Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This section needs additional citations for verification. The first song they started to play was 'Ghost Love Score', we had no idea what to expect, and I just thought: This can't be happening!' Musical style It was one of the most amazing experiences in my life. Musically it was pretty laid-back from our side because everyone involved in the orchestra really knew their stuff, so we basically spent two days lying on the couch hearing all these people playing our songs, enjoying every moment. This was like our second breakthrough in a way Oceanborn (1998) broke us, took us to the big league. At that time we also had the financial resources to do it.
In a 2008 Kerrang! interview, Tuomas Holopainen remembered: 'Doing this kind of really orchestral, symphonic stuff for four albums, you have to be prepared to take the next step and go 10 steps beyond, and that's how we ended up with the London Session Orchestra.
