Over the Hills and Far Away

This article covers the Nightwish EP. For the Led Zeppelin song, see Houses of the Holy . For the Scottish song, see Over the Hills and Far Away (traditional song) .

Over the Hills and Far Away
Extended Play by Nightwish
Publication (s)	2001
Label (s)	Drakkar Entertainment , Spinefarm Records , XIII Bis
Format (s)	CD, super audio CD
Genre (s)	Power metal
Title (number)	4 (exclusive bonus tracks)
running time	20 min 13 s
occupation	Singing : Tarja Turunen Electric bass : Sami Vänskä Guitar : Emppu Vuorinen Drums : Jukka Nevalainen Keyboard : Tuomas Holopainen
production	Nightwish and Mikko Karmila
Studio (s)	Finnvox Studios
chronology Wishmaster (2000) Over the Hills and Far Away Century Child (2002)

Over the Hills and Far Away is an EP by the Finnish band Nightwish . The original title track was written by Gary Moore (1986).

background

music

The theme song "Over the Hills and Far Away" is a cover version by rock and blues guitarist Gary Moore . The accompanying music video, in which the entire band could be seen for the first time, was shot in the Estonian capital Tallinn and on the Baltic Sea .

"10th Man Down" is a duet between Turunen and the singer of the band Finntroll at the time , Tapio Wilska . He had already participated in the songs "Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean" and "The Pharao Sails to Orion" on the album Oceanborn .

"Astral Romance" is a remake of the song of the same name on Angels Fall First . Instead of keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen , Tony Kakko , known as the singer of the band Sonata Arctica, sings in this version . The lyrics are slightly different from the original.

While the version of "Over the Hills and Far Away" originally released in Finland only contains four songs, a version with some live versions of the From Wishes to Eternity concert was released in other countries .

reception

In Finland, Over the Hills and Far Away was awarded number one in the singles chart after several weeks with a platinum record . In Germany the EP came in at number 85, in Austria at number 54 and in Switzerland at number 79. A DVDPlus version with audio tracks on one side and video tracks on the other reached number 4 in German music -DVD charts; since Media Control rated this version as a normal DVD and not an audio CD, the placement in the album charts was comparatively low.

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Over the Hills and Far Away   DE 85 07/09/2001 (2 weeks)   AT 54 07/15/2001 (2 weeks)   CH 79 07/08/2001 (3 weeks)

EPs

Over the Hills and Far Away   FI 1 24/2001 (49 weeks)

Original version

(released by the Finnish label Spinefarm Records )

1. Over the Hills and Far Away - 5:03
2. 10th Man Down - 5:20
3. Away - 4:32
4. Astral Romance (Remake 2001) - 5:18

Extended version

(published by the German label Drakkar Entertainment )

1. Over the Hills and Far Away - 5:03
2. 10th Man Down - 5:20
3. Away - 4:32
4. Astral Romance (Remake 2001) - 5:18
5. The Kinslayer - 4:12 (live)
6. She Is My Sin - 4:45 (live)
7. Sacrament of Wilderness - 5:01 (live)
8. Walking in the Air - 5:08 (live)
9. Wishmaster - 4:44 (live)
10. Deep Silent Complete - 4:38 (live)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ austriancharts.at: Nightwish in the Austrian charts
2. ^ Hitparade.ch: Nightwish in the Swiss hit parade
3. ↑ finnishcharts.com: Nightwish in the Finnish charts

Web links

Wikiquote: Over the Hills and Far Away  - Quotes

• Nightwish - Over the Hills and Far Away lyrics. In: songtexte.com. January 4, 2017, accessed August 10, 2019 . 
• Detailed information on the different versions (French)