Other Danny Elfman Influences

[Descent Into Mystery]

We all know that Danny Elfman has been influenced by Bernard Herrmann and Nino Rota, but there’s others. In September 2009, we looked at The Beatles: http://elfman.filmmusic.com/forum/read.php?7,34922

Well, now let’s look at Elmer Bernstein.

[Ryan Keaveney]

I don’t get GHOSTBUSTERS as an influence on Elfman.

[Monsterhead]

Me neither. I fail to see much of any Bernstein influence of Elfman; the least of which, with Ghostbusters.

[Descent Into Mystery]

0:34-0:37
0:40-0:42
0:51-1:13
1:21-1:24
1:28-1:30
1:32
1:38-2:00
2:09-3:01

[Descent Into Mystery]

What about this one?

[DannyBiker]

Sorry Descent, I don’t hear any Bernstein’s influences in Danny Elfman’s work. At least not in the examples your a mentionning here (the Airplane example is a joke right ?).

[Descent Into Mystery]

How about “To Kill a Mocking Bird”? A film released in 1962 when Elfman was only 9-years-old.

[TenderLumpling]

I would check out Prokofiev for other Elfman infuences.

There’s a little Alexander Nevsky in The Frighteners.

[D-Bo]

There’s some Alexander Nevsky in Darkman, as well. Good stuff.

[Author]

Posts