arranged by Emppu Vuorinen
arranged by Floor Jansen
arranged by Jukka Nevalainen
arranged by Kai Hahto
arranged by Marco Hietala
arranged by Tero Kinnunen
arranged by Troy Donockley
arranged by Tuomas Holopainen
arranged by [orchestra and choirs], orchestrated by [orchestra and choirs], directed by [orchestra and choirs] Pip Williams
artwork [cover artwork] Janne & Gina Pitkänen
bass Chris Laurence
bass Richard Pryce
bass Steve Mair
bass clarinet David Fuest
bass trombone Andy Wood
bass, vocals, acoustic guitar Marco Hietala
bassoon, contrabassoon Julie Andrews
cello David Daniels
cello Frank Schaefer
cello Jonathan Williams
cello Martin Loveday
cello Paul Kegg
choir Metro Voices
choir The Young Musicians London
choir [the metro voices] Alexandra Gibson
choir [the metro voices] Alice Fearn
choir [the metro voices] Andrew Playfoot
choir [the metro voices] Ann De Renais
choir [the metro voices] Ben Fleetwood Smyth
choir [the metro voices] Callum MacIntosh
choir [the metro voices] Catherine Bott
choir [the metro voices] Claire Henry
choir [the metro voices] David Porter-Thomas
choir [the metro voices] Deborah Miles-Johnson
choir [the metro voices] Eleanor Meynell
choir [the metro voices] Emma Brain Gabbot
choir [the metro voices] Gabriel Vick
choir [the metro voices] Gerard O'Beirne
choir [the metro voices] Grace Davidson
choir [the metro voices] Helen Brooks
choir [the metro voices] Jacqueline Barron
choir [the metro voices] James Mawson
choir [the metro voices] Jenny O'Grady
choir [the metro voices] Jo Marshall
choir [the metro voices] Joanna Forbes
choir [the metro voices] Kate Bishop
choir [the metro voices] Lawrence Wallington
choir [the metro voices] Lawrence White
choir [the metro voices] Mary Carewe
choir [the metro voices] Michael Dore
choir [the metro voices] Morag MacKay
choir [the metro voices] Neil Bellingham
choir [the metro voices] Richard Henders
choir [the metro voices] Robin Bailey-Reid
choir [the metro voices] Rosemary Butler
choir [the metro voices] Sarah Eyden
choir [the metro voices] Soophia Foroughi
choir [the metro voices] Stephen Weller
choir [the metro voices] Steve Trowell
choir [the metro voices] Tom Pearce
choir [young musicians london] Akinoluwa Olawore
choir [young musicians london] Alistair Spencer
choir [young musicians london] Andrew Morton
choir [young musicians london] Asha Lincogle-Gabriel
choir [young musicians london] Bertie Beaman
choir [young musicians london] Celine Markantonis
choir [young musicians london] Christopher Sabiski
choir [young musicians london] Delphine Christou Hill
choir [young musicians london] Eleanor Grant
choir [young musicians london] George Webb
choir [young musicians london] Jane Jones
choir [young musicians london] Jenson Loake
choir [young musicians london] Kaela Simi Masek
choir [young musicians london] Marguerite Moriarty
choir [young musicians london] Modadeogo Olawore
choir [young musicians london] Oliver Cripps
choir [young musicians london] Omar Ait El Caid
choir [young musicians london] Robert Masek
choir [young musicians london] Rowan Hallett
choir [young musicians london] Theo Harper
chorus master [choirmaster - the metro voices] Jenny O'Grady
chorus master [choirmaster - young musicians london] Lynda Richardson
clarinet [bb clarinet] David Fuest
clarinet [bb clarinet] Nicholas Bucknall
co-producer Nightwish
co-producer Tero Kinnunen
conductor [orchestra and choir conducted by] James Shearman
contractor [assistant orchestral contractor] Lucy Whalley
