Someone
once told “Love is one of the magical things that we still have”.
And music is
another one of those things. It has a
great power in itself, it can act like a time-machine that lead you back to
your past, allowing you to relive moments you have almost forgotten.
Many years
ago there was a little girl, eagerly waiting every afternoon for her dad to
come back from work and read her aloud the great adventure of Scrooge McDuck. She
dreamed of Alaska, of Glittering Goldie, she fell in love with Disney and
comics books, finding in them her first friends.
That girl
is now a woman, but she’s still here, resurfaced right now while listening to
this perfect soundtrack. In her eyes, a
snowy landscape and the northern lights. In her ears, the sound of a piano and
the magic, angelic voice of Johanna Kurkela.
This song
is like a gift to that little girl, a way to keep her alive. And so is the video, directed by Ville Lipiäinen,
who also directed the new Nightwish DVD “Showtime, Storytime”.
The video
for “A Lifetime of adventure” is a making of the song and of the cover art of
the album, featuring Tuomas Holopainen,
Johanna Kurkela, Pip Williams and the great Don Rosa, shoot while
sketching some of the storyboards.
Maybe this
song will disappoint all those who expected something more metal, more
“Nightwish style”. Well, this is not
Nightwish. When you listen to it, you simply have to accept and understand what
it really is: a dream of a child, that finally came true. And,
being Tuomas Holopainen’s dream, it’s of
course a masterpiece . As for me, I
can’t wait to have the entire album in my stereo.
Review by Alessia