asked to turn poem into song ‘Late Goodbye’

In 2003, Saaresto’s friend Sami Järvi , a script-writer working at Remedy Entertainment handed Saaresto a poem he had written, asking him to turn it into a song to use in Remedy’s video game Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne . The song, entitled ” Late Goodbye “, was used as the ending-theme of the game as well as a recurring motif, being sung and whistled by multiple characters. It was produced by Markus “Captain” Kaarlonen, who joined the band shortly after due to Saaresto and Tukiainen admiring his work. In order to have creative freedom and full control over the band, the members founded their own independent record label, Insomniac, which they have been releasing all their albums through ever since.