Danny Elfman Tim Burton's Corpse Bride - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2-LP, Ltd.)

(Warner Records) 24 tracks, limited edition of 1250 copies, incl. insert

It's not too early in 2023 to put Tim Burton and Danny Elfman on the short list of the greatest director-composer collaborations in history, right up there with Hitchcock-Herrmann, Spielberg-Williams, Leone-Morricone and Demy-Legrand. Elfman's music for this stop-motion animation film from 2005 is one of his best and demonstrates his astonishing versatility and boundless emotional range from dark chamber music ("Victor's Piano Music") to gloomy, macabre and yet somehow cheerful pieces ("Remains of the Day").