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Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" soundtrack features 10 ghoulishly delightful songs and score by renowned composer/songwriter Danny Elfman, lead singer of the popular rock group Oingo Boingo. Embracing the traditional musical structure of 10 songs and underscore, Elfman creates a musical landscape in which the story narrative is wholly integrated into each musical number. Allowing the film's fantastic characters to come convincingly to life, the songs set into "stop-motion" the fanciful tale of Jack Skellington with haunting melodies, vivid imagery, and spectacular wordplay. Supported by an evocative and suspenseful underscore, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" soundtrack is a dazzling marriage of music and innovative technique.
The film's production numbers include: "This Is Halloween," the song that introduces the storyline; "Jack's Lament," in which Jack expresses his frustration with his life; "What's This?," Jack's exuberant testimonial to Christmastown; "Town Meeting Song," which introduces the denizens of Halloweentown; "Jack's Obsession," in which Jack realizes his newfound desire for Christmas; "Kidnap the Sandy Claws," which unveils Lock, Shock, and Barrel's plan to abduct Santa Claus; "Making Christmas," Halloweentown's off-kilter impression of Christmas; "Sally's Song," a tender ballad of unrequited love; "Oogie Boogie's Song," the evil demon's gloriously ghoulish tribute to himself; "Poor Jack," a song of self-awakening, in which Jack discovers he truly belongs in Halloweentown; and the finale reprise performed by Jack, Sally, and the citizens of Halloweentown.
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1. Overture
2. Opening - Narration by Patrick Stewart
3. This Is Halloween - Performed by the Citizens of Halloweentown
4. Jack's Lament - Performed by Danny Elfman
5. Doctor Finklestein/In the Forest
6. What's This? - Performed by Danny Elfman
7. Town Meeting Song - Performed by Danny Elfman and Cast
8. Jack and Sally Montage
9. Jack's Obsession - Performed by Danny Elfman and Cast
10. Kidnap the Sandy Claws - Performed by Paul Reubens, Catherine O'Hara, and Danny Elfman
11. Making Christmas - Performed by Danny Elfman and the Citizens of Halloweentown
12. Nabbed
13. Oogie Boogie's Song - Performed by Ken Page with Ed Ivory
14. Sally's Song - Performed by Catherine O'Hara
15. Christmas Eve Montage
16. Poor Jack - Performed by Danny Elfman
17. To the Rescue
18. Finale/Reprise - Performed by Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara, and the Citizens of Halloweentown
19. Closing - Narration by Patrick Stewart
20. End Title
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Set in the "holiday worlds of old," Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" follows the comic misadventures and misguided passion of Jack Skellington, Halloweentown's beloved Pumpkin King, who oversees the creation of all the ghoulish delights, frights, and surprises that his holiday traditionally exports to the "real world." Bored with the same annual routine, Jack finds a new purpose in life when he accidentally stumbles upon the entryway to Christmastown. Instantly enchanted with the bright colors, toys, decorations, and warm spirit he discovers there, Jack returns home, obsessed with bringing Christmas under his control. Enlisting his loyal townspeople to help him become a substitute Santa, Jack sets out to create a new and improved version of the holiday, which soon goes seriously awry.
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