Cool Stuff: Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box Limited Edition Set
By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 5, 2010 9:00 am EST
Warner Bros has announced the release of the Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box, a limited edition set which celebrates 25 years of creative collaboration between the duo. The box set features more than 19 hours of music, including fan-requested expansions of 13 film scores (in CD cases featuring artwork created by Burton), plus seven hours of previously unreleased music, a Tim Burton-designed USB skeleton Flash Drive containing MP3s of the whole collection, and a bonus DVD featuring an exclusive conversation between Elfman and Burton.
Not only that, but the set which is limited to only 1000 copies, includes Danse Macabre: 25 Years of Danny Elfman and Tim Burton, a “meticulously researched, lavishly illustrated 250+ page fine linen-wrapped hardbound book, entitled with gold foil stamping, and featuring a foreword by Johnny Depp. The book also includes rare photos, stories, and interviews from the cast and crew behind the scenes of this classic music”. The set is boxed in something that is “designed to evoke a treasure chest found in a mysterious attic” — a large scale, tin-covered music box complete with an embedded music chip playing “The Music Box Suite” arranged and performed by Elfman specifically for this historic collection. And to literally top it all off, with a flip of the lid, a delightful working zoetrope is revealed featuring strips of art and photos by Burton and Elfman that come to animated life with a spin.
The set will be released in December 2010 and is available for preorder on www.elfmanburton.com for $499.99 (plus shipping). Looks amazing, but I can’t justify that high of a price. And at that price it should come signed by both Elfman and Burton (the set is hand numbered but not signed). Check out photos and more information after the jump. Collectible Zoetrope Box
A collection of music as unique as Danny Elfman’s for the film of Tim Burton needed to be housed in something equally special, wondrous, and whimsical. Designed to evoke a treasure chest found in a mysterious attic, The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box is a work of art in itself. Grammy-winning designer Matt Taylor has transformed previously unseen art by Tim Burton and crafted a large scale, tin-covered music box complete with an embedded music chip playing “The Music Box Suite” arranged and performed by Danny Elfman specifically for this historic collection. And to literally top it all off, with a flip of the lid, a delightful working zoetrope is revealed featuring strips of art and photos by Tim Burton and Danny Elfman that come to animated life with a spin.
With compartments for the 16 expanded-score CDs, 250+ page hardcover book Danse Macabre: 25 Years Of Danny Elfman And Tim Burton, the bonus DVD “A Conversation With Danny Elfman & Tim Burton,” and the collectible Skeleton Key USB Drive, this is a massive box set worthy of any coffee table or desk.
Skeleton Key USB Flash Drive
As a collectible created exclusively for this treasure box of music, a distinctive Skeleton Key USB Flash Drive has been designed—inspired by the art of Tim Burton. A pull of the key unlocks a USB drive loaded with MP3s of the entire contents of this Limited-Edition Music Box. From Pee-wee’s Big Adventure through Alice In Wonderland, it’s all there, including all the bonus tracks, demos, work tapes, and other rarities. Updated Music & Expanded Soundtracks
For the last 25 years, collectors and fans have been asking for expanded soundtracks featuring music left off the original album releases. Now, for the first time, all 13 Elfman/Burton film soundtracks have been enhanced to include additional masters of missing music previously excluded from their initial release. In addition, this box set will include the premiere release of the original soundtrack album of Burton and Elfman’s first collaboration, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure. After a quarter of a century, the original soundtrack recordings have been discovered, edited and mastered by Danny Elfman. Also included are highlights of the score’s re-recording. This collection also includes bonus tracks of music created by Elfman for Tim Burton’s projects outside the world of cinema, including scores to television (Beetlejuice: The Animated Series and expanded versions of The Jar and Family Dog), the web (The World Of Stainboy), and the debut release of the incidental music to Tim Burton’s exhibit for the Museum of Modern Art.
A major, previously unheard rarity is the discovery of demos of Danny Elfman’s unused score for the Edward Scissorhands Ballet. Foreshadowing Elfman’s symphony, Serenada Schizophrana, and his Twyla Tharp ballet, Rabbit And Rogue, this unused score offers a fascinating glimpse into one of Elfman’s most beautiful and ambitious works. For a glimpse behind the scenes of the creation of his music, Danny Elfman has reached into his archive to find rare, never-before-heard work tapes and score demos, including early drafts of his music for Batman, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Big Fish, and Alice In Wonderland. Elfman has also unearthed early demos of the songs from his three Burton musicals (Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, and Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride) featuring Elfman singing all the parts of all the characters. Song’s cut from these films have also been discovered, including “Erased” from Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride and an unreleased rock song, “This Time,” created to promote The Nightmare Before Christmas. Another sight into Elfman’s process is provided via percussion and synth-and-percussion-only versions of his innovative score to the Planet Of The Apes.
As a bonus treat, instrumental, orchestra-only versions of all the songs from each of his musicals have become part of this compilation. A sampling of fascinating foreign-language versions of songs from The Nightmare Before Christmas are also part of this package. Another bonus feature is the inclusion of Elfman’s demos of the themes for the Burton-produced animated feature, 9. Fan-requested rarities and obscurities have also been included, such as the “Beetlejuice Commercial,” the film version of “The Landing” from Mars Attacks!, the film version of the “Christmas Eve Montage” from The Nightmare Before Christmas, additional battle music from Alice In Wonderland, and versions of “Victor’s Piano Solo” and “The Piano Duet” from Corpse Bride appear without dialogue. Even the Singing Elves have been added back into the mix of Nightmare’s “What’s This?” To help celebrate this unique 25th anniversary commemorative release, Danny Elfman has arranged and recorded four exclusive Music Box Suites featuring new, music box-flavored renditions of songs from such scores as Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, and Pee-wee’s Big Adventure. This collection has also allowed Danny Elfman a unique opportunity to remaster his scores with particular emphasis on improving sonics on both Batman and Sleepy Hollow. In the case of Batman, a better-sounding source of the music was located and re-edited to re-create a superior version of this legendary soundtrack album.
Exclusive 250+ Page Hardcover Book
THE DANNY ELFMAN & TIM BURTON 25TH ANNIVERSARY MUSIC BOX is accompanied by a fine linen-wrapped hardbound book with gold foil stamping produced exclusively for this collection. This meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated 250+ page book features a foreword by Johnny Depp, as well as rare photos, stories, and interviews from the cast and crew, behind-the-scenes of this classic music—from the early days of Elfman’s band Oingo Boingo to the recent blockbuster film, Alice In Wonderland. This comprehensive 10"x10" keepsake book, DANSE MACABRE: 25 YEARS OF DANNY ELFMAN AND TIM BURTON is written by acclaimed film-music journalist Jeff Bond and designed by Grammy-winning designer Matt Taylor. Also accompanying each CD are newly created liner notes by Danny Elfman discussing each expanded score and their bonus material of Additional Masters, Song and Score Demos, Work Tapes, Orchestra-Only Song Mixes, and Foreign Language Versions. Over 80 actors, writers, directors, composers, editors, singers, and others were interviewed to paint a compelling picture of this historic teaming of Elfman and Burton. Interviewed are such collaborators and peers as:
Allison Abbate (producer) Bill Abbott (music editor) Jon Amiel (director) John August (writer) Bob Badami (music editor) Rick Baker (makeup artist) Steve Bartek (orchestrator) Timur Bekmambetov (director) Jon Brion (composer) Paul Broucek (music department) Jon Burlingame (author) Tim Burton (director) Carter Burwell (composer) Bruce Cohen (producer) Denise Di Novi (producer) Guillermo Del Toro (director) Alexandre Desplat (composer) Bruce Dukov (concert master) Danny Elfman (composer) Laura Engel (agent) Bobby Fernandez (engineer) Mike Gerhard (record producer) Michael Giacchino (composer) Philip Glass (composer) Taylor Hackford (director) Paul Haggis (director) Don Hahn (producer) Rick Heinrichs (production designer) Dan Jinks (producer) Joe Johnston (director) Jeffrey Jones (actor) Tom Jones (singer) Michael Keaton (actor) Lukas Kendall (record producer) Mike Knobloch (music department) Richard Kraft (agent) Robert Kraft (music department) Gary LeMel (music department) Chris Lebenzon (editor) Ang Lee (director) Dan Vebber (writer) Deborah Lurie (composer) John Mauceri (conductor) Chris Montan (music department) Erroll Morris (director) Mark Mothersbaugh (composer) Shawn Murphy (engineer) Lennie Neihaus (conductor) Kathy Nelson (music department)
Thomas Newman (composer) James Newton Howard (composer) Catherine O’Hara (actress) Bobbi Page (singer) Ken Page (actor) Jon Peters (producer) John Powell (composer) Brett Ratner (director) Paul Reubens (actor) Emil Richards (musician) David Rockwell (architect) Doreen Ringer Ross (BMI) Joe Roth (producer) Deep Roy (actor) Scott Rudin (producer) Dennis Sands (engineer) Ellen Segal (music editor) Henry Selick (director) Marc Shaiman (composer) Edward Shearmur (composer) Howard Shore (composer) Alan Silvestri (composer) Randy Spendlove (music department) Twyla Tharp (choreographer) Caroline Thompson (writer) Suzanne Todd (producer) Robert Townson (record producer) Gus Van Sant (director) Billy Weber (editor) Bo Welch (production designer) Richard Zanuck (producer) Taylor White (collector) Video:Press Release:WARNER BROS. RECORDS TO RELEASE THE DANNY ELFMAN & TIM BURTON 25TH ANNIVERSARY MUSIC BOX THIS DECEMBER LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 ELABORATE COLLECTIBLE PACKAGES CELBRATES 25 YEARS OF CREATIVE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ACCLAIMED COMPOSER ELFMAN AND LEGENDARY FILM DIRECTOR BURTON AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER AT WWW.ELFMANBURTON.COM Package Features More Than 19 Hours Of Music, Including Fan-Requested Expansions Of 13 Film Scores, Plus Seven Hours Of Previously Unreleased Music, A Skeleton USB Flash Drive Containing MP3s Of The Music And A Bonus DVD Featuring An Exclusive Conversation Between Elfman And Burton
Burbank, CA – This December, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the ingenious collaboration between renowned composer Danny Elfman and legendary film director Tim Burton, Warner Bros. Records will release The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box, a very special limited-edition, numbered box set of 1000 that collects expansions of the 13 original scores that Elfman has composed for Burton’s iconic films: a newly produced library of 16 CDs each packaged with artwork by Burton, adding up to more than 19 hours of music. Additionally, the package will contain a bonus DVD of a recent exclusive conversation between Elfman and Burton discussing every film and score in their remarkable quarter century collaboration. The box is available for preorder starting today, October 1st at www.elfmanburton.com. This elaborate and lovingly designed collectible box set includes the first-time-ever soundtrack release of Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985), as well as scores to the films Beetlejuice (1988), Batman (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Batman Returns (1992), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Mars Attacks! (1986), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Planet of the Apes (2001), Big Fish (2003), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), and Alice in Wonderland (2010). It also includes music from Elfman and Burton’s numerous other collaborations: Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Jar, Amazing Stories: Family Dog, Beetlejuice: The Animated Series, The World of Stainboy, Tim Burton’s Museum of Modern Art Exhibit and Danny Elfman’s unused score to the Edward Scissorhands Ballet.
