- Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse)
Single infobox
Name = Sleeping Sun – 4 Ballads Of The Eclipse
Artist =Nightwish
from Album =Oceanborn
Released =August 11 ,1999
Format = CD
Recorded = May/June, 1999 atSpinefarm ,Helsinki
Genre = Symphonicpower metal
Length = 4:04
Label =Spinefarm
Producer =Tero Kinnunen
Chart position =- #2 (
Finland ) - #69 (
Germany )
Reviews =| Last single = “Walking in the Air”
(1999)
This single = Sleeping Sun (4 Ballads of the Eclipse)
(1999)
Next single = “Deep Silent Complete ”
(2000)"Sleeping Sun" is a song by Finnish symphonic
power metal quintetNightwish , released on their album "Oceanborn ". The song was written byTuomas Holopainen and dedicated to the solar eclipse that arose on the European sky in 1999. [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gmDWvGKLzBE] It was re-released on CD andDVD Single in late October/early November 2005.Release
The first record of the song dates back from May/June 1999. It was recorded at
Caverock Studio /Finnvox Studios (Both in Finland).Together with the songs “Walking in the Air”, “Angels Fall First” and “Swanheart”, Sleeping Sun was released for the first time on the MCD "Sleeping Sun – 4 Ballads Of The Eclipse".
Later in 1999, the song was added to all new releases of the 1998 album "
Oceanborn ", and in 2004 also on thecompilation album "Tales from the Elvenpath ".Video
A
video was shot for the song, in which Tarja seems to have red hair. The videoclip includes many landscapes characteristic of Finland, for example the forests, the beaches and a large grain field. The video was directed by Sami Käyhkö. The video was later re-released, and shows Turunen as a queen of some sort, walking along a field of dead and wounded soldiers. In the video the other band members appear as soldiers, who apparently survived the war. [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xoDzlUPjhdI]Crew
* Director: Sami Käyhkö
* Producer: Paula Eronen
* Executive producer: Sami Manninen
* Cinematographer: Risto Laasonen
* Camera assistant: Kalle Pekkala
* Trip and organizer: Juha Virtala
* Makeup and costumes: Johanna Pulli
* Grip assistant: Esko Virtala, Ville Kyro
* Offline editors: Sami Käyhkö, Reko Turja
* Telecine colourist: Adam Vidovic
* Online and compositing: Sami Käyhkö, Reko Turja- #2 (
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