Highest Hopes (The Best Of Nightwish)

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CD1-1	Wish I Had An Angel Choir – Metro Voices	4:04
CD1-2	Stargazers	4:26
CD1-3	The Kinslayer Voice [Kinslayer Voice] – Ike Vil	4:02
CD1-4	Ever Dream Orchestra – Joensuu City Orchestra	4:44
CD1-5	Elvenpath	4:38
CD1-6	Bless The Child Orchestra – Joensuu City OrchestraSpeech [Spoken Word] – Sam Hardwick	6:12
CD1-7	Nemo Choir – Metro VoicesOrchestra – The London Session Orchestra	4:35
CD1-8	Sleeping Sun (2005 Version)	4:25
CD1-9	Dead To The World	4:19
CD1-10	Over The Hills And Far Away Backing Vocals – Tony Kakko, Tuomas HolopainenWritten-By – Gary Moore	5:00
CD1-11	Deep Silent Complete	3:57
CD1-12	Sacrament Of Wilderness	4:11
CD1-13	Walking In The Air Written-By – Howard Blake	5:27
CD1-14	Wishmaster	4:23
CD1-15	Dead Boy's Poem Voice [Dead Boy's Voice] – Sam Hardwick	6:48
CD1-16	High Hopes Lyrics By – David Gilmour, Polly Anne Samson*Music By – David Gilmour	7:20
CD2-1	The Wayfarer	3:25
CD2-2	Come Cover Me (Live)	4:53
CD2-3	Dead Boy's Poem (Live)	6:49
CD2-4	Once Upon A Troubadour	5:18
CD2-5	A Return To The Sea	5:49
CD2-6	Sleepwalker (Heavy Version)	3:08
CD2-7	Nightquest	4:18
CD2-8	Lagoon	3:45
DVD-1	She Is My Sin (Live)
DVD-2	Dead To The World (Live)
DVD-3	Kinslayer (Live)
DVD-4	Over The Hills And Far Away Written-By – Gary Moore
DVD-5	Bless The Child
DVD-6	Sleeping Sun
DVD-7	Walking In The Air (Live) Written-By – Howard Blake
DVD-8	End Of All Hope (Live)
DVD-9	10th Man Down (Live)
DVD-10	Sleeping Sun (Live)

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Spinefarm Records
• Copyright (c) – Spinefarm Records
• Published By – Ranka Publishing Ltd.
• Published By – Hanseatic
• Published By – Warner/Chappell
• Published By – Warner Chappell Music Publishing GmbH
• Published By – Faber Music Ltd.
• Published By – EMI Music Publishing Scandinavia
• Published By – Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd.
• Published By – EMI Music Publishing
• Recorded At – Summer Breeze Festival
• Recorded At – Mera Luna Festival
• Recorded At – Pakkahuone
• Mixed At – Finnvox
• Mastered At – Finnvox

Credits

• Arranged By – Nightwish (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 1-11 to 1-12, 1-14 to 1-15), Tero Kinnunen
• Bass – Emppu Vuorinen (tracks: 1-5), Marco Hietala (tracks: 1-1, 1-4, 1-6 to 1-9, 1-16), Sami Vänskä (tracks: 1-2 to 1-3, 1-10 to 1-15)
• Cover – Janne Pitkänen
• Drums, Percussion – Jukka Nevalainen
• Guitar – Emppu Vuorinen
• Keyboards, Piano – Tuomas Holopainen
• Mastered By – Mika Jussila
• Mixed By – Mikko Karmila, Risto Hemmi (tracks: 1-8), Tero Kinnunen (tracks: 1-5)
• Music By – Emppu Vuorinen (tracks: 1-12)
• Music By, Lyrics By – Tuomas Holopainen
• Painting [Band] – Gina Pitkänen
• Producer – Tero Kinnunen, Tuomas Holopainen
• Vocals – Marco Hietala (tracks: 1-1, 1-4, 1-9, 1-16), Tarja Turunen (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15)

Notes

℗ 2005 Spinefarm Records © Spinefarm Records, a Universal Music Company.
Made in the EU.

Discs come in DVD-size digipak, which is housed in a separate digipak cover.

Booklet lists only CD1 credits.

The back cover doesn't state that track CD1-16 is a live track.
On the back cover DVD credits are erroneously printed, right order is below:
Tracks # 1, 2 and 3 recorded 2003 at M'Era Luna Festival Germany.
Track # 7 recorded 2000 at Pakkahuone, Tampere, Finland.
Tracks # 8, 9 and 10 recorded at Summer Breeze Festival 2002, Germany.
(version where the typos have been fixed is here Nightwish - Highest Hopes (The Best Of Nightwish).

Tracks # 4, 5 and 6 are promotional music videos.

The track lengths do not appear anywhere on the release.

All tracks published by Ranka Publishing Ltd. except
tracks 1 and 7 published by Hanseatic - Warner Chappell / Warner Chappell Music Publ. GmbH,
track 13 published by Faber Music Ltd. / EMI Music Publishing Scandinavia,
track 16 published by Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd.,
track 10 published by EMI Music Publishing.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (String): 602498740712
• Barcode (Text): 6 02498 74071 2
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI LV26
• Matrix / Runout (CD 1): [Four Universal logos] 06024 987 172-0 01 ✳ 51648843
• Matrix / Runout (CD 1 - On the Mould): Made in Germany by EDC C
• Mould SID Code (CD 1): IFPI 0115
• Matrix / Runout (CD 2): [Four Universal logos] 06024 987 407-0 01 ✳ 51654601
• Matrix / Runout (CD 2 - On the Mould): Made in Germany by EDC A
• Mould SID Code (CD 2): IFPI 0144
• Matrix / Runout (DVD): 06024 987 399-2 50 01 ✳ 51650411
• Matrix / Runout (DVD - On the Mould): [Six Universal logos] A
• Mould SID Code (DVD): IFPI 01Z8
• Rights Society: BIEM/SABAM
• Label Code: LC01846

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
none	Nightwish	Highest Hopes (The Best Of Nightwish) ‎(16xFile, AAC, Comp, 320)	Spinefarm Records	none	US	2005
9871720	Nightwish	Highest Hopes (The Best Of Nightwish) ‎(CD, Comp, RE)	Spinefarm Records, Universal	9871720	Argentina	Unknown
UICN-15008	Nightwish = ナイトウィッシュ*	Nightwish = ナイトウィッシュ* - Highest Hopes (The Best Of Nightwish) = ハイエスト・ホープス~ザ・ベスト・オブ・ナイトウィッシュ ‎(CD, Comp, RE, SHM)	Spinefarm Records, Universal Music, Thunderball667	UICN-15008	Japan	2012
SPI234CD, 987 372-1	Nightwish	Highest Hopes (The Best Of Nightwish) ‎(CD, Comp + DVD-V + Ltd)	Spinefarm Records, Spinefarm Records	SPI234CD, 987 372-1	Finland	2006
spi234cd, 987005-8	Nightwish	Highest Hopes (The Best Of Nightwish) ‎(CD, Comp, Promo)	Spinefarm Records, Spinefarm Records	spi234cd, 987005-8	Finland	2005

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