Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan

"Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan"
Single by Nightwish
from the album Once
Released	November 24, 2004
Format	CD
Recorded	November 2003-March 2004 at Tempputupa Studios, Finland
Genre	Symphonic power metal
Length	3:58
Label	Spinefarm
Producer	Tero Kinnunen
Nightwish singles chronology
Wish I Had an Angel (2004) Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan (2004) The Siren (2005)

Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan is the third single released from the album Once by Finnish symphonic power metal band Nightwish. It was released on November 24, 2004, by Spinefarm Records, together with the platinum edition of Once.^[1] The single was never released outside Japan and Finland.

"Kuolema tekee taiteilijan" is Finnish and means "Death Makes an Artist" in English. During the end credits on A Day Before Tomorrow, the orchestral version of "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" is audible. It was never officially released, but it was ripped off the DVD and released it through the Internet.

Second Nightwish singer Anette Olzon has performed the song at Stockholms Kulturfestival with the backing of an orchestra, and without the band, despite not speaking Finnish fluently.^[2]

Track listing

1. Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan
2. Symphony of Destruction (live Megadeth Cover)
3. Creek Mary's Blood (Orchestral Score)
4. Where Were You Last Night (Japan only)
5. Wish I Had an Angel (Demo) (Japan only)
6. Ghost Love Score (Orchestral version) (Japan only)

Credits

• Tarja Turunen — vocals
• London Philharmonic Orchestra - Orchestra and chorus

References

External links

• Nightwish's Official Website