"The Islander" is the tenth track on symphonic metal band Nightwish’s Dark Passion Play album.

[2] It has a steampunk theme with airships, and features the old sailor (the "Islander" of the title) walking along a beach through the fog dragging a boat behind him and haunted by ghosts of his past.

[2] Later we see him in a flashback as a young man playing the uilleann pipes (portrayed by Troy Donockley) with trees blossoming after he ends his life by dropping anchor and being relieved of his burdens.

A spotlight shines on Hietala and Vuorinen, who sit on two chairs with acoustic guitars, and start to play the song.

She was most often seen wearing a tiara during the song, to fit with the line "Princess in the tower.."[3] At the end of the song, Holopainen usually also played a bit of '"The Heart Asks Pleasure First", the main theme by Michael Nyman from the movie The Piano, a piece of music the band covered but didn't get the permission to release from Nyman.