Audio CD review:
Danny Elfman, Marilyn Manson, Panic!@ the Disco, Fiona Apple, Fall Out Boy, Paul Reubens, Catherine O' Hara, Citizens of Halloween, Patrick Stewert - Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

Danny Elfman, Marilyn Manson, Panic!@ the Disco, Fiona Apple, Fall Out Boy, Paul Reubens, Catherine O' Hara, Citizens of Halloween, Patrick Stewert - Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

Band: Danny Elfman, Marilyn Manson, Panic!@ the Disco, Fiona Apple, Fall Out Boy, Paul Reubens, Catherine O' Hara, Citizens of Halloween, Patrick Stewert Title: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Rating: Release Date: 24 October, 2006 Media: Audio CD 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 Songs 14: Sally's Song 15: Christmas Even Montage 16: Poor Jack 17: To the Rescue 18: Finale/ Reprise 19: Closing 20: End Title 21: This Is Halloween - Marilyn Manson 22: Sally's Song - Fiona Apple 23: What's This? - Fall Out Boy 24: Kidnap the Sandy Claws - She Wants Revenge 25: This Is Halloween - Panic! At the Disco 26: Making Christmas (Demo) - Danny Elfman 27: Oogie Boogie's Song (Demo) - Danny Elfman 28: This Is Halloween (Demo) - Danny Elfman 29: Kidnap the Sandy Claws (Demo) - Danny Elfman

Editoral Review 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. 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 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 .. You can see a complete list of all Danny Elfman, Marilyn Manson, Panic!@ the Disco, Fiona Apple, Fall Out Boy, Paul Reubens, Catherine O' Hara, Citizens of Halloween, Patrick Stewert discography, or go back to the Danny Elfman, Marilyn Manson, Panic!@ the Disco, Fiona Apple, Fall Out Boy, Paul Reubens, Catherine O' Hara, Citizens of Halloween, Patrick Stewert tabs