Additional highlights of The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box include: Among the 19 hours of music are seven hours of previously unreleased music including such rarities as additional masters, cut songs, song and score demos, work tapes, orchestra-only song mixes, and foreign-language songs. Danse Macabre: 25 Years of Danny Elfman and Tim Burton: A meticulously researched, lavishly illustrated 250+ page fine linen-wrapped hardbound book, entitled with gold foil stamping, and featuring a foreword by Johnny Depp. The book also includes rare photos, stories, and interviews from the cast and crew behind the scenes of this classic music — from the early days of Elfman’s band Oingo Boingo to the recent blockbuster film Alice in Wonderland. Interviewed are such collaborators and peers as Guillermo Del Toro, Phillip Glass, Paul Haggis, James Newton Howard, Tom Jones, Michael Keaton, Ang Lee, Errol Morris, Thomas Newman, Catherine O’Hara, Jon Peters, Paul Reubens, David Rockwell, Scott Rudin, Marc Shaiman, Howard Shore, Twyla Tharp, Gus Van Sant, and Richard Zanuck. This comprehensive 10"x10" keepsake book is written by acclaimed film-music journalist Jeff Bond and designed by Grammy Award winning designer Matt Taylor. An hour-long exclusive, newly filmed DVD featuring an extended conversation between Burton and Elfman as they reflect on their quarter-century collaboration. As a collectible created exclusively for this treasure box of music, a distinctive Skeleton Key USB Flash Drive has been designed—inspired by the art of Tim Burton. A pull of the key unlocks a USB drive loaded with MP3s of the entire contents of this Limited-Edition Music Box. From Pee-wee’s Big Adventure through Alice In Wonderland, it’s all there, including all the bonus tracks, demos, work tapes, and other rarities. Newly created liner notes by Elfman discussing each expanded score and their bonus material of additional masters, song and score demos, work tapes, orchestra-only song mixes, and foreign language versions. A collection of music as unique as Elfman’s for the films of Tim Burton needed to be housed in something equally special, wondrous, and whimsical. Designed to evoke a treasure chest found in a mysterious attic, The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box is a work of art in itself. Grammy-winning designer Matt Taylor has transformed previously unseen art by Burton and crafted a large scale, tin-covered music box complete with an embedded music chip playing “The Music Box Suite” arranged and performed by Elfman specifically for this historic collection. And to literally top it all off, with a flip of the lid, a delightful working zoetrope is revealed featuring strips of art and photos by Burton and Elfman that come to animated life with a spin. The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box will be released as a Collectors Limited and Numbered Edition Box of 1,000 copies. The Danny Elfman and Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box is produced by Danny Elfman and Tim Burton and executive produced by Richard Kraft and Laura Engel. About Danny Elfman: Four-time Oscar-nominated and Grammy-winning composer Danny Elfman has scored such diverse films as Spider-Man, Good Will Hunting, Beetlejuice, Batman, Men in Black, Midnight Run, Big Fish, Dick Tracy, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Mission:Impossible, Chicago, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Milk. His 25-year, 13 film collaboration with director Tim Burton began in 1985 when Elfman was pulled from his band Oingo Boingo to score Pee-wee’s Big Adveture and continues with 2010?s blockbuster Alice in Wonderland. Elfman made his classical music debut at Carnegie Hall with his symphony, “Serenada Schizophrana” followed up with “The Overeager Overture” which premiered at The Hollywood Bowl. His first ballet, “Rabbit and Rouge” choreographed by Twyla Tharp debuted with the American Ballet Theatre at Lincoln Center. . His upcoming projects include Paul Haggis’ Next Three Days, Real Steel, Gus Van Sant’s Restless, Men in Black 3, Tim Burton’s stop motion feature, Frankenweenie and Cirque du Soleil’s “Iris” scheduled to bow in residence in Summer 2011 at Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre. Elfman is also known for the classic television themes to The Simpsons and Desperate Housewives.
About Tim Burton: Tim Burton has directed memorable and stylistic films, ranging from Batman, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Big Fish and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. His most recent blockbuster, Alice in Wonderland broke the billion dollar mark. His films have collected 6 Academy Awards and 11 Oscar nominations for everything from acting to art direction. His first feature length film, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, was also his first collaboration with composer Danny Elfman. Their instant film chemistry led them to 13 collaborations, and will continue with Burton’s upcoming stop motion animated film, Frankeneweenie. With a background in animation, Burton has done more to revive the stop motion field than any other director, starting with his first stop motion project, Vincent, and continuing through the cult classic, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride. Burton has also published a book of characters and stories, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, and most recently released an immense 430 page book comprising over 40 years of his personal and project artwork, entitled The Art of Tim Burton. He currently has an art exhibit that debuted at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and is touring through several art museums across the world.
CD Covers:
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE
- Main Title/Bike Race*
- The Breakfast Machine*
- The Bike*
- The Park Ride*
- The Mall*
- Music Shop And Beyond*
- Stolen Bike/Lonely Walk^
- Francis’ House *
- The Bath*
- The Basement*
- Hitch Hike^
- Edsel Over The Edge*
- Simone’s Theme^
- Dinosaur Dream^
- Andy Chase*
- Alamo*
- Bus Station/Simone*
- Clown Dream*
- Studio Chase*
- Pet Shop
- The Drive-In*
- Finale*
- Large Marge*
- The Fork*
- Rain/Fortune*
- Andy Chase 2*
- Cowboy Pee-wee*
- Andy And The Bull*
- Stolen Bike/Lonely Walk (film version)*
- Hitch Hike (film version)*
- Simone (film version)*
- Dino Dreams (film version)* BONUS TRACKS: 1 – 32
- Previously unreleased ^ Rerecorded version
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack BEETLEJUICE
Main Titles (with Elfman vocal intro)*
Travel Music
The Book!/Obituaries
Enter… “The Family”/Sand Worm Planet
The Fly
Lydia Discovers?
In The Model
Juno’s Theme
Beetle-Snake
“Sold”
The Flier/Lydia’s Pep Talk
The Incantation
Lydia Strikes A Bargain…
Showtime!
“Laughs”
The Wedding
The Aftermath
End Credits BONUS TRACKS:
Happy House*
Travel 2*
Delilah’s Entrance*
No Ghosts*
Keyhole 1*
Keyhole 2*
Hallway*
The Door*
Lydia Enters*
Sheet Ghost*
Idea*
Otho’s Idea*
Concern*
Pictures*
Travels III (Bike Ride)*
Musak 1*
Musak 2*
Harlot’s Hangout*
Beetlejuice: Animated Series (Main Title)
Beetlejuice Commercial*
Beetlejuice Commercial (film version)*
Main Title (work tape)* *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Score BATMAN
The Batman Theme
Roof Fight
First Confrontation
Kitchen/Surgery/Face-Off
Flowers
Clown Attack
Batman To The Rescue
Roasted Dude
Photos/Beautiful Dreamer
Descent Into Mystery
The Bat Cave
The Joker’s Poem
Childhood Remembered
Love Theme
Charge Of The Batmobile
Attack Of The Batwing (extended version)*
Up The Cathedral
Waltz To The Death
The Final Confrontation
Finale
Batman Theme Reprise BONUS TRACKS:
Bat Zone/Axis Set-Up
Joker Flies To Gotham (unused)/Batwing I
Men At Work
Vicki Gets A Gift
Alicia’s Unmasking
Sad Pictures
Joker’s Commercial (work tape)*
Joker’s Commercial (film version)
Unused Early Title Idea (worktape)*
Herrmann-esque thing (worktape)*
Axis (worktape)*
Wacky (worktape)*
Waltz—Music Box (worktape)*
Waltz—With Weird, Unused Ending (worktape)*
Wild Theme (worktape)*
Bat Wing Idea (worktape)* *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack EDWARD SCISSORHANDS THE STORY OF EDWARD SCISSORHANDS Part One: Edward Meets The World…
- Introduction (Titles)
- Storytime
- Castle On The Hill
- Beautiful New World/Home Sweet Home
- The Cookie Factory
- Ballet De Suburbia (Suite)
- Ice Dance
- Etiquette Lesson
- Edwardo The Barber Part Two: …Poor Edward!
- Esmeralda
- Death!
- The Tide Turns (Suite)
- The Final Confrontation
- Farewell…
- The Grand Finale
- The End BONUS TRACKS:
- Housewives*
- Paperdoll*
- The Tide Changes*
- Confrontation*
- Paranoia*
- The Talk Show Shocker*
- Kim At The Mall*
- Storytime (demo)*
- Suburbia (demo)*
- Misc. (unused demo)*
- Ice Dance (demo)* *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack BATMAN RETURNS
Birth Of A Penguin I
Birth Of A Penguin II
The Lair I
The Lair II
Selina Transforms I
Selina Transforms II
The Cemetery
Cat Suite
Batman Vs. The Circus
The Rise And Fall From Grace I
The Rise And Fall From Grace II
Sore Spots
Rooftops/Wild Ride I
Rooftops/Wild Ride II
The Children’s Hour
The Final Confrontation I
The Final Confrontation II
The Finale I
The Finale II
End Credits BONUS TRACKS:
Penguin’s Grand Deed
Catwoman Saves Joan
Revealed/Party Crasher
Penguin Theme 1 (work tape) *
Penguin March (work tape)*
Penguin Theme 2 (work tape)*
Penguin Theme 3 (work tape)*
Death Of The Penguin (demo)* *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack TIM BURTON’S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Overture
Opening — Narration by Patrick Stewart
This Is Halloween — Performed by the Citizens of Halloween
Post Party*
Jack’s Lament — Performed by Danny Elfman
Doctor Finklestein/In The Forest
What’s This? (Singing Elf mix)* — Performed by Danny Elfman
Sally’s Lament/Wandering Jack*
Jack Returns*
Town Meeting Song Intro*
Town Meeting Song — Performed by Danny Elfman and Cast
Jack And Sally Montage
Jack’s Obsession — Performed by Danny Elfman and Cast
Work In Progress*
Kidnap The Sandy Claws — Performed by Paul Reubens, Catherine O’Hara and Danny Elfman
Bunny*
Making Christmas Intro*
Making Christmas — Performed by Danny Elfman and the Citizens of Halloween
Nabbed
Oogie Boogie’s Song — Performed by Ken Page with Ed Ivory
Big Send-Off*
Sally’s Song — Performed by Catherine O’Hara
Christmas Eve Montage (extended film version)*
Poor Jack — Performed by Danny Elfman
To The Rescue
Back To Business*
Finale/Reprise – Performed by Danny Elfman, Catherine O’Hara and the Citizens of Halloween
Closing — Narration by Patrick Stewart
End Title BONUS TRACKS: Tracks 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 21, 23, 26 *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack MARS ATTACKS!
- Introduction
- Main Titles
- First Sighting
- The Landing
- Ungodly Experiments
- State Address
- Martian Madame
- Martian Lounge
- Return Message
- Destructo X
- Loving Heads
- Pursuit
- The War Room
- Airfield Dilemma
- New World
- Ritchie’s Speech
- End Credits BONUS TRACKS:
- Trailer
- Final Address
- First Fire Fight
- Invasion
- Boy Scout Jamboree/White House Mayhem
- Art’s Demise/Chase/Punch Out/ Viva Las Vegas
- The Big Launch
- Ungodly Experiments (alternate version)
- Barb Shares
- Battle Transition
- The Landing (extended film version)*
- Main Title (unused early version) *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
SLEEPY HOLLOW
- Introduction
- Main Titles
- Young Ichabod
- The Story…
- Masbath’s Terrible Death
- Sweet Dreams
- A Gift
- Into The Woods/The Witch
- More Dreams
- The Tree Of Death
- Bad Dream/Tender Moment
- Evil Eye
- The Church Battle
- Love Lost
- The Windmill
- The Chase
- The Final Confrontation
- A New Day!
