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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]
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.
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." [1] The main song that features throughout the film and as the credits roll is a rock song written and performed by Elfman called "The Little Things".
Paired with an orchestra arrangement from Danny Elfman, the updated version is just as funny as the original and also pretty beautiful. Related: Our Favorite Romantic Holiday Songs of All Time 3.
This is a list of compositions by Danny Elfman for film, television, stage and the concert hall. For a list of recordings, see Danny Elfman discography , and for Elfman's work as lead singer/songwriter of Oingo Boingo , see Oingo Boingo discography .
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 ...
Little Things or The Little Thing or variation, may refer to: Music. Albums. Little Things (Sylver album), 2003; Little Things (Toby Lightman album), 2004;