Tuomas Holopainen, onkọwe ti ọpọlọpọ awọn ọrọ ati orin ti ẹgbẹ naa, sọ pe o gba ọpọlọpọ awọn awokose fun awọn orin Nightwish lati orin fiimu. Awọn orin bii "Beauty of the Beast" (lati Century Child), "Ghost Love Score" (lati Once) ati "The Poet and the Pendulum" (lati Dark Passion Play) jẹ awọn apẹẹrẹ ti ipa yii. Holopainen tun sọ pe orin fiimu jẹ orin ti o tẹtisi fun isinmi. O fẹran, fun apẹẹrẹ, awọn orin orin si The Village, Van Helsing, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ati Crimson Tideide, ati fere ohun gbogbo ti Hans Zimmer kọ. Awọn orin miiran, bii "Bye Bye" (lati Dark Passion Play), ati "Mo ni Angẹli kan" (lati Century Child), "Ghost Love Score" (lati Once) ati "The Poet and the Pendulum" (lati Dark Passion Play) jẹ awọn apẹẹrẹ ti ipa yii.
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