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Danny Elfman, composer for film and TV and formerly of Oingo Boingo, released his debut classical composition today, aptly titled "Eleven Eleven." Elfman joins fellow film composer John Williams in premiering a classical concerto this year; Williams debuted his second violin concerto over the summer at Tanglewood, played by his friend and world-class soloist Anne Sophie[...]

Warner Bros' 1989 film Batman became a career-defining film for several involved from director Tim Burton, star Michael Keaton, and composer Danny Elfman While speaking on the Premier Guitar podcast Wong Notes (via The Hollywood Reporter), the Oscar nominee reflected with host Cory Wong of Vulfpeck about how he was "reasonably happy" with the mix[...]

It will also be scored by Danny Elfman Campbell captioned the tweet, "Boy, it was a blast, working in a certain city, with a certain director on a certain movie with a certain actor – it sure was!" along with a picture of the London skyline You can see it below. Boy, it was a blast,[...]

Danny Elfman has been tapped to score the second Doctor Strange film Elfman himself confirmed the news in a new interview with Inverse "I am starting to do bits of pre-work for Doctor Strange 2 that Sam Raimi's directing," Elfman tells Inverse "Even though I don't start it for some months, there's bits of recorded music they[...]

Of course, the score by Danny Elfman is one of the best of his career and will be celebrated by this 30th-anniversary release from Waxwork Records Presented in gorgeous blue 180-gram vinyl, the jacket features new artwork by Ruiz Burgos and also comes with an art print as well Rounded off with satin coating on the cover,[...]

This week, something that is sure to sell out almost instantly: Danny Elfman's Nightmare Before Christmas score, with jacket art by none other than Tim Burton Remastered for vinyl release on two 180 gram colored discs, it is limited to only 5000 copies Check it out below. Mondo Nightmare Before Christmas Mondo Nightmare Before Christmas Vinyl Details "Mondo,[...]

This week sees the release of the iconic 1989 score to Batman by Danny Elfman, and a double-sided single from The Lost Boys! #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Hello All! This week we are honored to present one of the[...]

Just this weekend, composer Danny Elfman is doing his annual live concert of the film at the Hollywood Bowl, parties all over the world are showing the stop-motion flick to kickoff Halloween parties, and cosplayers are no doubt wearing their stripes and stitches. "Nightmare Before Christmas" director Henry SelickPhoto courtesy of Disney Nightmare director Henry Selick recently spoke with[...]

Tim Burton's beautiful The Nightmare Before Christmas is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and that means we're getting a new Blu-ray/DVD and digital release of the feature with new bonus content! Glorious stop-motion and claymation figures paired with Danny Elfman-crafted hauntingly beautiful songs have made this film a classic, enchanting fans for the past quarter century[...]

Sung by Thurl Ravenscroft, this song always puts me in a good mood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t71X4TfudpE Danny Elfman — 'What's This?' from The Nightmare Before Christmas This song is remarkably catchy and fun The movie itself it a wonderful romp, but the soundtrack is the real winner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhV3flWZBzgVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Nightmare Before Christmas – [...]

Danny Elfman, who has composed some of the most beloved fan-favorite films of the last few decades, was brought in to do the Justice League film, Elfman, who talks about the project in the video below, tells of the complexity of having six different main characters and trying to pay homage to the legacy of[...]

Justice League composer Danny Elfman isn't a fan of superhero movie reboots that replace classic themes, and he has some harsh words for the directors and composers that do it In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Elfman talked about being brought onto Justice League at the last minute to replace JunkieXL after Joss Whedon[...]

Watertower Music, the official record label of Warner Brothers, just released a title track from the upcoming Justice League movie score titled "Hero's Theme". Composer Danny Elfman was brought on board to score Justice League, replacing JunkieXL who along with Hans Zimmer did Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice Elfman is no stranger to DC Comics character scores, having[...]

It's Batman Day (or Harley Quinn day, depending on who you ask), and DC kicked it off with a Birthday Wish from the man who wrote the original theme for Batman: The Animated Series, Danny Elfman. The former frontman for Oingo Boingo made the move from rock start to film composer seamlessly, working on a ton[...]

When I reported that Junkie XL had left Justice League and been replaced with Danny Elfman all of the press releases made it sound like it wasn't a big deal Perhaps even a mutual thing that where Antonius Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, had to move onto other projects and the reshoots were slowing him down. That[...]