Notes: Includes bonus tracks and original song demos by Danny Elfman
Tracks: CD 1
See Below
CD 2
1. This Is Halloween - Marilyn Manson
2. Sally's Song - Fiona Apple
3. What's This? - Fall Out Boy
4. Kidnap the Sandy Claws - She Wants Revenge
5. This Is Halloween - Panic! At the Disco
6. Making Christmas (Demo) - Danny Elfman
7. Oogie Boogie's Song (Demo) - Danny Elfman
8. This Is Halloween (Demo) - Danny Elfman
9. Kidnap the Sandy Claws (Demo) - Danny Elfman
Tracks: Disc 1:
1. Overture
2. Opening - Patrick Stewart
3. This Is Halloween - The Citizens of Halloween
4. Jack's Lament - Danny Elfman
5. Doctor Finklestein/In the Forest
6. What's This? - Danny Elfman
7. Town Meeting Song - Danny Elfman and Cast
8. Jack and Sally Montage
9. Jack's Obsession - Danny Elfman and Cast
10. Kidnap the Sandy Claws - Paul Reubens, Catherine O'Hara and Danny Elfman
11. Making Christmas - Danny Elfman and the Citizens of Halloween
12. Nabbed
13. Oogie Boogie's Song - Ken Page with Ed Ivory
14. Sally's Song - Catherine O'Hara
15. Christmas Eve Montage
16. Poor Jack - Danny Elfman
17. To the Rescue
18. Finale/Reprise - Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara and the Citizens of Halloween
19. Closing - Patrick Stewart
20. End Title
Disc 2:
1. This Is Halloween - Marilyn Manson
2. Sally's Song - Fiona Apple
3. What's This? - Fall Out Boy
4. Kidnap the Sandy Claws - She Wants Revenge
5. This Is Halloween - Panic! At the Disco
6. Making Christmas (Demo) - Danny Elfman
7. Oogie Boogie's Song (Demo) - Danny Elfman
8. This Is Halloween (Demo) - Danny Elfman
9. Kidnap the Sandy Claws (Demo) - Danny Elfman
10. Town Meeting Song (Demo) - Danny Elfman
11. What's This? (Demo) - Danny Elfman
Tracks: 1. Overture
2. Opening
3. This Is Halloween
4. Jack's Lament
5. Doctor Finklestein/In the Forest
6. What's This?
7. Town Meeting Song
8. Jack and Sally Montage
9. Jack's Obsession
10. Kidnap the Sandy Claws
11. Making Christmas
12. Nabbed
13. Oogie Boogie's Song
14. Sally's Song
15. Christmas Eve Montage
16. Poor Jack
17. To the Rescue
18. Finale/Reprise
19. Closing
20. End Title
Tracks: 1. Overture 2. Opening - Danny Elfman 3. This Is Halloween - Danny Elfman 4. Jack's Lament 5. Doctor Finklestein/In the Forest - Danny Elfman 6. What's This? 7. Town Meeting Song 8. Jack and Sally Montage 9. Jack's Obsession 10. Kidnap the Sandy Claws - Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara, Paul Reubens 11. Making Christmas - Danny Elfman 12. Nabbed 13. Oogie Boogie's Song - Ed Ivory, Ken Page 14. Sally's Song - Catherine O'Hara 15. Christmas Eve Montage 16. Poor Jack - Danny Elfman 17. To the Rescue 18. Finale (Reprise) - Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara 19. Closing 20. End Title
Posted 2007-08-05 20:52:48: Amazon.com Editoral Review: Not only is The Nightmare Before Christmas one of the best musicals of the past two decades; it may well be Danny Elfman's masterpiece, successfully integrating his main influences (from Cab Calloway to Nino Rota) into a fantastic whole. The first disc of this reissue features the original soundtrack, its songs still teetering between dark humor and poetic flights of fancy; this so-called kids' music is at least as sophisticated and skilled as anything you're likely to hear on Broadway. The second disc includes demo versions of four songs on which Elfman plays and sings everything, and five new covers of some of Nightmare's best-loved songs. Marilyn Manson successfully applies his spooky Weimar-circus style on "This Is Halloween" while Panic! At the Disco's lushly orchestrated take on the same tune is closer to the original. Fiona Apple's poignant "Sally's Song" is enhanced by very nice string charts, and She Wants Revenge does a disco take on "Kidnap the Sandy Claws." Best perhaps is Fall Out Boy's cover of "What's This?" which sounds like an unexpected cross between the Beach Boys and Queen. A highly recommended set. --Elisabeth Vincentelli > 2 Comments
