Really?I thought The Corpse Bride was brilliant! But having said that, I hadn't seen Nightmare yet when I saw The Corpse Bride. I'm sure it's all relative. I Love Elfman! If you ever listen to Classical Music, listen to Shostakovich. Elfman has picked a lot of stuff up from that man....
(
Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!,
Sun 20 Jan 2008, 1:50,
archived)
No no, I absolutely loved Corpse Bride...I'm a total Burton freak, he can do no wrong in my eyes. But given that Corpse Bride was essentially *about* the songs, they just weren't that great - nothing in the league of Nightmare's What's This?, for example.
Sweeney is ace, though...highly recommended, just can't see why it's not a 15.
By the way, check out Elfman's first band, (The Mystic Knights Of The) Oingo Boingo - they're incredible. They did an amazing b-movie called The Forbidden Zone, if you ever get a chance...man, that's a trip. (*u*)
(Sweeney is ace, though...highly recommended, just can't see why it's not a 15.
By the way, check out Elfman's first band, (The Mystic Knights Of The) Oingo Boingo - they're incredible. They did an amazing b-movie called The Forbidden Zone, if you ever get a chance...man, that's a trip. (*u*)
grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre,
Sun 20 Jan 2008, 1:54,
archived)
That was Elfman?I never knew....
It all makes sense now!
(It all makes sense now!
Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!,
Sun 20 Jan 2008, 2:03,
archived)
ps, I'll check out more Shostakovich.Like what I've heard, but Bach (who I'm a big fan of) is more an influence on Sweeney Todd. :)
( grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre,
Sun 20 Jan 2008, 1:55,
archived)
That's may as bebut I guarantee that if you listen to more Shostakovich youll see far more links in that. I saw Valery Gergiev conducting the whole of Shos's work with the London Symphony Orchestra over his year as "temp" conductor with the LSO. It was absolutely astonishing. A lot of the latrr stuff I couldnt get my head round, but it was still amazing!
( Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!,
Sun 20 Jan 2008, 2:08,
archived)