Product details: - Product group: Music
- Edition: Audio CD
- Publisher: Disney
- Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
- Release Date: 1993-10-12
- Number of discs: 1
- Tracks:
- Disc 1
- Overture
- Opening
- This Is Halloween
- Jack's Lament
- Doctor Finklestein/In the Forest
- What's This?
- Town Meeting Song
- Jack and Sally Montage
- Jack's Obsession
- Kidnap the Sandy Claws
- Making Christmas
- Nabbed
- Oogie Boogie's Song
- Sally's Song
- Christmas Eve Montage
- Poor Jack
- To the Rescue
- Finale (Reprise)
- Closing
- End Title
- Studio: Disney
- Manufacturer: Disney
- Package Dimensions: 5.6 x 75 x 75 inches
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack features 10 ghoulishly delightful songs and score by renowned composer/songwriter Danny Elfman, lead singer of the popular rock group Oingo Boingo. Embracing the traditional musical structure of 10 songs and underscore, Elfman creates a musical landscape in which the story narrative is wholly integrated into each musical number. Allowing the film's fantastic characters to come convincingly to life, the songs set into "stop-motion" the fanciful tale of Jack Skellington with haunting melodies, vivid imagery, and spectacular wordplay. Supported by an evocative and suspenseful underscore, the Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack is a dazzling marriage of music and innovative technique.The film's production numbers include: "This Is Halloween," the song that introduces the storyline; "Jack's Lament," in which Jack expresses his frustration with his life; "What's This?," Jack's exuberant testimonial to Christmastown; "Town Meeting Song," which introduces the denizens of Halloweentown; "Jack's Obsession," in which Jack realizes his newfound desire for Christmas; "Kidnap the Sandy Claws," which unveils Lock, Shock, and Barrel's plan to abduct Santa Claus; "Making Christmas," Halloweentown's off-kilter impression of Christmas; "Sally's Song," a tender ballad of unrequited love; "Oogie Boogie's Song," the evil demon's gloriously ghoulish tribute to himself; "Poor Jack," a song of self-awakening, in which Jack discovers he truly belongs in Halloweentown; and the finale reprise performed by Jack, Sally, and the citizens of Halloweentown.Customer reviews:  Nightmare Before Christmas is AWESOME!, 2008-07-10
I bought this for my girlfriend, who used to have a copy before it got lost, but I ripped a copy to my computer first because I love it too. Excellent quality for having been bought second hand. If I have need to, I will definetely shop with this seller again!
The BEST Danny Elfman/Tim Burton collaboration, 2007-11-03
Of the many collaborations of Director Tim Burton and composer Danny Elfman, Nightmare Before Christmas has been a favorite of mine. One thing that lends the film so much of its charm is this brilliant soundtrack. The songs are catchy and make you WANT to sing along. At times some of the words seem creepy " children throwing snowballs instead of throwing heads..."but that creepiness has a charm to it that is almost like that of Dr. Seuss. The only thing that makes the soundtrack BETTER than the film, is the narrations read by the great Patrick Stewart. If they were to re-release the films with those... it could only make a GREAT film better.
Note: buy THIS version and not the 2 disc special anniversery edition with the remixes by different artists. Customers who bought this item also bought:
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