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Luca Turilli (born 5 March 1972) is an Italian musician (primarily a guitarist) and composer. He is one of the founders of the symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire. He also worked on a trilogy of solo albums as Luca Turilli. He has now formed a second side band, named Luca Turilli's Dreamquest, alongside Dominique Leurquin, which released its first album, Lost Horizons, in the summer of 2006. More recently in fall 2008 he also began an online guitar course, titled Luca Turilli's Neoclassical Revelation. The course takes its name from his neoclassical playing style.
On every Rhapsody of Fire album, Luca is the only lyricist and composes all the music with the keyboardist, Alex Staropoli (except for Il Canto del Vento written, lyrics and music, by the vocalist, Fabio Lione) and plays most of the lead guitars. He composes all the music for both his solo projects. He plays guitars on his solo trilogy and keyboards with Luca Turilli's Dreamquest featuring Dominique Leurquin as the guitarist. In his career he sold more more than 1.5 million copies of his albums defining a new style of music based on the impact of rock and the one of the most epic soundtracks.
Purple winter night
Veiled my darkened soul
While my tired eyes
Close at evening's call
Golden river flow
Cross the land of fate
There where lies the stair
And angels' marble gate
FROM THE WIDE MAGIC REIGN OF A THOUSAND GATES
WHERE ARE HIDDEN CRYSTAL SECRET SKIES
WHERE MY DREAMQUEST ENDS WHERE RAINBOWS SHINE
THERE WHERE MY SOUL FLIES
Once beyond the gate
I can not describe
What my mind could see
Through celestial eyes
All that I'd been searching
Finally was found
Only dreams could tell me
There's a reason why
Ancient wisdom
Sacred courage, fly
FROM THE WIDE MAGIC REIGN OF A THOUSAND GATES
WHERE ARE HIDDEN CRYSTAL SECRET SKIES
WHERE MY DREAMQUEST ENDS WHERE RAINBOWS SHINE
THERE WHERE MY SOUL FLIES
Feel the wind and steal the air
Breath in!
Live your dream with your soul's eyes
You're free!
Let the mystic sunshine
Fly beyond the borders
Enter your mind's depth
To expand your conscience
So the tired minds can rise again
Holy moonlight
Calm my heart now, rise
FROM THE WIDE MAGIC REIGN OF A THOUSAND GATES
WHERE ARE HIDDEN CRYSTAL SECRET SKIES
WHERE MY DREAMQUEST ENDS WHERE RAINBOWS SHINE
THERE WHERE MY SOUL FLIES