Magic always happens when Danny Elfman teams up with director-producer Tim Burton. BEETLEJUICE represents this team's second outing together, the first being 1986's PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE. Elfman has a knack for combining classical motifs with pop and ballroom dance to create bouncy yet mildly creepy scores. BEETLEJUICE is no exception. Elements of waltz and samba are heard throughout the album, but they are warped to sound like dance lessons for the dead. Drawing heavily on Bernard Herrman's creature motifs from the 1960s, Elfman effortlessly blends the macabre with carnival amusement. Echoes of PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE can be heard throughout many of the action cues, especially through the use of harp, strained violin, and heavy piano. However, those cues that feature ominous tuba passages truly give this tale of love and bio-exorcism schizophrenic life.
"The Beetlejuice soundtrack, first released in 1988 on LP features most of the score (written and arranged by Danny Elfman) from the film. The soundtrack features two songs which appeared in the film, performed by Belafonte: ""The Banana Boat Song"" and ""Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)".
All music written by Danny Elfman.
- Format: Vinyl
- Genre: Classical, Soundtracks & Film Scores
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TRACKS
A1 Main Titles 2:27
A2 Travel Music 1:07
A3 The Book! / Obituaries 1:30
A4 Enter..."The Family" / Sand Worm Planet 2:50
A5 The Fly 0:50
A6 Lydia Discovers 0:58
A7 In The Model 1:36
A8 Juno's Theme 0:48
A9 Beetle-Snake 2:08
A10 "Sold" 0:36
A11 The Flier / Lydia's Pep Talk 1:26
B1 Day-O 3:05
B2 The Incantation 3:11
B3 Lydia Strikes A Bargain... 0:52
B4 Showtime! 1:05
B5 "Laughs" 2:33
B6 The Wedding 2:02
B7 The Aftermath 1:21
B8 End Credits 2:47
B9 Jump In Line (Shake, Shake, Señora) 3:43
