Tuomas dijo en el chat de su club oficial de fans que para la salida del equipo de baseball de Kitee (Kiteen Pallo) habían realizado un remix del tema 11 de Imaginarium.
maginarium Update - 7.8.2011Dear friends of Imaginarium Secretly we all hoped that at some point we would be able to say this aloud: The Dream is about to become reality! It`s been a hard battle beyond all measures, as it is in all projects this size, but finally creativity and heart took over the evil called Money. Imaginarium will be shot in September in a location we still need to keep as a secret but it will be quite far from our homely Finland & Sweden. The casting of the characters is now done. The cast is chosen not only because of their talent but because of the personal passion of everyone involved. The actors and their representatives have been overly enthusiastic about the auditions after reading the script. We believe many of you will be very surprised once you see the final result and the story behind it. This long journey began more than 3 years ago, and neither Nightwish or Stobe had a clear idea of where the path would lead. The script is now fantastic. It`s about Life, and the little spark of light you see during the darkest and most hopeless times. The same spark we`ve had to find over and over again during the process of making this film happen. The production crew is a group of professionals with one aim only: To realize the original vision of Imaginarium that Tuomas and Stobe had. All the pieces of the puzzle are now on the tables, and the building of the props, costume design, schedule planning, special fx production, dialogue & band performance rehearsals, etc. has begun. It`s easy to shed some tears while writing this, since we now know the story will have an ending after all. "She spins around elegantly, softly. The chords are now found and something that was broken never needed to be fixed."
Stobe Harju: "I really hope you guys fancy black and gloomy, cause Imaginarium by Nightwishwill be dark as h*#$."
Album release22. August 2011Imaginarium will be released already at the end of this year! More info about the schedule, track list and first single release coming up in a few weeks. Stay tuned!
Album and movie title change31. August 2011In order to avoid mix-ups with various things named "IMAGINARIUM", the title of the upcoming album and the movie will be changed to IMAGINAERUM.
El nuevo single se llamará "Storytime" y será lanzado el viernes 11 de noviembre.
The new Nightwish single called "Storytime" will be released on Friday, the 11th of November. Presale will start soon!The whole album tracklist with teasers of each song and the album release date will follow in a week. Stay tuned!
Storytime está ya disponible en Nightwish-shop para encargar en dos ediciones:CD single digipack: 3.99€ Tracklist:1. Storytime (radio edit)2. Storytime (album version)3. Storytime (instrumental version)MLP gatefold 10": 12.49€Cara A:1. Storytime (album version)Cara B:1. Storytime (radio edit)2. Storytime (instrumental version)
SINOPSIS POR STOBE HARJU: Imaginaerum cuenta la historia de un viejo compositor, Tom, que padece una severa demencia. Puesto que ha padecido la enfermedad durante años y ha regresado a la infancia, no recuerda prácticamente nada de su vida adulta. Su música, amigos, todo su pasado incluyendo el recuerdo de su hija, son una imagen borrosa en su frágil mente. Todo lo que le queda es la imaginación de un niño de diez años. Cuando sale del coma, parece imposible recuperar todo lo que ha perdido. ¿O acaso sí puede? La película es un viaje entre dos dimensiones diferentes. Tom viaja a travíés de su mundo imaginario, buscando preguntas y encontrando memorias, mientras que su hija, Gem, intenta recuperar el vínculo que una vez compartió con su padre en el mundo real. Mientras se hacen cada vez más distantes el uno del otro a travíés de los años, y habiendo grandes obstáculos que los separan – el coma de Tom y su muerte inminente – el propósito de Gem parece condenado al fracaso. Sin embargo, en los más oscuros secretos de Tom, Gem descubre el camino que ella debe seguir para encontrar a su padre de nuevo.Hay algunas preguntas que debemos hacernos a nosotros mismos antes de entrar en el mundo de Imaginaerum. ¿Quíé es lo más importante en la vida? ¿Puede el poder de los recuerdos protegernos durante nuestros últimos momentos? ¿Podrá nuestra imaginación ayudarnos a encontrar la chispa de la vida en la más profunda oscuridad? ¿Todavía podemos encontrar el amor despuíés del amargo perdón?Imaginaerum es una aventura fantástica emocional, propulsada por la música de Nightwish. La historia nos recuerda nuestra infancia donde la más pequeña pero más preciosa cosa lo significaba todo y perderla habría dejado una cicatriz permanente. Ahora es el momento de reabrir la herida y mirar en que se convirtió, pero sobre todo, de dónde vino.- Stobe Harju, Director
Ya tenemos aquí el esperado tracklist de Imaginaerum, acompañado de una breve "descripción" por parte de Tuomas. Es el siguiente:1. Taikatalvi2. Storytime3. Ghost River4. Slow, Love, Slow5. I Want My Tears Back6. Scaretale7. Arabesque8. Turn Loose The Mermaids9. Rest Calm10. The Crow, The Owl And The Dove11. Last Ride Of The Day12. Song Of Myself13. ImaginaerumAdemás, se incluye ya la fecha de lanzamiento del disco, que será el 30 de noviembre en Finlandia y el día 2 de diciembre en el resto de Europa.
