Well, I just got a huge stack of Danny Elfman albums and boy howdy. I mean, I was always a huge Burton fan growing up and I always loved Elfman's stuff, but I never knew how much of it there was, and how good it could be.
The Batman soundtrack is just so powerful that, to be honest, I can't remember a single thing about the new version's soundtrack. The opening title song of Mars Attacks is a clever and decidedly alien tune that effectively combined Bernard Herman's "The Day the Earth Stood Still" with John Williams' "The Empire Strikes Back". And Beetlejuice... well, that's just plain good.
Screechy violins, crazy willowy choir women, and low piano keys FOR GREAT JUSTICE.
{EDIT} I forgot Edward Scissorhands, the theme which is used to this day in previews and commercials constantly.
Usually during the holiday season, admittedly.
-What's your favorite Elfman work?
The Batman soundtrack is just so powerful that, to be honest, I can't remember a single thing about the new version's soundtrack. The opening title song of Mars Attacks is a clever and decidedly alien tune that effectively combined Bernard Herman's "The Day the Earth Stood Still" with John Williams' "The Empire Strikes Back". And Beetlejuice... well, that's just plain good.
Screechy violins, crazy willowy choir women, and low piano keys FOR GREAT JUSTICE.
{EDIT} I forgot Edward Scissorhands, the theme which is used to this day in previews and commercials constantly.
Usually during the holiday season, admittedly.
-What's your favorite Elfman work?