Animated short film score

[boingomusic]

Hi.

I just finished recording a song for a stop motion animated feature called The Heartless Duke. I thought you might be intrested to listen to it, since my biggest inspiration is Elfman’s work.

You can also find a cover version of GOOD FOR YOUR SOUL (the boingo song).

Here is the link:
http://www.angelfire.com/film2/illusions/compos.htm

Let me know what you guys think (sorry if it’s slightly off-topic).

-Eric

[ooshmaster]

That was great! Definitely sounded inspired by Elfman, even your voice sounded like you were putting the same kind of character into it as he does! Nice job!

[Kipobe]

Very nice. I love the melody… and the fast piano keys (albeit brief) towards the end are very reminiscent of Elfman’s work with strings. I like…

[elfmanguy]

i was just about to say the same thing! Nice piano work toward the end! the whole thing was very Elfman-esque! Good work!

[Ryan Keaveney]

Eric this was totally ON topic. Thank you for sharing your music. The song was great (shades of JIMMY CALICUTT) and I really liked your version of the HALLOWEEN theme.

Ryan

[boingomusic]

Wow.
I didn’t expect so much nice words… Thank you so much. That gives me the energy to keep composing, and writing…

Thanks guys.

-Eric

[Kipobe]

I just listened to it again… I really like it. The beginning is also very Elfmanesque in so much that it has a “childish” appeal to it (something Elfman would write for a christmas time movie…. specifically Batman Returns — parts of “The Cemetery” comes to mind)

Please, continue composing. This world needs more talented composers.

[evil-dead]

Wow. Great job. Your vocal inflections are definitely Elfman-like. I think the Heartless Duke is awesome, although I must say one thing: the song has so many Elfman staples (timbre and melodic/harmonic aspects: glock, certain arpeggiations, chord progression – minor third relations, neapolitan) – while it sounds damn good, it is so reminiscent of Elfman that it almost seems like you were purposely going for that – if you were – its cool – great job. I can see you have listened to alot of his stuff and hey- why not – he is the man. Keep up the good work.

[boingomusic]

Thanks evil-dead!

Thanks so much for your nice words. I really wanted the song to sound like Elfman. I was purposely going for that. It was like an “hommage”, since the film is a stop motion animated feature, which is very dark, and looks a lot Burton-inspired. I didn’t want to do this for the whole score, but I really wanted that song to be like “Hey guys, here’s a way to thank the guy who made me want to compose!”

I don’t know how to thank you all guys, for your reactions, because for me, it really means something. I know you all listen a lot to the elfMAN’s work, and having positive reviews of my work from you all makes me really want to keep composing, hoping to score bigger movies one day.

Thanks

-Eric

[Mr. Dantz]

I can definitely hear the Elfman influence. Great job!

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