Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: Ko Tuomas Holopainen, kaituhi o te nuinga o nga kupu me nga puoro o te roopu, e kii ana ko ia te nuinga o te whakaaweawe mo nga waiata a Nightwish mai i nga puoro kiriata. Ko ngā waiata pēnei i te "Beauty of the Beast" (mai i te Century Child), "Ghost Love Score" (mai i Once) me te "The Poet and the Pendulum" (mai i te Dark Passion Play) he tauira o tēnei pānga. I kii ano a Holopainen ko te puoro kiriata te puoro e whakarongo ana ia mo te waatea. He pai ki a ia, hei tauira, nga puoro puoro ki te Village, Van Helsing, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe me Crimson Tide, me te mea katoa i tuhia e Hans Zimmer. Ko etahi atu waiata, penei i te "Bye Bye Beautiful" (mai i te Dark Passion Play), me te "Wish I Had an Angel" (mai i te Once) he waahanga o te whakarewa umanga, me etahi atu, penei i te "The Islander" me te "Last of the Wilds" (mai i te Dark Passion Play), "Creek Mary's Blood" (mai i te Once), me te Angels Fall First album he waahanga o te puoro iwi. Ko nga roopu i whakahuatia hei awe ki a Nightwish ko Children of Bodom, Theatre of Tragedy, The Gathering, My Dying Bride, Tiamat me The 3rd and the Mortal. Kua tohua a Nightwish hei puna whakaaweawe mo etahi atu roopu. Ko Simone Simons, te kaiwaiata matua o te roopu puoro symphonic / gothic metal a Epica, i kii i tiimata tana waiata na te pukaemi Oceanborn 1998 a Nightwish. I kii a Sander Gommans o After Forever ko te Nightwish "ka tino awe i a maatau ki te hanga waiata hou". Kua whakamāramahia e Tony Kakko, te kaiwaiata matua o Sonata Arctica, te nui o te pānga o Nightwish ki a ia. I te marama o Tihema 2015, i whakaahuatia e Dave Everley o Metal Hammer ko "te roopu whakarewa tino angitu o te whenua o Europi, hoatu, tango ranei i te Rammstein".  Pātai: Ko Simone Simons te tangata o mua o te rōpū?
Ko Epica