The Nightmare Before Christmas
Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman plays the lead role of my favorite movie "The Nightmare Before Christmas. He was born May 29, 1953 in Los Angeles California. He's an American composer, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was first known while playing in a band in 1974 to 1995, it was called "Oingo Bingo". He is known for scoring films and television shows such as the Simpsons theme which he wrote in 1989. His first was "Forbidden Stone", which was produced by his older brother Richard Elfman. In 1985 Tim Burton invited Danny Elfman to write their first film "Pee-wee's Big Adventure". He used his experience with "Oingo Bingo" to conduct and make his music for certain films. He achieved his goal of emulating the mood of composers that he looked up to such as Nino Rota, and Bernard Herrmann. In the making of Tim Burton's film, he was provided the singing voice for Jack Skellington in "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and the voices of both Barrell and the "Clown with the Tear-Away Face". When making the film, Danny Elfman and Tim Burton had no idea how to write a musical. They would work on the script but nothing was working out right. Tim Burton would visit with Danny Elfman and show him his sketches and tell him the stories behind them and they would gather ideas to create songs. Danny Elfman spent about three days on each song. They soon came out to making ten songs for the movie. He was more into musical genres. While he continued working with Tim Burton, well into the 2010's such as Alice in Wonderland, Big Eyes, and Dumbo. The style of Elfman's music has been influenced by modern composers such as Phillip Glass, Lou Harrison, Carl Orff and many more.

great blog! I love that movie
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