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I leave my house to go buy the score for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory because i thought it was going to be released today! Instead i come back with a ticket from the train police for fare evasion that may cost me $250 and the Triplets of Belleville DVD(thats not bad)! My question is WHERES THE FREAKIN’ SCORE! I went to two different stores and they both didnt have it! I know it cant just be the stores in Hollywood! I hope all of you got it ok but if any of you had the same experience(well, it wont be as crappy as mine) what happened to it? Its supposed to come out today right?
Oh Elfmanguy, I feel your pain brother. I first went to get it at midnight at the Virgin Megastore…nope. Tower Record’s nope. I got up this mornin’ went to 2 more stores…nothing. Then I tried Best Buy, shit out of uck there too. (Same thing happened to me with Spiderman 2). Right when I was about to put razor to hand, I called Borders Books….thank f-ing GOD they have it. I tell you, it was worth the effort. So, if you have any money left…try Borders.
Lucius
Hey bro! Im glad you found it but where do you live? Cause thats exactly where i went to! Borders in Hollywood and they didnt have it! Strangest thing! Maybe ill call again! But im happy you found it!
It took me Best Buy, Walmart, and finally Mediaplay (only place that had it) to get it. When I asked at Best Buy, they said it would be there in the next few days. I couldn’t wait that long, and I hope you don’t have to!
I’m sorry about that!! I hate it when stores don’t carry what they’re suppose to!
I hope you can find it!Wow .. this was the first time i DIDNT have trouble finding a Danny score. I went to Sam Goody … but i will say they had it under charlies angels instead of Charlie and the Chocolate factory.
Man Lucius! Its all my fault! i have a thing about asking clerks! i dont like to! But i was there i all i had to do was ask! Im such an idiot but at the time i was dissallusioned because i had gotten a ticket 5 mins. before! I suck so hard! Im glad that you found it and thanxs for the support! I finally orded it on buy.com on next day service so i wildly over paid for it! Definatly one of the worst days of my life! See what i go through for Danny Elfman! Its worth it though! Thanx alot again you guys!
Lucius buddy your a life saver and im still a dumb ass! I canceled my order on buy.com and im about to go pick up a copy at that Borders! All i had to do was ask and it would have saved me a whole pant load of trouble! Im an ass your your my friend for life man! Thanx a bunch! Im glad you all avoided trouble and found yourselves copies! Learn from my mistakes! THANX!
I don’t like to ask clerks, either, when I’m looking for a score.
They try to tell me I’m buying the wrong one. “No, you don’t want that one, it only has music on it, no songs,” when there’s double releases.We live in the mountains and my mister works in the city so I’m waiting for him to pick it up for me on his way home. I’m starting to sweat and pace.
No Problem…you would think that since we live in Hollywood (where the f-ing movies are MADE) that it would be no problem getting the Elfman we crave, yet…alas. Glad I could steer you in the right direction. It also sucks that you actually got CAUGHT on the LA subway. What a pain in the ass…damn Metro.
Lucius
Wow, you guys really are frothing at the mouths to get this score! You should be, though because it’s excellent, to say the least.
I was in Barnes and Noble today just because I was there (my sister’s getting the CD for me as a 5-month-belated birthday gift, not sure how long I’ll be waiting) and I don’t think they even had a film score section! Now I await the arrival of my CD and the release of the movie, and I am EXCITED!!!
I was thinking the same thing Lucius! About the metro and how its so hard to get a score in Hollywood! But after all the hard ship i finally got the score! Thanx again
man! Anyway i havent heard the whole thing, because my friend asked me to come over, i have heard most of it and so far so Fing brilliant! It brought to mind Batman Returns, both Spidermans and Edward Scissorhands especially! This is his best in a long while in my opinion! I love it!Hehe… I got mine monday night at 11.30pm… at Tower Records in Torrance. Amazing score… It’s a huge mix of all Elfman’s career. Black Beauty meets Spiderman meets Edward Scissorhands meets Boingo. EXCELLENT !!!!!
Boingomusic
Similar thing for me.
Checked Best Buy, Borders (2 of ’em!), Wal*Mart, Circuit City, FYE (2 of ’em!), Hot Topic, and finally found it at Media Play.
It’s always such a process / adventure to track down scores day-of-release.Apparently, Warner Bros doesn’t know how to sell film music; it’s the same problem here in Europe and it happened with the Batman Begins score as well. They sure don’t know what they’re doing…
I haven’t gotten mine yet, but I’m glad to hear it’s got a lot of “Spider-Man” to it–it’s my favorite of his scores.
Found my copy at Media Play too. They seem to be the only brick and mortar store in the Atlanta area with a decent Soundtrack section. They were the only ones to have the Spider-Man 2 score on the day of release too as I went to five stores looking for it before finding it there. Will definitely be my first stop from now on for film scores.
I haven’t had a chance to listen to it yet but the packaging is genius, so colorful and wacky, I can’t wait to listen to it while I work tomorrow……..
Not sure where the chocolate store is! Something similar will be here on Friday! Anyway i also detected a bit of Beetlejuice and Sleepy Hollow! It is a perfect mix of a lot of his scores i believe! Its soooooooo good!
My journey to find the soundtrack: Wal-Mart did not have it. Target did not have it. Strawberries, a local music/movies store had one copy which I was lucky to snag. I’ve just uploaded the CD to my MP3 player and I look forward to listening to it.
UPDATE: I just listened to the whole soundtrack twice, and I love it! It’s a blend of everything he’s accumulated over his musical career, and then some. I love the mechanical titles, the tribal Oompa Loompa stuff, the heavily stylized songs, and the use of the chorus. How on earth did he do all those vocals? It sounds like an entire band of vocalists plus chorus singing when it’s all just him and him alone! I especially love 0:50 to 1:10 of “The Golden Ticket/Factory.” Great soundtrack, I’m glad I bought it, and I can’t wait to see the movie tomorrow.
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