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Item 187: Danny Elfmann

Entered by carla on Fri Apr 9 00:26:10 1999:

I am obsessed with Danny Elfmann. Discuss.
12 responses total.
#1 of 12 by mcnally on Fri Apr 9 01:31:41 1999:

  "Soundtrack" Danny Elfman,  "Oingo Boingo" Danny Elfman, or "film star"
  Danny Elfman? (do *not* watch "the Forbidden Zone" -- you have been warned!)

#2 of 12 by lumen on Fri Apr 9 04:00:46 1999:

Well, Danny Elfman's music has a certain quality to it-- if you've 
listened to his soundtracks and Oingo Boingo albums when he was a part 
of the band, you would hear a connection, probably.  I've heard a bit of 
a Oingo Boingo album that was during the Elfman years, and it bore his 
stamp of influence pretty heavily-- I almost thought it was one of his 
soundtracks.

#3 of 12 by carla on Sat Apr 10 22:41:17 1999:

Yeah, he and Tim Burton have a pretty tight working relationship.
This past Tuesday, NPR interviewed him for a half an hour.
I was in heaven.

I think my favorite Elfmann soundtracks are Edward Scissorhands, and
The Nightmare before CHristmas.

I have TIm Burton's last book "The melancholy death of Oyster Boy and
other stories" and it is very interesting.  If you like Shel Silverstien
and have goth tentencies, check it out.

#4 of 12 by bookworm on Tue Apr 13 04:20:01 1999:

Ummm...Pardon my ignorance, but...

<sigh>

Who's Danny Elfmann?

#5 of 12 by mcnally on Tue Apr 13 05:56:41 1999:

  He's a fairly well-known musician and movie score composer.
  At this point he's probably best known for his movie scores --
  he's been very much in demand to do them for the past 8-10 years.. 

  Before launching his soundtrack career he was in a 1980s band
  called "Oingo Boingo".  He's made one or two odd film cameos, too.

#6 of 12 by orinoco on Tue Apr 13 22:08:34 1999:

If you've seen any recent Tim Burton movies, the soundtrack was probably
Elfmann.

#7 of 12 by scott on Thu Apr 15 20:31:53 1999:

He also did the soundtrack for at least the first Batman film (recent, not
the 60's film).

In the Rodney Dangerfield film "Back to School" Oingo Boingo have a cameo.

#8 of 12 by otaking on Thu Apr 22 12:36:12 1999:

Oingo Boingo is also well known for the soundtrac and title song to "Weird
Science."

#9 of 12 by bookworm on Fri Apr 23 23:44:19 1999:

Ok.  I'm pseudo-familiar with Oingo Boingo.  I mean I've heard of them.

#10 of 12 by jor on Sun May 2 11:02:18 1999:

        I bought "the" soundtrack for Batman because
        I needed to hear more of that spooky, bombastic
        orchestral sound he was getting. But the recording
        turned to be all Prince. Man was that disappointing.

#11 of 12 by scott on Sun May 2 11:12:20 1999:

Right, there's the little-promoted soundtrack, then there's the "Songs
insprired by" Prince album.   :(

#12 of 12 by gypsi on Fri Nov 5 12:39:10 1999:

I love Danny Elfman, I love Oingo Boingo, I love Boingo, and the Elfman/Burton
marriage is a wonderful thing.  =)

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