Ghost hosts Will and Wend finish off their month of Halloween specials by discussing one of their favourite film scores, composer Danny Elfman‘s The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Release
The Nightmare Before Christmas Walt Disney Records (1993)
or Disc 1 of
The Nightmare Before Christmas 2-Disc Special Edition Walt Disney Records (2006)
Timestamps
00:00 – Intro Tag: Charlie McCarron
05:11 – 1. Overture
06:12 – 2. Opening
07:25 – 3. This Is Halloween
08:52 – 4. Jack’s Lament
11:31 – 5. In the Forest
12:28 – 6. What’s This?
14:51 – 7. Town Meeting Town
16:40 – 8. Jack and Sally Montage
18:53 – 9. Jack’s Obsession
19:33 – 10. Kidnap the Sandy Claws
20:55 – 11. Making Christmas
22:59 – 12. Nabbed
24:30 – 13. Oogie Boogie’s Song
25:46 – 14. Sally’s Song
27:49 – 15. Christmas Eve Montage
31:07 – 16. Poor Jack
33:44 – 17. To the Rescue
35:43 – 18. Finale/Reprise
37:17 – 19. Closing
37:33 – 20. End Title
Links
Composer Quest – A Songwriting and Music Composition Podcast
Skywalking Through Neverland – A Halloween Celebration
Sideshow Sound Theatre┃Halloween Music & Film Soundtrack Podcast 
This is the first episode of your podcast I’ve listened to and I absolutely loved it! The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of my favourite scores, so it was great to listen to it again in more depth. It inspired me to take a detailed look at some of Elfman’s other scores and I found a book by Janet K. Halfyard called “Danny Elfman’s Batman: A Film Score Guide” which I’ve added to my Christmas list. Looking forward to hearing more.
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Thanks so much for listening Aaron and your kind words, that´s great to hear! Yes, it`s a phenomenal score, and one of our absolute favourites! In Episode 9 of the podcast we looked at Elfman`s Sleepy Hollow score which you might enjoy listening to, and we also discussed the Batman score in our very first episode. The book you referenced sounds super interesting, we´ll have to check that out!
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Thanks for the tip, I’ll give those episodes a listen to this week.
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