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Danny Elfman, who has scored many of Tim Burton's imaginative films (Edward Scissorhands, his two Batman films, etc.), is a perfect musical partner for the somewhat macabre director, and never more so than here, where, in fact, Elfman gets not only to write the music but to play the part of the main character. The Nightmare Before Christmas is an animated movie musical about the abduction of Christmas by the denizens of Halloween land, and Elfman sings the part of Jack, the Pumpkin King. The score is in his usual lush but threatening style (Kurt Weill is his biggest influence), but the highlight is Elfman's singing. Even in his rock band Oingo Boingo (now merely Boingo), Elfman doesn't get to sing like this. Granted, the soundtrack album inevitably lacks the film's outlandish visuals, but it tells the story on its own, and one is better able to appreciate Elfman's outstanding performance.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Sharon Rice, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark McKenzie, Unknown, Other - Danny Elfman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - dave collins, Unknown, Other - Patti Zimmitti, Unknown, Other - J.A.C. Redford, Conductor - BOB BADAMI, Producer, Editor, Associate Producer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Bartek, Unknown, Other - Mark Mann, Unknown, Other - Bill Easystone, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Bass, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megan Cavallari, Unknown, Other - Joel Franklin, Unknown, Other - Richard Kraft, Producer, Associate Producer - Letitia Rogers, Unknown, Other
℗ 1993 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Henri Poirier, Narrator, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Danny Elfman, ComposerLyricist - Philippe Videcoq, Translator, Unknown, Other, MainArtist - Georges Costa, Unknown, Other - Michel Elias, MainArtist - Richard Darbois, MainArtist - Daniel Berretta, MainArtist - Johana Michel, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Philippe Videcoq, Unknown, Other - Georges Costa, Unknown, Other - Olivier Constantin, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Sharon Rice, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark McKenzie, Unknown, Other - Danny Elfman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - dave collins, Unknown, Other - Patti Zimmitti, Unknown, Other - J.A.C. Redford, Conductor - BOB BADAMI, Producer, Editor, Associate Producer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Bartek, Unknown, Other - Mark Mann, Unknown, Other - Bill Easystone, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Bass, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megan Cavallari, Unknown, Other - Joel Franklin, Unknown, Other - Richard Kraft, Producer, Associate Producer - Letitia Rogers, Unknown, Other
℗ 1993 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Danny Elfman, ComposerLyricist - Philippe Videcoq, Translator, Unknown, Other - Georges Costa, Unknown, Other - Olivier Constantin, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Philippe Videcoq, Unknown, Other - Georges Costa, Unknown, Other - Olivier Constantin, MainArtist - The Citizens of Halloween, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Sharon Rice, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark McKenzie, Unknown, Other - Danny Elfman, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - dave collins, Unknown, Other - Patti Zimmitti, Unknown, Other - J.A.C. Redford, Conductor - BOB BADAMI, Producer, Editor, Associate Producer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Bartek, Unknown, Other - Mark Mann, Unknown, Other - Bill Easystone, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Bass, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megan Cavallari, Unknown, Other - Joel Franklin, Unknown, Other - Richard Kraft, Producer, Associate Producer - Letitia Rogers, Unknown, Other
℗ 1993 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Philippe Videcoq, Unknown, Other - Georges Costa, Unknown, Other - Olivier Constantin, MainArtist - The Citizens of Halloween, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Danny Elfman, ComposerLyricist - Philippe Videcoq, Unknown, Other - Georges Costa, Unknown, Other - Michel Costa, MainArtist - Karine Costa, MainArtist - Bertrand Lieberg, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Danny Elfman, Producer - Philippe Videcoq, Unknown, Other - Georges Costa, Unknown, Other - Les Choeurs - L'étrange Noël de Monsieur Jack, MainArtist - Les Personnages d’Halloween, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Sharon Rice, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark McKenzie, Unknown, Other - Danny Elfman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - dave collins, Unknown, Other - Patti Zimmitti, Unknown, Other - J.A.C. Redford, Conductor - BOB BADAMI, Producer, Editor, Associate Producer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Bartek, Unknown, Other - Mark Mann, Unknown, Other - Bill Easystone, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Bass, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megan Cavallari, Unknown, Other - Joel Franklin, Unknown, Other - Richard Kraft, Producer, Associate Producer - Letitia Rogers, Unknown, Other
