What Elfman-scored things HAVEN’T you seen?

[Thor]

I’m the biggest Elfman nut in the world, but there are still some things he has scored that I have never seen (although I obviously have the music). I thought it would be interesting to hear if you have some “admissions” too.

FILMS I’VE NEVER SEEN:

* WISDOM – seems impossible to find anywhere, but I’m very curious about it
* DEAD PRESIDENTS – I actually MAY have seen this, but forgotten all about it!
* SHRUNKEN HEADS – difficult to find…sound like a fun flick!
* BLACK BEAUTY – I was a never a big fan of animal movies, at least not as an adult, so I’ve not really made an effort to track this down
* CHARLOTTE’S WEB – same as above…I especially don’t like it when the animals “talk” and behave like humans
* HOT TO TROT – Again with the talking animal. And the question is: Do I really WANT to see it?
* SPY KIDS – I think I’ve seen some of it, but not the entire film….too much kiddie stuff
* FABLE – not a film, but I haven’t really played computer games since the mid 90’s
* STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE – It’s on my to-see list, near the top
* MILK – it premiered in Norway a little while back, but I haven’t gotten around to it yet

That’s it for the films. Then there’s some other stuff I’ve never seen, for TV etc., such as ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS: THE JAR – I was always very curious about this Burton-directed episode.

And of course, even though he just did the theme for these, I’ve never seen a single episode, nor the opening credits of PERVERSIONS OF SCIENCE, POINT PLEASANT, BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES (believe it or not!), FLASH – ANIMATED, PEE-WEE’S PLAYHOUSE, BEETLEJUICE – THE ANIMATED SERIES.

And I’ve never seen the Nike commercial with Charles Barkley.

Man, listing it up like this made me realize how much stuff I have yet to explore…even though I have all of this in soundtrack format.

[shinjiikari1983]

Wisodom was a great movie Emilo Estves (whatever) is graduating highshool and his family wants him to do things, when his parents may loose thier home and he decides to take action

Dead Presidents follows a group[ of 1970’s freinds and the affects after being in Veitman

Shrunken heads kids get picked on meets a strange man who knows black magic and hepls them get revenge

Black Beauty Burton’s best, not a talking animal movie but a charter narration of what happns to a horse when he’s gose from owner to owner

CW just Danny alone helps this movie

Hot To Trot is a fun movie a about an down and out guy who gets the horse and enters the stoc market at the time

Spy kids kids get to save spy parents

SOP a documentary about giotimo bay and uses Danny’s music from psychophrea

MILK about 1970 activist harvey milk (haven’t seen yet ither)

[shinjiikari1983]

I blevied I’ve seen almost every one, but one where he acted in a big part I think

[Thor]

Thanks, I’m actually well aware of what they’re all about. I just haven’t gotten around to watching them yet. When I started this thread, I didn’t expect the list to be that long!

[Descent Into Mystery]

FYI, Black Beauty is not a Tim Burton movie. It was directed by Elfman’s then girlfriend, Caroline Thompson. As for movies I haven’t seen…I think Wisdom and SOP are the only ones. Aside from being an Elfman fan I’m also a movie fan so I see a lot of things.

[elfboy91]

Too many to name… I don’t get around to a lot of movies… I should though.. -Strangely, I have seen Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Jar… It was really really weird. It didn’t really have a good point.. it was just… well… yeah.

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[Ryan Keaveney]

No PEE-WEE’S PLAYHOUSE? The poor Norwegian children.

[Nick Parker]

Oh man, this is going to be a long list… (I copied and pasted the filmography from this website, and I only count a film if I saw most or all of it)

Notorious
Milk
Wanted
Standard Operating Procedure
Meet The Robinson’s
The Kingdom
Nacho Libre
Charlotte’s Web
Hulk
Chicago
Red Dragon
Men In Black II
Novocaine
Planet of The Apes
Heartbreakers
The Family Man
Proof of Life
Anywhere But Here
Instinct
A Civil Action
My Favourite Martian
A Simple Plan
Psycho
Modern Vampires
Good Will Hunting
Extreme Measures
Freeway
The Frighteners
Dead Presidents
To Die For
Black Beauty
Dolores Claiborne
Shrunken Heads
Army of Darkness (wait, I thought he did not score this film!)
Sommersby
Article 99
Pure Luck
Nightbreed
Hot to Trot
Midnight Run
Scrooged
Summer School
Back To School
Wisdom
Forbidden Zone

…Oh my.

[D-Bo]

Alrighty, here I go…

Notorious
Standard Operating Procedure
Meet the Robinsons
Proof of Life
Anywhere But Here
Instinct
A Civil Action
Extreme Measures
Freeway
To Die For
Dolores Claiborne
Sommersby
Article 99
Darkman
Dick Tracy
Night Breed
Hot to Trot
Big Top Pee-Wee
Midnight Run
Beetlejuice
Summer School
Amazing Stories: “Mummy, Daddy”
Wisdom
Back to School
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: “The Jar”
Forbidden Zone

[Thor]

Descent Into Mystery Wrote:

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> FYI, Black Beauty is not a Tim Burton movie. It
> was directed by Elfman’s then girlfriend, Caroline
> Thompson.

Yeah, I know. I don’t think I said it was a Burton film. It’s a great score, but I’m not sure I should “sully” my experience of it by watching the film. How is the film, btw?

[elfboy91]

I’ve seen Black Beauty. Frankly it’s a kids movie… You probably won’t like it… I saw it a couple of years ago and I own it.. I kinda liked it.. It had some heart. If you have an hour and a half to waste you should totally see it… Just too see where Elfman’s awesome music plays into the film. You might enjoy it… Or hate it terribly! Just go in with an open mind.. That is- if you have that hour and a half to spare.

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[D-Bo]

Agreed. I’d watch it for Elfman’s score. Otherwise, the film is just a little overly “cutesy.”

[gordonblu]

I’ve seen all of his Burton Films. I haven’t seen

Notorious
Milk
Wanted
Standard Operating Procedure
The Kingdom
Red Dragon
Proof of Life
Family Man
A Simple Plan
Instinct
Anywhere But Here
Delores Claiborne
Extreme Measures
Article 99
Wisdom
Hot To Trot
Nightbreed
Pure Luck
Forbidden Zone

In most of the above cases, they are films where my interest was primarily in the score, and the others I just haven’t gotten around to watching yet.

[Thor]

About a month later, and my list has shrunk considerably.

The only things that remain on the list now are WISDOM (completely impossible to find anywhere!), SHRUNKEN HEADS (likewise hard to find) and the Nike commercial (youtube has many Nike commercial, even with Charles Barkley, but I could not find the one with Elfman’s music).

Also, I’ve never seen any of the TV episodes mentioned above in full (except “The Jar”, which I managed to track down), but I have at least seen the opening credits for all of them, and that is really the only thing Elfman did in the first place (except PEE WEE’s PLAYHOUSE)!

TJ

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