Faasino i le vaega o loo i lalo ma tali le fesili mulimuli ane i le gagana lava lea e tasi e pei o le vaega:  Faamatalaga: O Tuomas Holopainen, o le tusitala o le tele o upu ma musika a le vaega, na ia faapea mai o le tele o musumusuga mo pese a le Nightwish e sau mai musika o ata tifaga. O pese e pei o le "Beauty of the Beast" (mai le Century Child), "Ghost Love Score" (mai le Once) ma le "The Poet and the Pendulum" (mai le Dark Passion Play) o ni faataʻitaʻiga o lenei aafiaga. Na taʻua foʻi e Holopainen, o musika mo ata tifaga, o musika ia e faalogologo i ai i taimi paganoa. O se faaaʻoaʻoga, e fiafia o ia i musika o le The Village, Van Helsing, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ma le Crimson Tide, ma toetoe lava o mea uma na tusia e Hans Zimmer. O isi pese, e pei o le "Bye Bye Beautiful" (mai le Dark Passion Play), ma le "Wish I Had an Angel" (mai le Once) e iai elemene o le uʻamea tau alamanuia, ma isi, pei o le "The Islander" ma le "Last of the Wilds" (mai le Dark Passion Play), "Creek Mary's Blood" (mai le Once), ma le Angels Fall First album e iai elemene o musika a tagata. O vaega na taʻua o se faatosinaga i le Nightwish e aofia ai Tamaiti o Bodom, Theatre o Faʻalavelave, O le Faʻapotopotoga, My Dying Bride, Tiamat ma le 3rd ma le Mortal. Ua taʻua foi Nightwish o se punavai o musumusuga mo isi vaega. Simone Simons, o le taʻitaʻi pese o le Dutch symphonic / gothic metal band Epica, na ia taʻua na amata ona pese ona o le Nightwish's 1998 Oceanborn album. Na taʻua e Sander Gommans o le After Forever, o le a "faaosofia ai i tatou e Nightwish i le fatuina o pese fou". Ua faamatala mai e Tony Kakko, o le pese pese a le vaega o le Sonata Arctica, le tele o aafiaga o le Nightwish iā te ia. Ia Tesema 2015, na faʻamatalaina ai e Dave Everley o le Metal Hammer i latou o le "faʻataʻitaʻiga sili ona manuia a Europa, tuʻuina atu pe ave se Rammstein".  Fesili: O Simone Simons o le ulu o le ā le vaega?
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