Tuomas Holopainen

Born: 1976-12-25

Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen is a Finnish songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician, screenwriter and record producer, best known as the founder, leader, keyboardist and songwriter of symphonic metal band Nightwish. He has also studied jazz and classical styles, but prefers to be influenced by harmonic film music. He has also played in the bands Nattvindens Gråt and Darkwoods My Betrothed. His current side projects are the gothic metal band For My Pain... and the band of Timo Rautiainen. Holopainen has written several songs that have been included in movie soundtracks, including recent collaboration with Nightwish bass player, and male vocalist Marco Hietala on "While Your Lips Are Still Red", for the Finnish film Lieksa! in 2007. He also co-wrote Nightwish's own film, Imaginaerum, released in November 2012. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tuomas Holopainen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Imaginaerum

as Tom Whitman (age 47)
Released: 2012-11-23

Imaginaerum tells the story of an elderly composer, Tom, who suffers from severe dementia. As he...

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Nightwish: End of an Era

as Himself - Keyboards
Released: 2006-05-31

End of an Era is a BluRay, DVD and double CD from the Finnish symphonic metal Nightwish....

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Nightwish: From Wishes to Eternity - Live

as Himself - Keyboards
Released: 2001-03-12

Live concert by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It was recorded in Tampere, Finland on...

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Nightwish - Virtual Live Show From The Islanders Arms 2021

as Keys
Released: 2022-03-11

When Nightwish’s world tour was canceled due to the pandemic, the band wanted to offer fans...

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Nightwish: Vehicle Of Spirit - The Wembley Show

as Himself - Keyboards
Released: 2015-12-19

After touring for a year and a half throughout every corner of the world and leaving fans of all...

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Nightwish: Decades (Live in Buenos Aires)

as Himself - Keyboards
Released: 2019-12-06

Recorded during Nightwish's "Decades World Tour" on September 30th., 2018 at the Microestadio...

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Nightwish: Vehicle Of Spirit - The Tampere Show

as Himself - Keyboards
Released: 2015-07-31

After touring for a year and a half throughout every corner of the world and leaving fans of all...

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Nightwish: Live at Wacken Open Air

as keyboards
Released: 2013-08-03

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Nightwish: Vehicle Of Spirit

as Self - Keyboards
Released: 2016-12-16

After touring for a year and a half throughout every corner of the world and leaving fans of all...

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Nightwish: Please Learn the Setlist in 48 Hours

as Himself
Released: 2013-11-28

An intimate, two-hour documentary of Nightwish’s innermost-workings – included in their upcoming...

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Nightwish: Showtime, Storytime

as Keyboards
Released: 2013-11-28

Showtime, Storytime is a double Blu-ray, DVD and CD from Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish....

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Nightwish: End of Innocence

as uncredited
Released: 2003-10-06

End of Innocence is the second official DVD release of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish....

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Nightwish: Live in Montreux 2012

as uncredited
Released: 2013-06-15

Show from Montreux 2012. Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland (2012-07-12). Track...

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Nightwish - Au Hellfest 2022

as Keys
Released: 2022-06-26

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Nightwish: Live at PinkPop

as Keys
Released: 2022-07-23

Full Nightwish concert at Pinkpop Festival in Landgraaf, Netherlands. This was featuring new...

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Nightwish: Rock in Rio [2015]

as uncredited
Released: 2015-09-25

Shudder Before the Beautiful, Yours Is an Empty Hope, Wishmaster, My Walden Weak Fantasy...

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Nightwish: Live at Wacken

as uncredited
Released: 2018-04-18

Recorded on the 4th. of August 2018 in Wacken, Germany. Setlist: 1. End of All Hope / 2. Wish I...

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Nightwish: Live at Wacken 2008

as Keyboards
Released: 2008-09-26

1) Intro (Resurrection) [00:05] 2) Bye Bye Beautiful [03:25] 3) Dark Chest of Wonders [07:40] ...

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Nightwish - An Evening With Nightwish In A Virtual World

as uncredited
Released: 2021-05-28

Get a taste of this truly magical venue where we will spend the night with all of you exploring...

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Nightwish: Nemo

as Keyboards
Released: 2004-05-24

Nemo Video and The Making Of Nemo.

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Nightwish: Live at Lowlands

as uncredited
Released: 2008-08-16

1. Bye Bye Beautiful 2. Dark Chest of Wonders 3. The Siren 4. Dead to the World 5. Amaranth ...

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Nightwish: Wish I Had An Angel

as Keyboards
Released: 2004-09-27

Featured on the soundtrack of the film Alone in the Dark,Wish I Had An Angel became the group's...

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Nightwish: Live at Bloodstock 2018

as Keys
Released: 2018-08-12

Nightwish, a headliner at the Bloodstock Festival 2018 at Catton Hall, supported by the worlds...

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Nightwish: Highest Hopes

as Keyboards
Released: 2005-09-25

Including three studio videos and a further four full live songs filmed live at the Summer...

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Nightwish: Making of Imaginaerum

as Himself
Released: 2012-04-13

Says the band: "Get your copy and see how one of the most ambitious projects in rock history was...

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Rock-Suomi

as Self
First aired: 2010-11-01

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