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I made a CD last winter of Christmas-y Elfman music. I know this is a dumb, cheesey idea, but I’m a weird person anyway. I had tracks from Scrooged (well, the MFADT Scrooged), Batman Returns, Nightmare Before Christmas, Family Man, and Edward Scissorhands. I was kind of dissatisfied with it for a number of reasons, but mostly because I couldn’t fit in all the music I wanted. So I’ve decided to make two new ones and split the music into two groups . . . one for “dark” or “evil” Christmas music (Scrooged, Batman Returns, etc.) and one that’s basically for anything “nicer” (Family Man, Edward Scissorhands, etc.) . . . Does anybody have any suggestions for scores or even just individual tracks from unexpected Elfman sources (I’m a relatively new fan; haven’t heard it all yet!) that might work well on either of these CDs?
Thanks!
No sugestions, yet, but I’ll think on it, and what a cool idea. Guess I’m kinda wierd, too.
Slightly OT-My two year old loves Nightmare and asks for Christmas song. My fundie-christy mom is not amused.
sleepy hollow- track 18- a new day is pleasant enough, so is beetlejuice- track 2- travel music, good will hunting’s main titles are sweet, black beauty and flubber both have a slight christmasy feel which is positive and uplifting, whereas frighteners and darkman contain dark, evil sounding tracks. hope that helped a bit. btw- men in black- track 15- finale is outstanding even it may not sound too chrismasy, its still a decent way to finish ur album along with edward scissorhands- grand finale.
1 Edward Scissorhand’s Opening Titles, Finale, and Ice Dance;
2 A New Day from SleepyHollow;
3 Overture, What’s This, and Christmas Eve Montage from NightmareBeforeChristmas;
4 The Joker’s Poem from Batman;
5 Main Titles from The Family man (LOVE that theme:)That’s 9, I could probably think of more if you want me to. . .
Don’t forget Danny Elfman’s “Jingle Hell”. That should fit on there somewhere if you don’t already have it on the list.
never heard of it…
Jingle Hell . . . haha . . . I actually do have that somewhere on the computer . . . for some reason it kind of bothers me. On the other hand, it would be kind of a funny way to start off the “dark” CD.
Also . . . anybody have any title suggestions for the CDs?? It doesn’t have to be strictly Christmasy as long as it suggests something wintery.
cold sounds of hell..ehh, i dunno. another possible track would be a christmas variation on the simpsons theme floating around somewhere.
Music for a Lightened Christmas.
I’ve been thinking of creating a Christmas playlist of Danny Elfman music, but not quite sure what to include.
I was thinking:
1. Main Titles from Scrooged (1988)
2. Christmas Montage from The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
3. Ice Dance from Edward Scissorhands (1990)
4. Crematorium from Scrooged (1988)
5. The Finale / End Credits from Batman Returns (1992)Yeah, I know it’s hard to get, but at least you have the two tracks on the official album. If you ever find the promo, it has some Christmassy tracks.
Beyond the obvious (Scrooged, Edward, Nightmare, Batman Returns, Family Man), I’d recommend the following for their holiday cheer/christmas creepy vibes (some a bit of a stretch!):
“Main Titles”, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
“Main Titles”/”Beautiful Day”, Flubber
“Jump for Joy”, Black Beauty
“At Work”, Sommersby
“The Moon”, Simple Plan
“Bliss”, Fifty Shades of Grey
“Dog Poo”/”Anita’s Theme”, Milk
“Worm Lounge #1”, Men in Black II (always reminds me of an office christmas party for some reason…)
“I Forget”, Serenada Schizophrana
“Finale & Bows”, IRIS
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