Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan is the third single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 released from the album Once

Once (Nightwish album)

Once is the fifth studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released on June 7, 2004 by Nuclear Blast and on November 24 by Spinefarm, with the US release on October 5 by Roadrunner Records. In an interview, Tuomas Holopainen said that it is up to the listener to find out the meaning...

by Finnish

Finland

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 symphonic metal band Nightwish

Nightwish

Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. Formed in 1996 by songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen, Nightwish's current line-up has five members, although Tarja has been replaced by Anette Olzon and the...

. It was released on November 24, 2004, by Spinefarm Records

Spinefarm Records

Spinefarm Records is a Finland-based record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. In 1999, a sub-label titled Spikefarm Records was started by Sami Tenetz from Thy Serpent...

, together with the platinum edition of Once. The single was never released outside Japan

Japan

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 and Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

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"Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" is Finnish

Finnish language

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 and means "Death Makes an Artist" in English

English language

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. During the end credits on A Day Before Tomorrow

A Day Before Tomorrow

A Day Before Tomorrow is a documentary film about Finnish band Nightwish. It is featured on the End of an Era DVD, released in June 2006. It follows the band on the last days before the big, last Once concert on Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland, on October 21, 2005...

, the orchestral/instrumental version of "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" is audible. It was never officially released, but it was ripped off the DVD

DVD

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 and released by fans through the Internet

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Current Nightwish singer Anette Olzon

Anette Olzon

Anette Ingegerd Olsson , known by the stage name Anette Olzon, is a Swedish singer from Helsingborg, best known as the second lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic power metal band Nightwish. Olzon was formerly the vocalist in the Swedish AOR band Alyson Avenue...

 has performed the song at Stockholms Kulturfestival with the backing of an orchestra, and without the band, despite not speaking Finnish fluently.

Track listing

1. "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan"
2. "Symphony of Destruction
   Symphony of Destruction
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   " (live Megadeth
   Megadeth
   Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California which was formed in 1983 by guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine, bassist Dave Ellefson and guitarist Greg Handevidt, following Mustaine's expulsion from Metallica. The band has since released 13 studio albums, three live albums, two...
   
    Cover)
3. "Creek Mary's Blood" (Orchestral Score)
4. "Where Were You Last Night
   Where Were You Last Night
   Where Were You Last Night is a 1989 album released by Swedish singer Ankie Bagger. Released in 1989 through Sonet Records"People Say It's in the Air", "Where Were You Last Night", the Kiss cover "I Was Made for Lovin' You" and "Love Really Hurts Without You" were released as singles.- Track listing...
   
   " (Japan only)
5. "Wish I Had an Angel
   Wish I Had an Angel
   "Wish I Had An Angel" is the eleventh single for Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, the second from their fifth album Once. The song features vocals by then-vocalist Tarja Turunen and bassist Marco Hietala, but is still performed live with current vocalist Anette Olzon and is often used as the...
   
   " (Demo) (Japan only)
6. "Ghost Love Score" (Orchestral version) (Japan only)

Personnel

• Tarja Turunen
  Tarja Turunen
  Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen Cabuli is a Finnish singer-songwriter and composer. She is a full lyric soprano and has a vocal range of three octaves....
  
   — vocals
  Singing
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• London Philharmonic Orchestra
  London Philharmonic Orchestra
  The London Philharmonic Orchestra , based in London, is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom, and is based in the Royal Festival Hall. In addition, the LPO is the main resident orchestra of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera...
  
  - Orchestra and chorus