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...appropriate that the fevered imagineer (Beetlejuice, the Batman films, Edward Scissorhands) dreamed up this stop-motion fable about a Halloween ghoul who wants to play Santa Claus. Directed by Henry Selick, Nightmare is Disney's weirdest cartoon ever: chilly, rollicking, endlessly inventive. And it's animated by Danny Elfman's magical-spookical score. Is this the first Hollywood musical to set every one of its 10 songs in a minor...
...after shots of people’s hands), “Boston Legal” was an enjoyable trifle. Then, mysteriously, it was kidnapped late last season by four aging, idiotic women whose show’s only redeemable quality is that its theme song is written by Danny Elfman. But the ever-appealing Monica Potter has been removed, and the even more appealing (and British) Rhona Mitra will soon follow her out the door. Candace Bergen’s tired act belongs in one of her old Sprint commercials. Even Captain Kirk and the guy from...
Elaborate song and dance sequences—with genres from swing to hard rock to folk to techno funk—accompany advice offering up one delectable sugary concoction after another, all created by frequent Burton collaborator Danny Elfman...
...next two tracks deliver on the overture’s promise. “Spacemoth” is a genre-fusion that starts out as a campy rendition of Danny Elfman film score, but halfway it is unexpectedly broken up by a frenetic drum beat, interspersed with wailing horns. Suddenly, these horns lead into a rollicking 1960s R&B finish. “Captain Easychord” is an engaging interplay of pop genres. It starts out with a John Lennonesque piano melody, lapses briefly into slide guitar (á là the Beatles?...
...finally bored myself to sleep" b) "I won't faint again" c) "I saw Che. He said the pork in heaven is sweeter" d) "I'm so sorry, I thought I saw Jenna Elfman in the audience...