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The Poet and the Pendulum (13:56)

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‘The Poet and the Pendulum’ is the opening track of the album ‘Dark Passion Play’. The song is about Nightwish’s main composer Tuomas Holopainen’s life. It lasts almost 14 minutes, and is the longest song the band has ever made. The music is highly inspired by soundtracks and film scores.
The song is divided into five parts: “White Lands of Empathica”, “Home”, “The Pacific”, “Dark Passion Play” and “Mother & Father”.

The album’s production cost 500,000€, making it the most expensive album ever recorded in Finland. An extra 270,000€ was spent on filming the two music videos of the album
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