- End Credits BONUS TRACKS:
- Young Masbath*
- Autopsy/Phony Chase*
- Phillip’s Death*
- Mysterious Figure*
- Main Titles Part 1 & 2 (film version)* *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack PLANET OF THE APES
- Main Titles
- Ape Suite #1
- Deep Space Launch
- The Hunt
- Branding The Herd
- The Dirty Deed
- Escape From Ape City/The Legend
- Ape Suite #2
- Old Flames
- Thad Goes Ape
- Preparing For Battle
- The Battle Begins
- The Return
- Main Title Deconstruction
- Rule The Planet Remix BONUS TRACKS:
- The Escape*
- Calina*
- Dinner Source*
- Main Title (synth and percussion only)*
- Camp Raid (percussion only)* *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack BIG FISH
Pictures
Big Fish (Titles)
Shoe Stealing
Underwater
Sandra’s Theme
The Growing Montage
Leaving Spectre
Return To Spectre
Rebuilding
The Journey Home
In The Tub
Sandra’s Farewell
Finale
End Titles
Jenny’s Theme BONUS TRACKS:
Titles Part 2*
The Witch*
Witch Escort*
Chicken Pox*
A Volunteer*
Journey To Specter*
River Girl*
Bedtime Story*
Enter Colossus*
Enter Karl*
Spotting Sandra*
Joining The Circus*
Circus Montage 29 Aah Love*
The Swimming Pool*
Realization*
Leaving Jenny*
Twice The Love (Siamese Twins’ Song)
Harmonics (work tape)*
Goodbye Theme (work tape)*
Sandra’s Theme (work tape)*
An Idea (work tape)*
Jenny’s Theme (work tape)*
Early Finale (demo)* *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Wonka’s Welcome Song
Augustus Gloop
Violet Beauregarde
Veruca Salt
Mike Teavee
Main Titles
Wonka’s First Shop
The Indian Palace
Wheels In Motion
Charlie’s Birthday Bar
The Golden Ticket/Factory
Chocolate Explorers
Loompa Land
The Boat Arrives
The River Cruise
First Candy
Up And Out
The River Cruise — Part 2
Charlie Declines
Finale
End Credit Suite BONUS TRACKS:
The Exciting Day*
The Busy Beavers*
Charlie’s Jackpot*
Moms And Dads*
Chocolate River*
Violet’s Transformation*
Bad Nut*
Escape To Fudge Mountain*
Willy Leaves Home*
Mike’s Zapped*
The One And Only*
Willy Goes Home*
The Better Montage*
Boatride (unused demo)*
More Oompahs (early demo)* *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack TIM BURTON’S CORPSE BRIDE
Main Titles
According To Plan — Performed by Albert Finney, Joanne Lumley, Tracey Ullman and Paul Whitehouse
Victor’s Piano Solo (without dialogue)*
Into The Forest
Remains Of The Day — Performed by Danny Elfman, Jane Horrocks, Paul Baker, Alison Jiear and Gary Martin
Casting A Spell
Moon Dance
Victor’s Deception
Tears To Shed – Performed by Helena Bonham, Jane Horrocks and Enn Reitel
Victoria’s Scape
The Piano Duet (without dialogue)*
New Arrival
Victoria’s Wedding
The Wedding Song — Performed by Danny Elfman, Jane Horrocks, Paul Baker, Alison Jiear and Gary Martin
The Party Arrives 16 Victor’s Wedding
Barkis’s Bummer
The Finale
End Credits Part 1
End Credits Part 2 — Bonus Tracks from Bonejangles and His Bone Boys
Ball & Socket Lounge Music #1 (Band Version)
Remains Of The Day (Combo Lounge Version)
Bail & Socket Lounge Music #2
Ball & Socket Lounge Music #1 (Combo Version) BONUS TRACKS
Victor & Victoria Meet*
Victor’s Escape*
Be Gone Ye Demons*
Till Dawn*
Back Upstairs*
Wedding Song Intro*
Mayhew Croaks*
A Plan Is Forming*
A Plan Is Revealed*
Mini Lounge*
Unused Cue (demo)*
Introduction (demo)*
Little Melodies (work tape)* *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Alice’s Theme
Little Alice
Proposal (Down The Hole)
Doors
Drink Me
Into The Garden
Alice Reprise #1
Bandersnatched
Finding Absolem
Alice Reprise #2
The Cheshire Cat
Alice And Bayard’s Journey
Alice Reprise #3
Alice Escapes
The White Queen
Only A Dream
The Dungeon
Alice Decides
Alice Reprise #4
Going To Battle
The Final Confrontation
Blood Of The Jabberwocky
Alice Returns
Alice Reprise #5 BONUS TRACKS:
Main Title/Opening*
Alice And Mom/Sniffing*
Hatter Recital*
Bayard And The White Queen*
Castle Problems*
Saving The Hatter*
Vorpal Sword*
Alice Revealed*
Execution*
Alice Under Pressure*
Dragons & Swords*
Alice’s Theme (demo 1)*
Alice’s Theme (demo 2)*
Alice’s Theme (demo 3)*
Alice’s Theme (1st recording)* *Previously unreleased
ODDITIES AND ENDS BONUS TRACKS ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS: THE JAR
- The Jar 1*
- The Jar 2*
- The Jar 3*
- The Jar 4
- The Jar 5
- The Jar 6*
- The Jar (work tape)* AMAZING STORIES: FAMILY DOG
- Amazing Stories: Family Dog — Main Title
- Amazing Stories: Family Dog — Amazing Stories
- Family Dog: TV Series — Main Title *
- Family Dog: TV Series — End Credits* THE WORLD OF STAINBOY
- Stainboy Suite* THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: The Art Of Tim Burton
- MOMA — Christmas 1*
- MOMA — Sneaky*
- MOMA — Creepy Clowns*
- MOMA — Too Sweet*
- MOMA — Sad*
- MOMA — Eerie Circus*
- MOMA — Trailer*
- MOMA — Bells*
- MOMA — Spies*
- MOMA — Organ*
- MOMA — Calliope*
- MOMA — Alien Calliope*
- MOMA — Christmas 2* EDWARD SCISSORHANDS BALLET Unused Score Demos
- Overture*
- Funeral*
- Houligan*
- Edward Theme*
- Suburbia*
- Kim’s Room* 9
- Theme 1 (demo)*
- Theme 2 (demo)*
- Theme 3 (demo)*
- Theme 4 (demo)*
- Theme 5 (demo)*
- Theme 6 (demo)* ALICE IN WONDERLAND
- Futterwacken 1 – (demo)*
- Futterwacken 2 – (demo)*
- Futterwacken 3 – (demo)*
- Futterwacken 4 – (demo)*
- Futterwacken (final film version)*
*Previously unreleased
CURIOS AND CURIOUSER: SONG DEMOS BONUS TRACKS: TIM BURTON’S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
- Opening (Danny Elfman vocal version)
- This Is Halloween (demo)
- Jack’s Lament (demo)*
- What’s This?
- Town Meeting Song
- Jack’s Obsession (demo)*
- Kidnap The Sandy Claws (demo)
- Making Christmas (demo)
- Oogie Boogie’s Song (demo)
- Sally’s Song (instrumental demo)*
- Poor Jack (demo)*
- Finale/Reprise (demo)*
- This Time (unused electric song — demo)*
- This Is Halloween (Italian version)
- Jack’s Lament (German version)
- Oogie Boogie’s Song (Italian version)
- Sally’s Song (German version)
- Poor Jack (French version)
- Closing (Danny Elfman Vocal version) CHARLE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
- Augustus Gloop (demo)*
- Violet Beauregarde (demo)*
- Veruca Salt (demo)*
- Mike Teavee (demo)*
- Veruca Salt (unused Bollywood version – demo)* TIM BURTON’S CORPSE BRIDE
- According To Plan (demo)*
- Tears To Shed (demo)*
- Remains Of The Day (demo)*
- Erased (unused song — demo)*
- The Wedding Song (demo)* *Previously unreleased
NOTES AND NOTIONS: ORCHESTRA-ONLY VERSIONS BONUS TRACKS: TIM BURTON’S NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Opening (orchestra-only version)*
This Is Halloween (orchestra-only version)*
Jack’s Lament (orchestra-only version)*
What’s This? (orchestra-only version)*
Town Meeting Song (orchestra-only version)*
Jack’s Obsession (orchestra-only version)*
Kidnap The Sandy Claws (orchestra-only version)*
Making Christmas (orchestra-only version)*
Oogie Boogie’s Song (orchestra-only version)*
Sally’s Song (orchestra-only version)*
Finale/Reprise (orchestra-only version)*
Closing (orchestra–only version)* CHARLE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Wonka’s Welcome Song (orchestra-only version)*
Augustus Gloop (orchestra-only version)*
Violet Beauregarde (orchestra-only version)*
Veruca Salt (orchestra-only version)*
Mike Teavee (orchestra – only version)* TIM BURTON’S CORPSE BRIDE
According To Plan (orchestra-only version)*
Remains Of The Day (orchestra-only version)*
Tears To Shed (orchestra-only version)*
The Wedding Song (orchestra-only version)*
Corpse Bride Piano (work tape)* BONUS: THE DANNY ELFMAN & TIM BURTON 25th ANNIVERSARY MUSIC BOX SUITES
Medley Suite*
Edward Scissorhands Suite*
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Suite*
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure Suite*
*Previously unreleased
Cool Stuff: Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box Limited Edition Set
By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 5, 2010 9:00 am EST
Warner Bros has announced the release of the Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box, a limited edition set which celebrates 25 years of creative collaboration between the duo. The box set features more than 19 hours of music, including fan-requested expansions of 13 film scores (in CD cases featuring artwork created by Burton), plus seven hours of previously unreleased music, a Tim Burton-designed USB skeleton Flash Drive containing MP3s of the whole collection, and a bonus DVD featuring an exclusive conversation between Elfman and Burton.
Not only that, but the set which is limited to only 1000 copies, includes Danse Macabre: 25 Years of Danny Elfman and Tim Burton, a “meticulously researched, lavishly illustrated 250+ page fine linen-wrapped hardbound book, entitled with gold foil stamping, and featuring a foreword by Johnny Depp. The book also includes rare photos, stories, and interviews from the cast and crew behind the scenes of this classic music”. The set is boxed in something that is “designed to evoke a treasure chest found in a mysterious attic” — a large scale, tin-covered music box complete with an embedded music chip playing “The Music Box Suite” arranged and performed by Elfman specifically for this historic collection. And to literally top it all off, with a flip of the lid, a delightful working zoetrope is revealed featuring strips of art and photos by Burton and Elfman that come to animated life with a spin.
The set will be released in December 2010 and is available for preorder on www.elfmanburton.com for $499.99 (plus shipping). Looks amazing, but I can’t justify that high of a price. And at that price it should come signed by both Elfman and Burton (the set is hand numbered but not signed). Check out photos and more information after the jump. Collectible Zoetrope Box
A collection of music as unique as Danny Elfman’s for the film of Tim Burton needed to be housed in something equally special, wondrous, and whimsical. Designed to evoke a treasure chest found in a mysterious attic, The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box is a work of art in itself. Grammy-winning designer Matt Taylor has transformed previously unseen art by Tim Burton and crafted a large scale, tin-covered music box complete with an embedded music chip playing “The Music Box Suite” arranged and performed by Danny Elfman specifically for this historic collection. And to literally top it all off, with a flip of the lid, a delightful working zoetrope is revealed featuring strips of art and photos by Tim Burton and Danny Elfman that come to animated life with a spin.
With compartments for the 16 expanded-score CDs, 250+ page hardcover book Danse Macabre: 25 Years Of Danny Elfman And Tim Burton, the bonus DVD “A Conversation With Danny Elfman & Tim Burton,” and the collectible Skeleton Key USB Drive, this is a massive box set worthy of any coffee table or desk.
