The Nightmare Before Christmas (soundtrack)

The Nightmare Before Christmas is the fifteenth soundtrack album by American composer Danny Elfman. It was released on October 12, 1993, by Walt Disney Records to promote the 1993 American stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film The Nightmare Before Christmas. Composed by Danny Elfman, the soundtrack was nominated for the 1993 Golden Globe for Best Original Score. The album peaked at #64 on the US Billboard 200.[2][3] For the film's 2006 re-release in Disney Digital 3-D, a special edition of the soundtrack was released, a bonus disc which contained covers of five of the film's songs by Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, Marilyn Manson, Fiona Apple and She Wants Revenge. Four original demo tracks (six on the Best Buy exclusive) by Elfman were also included.[4]

The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Danny Elfman
Released	October 12, 1993 (1993-10-12)
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	61:09
Label	Walt Disney
Producer	Danny Elfman
The Nightmare Before Christmas chronology
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993) Nightmare Revisited (2008)
Danny Elfman chronology
Batman Returns (1992) The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) Black Beauty (1994)
Re-release cover
2006 Reissue

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Danny Elfman.

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Overture (score)"		1:48
2.	"Opening"	Patrick Stewart	0:57
3.	"This Is Halloween"	The Citizens of Halloween Town	3:16
4.	"Jack's Lament"	Danny Elfman	3:14
5.	"Doctor Finklestein/In the Forest (score)"		2:36
6.	"What's This?"	Danny Elfman	2:59
7.	"Town Meeting Song"	Danny Elfman, Halloween Cast	2:56
8.	"Jack and Sally Montage (score)"		5:17
9.	"Jack's Obsession"	Danny Elfman, Halloween Cast	2:46
10.	"Kidnap the Sandy Claws"	Paul Reubens, Catherine O'Hara, Danny Elfman	3:02
11.	"Making Christmas"	Danny Elfman, The Citizens of Halloween Town	3:57
12.	"Nabbed (score)"		3:04
13.	"Oogie Boogie's Song"	Ken Page, Ed Ivory	3:17
14.	"Sally's Song"	Catherine O'Hara	1:47
15.	"Christmas Eve Montage (score)"		4:43
16.	"Poor Jack"	Danny Elfman	2:31
17.	"To the Rescue (score)"		3:38
18.	"Finale/Reprise"	Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara, The Citizens of Halloween Town	2:44
19.	"Closing"	Patrick Stewart	1:26
20.	"End Credits (score)"		5:05

On some versions of the CD, "End Credits" is two tracks (20 and 21) with lengths of 1:10 and 3:55 respectively. In this case, track 21 is considered a "hidden track" but features the same music as the 20-track release, which keeps "End Credits" as one track.

2006 reissue bonus disc

All tracks are written by Danny Elfman.

No.	Title	Contributing artist	Length
1.	"This Is Halloween"	Marilyn Manson	3:22
2.	"Sally's Song"	Fiona Apple	3:20
3.	"What's This?"	Fall Out Boy	3:00
4.	"Kidnap the Sandy Claws"	She Wants Revenge	5:09
5.	"This Is Halloween"	Panic! at the Disco	3:36
6.	"Making Christmas" (Demo)	Danny Elfman	5:34
7.	"Oogie Boogie's Song" (Demo)	Danny Elfman	3:15
8.	"Kidnap the Sandy Claws" (Demo)	Danny Elfman	2:51
9.	"This Is Halloween" (Demo)	Danny Elfman	3:19

Best Buy exclusive bonus tracks

No.	Title	Contributing artist	Length
10.	"Town Meeting Song" (Demo)	Danny Elfman	2:47
11.	"What's This?" (Demo)	Danny Elfman	3:00

The "Kidnap the Sandy Claws" and "This Is Halloween" demos are reversed in the track listing on the backside of the album cover and in the album booklet.

Personnel

Credits and personnel adapted from the 2006 edition of the soundtrack's liner notes.

Performers Danny Elfman – principal artist (Jack Skellington, Barrell), vocals Catherine O'Hara – principal artist (Sally, Shock), vocals Glenn Shadix – principal artist (Mayor), vocals Ken Page – principal artist (Oogie Boogie), vocals Paul Reubens – principal artist (Lock), vocals Ed Ivory – principal artist (Santa), vocals Additional performers Sherwood Ball – background vocals Debi Durst – background vocals Randy Crenshaw – background vocals Kerry Katz – background vocals Susan McBride – background vocals Bobbi Page – background vocals Greg Proops - background vocals Carmen Twillie – background vocals Glenn Walters – background vocals

