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Danny Elfman was invited to do the Wanted score, and accepted because he was a fan of director Timur Bekmambetov's previous films, Night Watch and Day Watch.Considering the film to be a "weird, twisted, sarcastic thing," Elfman decided to make a guitar-based soundtrack, with the "nastiest sounds" and a "heavy metal approach."
He wrote the lyrics to "Lullaby" from Charlotte's Web, the rock track "The Little Things" from Wanted which he also sang in English and Russian, [136] and "Alice's Theme" from Alice in Wonderland. [137] Elfman co-wrote the lyrics to "Twice the Love" from Big Fish and the "Wonka's Welcome Song" for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with John August.
Elfman would reiterate this view in 2014, claiming that the song was an "in-your-face facetious jab." [2] [3] Elfman has occasionally offered other explanations; in a 1985 concert he jokingly suggested that the song was about how his girlfriend was so "very, very little" that "she fits in the palm of [his] hand." [4] [better source needed]
First Elfman score to be credited as conductor [citation needed] To Die For: Gus Van Sant: Columbia Pictures Rank Organisation Laura Ziskin Productions Elfman and Van Sant performed some vocals on the score credited to "Little Gus And The Suzettes" [11] 1996 Mission: Impossible: Brian De Palma: Paramount Pictures Cruise/Wagner Productions
Oingo Boingo (/ ˈ ɔɪ ŋ ɡ oʊ ˈ b ɔɪ ŋ ɡ oʊ /) was an American new wave band formed by songwriter Danny Elfman in 1979. The band emerged from a surrealist musical theatre troupe, The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, that Elfman had led and written material for in the years previous. [5]
The album's musical arrangements, by vocalist Danny Elfman and guitarist Steve Bartek, completed the group's evolution into a new wave rock band (see Oingo Boingo – The Mystic Knights Years). Only a Lad features complex and frequently changing time signatures and keys , often incorporating harmonies borrowed from jazz and 20th-century ...
The group was led by Richard until 1976, when his brother Danny Elfman took over. The group evolved into an experimental musical theatre group, performing songs from the 1930s-40s and original material. [1] [2] In 1979, Danny Elfman wished to pursue a new direction as a dedicated rock band and the group reformed as Oingo Boingo. Several Mystic ...
The album marked the soundtrack debut of composer Danny Elfman, who was frontman to the Mystic Knights at time of recording. [ 3 ] The soundtrack album is the only public release accredited to The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, recorded between 1978 and 1979—during which time the band was transitioning into Oingo Boingo .