Album came out in the U.S. today.
Friend dropped by with a copy for me.
Just loving the music video. It shows scenes from the upcoming finnish canadian musical fantasy film. Judging by how the music turned out, I'm going to enjoy the film.
Imaginaerum is an upcoming Finnish-Canadian musical fantasy film written and directed by Stobe Harju based on a story by Tuomas Holopainen. It was developed with and features music from Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish's seventh studio album of the same name. Imaginaerum, which is produced by Markus Selin from Solar Films Inc. along with Nightwish, is the feature film debut of Stobe Harju.
It received grants from the Finnish Film Foundation, a Finnish government institution. The film received $575,000 toward its $3.7 million budget. The film was originally titled Imaginarium, but the title was later changed to Imaginaerum in order to avoid mix-ups. The film will be released in 2012.
The film is about an old songwriter with an otherworldly imagination who still thinks he is a young boy. While asleep he travels into his past where his dreams of old come back to him mixed with the young boy's world of fantasy and music. The old man has to find the memories most important to him. On September 7, the director of Imaginaerum, Stobe Harju, gave a word on the film, revealing more about the story.
"Imaginaerum tells the story of an elderly composer, Tom, who suffers from severe dementia. As he has had the disease for years and has regressed into childhood, he remembers practically nothing from his adult life. His music, friends, all his past including the memory of his daughter are a blur in his fragile mind. All he has left is the imagination of a ten-year-old boy. As he drifts away into coma, it seems impossible to get back what he has lost. Tom travels through his imaginary world seeking answers and finding memories, while his daughter, Gem, tries to recover the bond she had once shared with her father in the real world. As they have become more and more distant from each other over the years, and as there's even greater obstacles separating them now — Tom's coma and his imminent death — Gem's project feels doomed to failure. However, through Tom's darkest secrets, Gem discovers the path she must follow in order to find her father again."Pretty much had the album on repeat today. Can't wait until the movie comes out, though it may not be to the likes of some of you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kRK0iZ-BDQ&fs=1 - favorite song off the album. Tim burton meets nightwish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYTKUbX5c3I - second favorite.
This post was edited by Arsenic_Touch on Jan 10 2012 12:29am