contractor [orchestral contractor] Isobel Griffiths
copyist [music preparation by] Richard Ihnatowicz
drums Kai Hahto
engineer [orchestra, choirs and percussion assisted by] Jeremy Murphy
engineer [orchestra, choirs and percussion] Steve Price
engineer, recorded by Mikko Karmila
engineer, recorded by Tero Kinnunen
flute, piccolo flute Andrew Findon
flute, piccolo flute Anna Noakes
french horn Nigel Black
french horn Philip Eastop
french horn Richard Watkins
guitar Emppu Vuorinen
harp Skaila Kanga
keyboards, piano Tuomas Holopainen
management, booking Till Dawn They Count Ltd Oy
mastered by Mika Jussila
mixed by Mikko Karmila
music by, lyrics by Tuomas Holopainen
musical assistance [assistant to pip williams] Ilona Opulska
oboe, cor anglais David Theodore
orchestra Orchestre de Grandeur
percussion [ethnic percussion] Paul Clarvis
percussion [ethnic percussion] Steve Henderson
percussion [orchestral percussion] Frank Ricotti
percussion [orchestral percussion] Gary Kettel
photography by [additional photography] Mika Jussila
photography by [additional photography] Timo Isoaho
photography by [band photography] Ville Juurikkala
producer Tuomas Holopainen
recorded by [spoken parts of professor richard dawkins] Michael Taylor
tenor trombone Ed Tarrant
tenor trombone Mark Nightingale
timpani Steve Henderson
trumpet Kate Moore
trumpet Mike Lovatt
trumpet Phil Cobb
tuba Owen Slade
uilleann pipes, low whistle, bodhrán, bouzouki, vocals Troy Donockley
viola Andrew Parker
viola Bruce White
viola Martin Humbey
viola Peter Lale
viola Rachel Bolt
violin Boguslaw Kostecki
violin Chris Tombling
violin Dermot Crehan
violin Emil Chakalov
violin Emlyn Singleton
violin Everton Nelson
violin Jacqueline Hartley
violin Jim McLeod
violin Mark Berrow
violin Patrick Kiernan
violin Perry Montague-Mason
violin Peter Hanson
violin Rita Manning
violin Sonia Slany
violin Steve Morris
vocals Floor Jansen
Copyright (c) Oily Empire Ltd Oy
Phonographic Copyright (p) Oily Empire Ltd Oy
Distributed By Sony Music
Recorded At Angel Studios
Recorded At Röskö
Recorded At Petrax Studios
Recorded At Hats Off Studios, Oxfordshire
Mixed At Finnvox
Mastered At Finnvox
Made By CD Data-Mate
© & P Oily Empire Ltd Oy 2015

Drums on this album were performed by Kai Hahto as a session musician, although Jukka Nevalainen is still credited as the official drummer of the band.

Includes a 48-page booklet.

Distribution in Finland by Sony Music.

CD1 has 2 mould sid codes, one is over stamped with crosses to makes it unreadable.

Recorded at Röskö Campsite, KItee, in August - September 2014 &
at Petrax Studio, Hollola, in October 2014.
Mixed at Finnvox Studios, Helsinki, in October - December 2014.
Mastered at Finnvox, in January 2015.

Spoken parts in Shudder Before The Beautiful and The Greatest Show On Earth recorded
at Hats Off Studios, Oxford.

Orchestra, choirs and percussion recorded at Angel Studios, London.
Barcode: 6 430057 790014 (Text)
Barcode: 6430057790014 (Scanned)
Rights Society: BIEM/n©b
Rights Society: Teosto (Boxed)
Matrix / Runout: DATA-MATE OILYCD-002 NW CD 1 (Disc 1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LY22 (Disc 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI C05 (Disc 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 00019 (Disc 1, stricken with X:s)
Matrix / Runout: DATA-MATE OILYCD-002 NW CD 2 (Disc 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LY22 (Disc 2)
Mould SID Code: none (Disc 2)