It also features four characters interpreted by Turunen herself. It was directed by Jörn Heitmann (who had already worked with Turunen directing Nightwish's "Sleeping Sun" 2005 video). This video was shot at Devil's Lake in Berlin, Germany. In 2009, the song was covered by the Norwegian singer Jorn on his album Spirit Black.
The song was a declaration of her independence and willingness to move on. Some fans have considered this as her response to Nightwish's "Bye Bye Beautiful," which was a song directed towards her. It features a theater atmosphere accompanied by orchestra guitars and Turunen's powerful voice.Īccording to Turunen the song describes her personality perfectly well and identifies her as a singer. It's inspired by a musical motif in "Requiem" by Mozart. This song was written by Mattias Lindblom and Anders Wollbeck. It has been released on Octothrough Universal Music. "I Walk Alone" is the first single from the album My Winter Storm by Tarja. Both videos for 2000 & 2005 versions are included on The DVD Single. She is the only Nightwish band member featured in the original, far less dramatic, video. The original 2000 video version was filmed with vocalist Tarja Turunen walking about at Pakkahuone, Tampere, Finland. The band also made a video for the 2005 Version It is a vicious medieval war scene including all the Nightwish band members, with Tarja In the aftermath of the battle. The CD single include the full "2005 version", the radio edit of this new version, and the original 2000 version.
To promote the compilation it was released as a CD & DVD single. "Sleeping Sun" would appear on the Highest Hopes album titled " Sleeping Sun 2005 Version ". Tarja Turunen sang lead vocals on the re-recorded version, this becoming her final studio contribution to the band before being replaced by Anette Olzon. In 2005, Nightwish announced that they were busy recording a new version of this song for a compilation album, entitled Highest Hopes. This version was released on CD and DVD Single in late October/early November 2005.
The song was originally written by Tuomas Holopainen and dedicated to the solar eclipse that arose on the European sky in 1999. "Sleeping Sun" is a power ballad by Nightwish.
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