Skeleton Key USB Flash Drive
As a collectible created exclusively for this treasure box of music, a distinctive Skeleton Key USB Flash Drive has been designed—inspired by the art of Tim Burton. A pull of the key unlocks a USB drive loaded with MP3s of the entire contents of this Limited-Edition Music Box. From Pee-wee’s Big Adventure through Alice In Wonderland, it’s all there, including all the bonus tracks, demos, work tapes, and other rarities. Updated Music & Expanded Soundtracks
For the last 25 years, collectors and fans have been asking for expanded soundtracks featuring music left off the original album releases. Now, for the first time, all 13 Elfman/Burton film soundtracks have been enhanced to include additional masters of missing music previously excluded from their initial release. In addition, this box set will include the premiere release of the original soundtrack album of Burton and Elfman’s first collaboration, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure. After a quarter of a century, the original soundtrack recordings have been discovered, edited and mastered by Danny Elfman. Also included are highlights of the score’s re-recording. This collection also includes bonus tracks of music created by Elfman for Tim Burton’s projects outside the world of cinema, including scores to television (Beetlejuice: The Animated Series and expanded versions of The Jar and Family Dog), the web (The World Of Stainboy), and the debut release of the incidental music to Tim Burton’s exhibit for the Museum of Modern Art.
A major, previously unheard rarity is the discovery of demos of Danny Elfman’s unused score for the Edward Scissorhands Ballet. Foreshadowing Elfman’s symphony, Serenada Schizophrana, and his Twyla Tharp ballet, Rabbit And Rogue, this unused score offers a fascinating glimpse into one of Elfman’s most beautiful and ambitious works. For a glimpse behind the scenes of the creation of his music, Danny Elfman has reached into his archive to find rare, never-before-heard work tapes and score demos, including early drafts of his music for Batman, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Big Fish, and Alice In Wonderland. Elfman has also unearthed early demos of the songs from his three Burton musicals (Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, and Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride) featuring Elfman singing all the parts of all the characters. Song’s cut from these films have also been discovered, including “Erased” from Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride and an unreleased rock song, “This Time,” created to promote The Nightmare Before Christmas. Another sight into Elfman’s process is provided via percussion and synth-and-percussion-only versions of his innovative score to the Planet Of The Apes.
As a bonus treat, instrumental, orchestra-only versions of all the songs from each of his musicals have become part of this compilation. A sampling of fascinating foreign-language versions of songs from The Nightmare Before Christmas are also part of this package. Another bonus feature is the inclusion of Elfman’s demos of the themes for the Burton-produced animated feature, 9. Fan-requested rarities and obscurities have also been included, such as the “Beetlejuice Commercial,” the film version of “The Landing” from Mars Attacks!, the film version of the “Christmas Eve Montage” from The Nightmare Before Christmas, additional battle music from Alice In Wonderland, and versions of “Victor’s Piano Solo” and “The Piano Duet” from Corpse Bride appear without dialogue. Even the Singing Elves have been added back into the mix of Nightmare’s “What’s This?” To help celebrate this unique 25th anniversary commemorative release, Danny Elfman has arranged and recorded four exclusive Music Box Suites featuring new, music box-flavored renditions of songs from such scores as Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, and Pee-wee’s Big Adventure. This collection has also allowed Danny Elfman a unique opportunity to remaster his scores with particular emphasis on improving sonics on both Batman and Sleepy Hollow. In the case of Batman, a better-sounding source of the music was located and re-edited to re-create a superior version of this legendary soundtrack album.
Exclusive 250+ Page Hardcover Book
THE DANNY ELFMAN & TIM BURTON 25TH ANNIVERSARY MUSIC BOX is accompanied by a fine linen-wrapped hardbound book with gold foil stamping produced exclusively for this collection. This meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated 250+ page book features a foreword by Johnny Depp, as well as rare photos, stories, and interviews from the cast and crew, behind-the-scenes of this classic music—from the early days of Elfman’s band Oingo Boingo to the recent blockbuster film, Alice In Wonderland. This comprehensive 10"x10" keepsake book, DANSE MACABRE: 25 YEARS OF DANNY ELFMAN AND TIM BURTON is written by acclaimed film-music journalist Jeff Bond and designed by Grammy-winning designer Matt Taylor. Also accompanying each CD are newly created liner notes by Danny Elfman discussing each expanded score and their bonus material of Additional Masters, Song and Score Demos, Work Tapes, Orchestra-Only Song Mixes, and Foreign Language Versions. Over 80 actors, writers, directors, composers, editors, singers, and others were interviewed to paint a compelling picture of this historic teaming of Elfman and Burton. Interviewed are such collaborators and peers as:
Allison Abbate (producer) Bill Abbott (music editor) Jon Amiel (director) John August (writer) Bob Badami (music editor) Rick Baker (makeup artist) Steve Bartek (orchestrator) Timur Bekmambetov (director) Jon Brion (composer) Paul Broucek (music department) Jon Burlingame (author) Tim Burton (director) Carter Burwell (composer) Bruce Cohen (producer) Denise Di Novi (producer) Guillermo Del Toro (director) Alexandre Desplat (composer) Bruce Dukov (concert master) Danny Elfman (composer) Laura Engel (agent) Bobby Fernandez (engineer) Mike Gerhard (record producer) Michael Giacchino (composer) Philip Glass (composer) Taylor Hackford (director) Paul Haggis (director) Don Hahn (producer) Rick Heinrichs (production designer) Dan Jinks (producer) Joe Johnston (director) Jeffrey Jones (actor) Tom Jones (singer) Michael Keaton (actor) Lukas Kendall (record producer) Mike Knobloch (music department) Richard Kraft (agent) Robert Kraft (music department) Gary LeMel (music department) Chris Lebenzon (editor) Ang Lee (director) Dan Vebber (writer) Deborah Lurie (composer) John Mauceri (conductor) Chris Montan (music department) Erroll Morris (director) Mark Mothersbaugh (composer) Shawn Murphy (engineer) Lennie Neihaus (conductor) Kathy Nelson (music department)
Thomas Newman (composer) James Newton Howard (composer) Catherine O’Hara (actress) Bobbi Page (singer) Ken Page (actor) Jon Peters (producer) John Powell (composer) Brett Ratner (director) Paul Reubens (actor) Emil Richards (musician) David Rockwell (architect) Doreen Ringer Ross (BMI) Joe Roth (producer) Deep Roy (actor) Scott Rudin (producer) Dennis Sands (engineer) Ellen Segal (music editor) Henry Selick (director) Marc Shaiman (composer) Edward Shearmur (composer) Howard Shore (composer) Alan Silvestri (composer) Randy Spendlove (music department) Twyla Tharp (choreographer) Caroline Thompson (writer) Suzanne Todd (producer) Robert Townson (record producer) Gus Van Sant (director) Billy Weber (editor) Bo Welch (production designer) Richard Zanuck (producer) Taylor White (collector) Video:Press Release:WARNER BROS. RECORDS TO RELEASE THE DANNY ELFMAN & TIM BURTON 25TH ANNIVERSARY MUSIC BOX THIS DECEMBER LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 ELABORATE COLLECTIBLE PACKAGES CELBRATES 25 YEARS OF CREATIVE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ACCLAIMED COMPOSER ELFMAN AND LEGENDARY FILM DIRECTOR BURTON AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER AT WWW.ELFMANBURTON.COM Package Features More Than 19 Hours Of Music, Including Fan-Requested Expansions Of 13 Film Scores, Plus Seven Hours Of Previously Unreleased Music, A Skeleton USB Flash Drive Containing MP3s Of The Music And A Bonus DVD Featuring An Exclusive Conversation Between Elfman And Burton
Burbank, CA – This December, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the ingenious collaboration between renowned composer Danny Elfman and legendary film director Tim Burton, Warner Bros. Records will release The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box, a very special limited-edition, numbered box set of 1000 that collects expansions of the 13 original scores that Elfman has composed for Burton’s iconic films: a newly produced library of 16 CDs each packaged with artwork by Burton, adding up to more than 19 hours of music. Additionally, the package will contain a bonus DVD of a recent exclusive conversation between Elfman and Burton discussing every film and score in their remarkable quarter century collaboration. The box is available for preorder starting today, October 1st at www.elfmanburton.com. This elaborate and lovingly designed collectible box set includes the first-time-ever soundtrack release of Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985), as well as scores to the films Beetlejuice (1988), Batman (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Batman Returns (1992), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Mars Attacks! (1986), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Planet of the Apes (2001), Big Fish (2003), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), and Alice in Wonderland (2010). It also includes music from Elfman and Burton’s numerous other collaborations: Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Jar, Amazing Stories: Family Dog, Beetlejuice: The Animated Series, The World of Stainboy, Tim Burton’s Museum of Modern Art Exhibit and Danny Elfman’s unused score to the Edward Scissorhands Ballet.
Additional highlights of The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box include: Among the 19 hours of music are seven hours of previously unreleased music including such rarities as additional masters, cut songs, song and score demos, work tapes, orchestra-only song mixes, and foreign-language songs. Danse Macabre: 25 Years of Danny Elfman and Tim Burton: A meticulously researched, lavishly illustrated 250+ page fine linen-wrapped hardbound book, entitled with gold foil stamping, and featuring a foreword by Johnny Depp. The book also includes rare photos, stories, and interviews from the cast and crew behind the scenes of this classic music — from the early days of Elfman’s band Oingo Boingo to the recent blockbuster film Alice in Wonderland. Interviewed are such collaborators and peers as Guillermo Del Toro, Phillip Glass, Paul Haggis, James Newton Howard, Tom Jones, Michael Keaton, Ang Lee, Errol Morris, Thomas Newman, Catherine O’Hara, Jon Peters, Paul Reubens, David Rockwell, Scott Rudin, Marc Shaiman, Howard Shore, Twyla Tharp, Gus Van Sant, and Richard Zanuck. This comprehensive 10"x10" keepsake book is written by acclaimed film-music journalist Jeff Bond and designed by Grammy Award winning designer Matt Taylor. An hour-long exclusive, newly filmed DVD featuring an extended conversation between Burton and Elfman as they reflect on their quarter-century collaboration. As a collectible created exclusively for this treasure box of music, a distinctive Skeleton Key USB Flash Drive has been designed—inspired by the art of Tim Burton. A pull of the key unlocks a USB drive loaded with MP3s of the entire contents of this Limited-Edition Music Box. From Pee-wee’s Big Adventure through Alice In Wonderland, it’s all there, including all the bonus tracks, demos, work tapes, and other rarities. Newly created liner notes by Elfman discussing each expanded score and their bonus material of additional masters, song and score demos, work tapes, orchestra-only song mixes, and foreign language versions. A collection of music as unique as Elfman’s for the films of Tim Burton needed to be housed in something equally special, wondrous, and whimsical. Designed to evoke a treasure chest found in a mysterious attic, The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box is a work of art in itself. Grammy-winning designer Matt Taylor has transformed previously unseen art by Burton and crafted a large scale, tin-covered music box complete with an embedded music chip playing “The Music Box Suite” arranged and performed by Elfman specifically for this historic collection. And to literally top it all off, with a flip of the lid, a delightful working zoetrope is revealed featuring strips of art and photos by Burton and Elfman that come to animated life with a spin. The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box will be released as a Collectors Limited and Numbered Edition Box of 1,000 copies. The Danny Elfman and Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box is produced by Danny Elfman and Tim Burton and executive produced by Richard Kraft and Laura Engel. About Danny Elfman: Four-time Oscar-nominated and Grammy-winning composer Danny Elfman has scored such diverse films as Spider-Man, Good Will Hunting, Beetlejuice, Batman, Men in Black, Midnight Run, Big Fish, Dick Tracy, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Mission:Impossible, Chicago, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Milk. His 25-year, 13 film collaboration with director Tim Burton began in 1985 when Elfman was pulled from his band Oingo Boingo to score Pee-wee’s Big Adveture and continues with 2010?s blockbuster Alice in Wonderland. Elfman made his classical music debut at Carnegie Hall with his symphony, “Serenada Schizophrana” followed up with “The Overeager Overture” which premiered at The Hollywood Bowl. His first ballet, “Rabbit and Rouge” choreographed by Twyla Tharp debuted with the American Ballet Theatre at Lincoln Center. . His upcoming projects include Paul Haggis’ Next Three Days, Real Steel, Gus Van Sant’s Restless, Men in Black 3, Tim Burton’s stop motion feature, Frankenweenie and Cirque du Soleil’s “Iris” scheduled to bow in residence in Summer 2011 at Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre. Elfman is also known for the classic television themes to The Simpsons and Desperate Housewives.
