Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
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Free Music Review: Wonderful CD
Hit: 5 Stars
This CD has all the classics and some great remakes. Highly recommended for the upcoming holiday season.Free Music Review: Awesome. Fast
Hit: 5 Stars
The CD is great!. Nice cover, and it arrived very fast. Faster than what I expected. Thank you.Free Music Review: nbc soundtrack
Hit: 5 Stars
i love nbc so i really love hearin other people sing the songs too thats classicFree Music Review: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Hit: 4 Stars
As a major Nightmare Before Christmas fan, I was very excited to get this soundtrack. I listened to it with an open mind, and found most of the covers were actually pretty good.
"This is Halloween" done by Marylin Manson. Part of "the good." I am not a big fan of Manson, but I love the beat he chose, and I love how he gave different roles different voices. The music definitely sounds somewhat "punk," but it works. I love the drums and electric guitar.
"Sally's Song" done by Fiona Apple. This is definitely "the bad." While I liked it, I feel she has too deep a voice to do this one properly, and she sounded a little whiny in some places. A slightly faster pace might have helped. The background music, though, was very lovely.
"What's This?" done by Fall Out Boy. Another "good." This one was a lot of fun to listen to. I love the use of piano and jingle bells at the beginning, and then the electric guitar coming in. I think that since the original version is fast paced, that is probably why they can get away with the use of eletric guitar. You can tell the band is having fun with it. I found myself dancing along unintentionally.
"Kidnap the Sandy Claws" done by She Wants Revenge. This one takes the cake for "the ugly." This was my favorite song in the movie, and they absolutely murdered it. They start out with this beat that you hear in a lot of punk and techno songs. They fail to use the original tune, have only one person singing most of it, and to make it worse, the singing is monotonous and slow. "Kidnap the Sandy Claws" practically depends on a fast pace. The only part I enjoyed at all was the part in the middle where for about ten seconds, they played a slightly warped version of the original tune. I actually skipped this one after the first verse when I first listened to it, then forced myself to suffer through it to see if it would get any better. It did not. I would not be surprised if She Wants Revenge were found dead one morning with lollipops shoved down their throats and a note in childish writing saying "We paid back the favor. ---LSB". Yes, it was that horrible.
"This is Halloween" done by Panic! At the Disco. The top of "the good," and by far my favorite of the covers. It begins and ends with chimes that come straight from the Nightmare Before Christmas musical snowglobes (and I hould know---I have seven), then crescendos into the main song. I love how they use classic instruments like flutes, French horns, violins, and trumpets throughout it. Another treat is hearing any "individual" part (like the Shadow on the Moon or the One Under Your Bed) sung in these whispery, slightly choir-like vocals.
For the Elfman Demos, I basically have the same opinion for all of them: it was a treat getting to hear them. A lot of them had deleted verses and references to the orignal script (for example, during "Kidnap the Sandy Claws," Danny's voice went high during Lock's verses, probably recorded back when Lock and Shock had each other's roles in the original script, but were switched later). I loved hearing him changing voices for different characters.
I want to give this CD a five, I really do, but with the "Kidnap the Sandy Claws" cover and Fiona Apple's whining, it does not deserve it. The rest, though, definitely save the CD. Those two songs aside, this CD is definitely worth the money to get.
Free Music Review: A steal if you don't own the soundtrack already....still a bargain if you do
Hit: 4 Stars
I was iffy about purchasing this as I already owned a copy of the sountrack. The remastering, however, is top notch. Nothing more needs to be said of the great soundtrack itself.
The second disc is a mixed bag. There are two really good covers, one that's okay, and two that are just deplorable. Marilyn Manson and Danny Elfman is a match made in heaven (and I use that term VERY loosely). Manson's approach to the vocals encapsulates his own style while maintaining every piece of integrity of the original. I've never been a fan of Fiona Apple, but the emotional breadth given to Sally's Song deserves accolades. It's beautiful, taking the song to new heights. Fall Out Boy does a credible "What's This," which is fun, even if its nothing spectacular. She Wants Revenge, still trying to capitalize on the fame of Interpol and the newfound love of Post punk industrial is montonous in their version of Kidnap the Sandy Claws. I've concluded that all She Wants Revenge songs sound the same. Panic At the Disco give us a weird, overdramatic version of This Is Halloween. Its failure is that it is not fun, and it's a fun song.
Then there are the demos. These are fantastic, if for no other reason, then because Elfman does all the vocals himself. There is a note in the liner notes saying "All vocals by Danny Elfman" in regards to the demos. He does some amazing work, probably fooling with many synths and vocal layering. This is Halloween and Kidnap the Sandy Claws really show this. Of particular interest though are the cuts that were done to Making Christmas. It's fun to hear a version that was clearly a work in progress. Despite these being demos and Elfman probably only needing to provide a guiding vocal, he really has fun with these. While Oogie Boogie's Song is no match for the version that appears on the soundtrack, Elfman is clearly having a good time paying homage to one of his heroes, Cab Calloway. Overall, at less than 15 bucks, this collection is a steal.