Danny Elfman brought all the hits during his set at Coachella last night. In addition to tracks off his latest solo album Big Mess (his first in 37 years), Elfman also played a handful of Oingo Boingo songs, as well as some of his biggest scores. The composer treated fans to a Nightmare Before Christmas medley of “Jack’s Lament […]
Following their first collaboration, “True,” last year, Danny Elfman tapped Trent Reznor to perform lead vocals on”Native Intelligence.” The track is off Elfman’s latest double album, Big Mess. [embedded content][embedded content] “Native Intelligence” blends both Reznor and Elfman’s vocal styles with its orchestral arrangements and striking instrumentation. They had previously remixed “True” in August 2021. Elfman’s […]
Last night, Danny Elfman hosted his annual Nightmare Before Christmas live-to-film concert for the first time in three years, and this edition featured a very special guest: Billie Eilish performing as everyone’s favorite stitched up ragdoll, Sally. Dressed the part, Eilish sang the haunting track “Sally’s Song” before coming back out to perform the duet […]
In a pairing that makes all too much sense, Danny Elfman enlisted Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor for a remix of “True,” which is off of Big Mess, the composer’s first proper solo album in 37 years. “This is the first duet/collaboration I’ve ever done in my life, so to do it with Trent was […]
Within seconds of joining a Zoom interview, Danny Elfman is already running at speeds that would make the White Rabbit feel like the calmest being in Wonderland. “That’s where my name came from, I’m pretty sure,” the composer hurriedly explains. “Elfman means ‘11th man’ in German, and in the Jewish religion, all ceremonies start with […]
Danny Elfman takes us into a beachside, polycephaly-laden nightmare on his new music video for “True.” The distortion-heavy song is the first surrealistic glimpse at the Grammy and Emmy-winning composer’s first new solo album in nearly 40 years, Big Mess, out on Epitaph, on June 11, 2021. “I hadn’t really sung anything as myself in […]
Legendary composer and Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman seems to have diverted from his plan to release a new track on the 11th of every month in 2021. Unless you don’t count remixes. Or unless he meant that he would release a new song every 11th while also surprising people with the occasional track between […]
Composer/singer Danny Elfman released “Kick Me” today, a swift and pummeling new track with lyrics that simultaneously dismiss and seek approval from their audience. It’s entry number three in the artist’s plan to rolling out new singles throughout 2021 on the 11th day of each month The song’s new video features Elfman — utilizing inverted photography […]
If you’re at the stage in your life where you’re realizing that Danny Elfman has scored all of your favorite movies and you’re starting to discover his other music, then we have some great news for you. No, Oingo Boingo isn’t reuniting, but Elfman himself just released the follow-up to last year’s “Happy.” “Love in […]
Just before Halloween, Danny Elfman released his first solo single in 36 years, an “absurd anti-pop song” called “Happy.” Today, the famed composer/musician is giving us another taste of new material with “Sorry.” The anger-fueled track pulls from industrial and prog-rock influences to create an uneasy atmosphere that’s made even more unnerving with a jarring video […]