| 9 | Dark Chest of Wonders- additional recording engineer:
- James Collins, Dave Moore and Emppu Vuorinen
- recording engineer and engineer:
- Mikko Karmila (from 2003-11 until 2004-03) and TeeCee Kinnunen (from 2003-11 until 2004-03)
- additional programming:
- TeeCee Kinnunen
- additional assistant engineer:
- Simon Goldfinch and Aaron Price
- producer:
- Tuomas Holopainen and TeeCee Kinnunen
- mixer:
- Tuomas Holopainen, TeeCee Kinnunen and Mikko Karmila (in 2004-03)
- acoustic guitar:
- Marko Hietala and Emppu Vuorinen
- bass clarinet and clarinet:
- Nicholas Bucknall
- bass guitar:
- Marko Hietala
- bass trombone:
- Dave Stewart and David Vines
- bassoon:
- Julie Andrews
- cello:
- Ben Chappell, Caroline Dale, David Daniels, Robin Firman, John Heley, Anthony Pleeth and Jonathan Williams
- cor anglais and oboe:
- Chris Hooker
- double bass:
- David Ayres, Leon Bosch, Lynda Houghton, Patrick Lannigan, Chris Laurence and Mary Scully
- drums (drum set):
- Jukka Nevalainen
- electric guitar:
- Emppu Vuorinen
- flute:
- Andy Findon and Nina Robertson
- French horn:
- Richard Berry, Nigel Black, Pip Eastop, Paul Gardham and Michael Thompson
- harp:
- Skaila Kanga
- keyboard and piano:
- Tuomas Holopainen
- percussion:
- Chris Baron
- piccolo:
- Nina Robertson
- timpani:
- Steve Henderson
- trombone:
- Richard Edwards, Simon Gunton, Roger Harvey and Mark Nightingale
- trumpet:
- John Barclay, Andy Crowley and Derek Watkins
- tuba:
- Owen Slade
- vibraphone [tuned percussion]:
- Frank Ricotti
- viola:
- Rachel Bolt, Gustav Clarkson, Don McVay, Tim Grant, Zoe Lake, Peter Lale, Kate Musker, Edward Vanderspar and Bruce White
- violin:
- Mark Berrow, Dermot Crehan, Elizabeth Edwards, Simon Fischer, Patrick Kiernan, Boguslaw Kostecki, Julian Leaper, Rita Manning, Perry Montague‐Mason, Everton Nelson, Eddie Roberts, Jackie Shave, Katherine Shave, Cathy Thompson, Chris Tombling, David Woodcock, Gavyn Wright and Warren Zielinski
- choir vocals:
- GME choir and Metro Voices
- lead vocals:
- Tarja
- vocals:
- Marko Hietala
- conductor:
- James Shearman
- chorus master:
- Jenny O’Grady
- choir vocals arranger:
- Pip Williams
- orchestrator:
- Pip Williams
- concertmaster:
- Gavyn Wright
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Nuclear Blast (in 2004) and Scene Nation Oy (in 2004)
- additionally recorded at:
- E-Major Studios in Kerava, Uusimaa, Finland and Phoenix Sound in London, England, United Kingdom
- recorded at and engineered at:
- Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (from 2003-11 until 2004-03) and Tempputupa Studios in Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland (from 2003-11 until 2004-03)
- mixed at:
- Finnvox in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2004-03)
- recording of:
- Dark Chest of Wonders
- lyricist and composer:
- Tuomas Holopainen
- publisher:
- Potoska Publishing
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