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Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful
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Endless Forms Most Beautiful

(2015)
TypeStudio Full-length
GenresSymphonic Metal
LabelsScarecrow Records, Nuclear Blast Records, Roadrunner Records
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1. Shudder Before the Beautiful (6:29)
The deepest solace lies in understanding
This ancient unseen stream
A shudder before the beautiful
[Professor Richard Dawkins]

Awake, oceanborn
Behold this force
Bring the outside in
Explode the self to epiphany

The very core of life
The soaring high of truth and light

The music of this awe
Deep silence between the notes
Deafens me with endless love
This vagrant island Earth
A pilgrim shining bright
We are shuddering
Before the beautiful
Before the plentiful
We, the voyagers

Tales from the seas
Cathedral of green

The very core of life
Is soaring higher of truth and light

The music of this awe
Deep silence between the notes
Deafens me with endless love
This vagrant island Earth
A pilgrim shining bright
We are shuddering
Before the beautiful
Before the plentiful
We, the voyagers

The unknown
The grand show
The choir of the stars
Interstellar
Theatre play
The nebulae curtain falls
Imagination
Evolution
A species from the vale
Walks in wonder
In search of
The source of the tale

The music of this awe
Deep silence between the notes
Deafens me with endless love
This vagrant island Earth
A pilgrim shining bright
We are shuddering
Before the beautiful
Before the plentiful
We, the voyagers
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Endless Forms Most Beautiful - Lyrics
Endless Forms Most Beautiful - Album Credits
Members
  • Floor Jansen : Vocals
  • Troy Donockley : Uillean Pipes, Low Whistle, Bodhrán, Bouzouki, Vocals (tracks 6, 8), Backing Vocals (tracks 3, 6, 8, 9, 11)
  • Emppu Vuorinen : Guitars
  • Marco Hietala : Bass, Vocals (tracks 2, 4, 11), Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals (tracks 1, 3, 5-9, 11), Songwriting (tracks 2, 5, 6, 11), Lyrics (tracks 2, 4)
  • Tuomas Holopainen : Keyboards, Piano, Songwriting, Lyrics
Additional musicians
  • Christopher Sabiski : Choirs
  • Alistair Spencer : Choirs
  • George Webb : Choirs
  • Perry Montague-Mason : Violin
  • Emlyn Singleton : Violin
  • Dermot Crehan : Violin
  • Patrick Kiernan : Violin
  • Mark Berrow : Violin
  • Rita Manning : Violin
  • Bogusław Kostecki : Violin
  • Everton Nelson : Violin
  • Chris Tombling : Violin
  • Steve Morris : Violin
  • Jackie Hartley : Violin
  • Emil Chakalov : Violin
  • Pete Hanson : Violin
  • Jim McLeod : Violin
  • Sonia Slany : Violin
  • Peter Lale : Viola
  • Bruce White : Viola
  • Martin Humbey : Viola
  • Rachel Bolt : Viola
  • Andy Parker : Viola
  • Martin Loveday : Cello
  • Dave Daniels : Cello
  • Jonathan Williams : Cello
  • Frank Schaefer : Cello
  • Paul Kegg : Cello
  • Chris Laurence : Double Bass
  • Steve Mair : Double Bass
  • Richard Pryce : Double Bass
  • Andy Findon : Flute, Flute (piccolo)
  • Anna Noakes : Flute, Flute (piccolo)
  • David Theodore : Oboe
  • Nicholas Bucknall : Clarinet
  • Dave Fuest : Clarinet, Clarinet (bass)
  • Julie Andrews : Bassoon, Contrabassoon
  • Richard Watkins : French Horn
  • Philip Eastop : French Horn
  • Nigel Black : French Horn
  • Phil Cobb : Trumpet
  • Mike Lovatt : Trumpet
  • Kate Moore : Trumpet
  • Mark Nightingale : Trombone (tenor)
  • Ed Tarrant : Trombone (tenor)
  • Andy Wood : Trombone (bass)
  • Owen Slade : Tuba
  • Skaila Kanga : Harp
  • Paul Clarvis : Percussion (ethnic)
  • Stephen Henderson : Percussion (ethnic), Timpani
  • Frank Ricotti : Percussion (orchestral)
  • Gary Kettel : Percussion (orchestral)
  • Kai Hahto : Drums
  • Richard Dawkins : Narration (tracks 1, 11)
  • Jussi Tegelman : Soundscapes
  • Alexandra Gibson : Choirs
  • Alice Fearn : Choirs
  • Ann de Renais : Choirs
  • Catherine Bott : Choirs
  • Claire Henry : Choirs
  • Deborah Miles Johnson : Choirs
  • Eleanor Meynell : Choirs
  • Emma Brain Gabbott : Choirs
  • Grace Davidson : Choirs
  • Helen Brooks : Choirs
  • Jacqueline Barron : Choirs
  • Jenny O'Grady : Choirs
  • Joanna Forbes : Choirs
  • Jo Marshall : Choirs
  • Kate Bishop : Choirs
  • Mary Carewe : Choirs
  • Morag MacKay : Choirs
  • Rosemary Forbes Butler : Choirs
  • Sarah Eyden : Choirs
  • Soophia Foroughi : Choirs
  • Andrew Playfoot : Choirs
  • Ben Fleetwood Smyth : Choirs
  • Callum MacIntosh : Choirs
  • David Porter Thomas : Choirs
  • Gabriel Vick : Choirs
  • Gerard O'Beirne : Choirs
  • James Mawson : Choirs
  • Lawrence Wallington : Choirs
  • Lawrence White : Choirs
  • Michael Dore : Choirs
  • Neil Bellingham : Choirs
  • Richard Henders : Choirs
  • Robin Bailey : Choirs
  • Stephen Weller : Choirs
  • Steve Trowell : Choirs
  • Tom Pearce : Choirs
  • Omar Ait el Caid : Choirs
  • Bertie Beaman : Choirs
  • Delphine Christou Hill : Choirs
  • Oliver Cripps : Choirs
  • Eleanor Grant : Choirs
  • Rowan Hallett : Choirs
  • Theo Harper : Choirs
  • Jane Jones : Choirs
  • Asha Lincogle-Gabriel : Choirs
  • Jenson Loake : Choirs
  • Celine Markantonis : Choirs
  • Kaela Simi Masek : Choirs
  • Robert Masek : Choirs
  • Marguerite Moriarty : Choirs
  • Andrew Morton : Choirs
  • Akinoluwa Olawore : Choirs
  • Modadeogo Olawore : Choirs
Other staff
  • James Shearman : Conductor (orchestra)
  • Pip Williams : Arrangements (orchestra, choir)
  • Tuomas Holopainen : Producer, Mixing Engineer
  • Mikko Karmila : Engineer, Recording, Mixing Engineer
  • Tero "TeeCee" Kinnunen : Engineer, Recording Engineer, Co-producer
  • Mika Jussila : Mastering Engineer, Photography (additional)
  • Janne Pitkänen : Cover Artwork
  • Jenny O'Grady : Choirmaster
  • Lynda Richardson : Choirmaster
  • Steve Price : Engineer (orchestra)
  • Jeremy Murphy : Engineer (assistant orchestra)
  • Gina Pitkänen : Cover Artwork
  • Michael Taylor : Recording (dawkins)
  • Ville Juurikkala : Photography (band)
  • Timo Isoaho : Photography (additional)
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