The Songwriter’s Dead
Tuomas Holopainen is a songwriter, composer and co-founder of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. I think Tuomas is one of the best songwriters of our times. His songwriting is heavily inspired by literature and poetry, and these are a few of the books that inspired his songs and albums. The name of the list is a reference to a lyrics from a song he wrote The Poet and the Pendulum by Nightwish, one of my all-time favorites.
created by XII.XXVIII
last updated July, 2026
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The Pit and the Pendulum - Dark Passion Play and The Poet and the Pendulum
Leaves of Grass - Song of Myself
Walden - The Crow, the Owl and the Dove and My Walden
Dragonlance and Lord of the Rings - Wishmaster
The Greatest Show on Earth- The Greatest Show on Earth
The Name of the Wind and Wise Man's Fear - Edema Ruh
Wolves of the Calla in the Dark Tower - 7 Days to the Wolves
The Ancestor’s Tale - Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Romeo and juliet - Shoemaker
Peter Pan, the snowman and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Storytime
The dark tower - Escapist