Musicians Steve Bartek – musical director, song orchestration Mark McKenzie – score orchestration Chris Boardman – song conductor J.A.C. Redford – score conductor Mark Mann – additional orchestration Technical Danny Elfman – producer Bob Badami – associate producer, music editor Richard Kraft – associate producer Bill Jackson – vocal recording engineer Bobby Fernandez – song recording engineer Shawn Murphy – song and score recording engineer, audio mixing Sharone Rice – assistant engineer Bill Easystone – assistant engineer Mike Piersante – assistant engineer Andy Bass – assistant engineer Dave Collins – digital editing, mastering engineer Letitia Rogers – assistant music editor Bobbi Page – vocal contractor Patti Zimmitti – orchestra contractor Marc Mann – music preparation Joel Franklin – music copyist Megan Cavallari – demo assistant Gary Adler – art director

Bonus Content

1. "This Is Halloween" Produced and Mixed by Marilyn Manson and Tim Skold 2. "Sally's Song" Produced by Mike Elizondo Mixed by Adam Hawkins Engineered by Adam Hawkins @ Phantom Studio, Westlake Village, CA Assistant Engineer: Erin J. Funk-Dublan Keyboards: Zac Rae Upright Bass: Mike Elizondo Drums: Charley Drayton Strings: The Section Quartet - Eric Gorfain, Daphne Chen, Leah Katz, Richard Dodd String Arrangement by Eric Gorfain Project Coordinator: Jolie Levine 3. "What's This?" Produced and Mixed by Neal Avron Recorded by Neal Avron and Erich Talaba Pro Tools Engineer: Matt Green Assistant Engineer: Zeph Sowers Recorded at The Pass Studios, Los Angeles, CA Mixed at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA Mix Assistant: George Gumbs

4. "Kidnap the Sandy Claws" Produced by KoRn 5. "This Is Halloween" Produced by Panic! At the Disco and Rob Mathes Vocals Arranged by Ryan Ross and Brendon Urie Recorded by Panic! At the Disco at Ryan's house Las Vegas, NV Orchestra Arranged and Conducted by Rob Mathes Recorded by Mark Mandelhaum, assisted by Alex Venguer at Legacy Recording Studio, New York, NY Concertmaster and Orchestra Contractor: Sandra Park Music Copyist: Mike and Lori Casteel Mixed by Chris Shaw at Avatar Studios, New York, NY 6-11. Demos All Demo Vocals Performed by Danny Elfman Synth Demo Tracks Arranged, Orchestrated and Performed by Danny Elfman Recorded by Bill Jackson Mixed by Noah Snyder Produced by Danny Elfman and Tim Burton

• A&R: Dani Markman
• Business affairs: Jeff Lowy
• Mastered by Pat Sullivan at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA
• Creative Direction: Steve Gerdes
• Album Design: Greg Ross for Orabor

Foreign-language versions

There are several foreign-language versions of the soundtrack, each features tracks sung by vocalists in their native language as well as original score tracks by Danny Elfman.

• French, L'Étrange Noël de Monsieur Jack

Jack - Olivier Constantin

Sally - Nina Morato

Oogie Boogie - Richard Darbois

Santa Claus (Père Noël) - Henri Poirier

• German, Nightmare Before Christmas

Jack - Alexander Goebel

Sally - Nina Hagen

Oogie Boogie - Ron Williams

Santa Claus - Manfred Lichtenfeld

• Italian, Nightmare Before Christmas

Jack - Renato Zero

Sally - Marjorie Biondo

Oogie Boogie (Bau-Bau) - Andrea Surdi

Santa Claus (Babbo Natale) - Silvio Spaccesi

• Japanese, ナイトメアー・ビフォア・クリスマス

  Jack (ジャック) - Masachika Ichimura (市村正親)

  Sally (サリー) - Yuko Doi (土居裕子)

  Oogie Boogie (ブギー) - Kobayashi Atom (小林アトム)

  Santa Claus (サンタクロース) - Tomoaki Nagae (永江智明)

• Castilian Spanish, Pesadilla Antes De Navidad

Jack - Tony Cruz

Sally - María Caneda

Oogie Boogie - Jesús Castejón

Santa Claus - Julio Núñez

• Latin American Spanish, El extraño mundo de Jack

  Jack - Sergio Zaldivar

  Sally - Gabriela Vega

  Oogie Boogie - Rubén Cerda

  Santa Claus - José Lavat

• Russian, Кошмар перед Рождеством

  Jack (Джек) - Aleksej Kortnyev (Алексей Кортнев)

  Sally (Салли) - Tutta Larsen (Тутта Ларсен)

  Oogie Boogie (Бугимэн) - Nikolai Fomenko (Николай Фоменко)

  Santa Claus (Санта-Клаус) - Sergej Mazayev (Сергей Мазаев)

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[5]	52

References

1. AllMusic review
2. "Billboard 200 Chart Moves: John Legend & Pentatonix Debut in Top 40 With New 'Christmas' Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
3. "Charts and awards for The Nightmare Before Christmas". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
4. Montgomery, James (August 28, 2006). "Fall Out Boy, Panic, Marilyn Manson Add To New 'Nightmare Before Christmas' Soundtrack". MTV News. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
5. "Billboard 200 - Week of November 9, 2019". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2020.