About Tim Burton: Tim Burton has directed memorable and stylistic films, ranging from Batman, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Big Fish and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. His most recent blockbuster, Alice in Wonderland broke the billion dollar mark. His films have collected 6 Academy Awards and 11 Oscar nominations for everything from acting to art direction. His first feature length film, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, was also his first collaboration with composer Danny Elfman. Their instant film chemistry led them to 13 collaborations, and will continue with Burton’s upcoming stop motion animated film, Frankeneweenie. With a background in animation, Burton has done more to revive the stop motion field than any other director, starting with his first stop motion project, Vincent, and continuing through the cult classic, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride. Burton has also published a book of characters and stories, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, and most recently released an immense 430 page book comprising over 40 years of his personal and project artwork, entitled The Art of Tim Burton. He currently has an art exhibit that debuted at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and is touring through several art museums across the world.
CD Covers:
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE
- Main Title/Bike Race*
- The Breakfast Machine*
- The Bike*
- The Park Ride*
- The Mall*
- Music Shop And Beyond*
- Stolen Bike/Lonely Walk^
- Francis’ House *
- The Bath*
- The Basement*
- Hitch Hike^
- Edsel Over The Edge*
- Simone’s Theme^
- Dinosaur Dream^
- Andy Chase*
- Alamo*
- Bus Station/Simone*
- Clown Dream*
- Studio Chase*
- Pet Shop
- The Drive-In*
- Finale*
- Large Marge*
- The Fork*
- Rain/Fortune*
- Andy Chase 2*
- Cowboy Pee-wee*
- Andy And The Bull*
- Stolen Bike/Lonely Walk (film version)*
- Hitch Hike (film version)*
- Simone (film version)*
- Dino Dreams (film version)* BONUS TRACKS: 1 – 32
- Previously unreleased ^ Rerecorded version
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack BEETLEJUICE
Main Titles (with Elfman vocal intro)*
Travel Music
The Book!/Obituaries
Enter… “The Family”/Sand Worm Planet
The Fly
Lydia Discovers?
In The Model
Juno’s Theme
Beetle-Snake
“Sold”
The Flier/Lydia’s Pep Talk
The Incantation
Lydia Strikes A Bargain…
Showtime!
“Laughs”
The Wedding
The Aftermath
End Credits BONUS TRACKS:
Happy House*
Travel 2*
Delilah’s Entrance*
No Ghosts*
Keyhole 1*
Keyhole 2*
Hallway*
The Door*
Lydia Enters*
Sheet Ghost*
Idea*
Otho’s Idea*
Concern*
Pictures*
Travels III (Bike Ride)*
Musak 1*
Musak 2*
Harlot’s Hangout*
Beetlejuice: Animated Series (Main Title)
Beetlejuice Commercial*
Beetlejuice Commercial (film version)*
Main Title (work tape)* *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Score BATMAN
The Batman Theme
Roof Fight
First Confrontation
Kitchen/Surgery/Face-Off
Flowers
Clown Attack
Batman To The Rescue
Roasted Dude
Photos/Beautiful Dreamer
Descent Into Mystery
The Bat Cave
The Joker’s Poem
Childhood Remembered
Love Theme
Charge Of The Batmobile
Attack Of The Batwing (extended version)*
Up The Cathedral
Waltz To The Death
The Final Confrontation
Finale
Batman Theme Reprise BONUS TRACKS:
Bat Zone/Axis Set-Up
Joker Flies To Gotham (unused)/Batwing I
Men At Work
Vicki Gets A Gift
Alicia’s Unmasking
Sad Pictures
Joker’s Commercial (work tape)*
Joker’s Commercial (film version)
Unused Early Title Idea (worktape)*
Herrmann-esque thing (worktape)*
Axis (worktape)*
Wacky (worktape)*
Waltz—Music Box (worktape)*
Waltz—With Weird, Unused Ending (worktape)*
Wild Theme (worktape)*
Bat Wing Idea (worktape)* *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack EDWARD SCISSORHANDS THE STORY OF EDWARD SCISSORHANDS Part One: Edward Meets The World…
- Introduction (Titles)
- Storytime
- Castle On The Hill
- Beautiful New World/Home Sweet Home
- The Cookie Factory
- Ballet De Suburbia (Suite)
- Ice Dance
- Etiquette Lesson
- Edwardo The Barber Part Two: …Poor Edward!
- Esmeralda
- Death!
- The Tide Turns (Suite)
- The Final Confrontation
- Farewell…
- The Grand Finale
- The End BONUS TRACKS:
- Housewives*
- Paperdoll*
- The Tide Changes*
- Confrontation*
- Paranoia*
- The Talk Show Shocker*
- Kim At The Mall*
- Storytime (demo)*
- Suburbia (demo)*
- Misc. (unused demo)*
- Ice Dance (demo)* *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack BATMAN RETURNS
Birth Of A Penguin I
Birth Of A Penguin II
The Lair I
The Lair II
Selina Transforms I
Selina Transforms II
The Cemetery
Cat Suite
Batman Vs. The Circus
The Rise And Fall From Grace I
The Rise And Fall From Grace II
Sore Spots
Rooftops/Wild Ride I
Rooftops/Wild Ride II
The Children’s Hour
The Final Confrontation I
The Final Confrontation II
The Finale I
The Finale II
End Credits BONUS TRACKS:
Penguin’s Grand Deed
Catwoman Saves Joan
Revealed/Party Crasher
Penguin Theme 1 (work tape) *
Penguin March (work tape)*
Penguin Theme 2 (work tape)*
Penguin Theme 3 (work tape)*
Death Of The Penguin (demo)* *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack TIM BURTON’S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Overture
Opening — Narration by Patrick Stewart
This Is Halloween — Performed by the Citizens of Halloween
Post Party*
Jack’s Lament — Performed by Danny Elfman
Doctor Finklestein/In The Forest
What’s This? (Singing Elf mix)* — Performed by Danny Elfman
Sally’s Lament/Wandering Jack*
Jack Returns*
Town Meeting Song Intro*
Town Meeting Song — Performed by Danny Elfman and Cast
Jack And Sally Montage
Jack’s Obsession — Performed by Danny Elfman and Cast
Work In Progress*
Kidnap The Sandy Claws — Performed by Paul Reubens, Catherine O’Hara and Danny Elfman
Bunny*
Making Christmas Intro*
Making Christmas — Performed by Danny Elfman and the Citizens of Halloween
Nabbed
Oogie Boogie’s Song — Performed by Ken Page with Ed Ivory
Big Send-Off*
Sally’s Song — Performed by Catherine O’Hara
Christmas Eve Montage (extended film version)*
Poor Jack — Performed by Danny Elfman
To The Rescue
Back To Business*
Finale/Reprise – Performed by Danny Elfman, Catherine O’Hara and the Citizens of Halloween
Closing — Narration by Patrick Stewart
End Title BONUS TRACKS: Tracks 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 21, 23, 26 *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack MARS ATTACKS!
- Introduction
- Main Titles
- First Sighting
- The Landing
- Ungodly Experiments
- State Address
- Martian Madame
- Martian Lounge
- Return Message
- Destructo X
- Loving Heads
- Pursuit
- The War Room
- Airfield Dilemma
- New World
- Ritchie’s Speech
- End Credits BONUS TRACKS:
- Trailer
- Final Address
- First Fire Fight
- Invasion
- Boy Scout Jamboree/White House Mayhem
- Art’s Demise/Chase/Punch Out/ Viva Las Vegas
- The Big Launch
- Ungodly Experiments (alternate version)
- Barb Shares
- Battle Transition
- The Landing (extended film version)*
- Main Title (unused early version) *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
SLEEPY HOLLOW
- Introduction
- Main Titles
- Young Ichabod
- The Story…
- Masbath’s Terrible Death
- Sweet Dreams
- A Gift
- Into The Woods/The Witch
- More Dreams
- The Tree Of Death
- Bad Dream/Tender Moment
- Evil Eye
- The Church Battle
- Love Lost
- The Windmill
- The Chase
- The Final Confrontation
- A New Day!
