Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Performer
Paul O'Neill
Electric Guitar
Robert Kinkel
Keyboards
Jon Oliva
Keyboards
Johnny Lee Middleton
Bass Guitar
Christian James
Background Vocals
Danielle Landherr
Background Vocals
Marni Elliot
Background Vocals
Al Pitrelli
Electric Guitar
Dave Wittman
Drums
Dorothy Lawson
Cello
Garo Yellin
Cello
Jonas Tauber
Cello
Anthony Piccolo
Choir Conductor
Adrian Ross
Choir
Caroline Ross
Choir
Evan Maltby
Choir
Jacob Ashworth
Choir
Mikhail Koffman
Choir
Sebastian Perez
Choir
Jeff Plate
Drums
Chris Caffery
Guitar
Mark Ferris
Viola
Mark Wood
Viola
Denis Stillwell
Violin
Laura Seaton-Finn
Violin
Mary Rowell
Violin
Paul Woodiel
Violin
Todd Reynolds
Violin
Dave Diamond
Vocals
Doug Thoms
Vocals
Guy Lemmonnier
Vocals
Jamie Torcellini
Vocals
Jody Ashworth
Vocals
Patti Russo
Vocals
Sylvia Tosun
Vocals
Zak Stevens
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kinkel
Songwriter
Ludwig van Beethoven
Songwriter
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Songwriter
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Songwriter
Paul O'Neill
Songwriter
Dr. Clement Kuen
Translation
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Paul O'Neill
Producer
Robert Kinkel
Additional Engineer
Dave Wittman
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
(GHOSTS)
Priusquam praesens
Damnatus Salvens
Hic homo nesciens
Quae futura est?
Est plane vanum?
Magnificandum?
Error aut sanum?
O fortuna est!
Qua?
(The past and present
Loss and redemption
A man's intentions
All things yet to be
A last illusion
Time's absolution
Fact and confusion
Fate and destiny bound)
(Fate allows him to see some of the countless people who will be touched, consoled and transformed by his music; a woman who has lost her husband and finds peace in listening to the Pastoral Symphony, a child who is crippled forgetting his infirmity while lost in the Ode To Joy.)
(At the end of this last minute review of his life, he now realizes that the removal of what he considers the most painful moments of his life also removes the inspiration for what he considers his finest work. Change one thing and he changes it all.)
Writer(s): Paul O'neill, Robert Kinkel
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