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Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2: Film & Television Music | 
 enlarge | Creators: Danny Elfman, Artie Kane, Chris Boardman, J.a.c. Redford, Jonathan Sheffer, Richard Stone, Shirley Walker, Steve Bartek
Label: Fontana Mca
Category: Music
Buy New: $24.98
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 29226
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.7 x 0.5
MPN: 11550
UPC: 008811155025
EAN: 0008811155025
ASIN: B000002P4P
Release Date: December 3, 1996
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Main Titles | | • | Storytime | | • | Suite | | • | Suburbia - Barber | | • | The Grand Finale | | • | Main Titles | | • | Vera's World | | • | Flashback | | • | Sad Room | | • | End Titles | | • | Main Titles | | • | Suzie's Theme | | • | Busted | | • | Wheepy Donuts | | • | Finale | | • | Main Titles | | • | Baby Beauty | | • | Jump For Joy | | • | Frolick | | • | Sick | | • | Bye Bye Jerry | | • | Memories | | • | End Titles | | • | Birth Of A Penguin | | • | Trouble Suite | | • | The Finale |
Disc 2
| • | End Titles | | • | Trouble | | • | Looking For Job | | • | Betrayal | | • | Main Titles | | • | Return Montage | | • | Finale - End Titles | | • | Main Titles | | • | Daughter | | • | Montage | | • | Nam | | • | Nightmare | | • | Overture | | • | Jack and Sally Suite | | • | Christmas Eve Montage | | • | Main Titles | | • | On The Road | | • | Back In The Car | | • | Main titles | | • | Suite [Part 1] | | • | Suite [Part 2] | | • | Suite | | • | Theme (The Flash) - Danny Elfman, Elfman, Danny | | • | Pee Wee's Playhouse - Danny Elfman, Elfman, Danny | | • | Suite [Part 1] | | • | Suite [Part 2] | | • | Suite [Part 3] | | • | Theme (Beetlejuice-Animated TV Series) Pee Wee's Playhouse (Continued) - Danny Elfman, Elfman, Danny | | • | This Is Halloween, original demo for Nightmare Before Christmas |
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A delightfully buoyant, mock-creepy collection of film scores from Hollywood's first and best call for quirk, strangeness, and charm. Focusing on Elfman's post-1992 work (much of it for director Tim Burton), this 2 CD set features excerpts from Edward Scissorhands, To Die For, and Batman Returns, among other lesser items. -- Jeff Bateman
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
 Priceless, at any price July 6, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Years ago, watching peter Jennings cover the funeral procession of Princess Diana, my soul was captured by some hauntingly beautiful music that at times played in the background. So began my mission to find out what it was, who wrote it and how I could get it. After some correspondence with the network I was put in touch with the woman who "put together" that part of the programming. All she could remember is that it came from the movie "Black Beauty". THEN I found out how many versions of that had been made lol. With determination, I finally found it, and had a local music store order it for me.
There are no words to describe what this music does to me. I did try listening to some of the other tracks, but they didn't even come close. I rate this music right up there with the 1971 score for "Jane Eyre" by John Willams... and that's pretty high :D
Good overview April 18, 2007
Very nice overview of Elfman work. Insufficient by itself but worth having along with the full soundtracks. Bonus disc is a nice extra.
Great Music!!!!!!!!! September 8, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I Love Danny Elfman's music so much that I have started my own collection of the soundtracks that he composed. For a while, I was trying to find the "Beetlejuice" theme song from the TV show, but thanks to this release, I finally have it!!! Keep up the good work Elfman!
Very nice for a Danny Elfman collection August 2, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Music For A Darkened Theater, Vol.2 is a great cd!!! I love all of the tracks on both cd's,but my fav. ones are the t.v. scores and the This Is Halloween demo!!! If you love this,then i recomend looking at all the actually albums on this cd and his other works!!!! good job,Danny Elfman.
Bring on Volume 3 May 3, 2005
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
The liner notes and "This is Halloween Demo" on this compilation are well worth the CD price by themselves. Danny comments on each of the tracks on the CDs which is a rare and ego-free look at what a composer thinks of his own work.
Edward Scissorhands is magical, Black Beauty is a rollercoaster of emotion, and Dolores Claiborne makes me want to find the nearest piano. This is not a "Most Popular" compilation, rather it aptly showcases Danny Elfman's (and Orchestrator, Steve Bartek's) brilliance and wide range of style.
Every suite has an Elfman signature, such as the layered complexity which never sounds overdone, or the use of a choir as an instrument.
This (and Volume 1) are examples of the work of a modern day composer who consistently stands out as one of the best.
If you like this and have the spare cash, grab the individual scores from some of the movies he has worked on, including "Men In Black", "Spiderman", "Batman", "Batman Returns", "Nightmare Before Christmas", "Edward Scissorhands", "Mars Attacks" and so many more.
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