- End Credits BONUS TRACKS:
- Young Masbath*
- Autopsy/Phony Chase*
- Phillip’s Death*
- Mysterious Figure*
- Main Titles Part 1 & 2 (film version)* *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack PLANET OF THE APES
- Main Titles
- Ape Suite #1
- Deep Space Launch
- The Hunt
- Branding The Herd
- The Dirty Deed
- Escape From Ape City/The Legend
- Ape Suite #2
- Old Flames
- Thad Goes Ape
- Preparing For Battle
- The Battle Begins
- The Return
- Main Title Deconstruction
- Rule The Planet Remix BONUS TRACKS:
- The Escape*
- Calina*
- Dinner Source*
- Main Title (synth and percussion only)*
- Camp Raid (percussion only)* *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack BIG FISH
Pictures
Big Fish (Titles)
Shoe Stealing
Underwater
Sandra’s Theme
The Growing Montage
Leaving Spectre
Return To Spectre
Rebuilding
The Journey Home
In The Tub
Sandra’s Farewell
Finale
End Titles
Jenny’s Theme BONUS TRACKS:
Titles Part 2*
The Witch*
Witch Escort*
Chicken Pox*
A Volunteer*
Journey To Specter*
River Girl*
Bedtime Story*
Enter Colossus*
Enter Karl*
Spotting Sandra*
Joining The Circus*
Circus Montage 29 Aah Love*
The Swimming Pool*
Realization*
Leaving Jenny*
Twice The Love (Siamese Twins’ Song)
Harmonics (work tape)*
Goodbye Theme (work tape)*
Sandra’s Theme (work tape)*
An Idea (work tape)*
Jenny’s Theme (work tape)*
Early Finale (demo)* *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Wonka’s Welcome Song
Augustus Gloop
Violet Beauregarde
Veruca Salt
Mike Teavee
Main Titles
Wonka’s First Shop
The Indian Palace
Wheels In Motion
Charlie’s Birthday Bar
The Golden Ticket/Factory
Chocolate Explorers
Loompa Land
The Boat Arrives
The River Cruise
First Candy
Up And Out
The River Cruise — Part 2
Charlie Declines
Finale
End Credit Suite BONUS TRACKS:
The Exciting Day*
The Busy Beavers*
Charlie’s Jackpot*
Moms And Dads*
Chocolate River*
Violet’s Transformation*
Bad Nut*
Escape To Fudge Mountain*
Willy Leaves Home*
Mike’s Zapped*
The One And Only*
Willy Goes Home*
The Better Montage*
Boatride (unused demo)*
More Oompahs (early demo)* *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack TIM BURTON’S CORPSE BRIDE
Main Titles
According To Plan — Performed by Albert Finney, Joanne Lumley, Tracey Ullman and Paul Whitehouse
Victor’s Piano Solo (without dialogue)*
Into The Forest
Remains Of The Day — Performed by Danny Elfman, Jane Horrocks, Paul Baker, Alison Jiear and Gary Martin
Casting A Spell
Moon Dance
Victor’s Deception
Tears To Shed – Performed by Helena Bonham, Jane Horrocks and Enn Reitel
Victoria’s Scape
The Piano Duet (without dialogue)*
New Arrival
Victoria’s Wedding
The Wedding Song — Performed by Danny Elfman, Jane Horrocks, Paul Baker, Alison Jiear and Gary Martin
The Party Arrives 16 Victor’s Wedding
Barkis’s Bummer
The Finale
End Credits Part 1
End Credits Part 2 — Bonus Tracks from Bonejangles and His Bone Boys
Ball & Socket Lounge Music #1 (Band Version)
Remains Of The Day (Combo Lounge Version)
Bail & Socket Lounge Music #2
Ball & Socket Lounge Music #1 (Combo Version) BONUS TRACKS
Victor & Victoria Meet*
Victor’s Escape*
Be Gone Ye Demons*
Till Dawn*
Back Upstairs*
Wedding Song Intro*
Mayhew Croaks*
A Plan Is Forming*
A Plan Is Revealed*
Mini Lounge*
Unused Cue (demo)*
Introduction (demo)*
Little Melodies (work tape)* *Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Alice’s Theme
Little Alice
Proposal (Down The Hole)
Doors
Drink Me
Into The Garden
Alice Reprise #1
Bandersnatched
Finding Absolem
Alice Reprise #2
The Cheshire Cat
Alice And Bayard’s Journey
Alice Reprise #3
Alice Escapes
The White Queen
Only A Dream
The Dungeon
Alice Decides
Alice Reprise #4
Going To Battle
The Final Confrontation
Blood Of The Jabberwocky
Alice Returns
Alice Reprise #5 BONUS TRACKS:
Main Title/Opening*
Alice And Mom/Sniffing*
Hatter Recital*
Bayard And The White Queen*
Castle Problems*
Saving The Hatter*
Vorpal Sword*
Alice Revealed*
Execution*
Alice Under Pressure*
Dragons & Swords*
Alice’s Theme (demo 1)*
Alice’s Theme (demo 2)*
Alice’s Theme (demo 3)*
Alice’s Theme (1st recording)* *Previously unreleased
ODDITIES AND ENDS BONUS TRACKS ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS: THE JAR
- The Jar 1*
- The Jar 2*
- The Jar 3*
- The Jar 4
- The Jar 5
- The Jar 6*
- The Jar (work tape)* AMAZING STORIES: FAMILY DOG
- Amazing Stories: Family Dog — Main Title
- Amazing Stories: Family Dog — Amazing Stories
- Family Dog: TV Series — Main Title *
- Family Dog: TV Series — End Credits* THE WORLD OF STAINBOY
- Stainboy Suite* THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: The Art Of Tim Burton
- MOMA — Christmas 1*
- MOMA — Sneaky*
- MOMA — Creepy Clowns*
- MOMA — Too Sweet*
- MOMA — Sad*
- MOMA — Eerie Circus*
- MOMA — Trailer*
- MOMA — Bells*
- MOMA — Spies*
- MOMA — Organ*
- MOMA — Calliope*
- MOMA — Alien Calliope*
- MOMA — Christmas 2* EDWARD SCISSORHANDS BALLET Unused Score Demos
- Overture*
- Funeral*
- Houligan*
- Edward Theme*
- Suburbia*
- Kim’s Room* 9
- Theme 1 (demo)*
- Theme 2 (demo)*
- Theme 3 (demo)*
- Theme 4 (demo)*
- Theme 5 (demo)*
- Theme 6 (demo)* ALICE IN WONDERLAND
- Futterwacken 1 – (demo)*
- Futterwacken 2 – (demo)*
- Futterwacken 3 – (demo)*
- Futterwacken 4 – (demo)*
- Futterwacken (final film version)*
*Previously unreleased
CURIOS AND CURIOUSER: SONG DEMOS BONUS TRACKS: TIM BURTON’S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
- Opening (Danny Elfman vocal version)
- This Is Halloween (demo)
- Jack’s Lament (demo)*
- What’s This?
- Town Meeting Song
- Jack’s Obsession (demo)*
- Kidnap The Sandy Claws (demo)
- Making Christmas (demo)
- Oogie Boogie’s Song (demo)
- Sally’s Song (instrumental demo)*
- Poor Jack (demo)*
- Finale/Reprise (demo)*
- This Time (unused electric song — demo)*
- This Is Halloween (Italian version)
- Jack’s Lament (German version)
- Oogie Boogie’s Song (Italian version)
- Sally’s Song (German version)
- Poor Jack (French version)
- Closing (Danny Elfman Vocal version) CHARLE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
- Augustus Gloop (demo)*
- Violet Beauregarde (demo)*
- Veruca Salt (demo)*
- Mike Teavee (demo)*
- Veruca Salt (unused Bollywood version – demo)* TIM BURTON’S CORPSE BRIDE
- According To Plan (demo)*
- Tears To Shed (demo)*
- Remains Of The Day (demo)*
- Erased (unused song — demo)*
- The Wedding Song (demo)* *Previously unreleased
NOTES AND NOTIONS: ORCHESTRA-ONLY VERSIONS BONUS TRACKS: TIM BURTON’S NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Opening (orchestra-only version)*
This Is Halloween (orchestra-only version)*
Jack’s Lament (orchestra-only version)*
What’s This? (orchestra-only version)*
Town Meeting Song (orchestra-only version)*
Jack’s Obsession (orchestra-only version)*
Kidnap The Sandy Claws (orchestra-only version)*
Making Christmas (orchestra-only version)*
Oogie Boogie’s Song (orchestra-only version)*
Sally’s Song (orchestra-only version)*
Finale/Reprise (orchestra-only version)*
Closing (orchestra–only version)* CHARLE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Wonka’s Welcome Song (orchestra-only version)*
Augustus Gloop (orchestra-only version)*
Violet Beauregarde (orchestra-only version)*
Veruca Salt (orchestra-only version)*
Mike Teavee (orchestra – only version)* TIM BURTON’S CORPSE BRIDE
According To Plan (orchestra-only version)*
Remains Of The Day (orchestra-only version)*
Tears To Shed (orchestra-only version)*
The Wedding Song (orchestra-only version)*
Corpse Bride Piano (work tape)* BONUS: THE DANNY ELFMAN & TIM BURTON 25th ANNIVERSARY MUSIC BOX SUITES
Medley Suite*
Edward Scissorhands Suite*
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Suite*
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure Suite*
*Previously unreleased
Not only that, but the set which is limited to only 1000 copies, includes Danse Macabre: 25 Years of Danny Elfman and Tim Burton, a “meticulously researched, lavishly illustrated 250+ page fine linen-wrapped hardbound book, entitled with gold foil stamping, and featuring a foreword by Johnny Depp. The book also includes rare photos, stories, and interviews from the cast and crew behind the scenes of this classic music”. The set is boxed in something that is “designed to evoke a treasure chest found in a mysterious attic” — a large scale, tin-covered music box complete with an embedded music chip playing “The Music Box Suite” arranged and performed by Elfman specifically for this historic collection. And to literally top it all off, with a flip of the lid, a delightful working zoetrope is revealed featuring strips of art and photos by Burton and Elfman that come to animated life with a spin.
The set will be released in December 2010 and is available for preorder on www.elfmanburton.com for $499.99 (plus shipping). Looks amazing, but I can’t justify that high of a price. And at that price it should come signed by both Elfman and Burton (the set is hand numbered but not signed). Check out photos and more information after the jump.
Collectible Zoetrope Box
A collection of music as unique as Danny Elfman’s for the film of Tim Burton needed to be housed in something equally special, wondrous, and whimsical. Designed to evoke a treasure chest found in a mysterious attic, The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box is a work of art in itself. Grammy-winning designer Matt Taylor has transformed previously unseen art by Tim Burton and crafted a large scale, tin-covered music box complete with an embedded music chip playing “The Music Box Suite” arranged and performed by Danny Elfman specifically for this historic collection.
And to literally top it all off, with a flip of the lid, a delightful working zoetrope is revealed featuring strips of art and photos by Tim Burton and Danny Elfman that come to animated life with a spin.
With compartments for the 16 expanded-score CDs, 250+ page hardcover book Danse Macabre: 25 Years Of Danny Elfman And Tim Burton, the bonus DVD “A Conversation With Danny Elfman & Tim Burton,” and the collectible Skeleton Key USB Drive, this is a massive box set worthy of any coffee table or desk.
Skeleton Key USB Flash Drive
As a collectible created exclusively for this treasure box of music, a distinctive Skeleton Key USB Flash Drive has been designed—inspired by the art of Tim Burton. A pull of the key unlocks a USB drive loaded with MP3s of the entire contents of this Limited-Edition Music Box. From Pee-wee’s Big Adventure through Alice In Wonderland, it’s all there, including all the bonus tracks, demos, work tapes, and other rarities.
Updated Music & Expanded Soundtracks
For the last 25 years, collectors and fans have been asking for expanded soundtracks featuring music left off the original album releases. Now, for the first time, all 13 Elfman/Burton film soundtracks have been enhanced to include additional masters of missing music previously excluded from their initial release.
In addition, this box set will include the premiere release of the original soundtrack album of Burton and Elfman’s first collaboration, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure. After a quarter of a century, the original soundtrack recordings have been discovered, edited and mastered by Danny Elfman. Also included are highlights of the score’s re-recording.
This collection also includes bonus tracks of music created by Elfman for Tim Burton’s projects outside the world of cinema, including scores to television (Beetlejuice: The Animated Series and expanded versions of The Jar and Family Dog), the web (The World Of Stainboy), and the debut release of the incidental music to Tim Burton’s exhibit for the Museum of Modern Art.
A major, previously unheard rarity is the discovery of demos of Danny Elfman’s unused score for the Edward Scissorhands Ballet. Foreshadowing Elfman’s symphony, Serenada Schizophrana, and his Twyla Tharp ballet, Rabbit And Rogue, this unused score offers a fascinating glimpse into one of Elfman’s most beautiful and ambitious works.
For a glimpse behind the scenes of the creation of his music, Danny Elfman has reached into his archive to find rare, never-before-heard work tapes and score demos, including early drafts of his music for Batman, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Big Fish, and Alice In Wonderland.
Elfman has also unearthed early demos of the songs from his three Burton musicals (Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, and Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride) featuring Elfman singing all the parts of all the characters. Song’s cut from these films have also been discovered, including “Erased” from Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride and an unreleased rock song, “This Time,” created to promote The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Another sight into Elfman’s process is provided via percussion and synth-and-percussion-only versions of his innovative score to the Planet Of The Apes.
As a bonus treat, instrumental, orchestra-only versions of all the songs from each of his musicals have become part of this compilation. A sampling of fascinating foreign-language versions of songs from The Nightmare Before Christmas are also part of this package.
Another bonus feature is the inclusion of Elfman’s demos of the themes for the Burton-produced animated feature, 9.
Fan-requested rarities and obscurities have also been included, such as the “Beetlejuice Commercial,” the film version of “The Landing” from Mars Attacks!, the film version of the “Christmas Eve Montage” from The Nightmare Before Christmas, additional battle music from Alice In Wonderland, and versions of “Victor’s Piano Solo” and “The Piano Duet” from Corpse Bride appear without dialogue. Even the Singing Elves have been added back into the mix of Nightmare’s “What’s This?”
To help celebrate this unique 25th anniversary commemorative release, Danny Elfman has arranged and recorded four exclusive Music Box Suites featuring new, music box-flavored renditions of songs from such scores as Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, and Pee-wee’s Big Adventure.
