"The Carpenter" is a song by symphonic power metal quintet Nightwish, released as their debut single. It came from their album Angels Fall First and featured, apart from Tarja Turunen's voice, also Tuomas Holopainen' voice, making it the only single with his vocals. The single peaked at #3 in the Finnish single chart[1].
Track listing
Video
The song also had a videoclip, showing singer Tarja Turunen in a red dress on a field and a man designing something that looks like a plane. There are many references to the crucifixion including candles, an underground workshop representing the tomb and the sign of the cross. When the man fastens on the glider he spreads out his arms in a similar way to the crucified Christ who also was a carpenter.[2]
Crew
- Director: Sami Käyhkö
- Assistant director: Kari Mankinen
- Script: Sami Käyhkö, Kari Mankinen
- Camera: Jukka Karjalainen
- Camera assistant: Juha Harju
- Lightning: Kimmo Leed, Jussi Kauppila, Kari Maja
- Graphics: Lauri Karmila
- Off-line editing: Kari Mankinen
- On-line and compositing: Sami Käyhkö, Vesa Vinni
- Make-up: Liisa Hettula, Tom Forsman
- Hair dresser and costumes: Minna Mäkinen
- Organizer: Tapio Hopponen
- Producer: Paula Eronen
- Executive producer: Edward Meichen
- Cast
- The carpenter: Vilho Olavi Laine
- The singer: Tarja Turunen
- The cat: Ms Maila
The video was filmed in Helsinki, Finland and in Henningsvær, Norway during spring 1998.[3] There were shot scenes of the rest of the band playing (including Tuomas Holopainen singing, Emppu Vuorinen on acoustic and electric guitars, and Jukka Nevalainen on drums), but the director, Sami Käyhkö, and Holopainen didn't like it, so they only included Turunen.
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