℗ 1993 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Danny Elfman, ComposerLyricist - Philippe Videcoq, Translator, Unknown, Other - Georges Costa, Unknown, Other - Richard Darbois, MainArtist - Henri Poirier, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Philippe Videcoq, Unknown, Other - Georges Costa, Unknown, Other - Nina Moratto, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Sharon Rice, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark McKenzie, Unknown, Other - Danny Elfman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - dave collins, Unknown, Other - Patti Zimmitti, Unknown, Other - J.A.C. Redford, Conductor - BOB BADAMI, Producer, Editor, Associate Producer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Bartek, Unknown, Other - Mark Mann, Unknown, Other - Bill Easystone, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Bass, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megan Cavallari, Unknown, Other - Joel Franklin, Unknown, Other - Richard Kraft, Producer, Associate Producer - Letitia Rogers, Unknown, Other
℗ 1993 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Philippe Videcoq, Unknown, Other - Georges Costa, Unknown, Other - Olivier Constantin, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Sharon Rice, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark McKenzie, Unknown, Other - Danny Elfman, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - dave collins, Unknown, Other - Patti Zimmitti, Unknown, Other - J.A.C. Redford, Conductor - BOB BADAMI, Producer, Editor, Associate Producer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Bartek, Unknown, Other - Mark Mann, Unknown, Other - Bill Easystone, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Bass, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megan Cavallari, Unknown, Other - Joel Franklin, Unknown, Other - Richard Kraft, Producer, Associate Producer - Letitia Rogers, Unknown, Other
℗ 1993 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Danny Elfman, Producer - Philippe Videcoq, Unknown, Other - Georges Costa, Unknown, Other - Olivier Constantin, MainArtist - Les Choeurs - L'étrange Noël de Monsieur Jack, MainArtist - Les Personnages d’Halloween, MainArtist - Nina Moratto, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Sharon Rice, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark McKenzie, Unknown, Other - Danny Elfman, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - dave collins, Unknown, Other - Patti Zimmitti, Unknown, Other - J.A.C. Redford, Conductor - BOB BADAMI, Producer, Editor, Associate Producer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Bartek, Unknown, Other - Mark Mann, Unknown, Other - Bill Easystone, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Bass, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megan Cavallari, Unknown, Other - Joel Franklin, Unknown, Other - Richard Kraft, Producer, Associate Producer - Letitia Rogers, Unknown, Other
℗ 1993 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Sharon Rice, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark McKenzie, Unknown, Other - Danny Elfman, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - dave collins, Unknown, Other - Patti Zimmitti, Unknown, Other - J.A.C. Redford, Conductor - BOB BADAMI, Producer, Editor, Associate Producer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Bartek, Unknown, Other - Mark Mann, Unknown, Other - Bill Easystone, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Bass, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Megan Cavallari, Unknown, Other - Joel Franklin, Unknown, Other - Richard Kraft, Producer, Associate Producer - Letitia Rogers, Unknown, Other
℗ 1993 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Album review
Danny Elfman, who has scored many of Tim Burton's imaginative films (Edward Scissorhands, his two Batman films, etc.), is a perfect musical partner for the somewhat macabre director, and never more so than here, where, in fact, Elfman gets not only to write the music but to play the part of the main character. The Nightmare Before Christmas is an animated movie musical about the abduction of Christmas by the denizens of Halloween land, and Elfman sings the part of Jack, the Pumpkin King. The score is in his usual lush but threatening style (Kurt Weill is his biggest influence), but the highlight is Elfman's singing. Even in his rock band Oingo Boingo (now merely Boingo), Elfman doesn't get to sing like this. Granted, the soundtrack album inevitably lacks the film's outlandish visuals, but it tells the story on its own, and one is better able to appreciate Elfman's outstanding performance.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:41
- Main artist: Various Artists
- Composer: Danny Elfman
- Label: Walt Disney Records
- Genre: Soundtracks Film Soundtracks
© 1994 The Walt Disney Company This Compilation ℗ 1994 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
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