Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Tracklist

• 1
  Shudder Before the Beautiful
  6:29
  4.5 ★
• 2
  Weak Fantasy
  5:25
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Élan
  4:44
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Yours Is an Empty Hope
  5:39
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Our Decades in the Sun
  6:39
  3.0 ★
• 6
  My Walden
  4:39
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Endless Forms Most Beautiful
  5:08
  5.0 ★
• 8
  Edema Ruh
  5:16
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Alpenglow
  4:49
  3.4 ★
• 10
  The Eyes of Sharbat Gula
  6:04
  3.0 ★
• 11
  The Greatest Show on Earth: Chapter I) Four Point Six / Chapter II) Life / Chapter III) The Toolmaker / Chapter IV) The Understanding / Chapter V) Sea-Worn Driftwood
  23:58
  4.0 ★

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Release credits

• Andrew Parker
  viola
• Andy Findon
  flute, piccolo
• Andy Wood
  bass trombone
• Boguslaw Kostecki
  violin
• Bruce White
  viola
• Chris Laurence
  double bass
• Chris Tombling
  violin
• David Daniels
  cello
• David Fuest
  bass clarinet, clarinet
• David Theodore
  cor anglais, oboe
• Dermot Crehan
  violin
• Ed Tarrant
  tenor trombone
• Emil Chakolov
  violin
• Emppu Vuorinen
  arranger, guitar
• Everton Nelson
  violin
• Floor Jansen
  arranger, lead vocals, vocal [3]
• Frank Ricotti
  percussion
• Frank Schaefer
  cello
• Gary Kettel
  percussion
• Ilona Opulska
  additional
• Isobel Griffiths
  task
• Jacqueline Hartley
  violin
• James Shearman
  conductor
• Jenny O’Grady
  chorus master
• Jeremy Murphy
  assistant
• Jim McLeod
  violin
• Jonathan Williams
  cello
• Jukka Nevalainen
  arranger, drums (drum set) [3]
• Julie Andrews
  bassoon, contrabassoon
• Kai Hahto
  arranger, drums (drum set) [1-3, 3-11]
• Kate Moore
  trumpet
• Lucy Whalley
  task
• Lynda Richardson
  chorus master
• Mark Berrow
  violin
• Mark Nightingale
  tenor trombone
• Marko Hietala
  acoustic guitar, arranger, background vocals [1, 3, 5-10], bass guitar, lead vocals [2, 4, 11], vocal [3]
• Martin Humbey
  viola
• Martin Loveday
  cello
• Metro Voices
  choir vocals
• Mike Lovatt
  trumpet
• Mikko Karmila
  engineer, mix, recording
• Nicholas Bucknall
  clarinet
• Nigel Black
  French horn
• Nightwish
  arranger [3], co
• Owen Slade
  tuba
• Patrick Kiernan
  violin
• Paul Clarvis
  percussion
• Paul Kegg
  cello
• Perry Montague‐Mason
  violin
• Peter Hanson
  violin
• Peter Lale
  viola
• Philip Cobb
  trumpet
• Pip Eastop
  French horn
• Pip Williams
  choir vocals, conductor, orchestrator
• Rachel Bolt
  viola
• Richard Dawkins
  spoken vocals [1, 11]
• Richard Ihnatowicz
  task
• Richard Pryce
  double bass
• Richard Watkins
  French horn
• Rita Manning
  violin
• Skaila Kanga
  harp
• Sonia Slany
  violin
• Steve Henderson
  percussion, timpani
• Steve Mair
  double bass
• Steve Morris
  violin
• Steve Price
  engineer
• Tero Kinnunen
  arranger, co, engineer, recording
• The Young Musicians London
  choir vocals
• Troy Donockley
  arranger, background vocals, bodhrán, bouzouki, lead vocals [6, 8], low whistle, uilleann pipes, vocal [3]
• Tuomas Holopainen
  arranger, keyboard, piano, producer
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  CD, DVD-Video (limited tour edition)
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