This collection has also allowed Danny Elfman a unique opportunity to remaster his scores with particular emphasis on improving sonics on both Batman and Sleepy Hollow. In the case of Batman, a better-sounding source of the music was located and re-edited to re-create a superior version of this legendary soundtrack album.
Exclusive 250+ Page Hardcover Book
THE DANNY ELFMAN & TIM BURTON 25TH ANNIVERSARY MUSIC BOX is accompanied by a fine linen-wrapped hardbound book with gold foil stamping produced exclusively for this collection. This meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated 250+ page book features a foreword by Johnny Depp, as well as rare photos, stories, and interviews from the cast and crew, behind-the-scenes of this classic music—from the early days of Elfman’s band Oingo Boingo to the recent blockbuster film, Alice In Wonderland.
This comprehensive 10"x10" keepsake book, DANSE MACABRE: 25 YEARS OF DANNY ELFMAN AND TIM BURTON is written by acclaimed film-music journalist Jeff Bond and designed by Grammy-winning designer Matt Taylor.
Also accompanying each CD are newly created liner notes by Danny Elfman discussing each expanded score and their bonus material of Additional Masters, Song and Score Demos, Work Tapes, Orchestra-Only Song Mixes, and Foreign Language Versions.
Over 80 actors, writers, directors, composers, editors, singers, and others were interviewed to paint a compelling picture of this historic teaming of Elfman and Burton.
Interviewed are such collaborators and peers as:
Allison Abbate (producer)
Bill Abbott (music editor)
Jon Amiel (director)
John August (writer)
Bob Badami (music editor)
Rick Baker (makeup artist)
Steve Bartek (orchestrator)
Timur Bekmambetov (director)
Jon Brion (composer)
Paul Broucek (music department)
Jon Burlingame (author)
Tim Burton (director)
Carter Burwell (composer)
Bruce Cohen (producer)
Denise Di Novi (producer)
Guillermo Del Toro (director)
Alexandre Desplat (composer)
Bruce Dukov (concert master)
Danny Elfman (composer)
Laura Engel (agent)
Bobby Fernandez (engineer)
Mike Gerhard (record producer)
Michael Giacchino (composer)
Philip Glass (composer)
Taylor Hackford (director)
Paul Haggis (director)
Don Hahn (producer)
Rick Heinrichs (production designer)
Dan Jinks (producer)
Joe Johnston (director)
Jeffrey Jones (actor)
Tom Jones (singer)
Michael Keaton (actor)
Lukas Kendall (record producer)
Mike Knobloch (music department)
Richard Kraft (agent)
Robert Kraft (music department)
Gary LeMel (music department)
Chris Lebenzon (editor)
Ang Lee (director)
Dan Vebber (writer) Deborah Lurie (composer)
John Mauceri (conductor)
Chris Montan (music department)
Erroll Morris (director)
Mark Mothersbaugh (composer)
Shawn Murphy (engineer)
Lennie Neihaus (conductor)
Kathy Nelson (music department)
Thomas Newman (composer)
James Newton Howard (composer)
Catherine O’Hara (actress)
Bobbi Page (singer)
Ken Page (actor)
Jon Peters (producer)
John Powell (composer)
Brett Ratner (director)
Paul Reubens (actor)
Emil Richards (musician)
David Rockwell (architect)
Doreen Ringer Ross (BMI)
Joe Roth (producer)
Deep Roy (actor)
Scott Rudin (producer)
Dennis Sands (engineer)
Ellen Segal (music editor)
Henry Selick (director)
Marc Shaiman (composer)
Edward Shearmur (composer)
Howard Shore (composer)
Alan Silvestri (composer)
Randy Spendlove (music department)
Twyla Tharp (choreographer)
Caroline Thompson (writer)
Suzanne Todd (producer)
Robert Townson (record producer)
Gus Van Sant (director)
Billy Weber (editor)
Bo Welch (production designer)
Richard Zanuck (producer)
Taylor White (collector)
Video:Press Release:WARNER BROS. RECORDS TO RELEASE THE DANNY ELFMAN & TIM BURTON 25TH ANNIVERSARY MUSIC BOX THIS DECEMBER LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 ELABORATE COLLECTIBLE PACKAGES CELBRATES 25 YEARS OF CREATIVE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ACCLAIMED COMPOSER ELFMAN AND LEGENDARY FILM DIRECTOR BURTON AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER AT WWW.ELFMANBURTON.COM
Package Features More Than 19 Hours Of Music, Including Fan-Requested Expansions Of 13 Film Scores, Plus Seven Hours Of Previously Unreleased Music, A Skeleton USB Flash Drive Containing MP3s Of The Music And A Bonus DVD Featuring An Exclusive Conversation Between Elfman And Burton
Burbank, CA – This December, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the ingenious collaboration between renowned composer Danny Elfman and legendary film director Tim Burton, Warner Bros. Records will release The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box, a very special limited-edition, numbered box set of 1000 that collects expansions of the 13 original scores that Elfman has composed for Burton’s iconic films: a newly produced library of 16 CDs each packaged with artwork by Burton, adding up to more than 19 hours of music. Additionally, the package will contain a bonus DVD of a recent exclusive conversation between Elfman and Burton discussing every film and score in their remarkable quarter century collaboration. The box is available for preorder starting today, October 1st at www.elfmanburton.com.
This elaborate and lovingly designed collectible box set includes the first-time-ever soundtrack release of Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985), as well as scores to the films Beetlejuice (1988), Batman (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Batman Returns (1992), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Mars Attacks! (1986), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Planet of the Apes (2001), Big Fish (2003), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), and Alice in Wonderland (2010). It also includes music from Elfman and Burton’s numerous other collaborations: Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Jar, Amazing Stories: Family Dog, Beetlejuice: The Animated Series, The World of Stainboy, Tim Burton’s Museum of Modern Art Exhibit and Danny Elfman’s unused score to the Edward Scissorhands Ballet.
Additional highlights of The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box include:
The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box will be released as a Collectors Limited and Numbered Edition Box of 1,000 copies. The Danny Elfman and Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box is produced by Danny Elfman and Tim Burton and executive produced by Richard Kraft and Laura Engel.
About Danny Elfman: Four-time Oscar-nominated and Grammy-winning composer Danny Elfman has scored such diverse films as Spider-Man, Good Will Hunting, Beetlejuice, Batman, Men in Black, Midnight Run, Big Fish, Dick Tracy, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Mission:Impossible, Chicago, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Milk. His 25-year, 13 film collaboration with director Tim Burton began in 1985 when Elfman was pulled from his band Oingo Boingo to score Pee-wee’s Big Adveture and continues with 2010?s blockbuster Alice in Wonderland. Elfman made his classical music debut at Carnegie Hall with his symphony, “Serenada Schizophrana” followed up with “The Overeager Overture” which premiered at The Hollywood Bowl. His first ballet, “Rabbit and Rouge” choreographed by Twyla Tharp debuted with the American Ballet Theatre at Lincoln Center. . His upcoming projects include Paul Haggis’ Next Three Days, Real Steel, Gus Van Sant’s Restless, Men in Black 3, Tim Burton’s stop motion feature, Frankenweenie and Cirque du Soleil’s “Iris” scheduled to bow in residence in Summer 2011 at Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre. Elfman is also known for the classic television themes to The Simpsons and Desperate Housewives.
About Tim Burton: Tim Burton has directed memorable and stylistic films, ranging from Batman, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Big Fish and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. His most recent blockbuster, Alice in Wonderland broke the billion dollar mark. His films have collected 6 Academy Awards and 11 Oscar nominations for everything from acting to art direction. His first feature length film, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, was also his first collaboration with composer Danny Elfman. Their instant film chemistry led them to 13 collaborations, and will continue with Burton’s upcoming stop motion animated film, Frankeneweenie. With a background in animation, Burton has done more to revive the stop motion field than any other director, starting with his first stop motion project, Vincent, and continuing through the cult classic, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride. Burton has also published a book of characters and stories, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, and most recently released an immense 430 page book comprising over 40 years of his personal and project artwork, entitled The Art of Tim Burton. He currently has an art exhibit that debuted at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and is touring through several art museums across the world.
CD Covers:
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE
Main Title/Bike Race*
The Breakfast Machine*
The Bike*
The Park Ride*
The Mall*
Music Shop And Beyond*
Stolen Bike/Lonely Walk^
Francis’ House *
The Bath*
The Basement*
Hitch Hike^
Edsel Over The Edge*
Simone’s Theme^
Dinosaur Dream^
Andy Chase*
Alamo*
Bus Station/Simone*
Clown Dream*
Studio Chase*
Pet Shop
The Drive-In*
Finale*
Large Marge*
The Fork*
Rain/Fortune*
Andy Chase 2*
Cowboy Pee-wee*
Andy And The Bull*
Stolen Bike/Lonely Walk (film version)*
Hitch Hike (film version)*
Simone (film version)*
Dino Dreams (film version)*
BONUS TRACKS:
1 – 32
- Previously unreleased
^ Rerecorded version
BEETLEJUICE
Main Titles (with Elfman vocal intro)*
Travel Music
The Book!/Obituaries
Enter… “The Family”/Sand Worm Planet
The Fly
Lydia Discovers?
In The Model
Juno’s Theme
Beetle-Snake
“Sold”
The Flier/Lydia’s Pep Talk
The Incantation
Lydia Strikes A Bargain…
Showtime!
“Laughs”
The Wedding
The Aftermath
End Credits
Happy House*
Travel 2*
Delilah’s Entrance*
No Ghosts*
Keyhole 1*
Keyhole 2*
Hallway*
The Door*
Lydia Enters*
Sheet Ghost*
Idea*
Otho’s Idea*
Concern*
Pictures*
Travels III (Bike Ride)*
Musak 1*
Musak 2*
Harlot’s Hangout*
Beetlejuice: Animated Series (Main Title)
Beetlejuice Commercial*
Beetlejuice Commercial (film version)*
Main Title (work tape)*
*Previously unreleased
Original Motion Picture Score
BATMAN
The Batman Theme
Roof Fight
First Confrontation
Kitchen/Surgery/Face-Off
Flowers
Clown Attack
Batman To The Rescue
Roasted Dude
Photos/Beautiful Dreamer
Descent Into Mystery
The Bat Cave
The Joker’s Poem
Childhood Remembered
Love Theme
Charge Of The Batmobile
Attack Of The Batwing (extended version)*
Up The Cathedral
Waltz To The Death
The Final Confrontation
Finale
Batman Theme Reprise
Bat Zone/Axis Set-Up
Joker Flies To Gotham (unused)/Batwing I
Men At Work
Vicki Gets A Gift
Alicia’s Unmasking
Sad Pictures
Joker’s Commercial (work tape)*
Joker’s Commercial (film version)
Unused Early Title Idea (worktape)*
Herrmann-esque thing (worktape)*
Axis (worktape)*
Wacky (worktape)*
Waltz—Music Box (worktape)*
Waltz—With Weird, Unused Ending (worktape)*
Wild Theme (worktape)*
Bat Wing Idea (worktape)*
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
THE STORY OF EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
Part One: Edward Meets The World…
Introduction (Titles)
Storytime
Castle On The Hill
Beautiful New World/Home Sweet Home
The Cookie Factory
Ballet De Suburbia (Suite)
Ice Dance
Etiquette Lesson
Edwardo The Barber
Part Two: …Poor Edward!
Esmeralda
Death!
