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People on FSM were talking about a confirmation code, am I missing out on something? I ordered it and it said it was successful but I’ve got nothing to show for it.
Okay, so who preordered this? Can you tell me what they’re charging for shipping/handling? I’m slooooowly scraping the money together for this but it’s going to be a number of weeks (don’t sell out plz) and I guess I should save for the whole shebang instead of just the $500 asking price.
Hi all,
I Pre-ordered the Box Set when it was announced and they charged my Credit Card, however, this was only to run the card to make sure it was valid. They then took the charge off till, I assumed, they were ready to ship the box out (as they state on their site), but this morning I awoke to find that they again have charged my Credit Card… could this mean that the box set is READY NOW, or is there something else going on? No confirmation, or anything else, in my email box.
Has anyone else, who has pre-ordered this, had the same thing happen?
Nat
P.S. Luckily I still had enough money to cover it, as it was a Debit Credit Card account.
I haven’t received any email confirmation of my order beyond my PayPal confirmation (I paid by credit card because the WMG site was malfunctioning, saying it could not verify my billing address).
“Later this week we’ll feature a rare interview with Elfman discussing his work on projects like 1990’s “Batman,” but Warner Bros. Records has also provided Splash Page readers with an exclusive clip of Elfman and Burton reflecting on “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” one of the many projects featured in the 25th Anniversary Music Box. In the clip, the award-winning composer explains why he identified so well with the film’s skeletal hero.”
http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/10/26/danny-elfman-tim-burton-nightmare-before-christmas-score/
Yeah, it was kind of weird because the charged showed up as pending for almost 4 days then went away again… I guess it just might be something with my bank and not actually something from Warner Bros. – If that’s the case then I’ll expect the same thing to happen next month around the same time.
Man, I can’t wait!!!!!
http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/10/29/danny-elfman-batman-score-prince/
Check this part out from the postscript.
“Stay tuned for more of Elfman’s walk down movie music memory lane, wherein he discusses “Nightmare Before Christmas,” as well as future projects with Tim Burton and Sam Raimi.”
Is there likely to be a cheap, music/bare bones only release after this is all sold? Is there a precedent for a set like this?
Music Box’ mines long collaboration
Elfman, Burton collection includes tunes and illustrations
By JON BURLINGAMEOur vote for this holiday season’s must-have, high-priced, movie-related toy is Warner Bros. Records’ “Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box,” a $500, limited-edition collection of 16 CDs, a lavishly illustrated book and assorted trinkets related to the long partnership between the composer and director of “Batman,” “Edward Scissorhands” and this year’s “Alice in Wonderland.”
Even Burton and Elfman (in a promotional video on YouTube) seem wowed by the design and size of the box, which features a working zoetrope with strips of Burton’s art and a chip that plays Elfman’s own music-box arrangement of his best-known themes. It’s like “something that someone found in a hidden attic in Edward Scissorhands’ home,” says Richard Kraft, Elfman’s longtime agent and co-executive producer of the project.“It’s extremely weird,” says Elfman about looking back at a quarter-century of collaborations with Burton, who first asked the Oingo Boingo frontman to write the music for his first film, “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure.”
“I’ve never listened to a score of mine, ever. I don’t watch the movies,” he avers, noting that revisiting all 13 feature-film scores (and other projects) to assemble the CDs was uncomfortable.
Elfman’s assistant and Kraft spent months searching through dusty, half-forgotten storage units looking for every scrap of music that Elfman wrote and found various cassettes, DATs and reels of tape “in between boxes of broken doll parts and old synthesizer equipment,” says the composer.
The result is more than seven hours of previously unreleased material, including expanded soundtracks of all the movies and even early demos of Elfman themes and songs. Whether to include those demos was a bone of contention between composer and agent.
“We found one of his first demo recordings of ‘Batman,’ and it sounds like it was recorded on a Casio,” says Kraft.
“The early demos are incredibly embarrassing,” admits Elfman, who finally relented when Kraft insisted that they were “historic documents” that would not only be treasured by fans but should be preserved as film-music history.
“It’s not like we’re talking about old sex tapes,” says Elfman. “It’s just crappy sounding demos from 1989.”
Other finds include unused songs from “Nightmare Before Christmas” and “The Corpse Bride,” and what Kraft describes as “the gem” of the unreleased music, Elfman’s unused score for the Matthew Bourne-choreographed 2005 ballet of “Edward Scissorhands.”
The 16 CDs are illustrated with Burton’s own artwork; also included is a USB drive containing all the music and an hourlong DVD in which Burton and Elfman discuss their long collaboration. Johnny Depp wrote the foreword to the 260-page book.
“It’s spectacular when you consider what they’ve accomplished as a team and the fact that they’re still reinventing the Burton-Elfman model with each project after 25 years,” says Laura Engel, Kraft’s partner and co-exec producer on the project.
Says Elfman: “I wouldn’t have a career were it not for Tim and ‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure.’ Every one of those first six or seven films opened a new door for me, artistically and commercially. I was doing comedy, fantasy, action, romantic films, and he allowed me to try things out.”
I really hate that this thing costs $500 because I want it SO BADLY! Ryan, please, post previews of the new material when you can. Thank You.
Yup:
“LESS THAN 175 AVAILABLE!
Less than 175 of 1000 copies are left of Warner Bros. Records’ upcoming Limited, Numbered Collectors Edition of The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box, a very special box set that features expansions of the 13 original scores that Elfman has composed for Burton’s iconic films. This is a newly-produced library of 16 CDs each packaged with artwork by Burton, adding up to more than 19 hours of music, including 7 hours of previously-unreleased Masters, demos, work tapes and other rarities.”
The 1,000 copy “limited number edition” is sold out… And another edition is on pre-order. I’m trying to figure out what this means. Stay tuned!
I found this on film score monthly’s website: http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=73878&forumID=1&archive=0
Thank you for your order of “THE DANNY ELFMAN & TIM BURTON 25TH ANNIVERSARY MUSIC BOX”
Due to the elaborate workmanship required in creating this unique treasure box our manufacturer will not be able to deliver until February. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this delay.
In appreciation of your order, Warner Bros Records is pleased to let you know that we will be sending you a very special HOLIDAY GIFT:
THE DANNY ELFMAN & TIM BURTON 25TH ANNIVERSARY MUSIC BOX
COLLECTOR’S EDITION
BONUS DISCCreated EXCLUSIVELY for the now sold-out Numbered, Limited Collector’s Edition of 1000, this BONUS DISC will feature special musical content. Only those who already purchased the COLLECTOR’S EDITION will receive this rare 17th Disc as an addition to the set’s 16 CD collection.
To make your holidays even brighter, this bonus gift disc will be AUTOGRAPHED BY DANNY ELFMAN!
Thank you again for your support and patience.
Hmmmm…I picked mine up on Amazon to cheap out on shipping, but all signs still point to me getting mine in late December still. Hopefully this means mine was part of the initial run and that I’ll get the bonus music…
Sooooooo…. They could not complete the design of a box in time, so they just whipped up a whole separate CD to tide people over, the contents of which are unknown in terms of length and whats on it. Additionally, the original “limited edition” turns out to be no limited at all, with pre-orders for that beginning in February?
I’m all for capitalism, but c’mon.
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