Tuomas Holopainen "Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge - Written and Produced by Tuomas Holopainen".

Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge is the first solo album by Finnish songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, best known for his work in the symphonic metal band Nightwish. It was based on cartoonist Don Rosa's The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, a graphic novel which featured the Carl Barks Disney comics character of the same name. Rosa contributed the cover artwork. The first single, "A Lifetime of Adventure" was released on February 5, 2014 along with a music video directed by Ville Lipiäinen.

It features several vocalists including Johanna Kurkela, Tony Kakko of Sonata Arctica and narration by Alan Reid, with lyrics in English and Scottish Gaelic. It also features the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the choir group Metro Voices, and several guest musicians including fellow Nightwish member Troy Donockley.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tuomas Holopainen

1. "Glasgow 1877" 6:27
2. "Into the West" 5:01
3. "Duel & Cloudscapes" 4:50
4. "Dreamtime" 4:47
5. "Cold Heart of the Klondike" 6:52
6. "The Last Sled" 5:40
7. "Goodbye, Papa" 6:27
8. "To Be Rich" 3:22
9. "A Lifetime of Adventure" 6:13
10. "Go Slowly Now, Sands of Time" 4:36

Total length: 54:05

The Moorstone Orchestra are:

violin - Boguslaw Kostecki, Cathy Thompson, Dermot Crehan, Everton Nelson, Jonathan Rees, Julian Leaper, Mark Berrow, Patrick Kiernan, Perry Montague-Mason, Rita Manning, Sonia Slany, Steve Morris, Tom Pigott-Smith

violin leader - Thomas Bowes

2nd violin leader - Emlyn Singleton

solo violin - Dermot Crehan

viola - Bruce White, Garfield Jackson, Rachel Bolt, Vicci Wardman

1st viola - Peter Lale

cello - Anthony Lewis, Caroline Dale, Dave Daniels, Frank Schaefer

1st cello - Martin Loveday

bass - Paddy Lannigan, Steve Mair

1st bass - Chris Laurence

flute/piccolo - Andy Findon

flute - Anna Noakes

oboe/cor anglais - David Theodore

Bb clarinet - Nicholas Bucknall

Bb clarinet/bass clarinet - Dave Fuest

bassoon - Julie Andrews

French horn - Michael Thompson, Nigel Black, Richard Bissill

trumpet - Andy Crowley, John Barclay, Phil Cobb

tenor trombone - Andy Wood, Richard Edwards

bass trombone - Dave Stewart

tuba - Owen Slade

harp - Skaila Kanga

ethnic percussion - Paul Clarvis, Stephen Henderson

orchestral percussion - Frank Ricotti, Gary Kettel

timpani - Stephen Henderson

The Metro Voices are:

Abbie Osmon, Alice Fearn, Ann de Renais, Ben Fleetwood Smyth, Caitlyn Bryant, Katherine Bott, Claire Henry, Gerard O'Beirne, Helen Brooks, Ildiko Allen, Jacqueline Barron, Jenny O'Grady, Joanna Forbes, Jonathan Williams, Lindsay Ashworth, Michael Dore, Morag MacKay, Neil Bellingham, Rachel Weston, Robin Bailey, Rosemary Forbes Butler, Sarah Ryan, Scott Davies, Soophia Foroughi, Stephen Weller, Steve Trowell, Tom Pearce, Yona Dunsford

Mika Jussila – mastering, photography

Tero Kinnunen – recording, mixing

Janne Pitkänen – layout

Don Rosa – artwork