休<unk>而聽嘅音樂.佢譬如,喜歡The Village,Van Helsing,The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 同Crimson Tide,同埋基本上所有由辛默寫嘅歌曲.其他歌曲,好似"Bye Bye" (來自Dark Passion Play),同"I Had an Angel" (來自Century Child),同"Ghost Love Score" (來自Once) 同"The Poet and the Pendulum" (來自Dark Passion Play) 都係呢個影響嘅例子.佢亦話,由於Nightwish嘅歌手Tony Simmons (從1998年開始) 帶給佢好多靈感,好似
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