WaterTower Music has released the new cover of the song Day-O from the fantasy comedy Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. The track (featured in the latest trailer for the movie) is produced by the film’s composer Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Alice in Wonderland) and performed by Alfie Davis & The Sylvia Young Theatre School Choir and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song and check out the new trailer after the jump Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is directed by Tim Burton and stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Jenna Ortega, Monica Bellucci, Arthur Conti and Willem Dafoe.
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Expanded ‘Nightbreed’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1990 fantasy horror movie Nightbreed written and directed by Clive Barker and starring Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, Charles Haid, David Cronenberg, Hugh Quarshie and Doug Bradley. The 2-CD set features the expanded and complete original score from the film composed by Academy Award nominee Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Alice in Wonderland, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), including around 30 minutes of previously unreleased music on the first disc, as well as the content of the original 1990 soundtrack album (released by MCA Records) and a suite of alternates on the second disc. The album is now available to order on Amazon and the label’s official website, where you can also find out more about the release.
‘Hellboy II: The Golden Army’ Deluxe Edition Soundtrack to Be Released
Varese Sarabande will release a new soundtrack album for the 2008 superhero movie Hellboy II: The Golden Army written and directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor, Doug Jones and John Hurt. The album features the expanded original score from the film composed by Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, Nightmare Before Christmas, Alice in Wonderland, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Men in Black), including previously unreleased music. The Deluxe Edition soundtrack will be released digitally and physically tomorrow, February 23. Visit Amazon (or any other major digital music services) to stream/download the album and visit the label’s official website to order the CD version. Varese has previously released the original soundtrack album when the movie opened in theaters in 2008.
Leo Birenberg, Zach Robinson, Cristobal Tapia de Veer & Danny Elfman Win Emmy Awards for ‘Weird’, ‘The White Lotus’ & ‘Wednesday’
Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson have won their first Emmy Award for their score for The Roku Channel original movie Weird: The Al Yankovic Story in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie, or Special category at today’s first night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Cristobal Tapia de Veer has picked up his third Emmy Award for his music from the Season 2 episode In the Sandbox from HBO’s The White Lotus in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Series category and Danny Elfman won the Emmy in the Original Main Title Theme Music category for Netflix’s Wednesday.
Danny Elfman Shares Unreleased ‘The Woman in the Window’ Score
Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Alice in Wonderland, Edward Scissorhands, Good Will Hunting, Men in Black) has launched a new official website and uploaded his unreleased score for the 2021 psychological thriller The Woman in the Window directed by Joe Wright and starring Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie, Julianne Moore, Fred Hechinger, Brian Tyree Henry, Wyatt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mariah Bozeman and Jeanine Serralles. Click here to listen to all eighteen tracks. The Woman in the Window is based on the bestselling novel by A. J. Finn and revolves around a psychologist who is confined to her home by agoraphobia and becomes obsessed with her new neighbors – and solving a brutal crime she witnesses from her window.
Tara Wood’s Tim Burton Docuseries to Feature Theme by Danny Elfman
Deadline is reporting that Danny Elfman is contributing the theme (song) to an upcoming, currently untitled, documentary series about director Tim Burton. The show is directed by Tara Wood (Quentin Tarantino QT8: The First Eight, 21 Years: Richard Linklater) and centers on the filmmaker who has collaborated with Elfman on most of his features, including Batman, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow, Planet of the Apes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Alice in Wonderland and Dumbo.
Danny Elfman to Return for Tim Burton’s ‘Beetlejuice 2’
Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) has confirmed in a recent interview with Deadline that he will be be scoring Tim Burton’s upcoming Beetlejuice sequel, with plans to visit the set this summer in London. The movie is expected to star Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder who will reprise their roles from the original 1988 movie. They are joined by Jenna Ortega who will starsas the daughter of Ryder’s Lydia. No plot details have been announced yet.
World Premiere Release of Danny Elfman’s ‘Summer School’ Score Announced
Rusted Wave and 1984 Publishing have announced the world premiere score release for the 1987 comedy Summer School directed by Carl Reiner and starring Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Robin Thomas, Courtney Thorne-Smith and Dean Cameron. The album features the original score from the Paramount Pictures production composed by Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, Alice in Wonderland, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness). The soundtrack is now available to order as a limited edition CD and vinyl (in different color variants) on the labels’ websites (CD version and vinyl edition). Chrysalis has previously released the original 1987 soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie.
’65’ Soundtrack Album Details
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller 65. The album features the film’s original score composed by Chris Bacon (Source Code, Bates Motel, Gnomeo & Juliet, Wednesday, Men in Black: International, The Tick). Danny Elfman (who was originally scoring the movie) is credited as a co-composer on several tracks. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 10 and will be available to stream/download here. 65 is written and directed by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods and stars Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt and Chloe Coleman. The Sam Raimi-produced movie follows a pilot Mills who – after a catastrophic crash on an unknown planet – quickly discovers he’s actually stranded on Earth, 65 million years ago, and, with the only other survivor, must make his way across an unknown terrain riddled with dangerous prehistoric creatures.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 25, 2022)
Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the animated feature Strange World directed by Don Hall, co-directed by Qui Nguyen and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Dennis Quaid, Jaboukie Young-White and Gabrielle Union. The film’s original music composed by Henry Jackman (Wreck-It-Ralph, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Big Hero 6, X-Men: First Class, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as an original song written by Jackman & Kevin Del Aguila earlier this week. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Walt Disney Animation Studios production.
Also opening nationwide this week is the war drama Devotion directed by J.D. Dillard and starring Jonathan Majors, Glen Powell, Christina Jackson, Thomas Sadoski and Joe Jonas. Chanda Dancy (The Defeated, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Aftershock) has composed the film’s original score. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music last Friday (click here for the full album details). Available separately from Republic Records is Joe Jonas’ & Khalid’s original song Not Alone from the movie (click here to listen to the track).