una traducción apresurada de los comentarios de Tuomas de cada canción.1. Taikatalvi."El mundo no es sino un lienzo para nuestra imaginación".2. Storytime."¿Quíé sentirías si pudieras tomar un vuelo de medianoche con un muñeco de nieve a travíés de los más asombrosos paisajes, como en el clásico animado Yuletide? El significado de nuestra verdadera existencia se crea a travíés de historias, cuentos y la imaginación. Son la verdadera base de la humanidad."3. Ghost River."LA VIDA es el privilegio máximo. Un río lleno de horrores y maravillas. Amor, dolor, belleza, maldad y tentación. Y las necesitamos a todas para sobrevivir y disfrutar del viaje.Bien, Mal, Dolor y Placer, miembros todos uno del otro."4. Slow, love, slow."El amor más verdadero no necesita palabars, exigencias o promesas. Es un territorio sin palabras, y completamente incondicional."5. I want my tears back."Añorando cosas que se fueron hace mucho tiempo, pero que aún es posible recuperar."6. Scaretale."Monstruos en el armario, cerdos chillones, hordas de arañas y harpías que destrozan la carne. Una mirada a las inolvidables pesadillas de la infancia - una vívida y retorcida atracción de circo."7. Arabesque."Una catarsis para llegar a la pesadilla. Dando vida a travíés de una danza de muerte."8.Turn loose the mermaids."Somos testigos en silencio mientras su moribunda amada toma su último viaje... para siempre ahora, un inolvidable momento de belleza y consuelo."9. Rest calm."Los recuerdos y la esperanza son dos cosas que nadie te podrá quitar. La dulzura de mi propio pasado es un cofre sin fondo de consuelo e inspiración."10. The crow, the owl and the dove.""Dame la verdad, más que el Amor, que el dinero, la fama."-Henry David Thoreau.El Amor lo es todo , y sólo la Verdad es nuestra guía hacia un estado más profundo."11. Last ride of the day"El parque temático está a punto de cerrar, y la montaña rusa funciona una vez más y tú consigues montarte por última vez tú solo. Está oscuro y los fuegos artificiales acaban de comenzar. Momentos como estos son portales a sueños infinitos, de profunda comprensión, y, en última instancia, el emocionante conocimiento de ser una mota de polvo en este vasto y arremolinado cosmos."12. Song of myself"Nuestro homenaje y versión de la celebración trascendental de Walt Whitman de la vida y la existencia, ahondando en una catarsis personal."13. Imagenarum."Gracias por compartir este viaje y esperamos daros la bienvenida de nuevo pronto. El Escenario se ilumina, y la Magnífica Obra empieza..."
1st day of shooting: The lighting, the shots and the actors could've not been better. However, the day could've been longer. A great start!
