Entrevista com o Tuomas - 16/06/11
Autor: Krica | Publicado: 2011-06-18T16:19:00-03:00

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Tuomas Holopainen: Baseball, fishing and waiting


posted June 16. 2011


Tuomas Holopainen of Nightwish enjoys the summer at his home in Kitee by watching baseball games and fishing. The new CD Imaginarium is practically finished, only mastering still due to be done in August. Releasing the Cd will happen only in next January, because the film will not be completed before spring 2012.&nbsp;


The soul and songmaker of Nightwish, Tuomas Holopainen will relax this summer at his home in Kitee. There will be lots of traditional Finnish summer activities in his schedule.


- Idling at home, sauna, barbecuing, waterskiing, fishing, hanging around with friends and baseball, those are the most important. I cast with a reel and rod or pull the lures with a powerboat. I have a boat equipped with a 40 hp outboard at the jetty next to my house. Approximately on every second trip my catch consists of a pike and a couple of perches. Most time I prepare my catch as a meal for myself, depending on their size.&nbsp;


Tuomas agrees that he barbecues a lot in summer, but usually other food than the usual sausages. Beef or fish seasoned in self-made marinade occurs constantly on his menu.



Visitors from afar


The house of Tuomas Holopainen is located by the shore of Pyhäjärvi in Kitee. The place interests passers by. Tuomas considers people's interest quite understandable and even flattering, but also somewhat frightening. Last summer he had visitors as far as from Brasil.


- People arrive and most time they are very curious but polite. They happen to drive by and stop for taking photos. Last summer there was a dauhgter and mother who had come from Brasil. Unfortunately I wasn't at home, but my brother was here and let them take som photos.&nbsp;


Baseball juniors


Tuomas Holopainen is a friend if baseball. Nightwish have a god-player in the Kiteen Pallo team. fist it was topi Hurskainen, but after he was injured before the season started, his place was filled with Juhani Myyryläinen. Nighwish has supported the team financially and have also made a Nightwish themed fan shirt for KiPa team.&nbsp;


- Baseball plays such a huge part in the culture of Kitee, hence I feel natural to sponsor it. i have palyed in the Kiteen pallo junior teams when I was young. Also our drummer Jukka Nevalainen was a junior player and he gained even a couple of Finnish jr league trophys on his career.&nbsp;


Tuomas tries to watch as many home games as he ever is able to fit in his schedule. On this season he has seen three games already.&nbsp;


The CD will wait for the movie


Tuomas Holopainen's idea about a movie which was born a couple of years ago is currently turning into reality. At the moment director Stobe Harju and producer Markus Selin are abroad looking for filming sites and casting the roles. The main character's role is filled already, but the person's name cannot be revealed yet says Holopainen.



Shooting the bad members' parts will be due in September. Tuomas didn't want himself or other members on the screen, but the director and producer did, so the members of the band will appear in small supporting roles and probly also playing on the screen. The computer graphics work and animation programming was started several months ago already.&nbsp;


The release date of teh movie is tentatively placed in spring 2012. The CD could be released immediately, the aim is that thre won't be more than a few moths between the CD and the movie relelase dates says Holopainen.&nbsp;


Finance lies on the bands' shoulders


Nightwish themselves carry the heaviest financial responsibility in making the movie. Imaginarium was granted with 400 000 euros production support from the finnish film foundation in the beginning of June. That sum will only cover 2 weeks worth shooting thee film, the lion's share of the budget will be coverd by Nightwish's company Scene nation and Tuomas's own production company's funds. A few other sponsors add to the whole, but Tuomas will not reveal the accurate numbers, he only says that in Finnish film making this is&nbsp;a large budget movie.


The new CD didn't cost quite as mucha as it's predecessor Dark Passion Play, which totalled about a million euros to comply. The band saved by using their home studios and moving orchestral and choir recordings from Abbey Road to a less expensive studio. Still, money was burnt in considerable figures says Holopainen.&nbsp;


- Indeed it was quite a salty price and only making the audio CD took a full year.&nbsp;


First bites for tasting in October


First bites from the new CD will be offered in October-November by releasing a single. Exact release date for the CD has not yet been defined, becasue it will also depend on the schedules of many foreign record companies. right now looks like it will be in the beginning of January.


A week ago Tuomas listened the full CD through for the first time.&nbsp;


- I listened the full CD through for the first time all by myself. The same old cliche appeared in my mind: I couldn't get any grip on it, all felt kind of empty. fortunately there are people around me who keep telling me that it's a great adventure for the ears. Obviously I have to believe them and accept that it turned out very well.



YLE Pohjois-Karjala / Tapio Laakkonen&nbsp;
*** Note: "baesball" in this article means the Finnish "pesäpällo" game
Original aqui.

Resumindo: O 1º single de Imaginarium sairá em Novembro, enquanto o teaser do filme sairá em Outubro.
Além disso, filmagens começam em Setembro, e o ator que fará o personagem principal já foi escolhido.