The Tide Turns (Suite)
The Final Confrontation
Farewell…
The Grand Finale
The End
Housewives*
Paperdoll*
The Tide Changes*
Confrontation*
Paranoia*
The Talk Show Shocker*
Kim At The Mall*
Storytime (demo)*
Suburbia (demo)*
Misc. (unused demo)*
Ice Dance (demo)*
BATMAN RETURNS
Birth Of A Penguin I
Birth Of A Penguin II
The Lair I
The Lair II
Selina Transforms I
Selina Transforms II
The Cemetery
Cat Suite
Batman Vs. The Circus
The Rise And Fall From Grace I
The Rise And Fall From Grace II
Sore Spots
Rooftops/Wild Ride I
Rooftops/Wild Ride II
The Children’s Hour
The Final Confrontation I
The Final Confrontation II
The Finale I
The Finale II
End Credits
Penguin’s Grand Deed
Catwoman Saves Joan
Revealed/Party Crasher
Penguin Theme 1 (work tape) *
Penguin March (work tape)*
Penguin Theme 2 (work tape)*
Penguin Theme 3 (work tape)*
Death Of The Penguin (demo)*
TIM BURTON’S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Overture
Opening — Narration by Patrick Stewart
This Is Halloween — Performed by the Citizens of Halloween
Post Party*
Jack’s Lament — Performed by Danny Elfman
Doctor Finklestein/In The Forest
What’s This? (Singing Elf mix)* — Performed by Danny Elfman
Sally’s Lament/Wandering Jack*
Jack Returns*
Town Meeting Song Intro*
Town Meeting Song — Performed by Danny Elfman and Cast
Jack And Sally Montage
Jack’s Obsession — Performed by Danny Elfman and Cast
Work In Progress*
Kidnap The Sandy Claws — Performed by Paul Reubens, Catherine O’Hara and Danny Elfman
Bunny*
Making Christmas Intro*
Making Christmas — Performed by Danny Elfman and the Citizens of Halloween
Nabbed
Oogie Boogie’s Song — Performed by Ken Page with Ed Ivory
Big Send-Off*
Sally’s Song — Performed by Catherine O’Hara
Christmas Eve Montage (extended film version)*
Poor Jack — Performed by Danny Elfman
To The Rescue
Back To Business*
Finale/Reprise – Performed by Danny Elfman, Catherine O’Hara and the Citizens of Halloween
Closing — Narration by Patrick Stewart
End Title
Tracks 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 21, 23, 26
MARS ATTACKS!
Introduction
Main Titles
First Sighting
The Landing
Ungodly Experiments
State Address
Martian Madame
Martian Lounge
Return Message
Destructo X
Loving Heads
Pursuit
The War Room
Airfield Dilemma
New World
Ritchie’s Speech
End Credits
Trailer
Final Address
First Fire Fight
Invasion
Boy Scout Jamboree/White House Mayhem
Art’s Demise/Chase/Punch Out/
Viva Las Vegas
The Big Launch
Ungodly Experiments (alternate version)
Barb Shares
Battle Transition
The Landing (extended film version)*
Main Title (unused early version)
SLEEPY HOLLOW
Young Ichabod
The Story…
Masbath’s Terrible Death
Sweet Dreams
A Gift
Into The Woods/The Witch
More Dreams
The Tree Of Death
Bad Dream/Tender Moment
Evil Eye
The Church Battle
Love Lost
The Windmill
The Chase
The Final Confrontation
A New Day!
End Credits
Young Masbath*
Autopsy/Phony Chase*
Phillip’s Death*
Mysterious Figure*
Main Titles Part 1 & 2 (film version)*
PLANET OF THE APES
Main Titles
Ape Suite #1
Deep Space Launch
The Hunt
Branding The Herd
The Dirty Deed
Escape From Ape City/The Legend
Ape Suite #2
Old Flames
Thad Goes Ape
Preparing For Battle
The Battle Begins
The Return
Main Title Deconstruction
Rule The Planet Remix
The Escape*
Calina*
Dinner Source*
Main Title (synth and percussion only)*
Camp Raid (percussion only)*
BIG FISH
Pictures
Big Fish (Titles)
Shoe Stealing
Underwater
Sandra’s Theme
The Growing Montage
Leaving Spectre
Return To Spectre
Rebuilding
The Journey Home
In The Tub
Sandra’s Farewell
Finale
End Titles
Jenny’s Theme
Titles Part 2*
The Witch*
Witch Escort*
Chicken Pox*
A Volunteer*
Journey To Specter*
River Girl*
Bedtime Story*
Enter Colossus*
Enter Karl*
Spotting Sandra*
Joining The Circus*
Circus Montage
29 Aah Love*
The Swimming Pool*
Realization*
Leaving Jenny*
Twice The Love (Siamese Twins’ Song)
Harmonics (work tape)*
Goodbye Theme (work tape)*
Sandra’s Theme (work tape)*
An Idea (work tape)*
Jenny’s Theme (work tape)*
Early Finale (demo)*
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Wonka’s Welcome Song
Augustus Gloop
Violet Beauregarde
Veruca Salt
Mike Teavee
Main Titles
Wonka’s First Shop
The Indian Palace
Wheels In Motion
Charlie’s Birthday Bar
The Golden Ticket/Factory
Chocolate Explorers
Loompa Land
The Boat Arrives
The River Cruise
First Candy
Up And Out
The River Cruise — Part 2
Charlie Declines
End Credit Suite
The Exciting Day*
The Busy Beavers*
Charlie’s Jackpot*
Moms And Dads*
Chocolate River*
Violet’s Transformation*
Bad Nut*
Escape To Fudge Mountain*
Willy Leaves Home*
Mike’s Zapped*
The One And Only*
Willy Goes Home*
The Better Montage*
Boatride (unused demo)*
More Oompahs (early demo)*
TIM BURTON’S CORPSE BRIDE
According To Plan — Performed by Albert Finney, Joanne Lumley, Tracey Ullman and Paul Whitehouse
Victor’s Piano Solo (without dialogue)*
Into The Forest
Remains Of The Day — Performed by Danny Elfman, Jane Horrocks, Paul Baker, Alison Jiear and Gary Martin
Casting A Spell
Moon Dance
Victor’s Deception
Tears To Shed – Performed by Helena Bonham, Jane Horrocks and Enn Reitel
Victoria’s Scape
The Piano Duet (without dialogue)*
New Arrival
Victoria’s Wedding
The Wedding Song — Performed by Danny Elfman, Jane Horrocks, Paul Baker, Alison Jiear and Gary Martin
The Party Arrives
16 Victor’s Wedding
Barkis’s Bummer
The Finale
End Credits Part 1
End Credits Part 2 — Bonus Tracks from Bonejangles and His Bone Boys
Ball & Socket Lounge Music #1 (Band Version)
Remains Of The Day (Combo Lounge Version)
Bail & Socket Lounge Music #2
Ball & Socket Lounge Music #1 (Combo Version)
BONUS TRACKS
Victor & Victoria Meet*
Victor’s Escape*
Be Gone Ye Demons*
Till Dawn*
Back Upstairs*
Wedding Song Intro*
Mayhew Croaks*
A Plan Is Forming*
A Plan Is Revealed*
Mini Lounge*
Unused Cue (demo)*
Introduction (demo)*
Little Melodies (work tape)*
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Alice’s Theme
Little Alice
Proposal (Down The Hole)
Doors
Drink Me
Into The Garden
Alice Reprise #1
Bandersnatched
Finding Absolem
Alice Reprise #2
The Cheshire Cat
Alice And Bayard’s Journey
Alice Reprise #3
Alice Escapes
The White Queen
Only A Dream
The Dungeon
Alice Decides
Alice Reprise #4
Going To Battle
The Final Confrontation
Blood Of The Jabberwocky
Alice Returns
Alice Reprise #5
Main Title/Opening*
Alice And Mom/Sniffing*
Hatter Recital*
Bayard And The White Queen*
Castle Problems*
Saving The Hatter*
Vorpal Sword*
Alice Revealed*
Execution*
Alice Under Pressure*
Dragons & Swords*
Alice’s Theme (demo 1)*
Alice’s Theme (demo 2)*
Alice’s Theme (demo 3)*
Alice’s Theme (1st recording)*
ODDITIES AND ENDS
ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS: THE JAR
The Jar 1*
The Jar 2*
The Jar 3*
The Jar 4
The Jar 5
The Jar 6*
The Jar (work tape)*
AMAZING STORIES: FAMILY DOG
Amazing Stories: Family Dog — Main Title
Amazing Stories: Family Dog — Amazing Stories
Family Dog: TV Series — Main Title *
Family Dog: TV Series — End Credits*
THE WORLD OF STAINBOY
- Stainboy Suite*
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: The Art Of Tim Burton
MOMA — Christmas 1*
MOMA — Sneaky*
MOMA — Creepy Clowns*
MOMA — Too Sweet*
MOMA — Sad*
MOMA — Eerie Circus*
MOMA — Trailer*
MOMA — Bells*
MOMA — Spies*
MOMA — Organ*
MOMA — Calliope*
MOMA — Alien Calliope*
MOMA — Christmas 2*
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS BALLET
Unused Score Demos
Overture*
Funeral*
Houligan*
Edward Theme*
Suburbia*
Kim’s Room*
9
Theme 1 (demo)*
Theme 2 (demo)*
Theme 3 (demo)*
Theme 4 (demo)*
Theme 5 (demo)*
Theme 6 (demo)*
Futterwacken 1 – (demo)*
Futterwacken 2 – (demo)*
Futterwacken 3 – (demo)*
Futterwacken 4 – (demo)*
Futterwacken (final film version)*
CURIOS AND CURIOUSER: SONG DEMOS
Opening (Danny Elfman vocal version)
This Is Halloween (demo)
Jack’s Lament (demo)*
What’s This?
Town Meeting Song
Jack’s Obsession (demo)*
Kidnap The Sandy Claws (demo)
Making Christmas (demo)
Oogie Boogie’s Song (demo)
Sally’s Song (instrumental demo)*
Poor Jack (demo)*
Finale/Reprise (demo)*
This Time (unused electric song — demo)*
This Is Halloween (Italian version)
Jack’s Lament (German version)
Oogie Boogie’s Song (Italian version)
Sally’s Song (German version)
Poor Jack (French version)
Closing (Danny Elfman Vocal version)
CHARLE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Augustus Gloop (demo)*
Violet Beauregarde (demo)*
Veruca Salt (demo)*
Mike Teavee (demo)*
Veruca Salt (unused Bollywood version – demo)*
According To Plan (demo)*
Tears To Shed (demo)*
Remains Of The Day (demo)*
Erased (unused song — demo)*
The Wedding Song (demo)*
NOTES AND NOTIONS: ORCHESTRA-ONLY VERSIONS
TIM BURTON’S NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Opening (orchestra-only version)*
This Is Halloween (orchestra-only version)*
Jack’s Lament (orchestra-only version)*
What’s This? (orchestra-only version)*
Town Meeting Song (orchestra-only version)*
Jack’s Obsession (orchestra-only version)*
Kidnap The Sandy Claws (orchestra-only version)*
Making Christmas (orchestra-only version)*
Oogie Boogie’s Song (orchestra-only version)*
Sally’s Song (orchestra-only version)*
Finale/Reprise (orchestra-only version)*
Closing (orchestra–only version)*
Wonka’s Welcome Song (orchestra-only version)*
Augustus Gloop (orchestra-only version)*
Violet Beauregarde (orchestra-only version)*
Veruca Salt (orchestra-only version)*
Mike Teavee (orchestra – only version)*
According To Plan (orchestra-only version)*
Remains Of The Day (orchestra-only version)*
Tears To Shed (orchestra-only version)*
The Wedding Song (orchestra-only version)*
Corpse Bride Piano (work tape)*
BONUS: THE DANNY ELFMAN & TIM BURTON 25th ANNIVERSARY MUSIC BOX SUITES
Medley Suite*
Edward Scissorhands Suite*
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Suite*
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure Suite*
