Music Review: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton

Her is a wonderful presentation from PBS.  I mean this is very good.  This is mostly orchestral, music for many Tim Burton movies including Corpse Bride, batman, Pee Wee Herman, Alice in Wonderland.  Edward Scissorhands we experience a terrific violin solo, and the music box style music for this show is exquisite.  The vocals for the most part are oo's and ah's, until we arrive at "The Nightmare Before Christmas."  In this portion, the composer, who sang the vocals for Jack and for the Boogie Man in the original, sings for the concert.  It is a delight.  He talks about not liking singing in public, but this is just superb.  What wasn't superb as the female vocalizing Sally's song.  I couldn't understand the words.  With the music there are interviews mixed in; with Johnny Depp, Tim Burton and the composer, and a few others.

Movie Reviews: ***Nightmare Before Christmas

***^The Nightmare Before Christmas:  This is a Tim Burton classic.  This is close to a Halloween movie.  It presents Halloween taking over Christmas in the form of Jack Skellington; Jack (Danny Elfman and Chris Sarandon)  who has become bored with Halloween.  Jack's love interest is Sally. (Catherine O'hara) They decide to invade Christmas.  They kidnap Santa, and Jack takes off on the sleigh, to deliver presents of a different type--which quickly offends the population.  He is seen as an imposter, and blown from the sky.  In the meantime, the Boogie man has been torturing Santa, which wasn't suppose to happen.  If something doesn't change Christmas will be ruined.
I enjoyed this movie for the most part; even with the gross Halloween stuff.  I am not sure of the theme.  Maybe it is that you have to know who you are and stay in your place.