ARTIST: Danny Elfman
TITLE: Corpse Bride
LABEL: Warner Bros
GENRE: Soundtrack
BITRATE: 192kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 59min total
RELEASE DATE: 2005-09-20
RIP DATE: 2005-09-19

Track List

01. Danny Elfman - Main Title       2:06
02. Albert Finney, Joanna Lumley,   3:45
Tracey Ullman & Paul
Whitehouse - According To Plan
03. Danny Elfman - Victor's Piano   1:18
Solo
04. Danny Elfman - Into The Forest  4:35
05. Danny Elfman, Jane Horrocks,    3:26
Paul Backer Alison Jiear &
Gary Martin - Remains Of The
Day
06. Danny Elfman - Casting A Spell  1:25
07. Danny Elfman - Moon Dance       1:28
08. Danny Elfman - Victor's         4:00
Deception
09. Helena Bonham Carter, Jane      2:45
Horrocks & Enn Reitel - Tears
To Shed
10. Danny Elfman - Victoria's       2:31
Escape
11. Danny Elfman - The Piano Duet   1:53
12. Danny Elfman - New Arrival      0:42
13. Danny Elfman - Victoria's       3:15
Wedding
14. Danny Elfman, Jane Horrocks,    3:01
Paul Backer, Alison Jiear &
Gary Martin - The Wedding Song
15. Danny Elfman - The Party        3:21
Arrives
16. Danny Elfman - Victor's         2:09
Wedding
17. Danny Elfman - Barkis's Bummer  2:07
18. Danny Elfman - The Finale       2:35
19. Danny Elfman - End Credits      1:50
Part 1
20. Danny Elfman - End Credits      2:33
Part 2
21. Bonejangles & His Bone Boys -   2:15
Ball & Socket Lounge Music #1
(Band Version)
22. Bonejangles & His Bone Boys -   3:06
Remains Of The Day (Combo
Lounge Version)
23. Bonejangles & His Bone Boys -   1:10
Ball & Socket Lounge Music #2
24. Bonejangles & His Bone Boys -   2:14
Ball & Socket Lounge Music #1
(Combo Version)

Release Notes:

Did composer Danny Elfman have enough juice for two movies by Tim Burton in a
single year? His first 2005 outing, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, is one of
his all-time best, and the songs he wrote for each of that film's children are
marvels of satirical invention. A few months later, both Burton and Elfman are
back with The Corpse Bride, a stop-motion animated film in the vein of The
Nightmare Before Christmas. This time it feels as if Elfman may have
overextended himself. The composer has fun with Gothic atmospherics, (when in
doubt, you can't go wrong with either a harpsichord or an organ) but the
instrumentals feel a bit perfunctory. The best part about the album is hearing
Elfman's ditties performed by a gaggle of top British actors such as Albert
Finney, Joanna Lumley and Tracey Ullman on "According to Plan," and Helena
Bonham Carter (surprisingly touching) and Jane Horrocks on "Tears to Shed."
Elfman himself sings "Remains of the Day," a tune that tries just a little too
hard to be zany; zaniness is achieved more subtly on the fourth and last vocal
track, "The Wedding Song," a clever pastiche of light operetta. But it's on the
last four tracks, credited to Bonejangles and His Bone Boys, that Elfman finally
sounds as if he's having fun, letting loose with casual New Orleans-style jazz.