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Would love to but a 93 € final price coming from $85 ? What the… ? Does it ship with someone taking care of the package ??
There’s no other retailer, I suppose…
Ordered, despite the buggy website.
I guess my Black Beauty/Good Will Hunting bootleg is not worth a dime now…
I think Elfman’s involvement will tell us if it will be more of a traditional/hollywoodian movie or something more experimental like Gerry…
He’s definitely a director I’d love to see him work with regularly. It allows him to explore very different territories…
Sounds like modern or mood jazz, something he never actually did. I thought he would only accept Big Band jazz scores. Too bad there’s no word on a score release, even in digital form…
Very cool.
Got some family in Switzerland, I might attend.Edit : no I won’t, I’m working on a Festival during that period. Darn.
It’s quite enjoyable. I think its short length helps to make it a very pleasant listening experience. Themes are delicate and the score has just enough variety to avoid being boring.
Definitely a good surprise. And I got my Taking Woodstock copy as well…
About the acoustic, we had quite a few echoes of Elfman’s mic in the loggias. I even had to block one of my hear at one point as it was too distracting.
I’d be very surprised if they follow him on this mini-tour.
I think that the only chance of a recording happening is the US dates if the UK ones are successful. And I mean an audio recording, I don’t see a video recording happening. But then, I could be wrong…
Fun fact : that larsen sound you can hear at 0:19 is actually’s Elfman fault, I saw him turning its transmitter off in a rush and apologizing backstage…
Direct link to the youtube’s account : http://www.youtube.com/user/DeKuijp?feature=watch
So I guess he’s scoring Avengers Assemble next…
Great interview and thanks for the setlist corrections.It was indeed a wonderful evening than I won’t soon forget. I hope one of the performance will be recorded and released somehow but I doubt it.
It was amazing. Just amazing. The suites were very well constructed (it never missed any major parts from the scores), fantastically performed by the orchestra, with only few minor mistakes. Hearing these wonderful pieces of music performed in such a respectful and energetic way was already worth five times the price of the ticket. Batman, Mars Attacks ! and Edward were beyond words. As expected, Planet of the Apes was the score that suffered the most the live treatment; the performance was still good though, with a recoded track to support the live performers. The themerin appearances were nicely staged, the concert beginning with a short solo that made everyone laughed.
Then Danny Elfman arrived…
He was perfect, conveying so much energy and emotions. I was wondering how he would perform the songs on stage, being the first time it happened, with a live Orchestra in his back and 5000 persons in front of him, but I can say that he won the crowd after the first lines. He sung way more songs I would have imagined; basically every Jack Skellington songs. We even had the surprise to see Helena Bonham Carter on stage for a brief Sally’s Song that she managed to pull through the best she could under the circumstances. The last song was another surprise, Oogie Boogie’s one, to which Elfman even danced and with John Mauceri as Santa, wearing a red Santa hat.
It finished with Elfman, Burton and Bonham Carter on stage, for a hell of a ovation (which Elfman even filmed with his smartphone at one point).
Elfman said “Thank you for offering me what is now the greatest moment of my life”. Whether it was true or he was just being nice, I don’t care; it certainly was for me one of those magical moments that only happen once in a lifetime.
I can die now…
Update : great overview boingomusic ! PeeWee’s suite was indeed quite spectacular, giving a glimpse of what it would sound if Elfman had composed it this year. It might be interesting to know that quite a few of the suites were based on end credits, which somehow make sense as they were not intended to work with images in the first place.
Here’s my attempt to a setlist : http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/danny-elfman/2013/royal-albert-hall-london-england-1bc7c11c.html Don’t hesitate to correct it (I can’t remember if Oogie Boogi’s was befor or after Alice).
Again, a great night !PS : I was in the loggia that was right below Burton’s. Where were you boingomusic ?
