Danny Elfman

Name:	Danny Elfman

Birth Name:	Daniel Robert Elfman

Date/Place of Birth:	1953-05-29 in Amarillo, Texas, USA

Agent:	Blue Focus Management 15233 Ventura Blvd., Suite 2A Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 USA 818-380-1919

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Psycho: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture

Music by: Danny Elfman

Media: CD SPAR Code: ---

Tracks: 14 Origin: USA

Prelude [Film Score] - Danny Elfman
Living Dead Girl - Rob Zombie
Once Is Not Enough - Howie B
Psycho - Teddy Thompson
Screaming - Pet Shop Boys
Psycho Future
Honeymoon Suite - Thievery Corporation

Murder [Film Score] - Danny Elfman
Madhouse
Psycho Killer
All of My Life
Fly
In the End - Lionrock
Finale [Film Score] - Danny Elfman

One of the strangest remakes in a genre already verging on a sideshow of inbred congenital deformities, director Gus Van Sant's shot-for-shot re-creation of Alfred Hitchcock's shocker Psycho begs the question: What if Kinko's ran Hollywood? Which probably isn't fair to Kinko's. Given Van Sant's virtual-film sensibility and typical record-label-niche-marketing obsessions (now, there's a psychological thriller), this album ends up being the project's most original facet by default, if only because it's a spawn of that dreaded new genre, "music from and inspired by the motion picture." "From" gets repped by three of master Bernard Herrmann's original Psycho cues, run through--make that over--by Danny Elfman at a tempo that only an antsy crankhead could appreciate. "Inspired by" is a decidedly mixed bag that runs the gamut from typical Rob Zombie hoodoo ("Living Dead Girl") to embarrassing alternative folk (James Hall's painful--and painfully obvious--cover of the Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer"). Even the occasional interesting track ("Madhouse" by Mono; Lamb's "Fly" ) often succumbs to the project's photocopier philosophy and ham-fisted thematics; four of the pop songs contain samples from Herrmann's score, including hapless Steve Earle being punctuated--if not punctured--by the piercing strains of the infamous shower scene. Where's Tom Bodett when you need him? Our advice for the next album that's a soundtrack to a remake of a classic film: check the toner. --Jerry McCulley (amazon.com)

Red Dragon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Music by: Danny Elfman

Media: CD SPAR Code: ---

Tracks: 26 Origin: USA

Logos
Revelation
Main Titles
Cell
Old Mansion
Address
We're Different
Note
Enter the Dragon
Threats
Tiger Balls
Love on a Couch
Devouring the Dragon

Fire
Book
He's Back!
End Credits Suite
False Pretenses and Molly's Arrival
Freddy Abducted and The Red Dragon
Museum and The Chase
Revelation and The Fire
Ashes to Ashes
Fishing and Out of the Dust
Hospital Food
Dr. Lecter's Letter
End Credits

This vaunted "new" chapter in the exploits of serial killer/cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter is actually the first, essentially a remake of Manhunter, Michael Mann's adaptation of the Thomas Harris novel in which Dr. L. is but a supporting player. But where Mann used a nervous, often ironic rock and postpunk pop score, Danny Elfman's largely orchestral soundtrack here punctuates the film's creep factor with tense arpeggios and crashing rhythms. Nothing wrong with that, per se--the old school masters succeeded following a similar tack for decades. But Elfman is no Bernard Herrmann here. In fact, there's often precious little to remind us that this is the same composer who served up such goth-modern standouts as Batman, Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, and Darkman. It's a score that's masterfully atmospheric, yet strangely sterile--and one that occasionally dithers uncomfortably close to McGoth. The Enhanced CD features here include interviews with Elfman, director Brett Ratner, and star Anthony Hopkins.

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