NIGHTWISH EXCLUSIVE: Tuomas Holopainen’s Track-By-Track Guide To ‘Imaginaerum’!merl / News / 14/09/2011 16:32pmWe’re so excited about new Nightwish opus ‘Imaginaerum’ that we got band mastermind Tuomas Holopainen to give us a track-by-track guide to the whole album!Nightwish will release their long-awaited new album ‘Imaginaerum’ on December 5 via Nuclear Blast, so we grabbed band writer-in-chief Tuomas Holopainen for an exclusive track-by-track guide!The album is the Finnish quintet’s follow-up to their awesome 2007 full-length, ‘Dark Passion Play’, and will be accompanied by a movie that’ll see a release some time in early 2012.Read on for Tuomas’ guide to the album…Taikatalvi“Since we’re doing the movie thing, every song on this album is composed to a certain story, so that’s how it all sounded. The movie needed an intro of winter landscapes and all that, and I wanted to give it an exotic touch of being in Finnish!â€Storytime“That’s the first single, and it’s all about the [1982] animated classic ‘The Snowman’. It’s such cool stuff, and I think that ‘Walking In The Air’ is the best piece of music ever composed, so [I thought], ‘let’s do a remake of that’! It can be seen in the movie as well – not quite as I imagine it, but in a different way. Will we film a new video for the single? We will film something separate, but also [use] some exerts from the film.â€Ghost River“Since this is a dramatic album about the celebration of life and existence, you need the dark side as well. I love the dark side and I love all kinds of evil stuff, so we needed a few songs to describe those. ‘Ghost River’ and ‘Rest Calm’ are the two songs that are talking about the dark side of life. It’s very Van Halen-ish!â€Slow, Love, Slow“You want to challenge yourself to do something that you have absolutely no idea about, and none of us know anything about jazz! Our drummer even had to take some lessons to learn how to use the brush! It all started when I started watching ‘Twin Peaks’ again. I just loved the soundtrack and thought, ‘Could we do something like that?’, and this is the result.â€I Want My Tears Back“It’s maybe one of the easiest songs on the album to approach, and it’s one of the only songs on the album that doesn’t include an orchestra or choir. I love the sea part with the pipes and violin!â€Scaretale“This is our version of ‘Enter Sandman’. When it comes to the lyrics, it’s all about childhood nightmares.â€Arabesque“‘Arabesque’ is a catharsis to ‘Scaretale’, and it’s one of the scenes that the movie desperately needed, so that’s why it’s there.â€Turn Loose The Mermaids“One thing that I like to do is pay a little homage to certain things that I really respect – for example, the My Dying Bride album ‘Turn Loose The Swans’ is one of my all-time favourites, which is why this is called ‘Turn Loose The Mermaids’. It’s nothing to do with My Dying Bride other than the title, but it was born in the moment when I saw my grandfather die, and my grandmother was giving him the final message. It was one of the most emotional experiences of my life – it was so dark and beautiful at the same time. I had to make a song about it – the last thing she did was check his teeth, warm his toes, and then [say] ‘Good journey my love, see you soon’. She was 93 back then, and 15 minutes after, he died. I’d never seen a dead person before, and it was an emotional moment, so I wanted to do a song about it. The album’s all about life and the power and beauty of imagination, and I thought that we needed to include the final chapter of life, which is death. When you see the movie, you can understand why it’s there.â€Rest Calm“It reminds me of Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride a little bit. Again, it’s one of those crucial scenes in the movie that needed a song like this.â€The Crow, The Owl And The Dove“I have to admit it’s a bit of a rip-off, because I’m a big fan of Henry David Thoreau, the poet from the 19th Century. I read his book ‘Walden’, where he said, ‘I don’t care about the love, the beauty, the pride or anything, just give me the truth. I thought there was a big philosophy behind that, and I started to think I could make a song about it. The crowd represents pride, the owl wisdom and the dove love and peace.â€Last Ride Of The Day“I’m a fanatic when it comes to theme parks and roller-coasters. I’ve been to Disney World eight times now! Hollywood, Universal Studios, all this kinda stuff – it’s so, so, so good and you feel like a kid again. Also, it’s the perfect metaphor for life.â€Song Of Myself“‘Song Of Myself’ is a book from Walt Witman, another one of my heroes. I wanted to pay homage to him and do the lyrics in a way that he would possibly write. It’s a real, open, thorough, personal catharsis – especially the spoken-word part. I don’t think it’s even going to be in the film because it’s so weird.â€Imaginaerum“This is a medley for the end credits of the movie!â€
