Amy Lynn Hartzler best known as Amy Lee, is an American singer-songwriter and classically

Classical music

Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...

 trained pianist. She is co-founder and lead vocalist of the rock band Evanescence

Evanescence

Evanescence is an American rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1995 by singer/pianist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody. After recording private albums, the band released their first full-length album, Fallen, on Wind-up Records in 2003. Fallen sold more than 17 million copies worldwide...

. She cites influences ranging from classical musicians such as Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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 to modern artists Björk

Björk

Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...

, Tori Amos

Tori Amos

Tori Amos is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument...

, Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman

Daniel Robert "Danny" Elfman is an American composer, best known for scoring music for television and film. Up until 1995, he was the lead singer and songwriter in the rock band Oingo Boingo, a group he formed in 1976...

 and Plumb

Plumb (singer)

Tiffany Arbuckle Lee is a Contemporary Christian singer-songwriter who uses the stage name Plumb...

. Along with her contributions to Evanescence, Lee has also participated on numerous other musical projects including Walt Disney Records

Walt Disney Records

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' 2008 release of The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack

The Nightmare Before Christmas (soundtrack)

The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the 1993 soundtrack to the film of the same name. Composed by Danny Elfman, the soundtrack was nominated for the 1993 Golden Globe for best original score. The album peaked at #98 on the Billboard 200...

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