"My Only Star" is the sixth track on Finnish symphonic power metal band Amberian Dawn

Amberian Dawn

Amberian Dawn is a Finnish symphonic power metal band, formed in 2006 by Tuomas Seppälä and Tommi Kuri. Their third album End of Eden was released on Spinefarm Records in October 2010.-Atheme One :...

's 2008 album, River of Tuoni. As all of Amberian Dawn's compositions, the song was composed by band leader Tuomas Seppälä

Tuomas Seppälä

Tuomas Seppälä is a Finnish guitarist, keyboardist and composer, best known as a founding member and main composer of the Finnish symphonic power metal band Amberian Dawn...

 and its lyrics were written by lead singer Heidi Parviainen

Heidi Parviainen

Heidi Parviainen is a Finnish soprano singer, best known as the lead singer of the symphonic power metal band Amberian Dawn since 2006...

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Composition

The song is River of Tuonis only ballad, as well as the longest of the band's tracks to that date. It is slow and features heavy input from keyboard

Musical keyboard

A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the...

 strings, accompanied by drums, distorted guitars and bass, alongside the soprano

Soprano

A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...

 vocals of Heidi Parviainen

Heidi Parviainen

Heidi Parviainen is a Finnish soprano singer, best known as the lead singer of the symphonic power metal band Amberian Dawn since 2006...

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Music video

In January of 2009

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, Amberian Dawn released a live music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 recording of the song, with footage from the 2008 River of Tuoni tour, marking their first music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

and so far only live recording.