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The Nightmare Before Christmas is the fifteenth soundtrack album by American composer Danny Elfman. It was released on October 12, 1993, by Walt Disney Records to promote the 1993 American stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film The Nightmare Before Christmas. Composed by Danny Elfman, the soundtrack was nominated for the 1993 Golden Globe for Best Original Score. The album peaked at #64 on the US Billboard 200.[2][3] For the film's 2006 re-release in Disney Digital 3-D, a special edition of the soundtrack was released, a bonus disc which contained covers of five of the film's songs by Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, Marilyn Manson, Fiona Apple and She Wants Revenge. Four original demo tracks (six on the Best Buy exclusive) by Elfman were also included.[4]

The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by
Danny Elfman
ReleasedOctober 12, 1993 (1993-10-12)
GenreSoundtrack
Length61:09
LabelWalt Disney
ProducerDanny Elfman
The Nightmare Before Christmas chronology
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1993)		 Nightmare Revisited
(2008)
Danny Elfman chronology
Batman Returns
(1992)		 The Nightmare Before Christmas
(1993)		 Black Beauty
(1994)
Re-release cover
2006 Reissue
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Background


The soundtrack was composed by composer and then-Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman. Elfman sought to make the soundtrack timeless and drew on classic popular composers for inspiration. He explained: "I wanted it to sound like it was written 50 or 100 years ago, so I turned my own influences for that stuff. Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera, which was a major thing in my life, was a source, as well musicals from Cole Porter and Gershwin, and to a certain extent, Rodgers and Hammerstein."[5] For "What's This?" Elfman sought to capture the rapid-pace lyricism of Gilbert and Sullivan.

In a later interview, Elfman likened Jack Skellington's experience as the leader of Halloweentown looking to escape to a different world to his discontentment with being the leader of his band, Oingo Boingo. He recalled, "'I always felt Jack was a part of me. ... When I wrote those songs, I was in kind of a unique position, because like Jack I was the king of my own little kingdom – that was Oingo Boingo. And like Jack, I really wanted a way out, but I didn't know how to get out because so many people depended on me. So my own psychological mindset at the time was that I was writing from my own perspective as much as his, because I understood what it felt like to want something else."[6]


Track listing


All tracks are written by Danny Elfman.

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Overture (score)" 1:48
2."Opening"Patrick Stewart0:57
3."This Is Halloween"The Citizens of Halloween Town3:16
4."Jack's Lament"Danny Elfman3:14
5."Doctor Finklestein/In the Forest (score)" 2:36
6."What's This?"Danny Elfman2:59
7."Town Meeting Song"Danny Elfman, Halloween Cast2:56
8."Jack and Sally Montage (score)" 5:17
9."Jack's Obsession"Danny Elfman, Halloween Cast2:46
10."Kidnap the Sandy Claws"Paul Reubens, Catherine O'Hara, Danny Elfman3:02
11."Making Christmas"Danny Elfman, The Citizens of Halloween Town3:57
12."Nabbed (score)" 3:04
13."Oogie Boogie's Song"Ken Page, Ed Ivory3:17
14."Sally's Song"Catherine O'Hara1:47
15."Christmas Eve Montage (score)" 4:44
16."Poor Jack"Danny Elfman2:31
17."To the Rescue (score)" 3:38
18."Finale/Reprise"Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara, The Citizens of Halloween Town2:45
19."Closing"Patrick Stewart1:26
20."End Credits (score)" 5:05

On some versions of the CD, "End Credits" is two tracks (20 and 21) with lengths of 1:10 and 3:55 respectively. In this case, track 21 is considered a "hidden track" but features the same music as the 20-track release, which keeps "End Credits" as one track.


2006 reissue bonus disc


All tracks are written by Danny Elfman.

No.TitleContributing artistLength
1."This Is Halloween"Marilyn Manson3:22
2."Sally's Song"Fiona Apple3:20
3."What's This?"Fall Out Boy3:00
4."Kidnap the Sandy Claws"She Wants Revenge5:09
5."This Is Halloween"Panic! at the Disco3:36
6."Making Christmas" (Demo)Danny Elfman5:34
7."Oogie Boogie's Song" (Demo)Danny Elfman3:15
8."Kidnap the Sandy Claws" (Demo)Danny Elfman2:51
9."This Is Halloween" (Demo)Danny Elfman3:19
Best Buy exclusive bonus tracks
No.TitleContributing artistLength
10."Town Meeting Song" (Demo)Danny Elfman2:47
11."What's This?" (Demo)Danny Elfman3:00

The "Kidnap the Sandy Claws" and "This Is Halloween" demos are reversed in the track listing on the backside of the album cover and in the album booklet.


Personnel


Credits and personnel adapted from the 2006 edition of the soundtrack's liner notes.


Bonus Content



Foreign-language versions


There are several foreign-language versions of the soundtrack, each features tracks sung by vocalists in their native language as well as original score tracks by Danny Elfman.

Jack - Olivier Constantin
Sally - Nina Morato
Oogie Boogie - Richard Darbois
Santa Claus (Père Noël) - Henri Poirier
Jack - Alexander Goebel
Sally - Nina Hagen
Oogie Boogie - Ron Williams
Santa Claus - Manfred Lichtenfeld
Jack - Renato Zero
Sally - Marjorie Biondo
Oogie Boogie (Bau-Bau) - Andrea Surdi
Santa Claus (Babbo Natale) - Silvio Spaccesi
Jack - Tony Cruz
Sally - María Caneda
Oogie Boogie - Jesús Castejón
Santa Claus - Julio Núñez

Charts


Chart performance for The Nightmare Before Christmas
Chart (2019–2021) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[7] 51
US Billboard 200[8] 36

Certifications


Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[9] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


See also



References


  1. AllMusic review
  2. "Billboard 200 Chart Moves: John Legend & Pentatonix Debut in Top 40 With New 'Christmas' Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  3. "Charts and awards for The Nightmare Before Christmas". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
  4. Montgomery, James (August 28, 2006). "Fall Out Boy, Panic, Marilyn Manson Add To New 'Nightmare Before Christmas' Soundtrack". MTV News. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
  5. LeDonne, Rob (22 October 2018). "'The Nightmare Before Christmas' at 25: Composer Danny Elfman on the Undying Classic". Billboard. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  6. Krovatin, Chris. "How Danny Elfman made goths love Christmas". Kerrang!. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  7. "Billboard Canadian Albums Chart: Week of November 13, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  8. "Billboard 200 - Week of November 13, 2021". Billboard. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  9. "American album certifications – Soundtrack – Nightmare Before Christmas". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 28, 2022.


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