Big news for lovers of Danny Elfman and all things Halloween!
HALLOWEEN IS ALMOST HERE: IS DANNY ELFMAN “HAPPY”?
WATCH EYE POPPING VIDEO FOR THE NEW SINGLE HERE
COMPOSER DANNY ELFMAN SIGNS TO ANTI- / EPITAPH TO RELEASE
HIS FIRST SOLO MUSIC IN THIRTY SIX YEARS
“And for the first time
since I don’t remember when, I felt just like my old bony self again and I,
Jack, the Pumpkin King, that’s right, I am the Pumpkin King!” - Jack Skellington, sung by Danny Elfman, in ‘The Nightmare Before
Christmas’
“Die, die we all pass away /
But don't wear a frown 'cause it's really okay / And you might try and hide /
And you might try and pray / But we all end up the remains of the day” – Bonejangles,
sung by Danny Elfman, in ‘Corpse Bride’
"I originally wrote “Happy” to perform at Coachella 2020. It
was written to be an absurd anti-pop song, designed to begin as a very simple
pop tune that degrades into something more subversive. The cynical nature of
the lyrics echo how I feel about living in a semi-dystopian world turned upside
down." – Danny Elfman
“I always enjoyed Halloween
because it was a night to let loose, to become something or someone else,” said
renowned film composer Danny Elfman, known for
his eccentric and macabre collaborations with director Tim Burton. “[Halloween
is] a night to celebrate the dead, and ghosts and monsters of all variety. A
night for mutants, zombies, vampires, misfits, and miscreants to celebrate
themselves and each other. And, aligned with the Mexican holiday Dia De Los
Muertos, a night to celebrate departed spirits… and for me, a night to laugh in
death’s face (and feel safe doing so).”
Indeed, Elfman maniacally
laughs in death’s face on his new single “Happy”, the first solo
music he has released since 1984, and his macabre sense of humor is still very
present in the canvas of today’s chaotic dysfunctional landscape. Elfman’s face
distorts both with disgust and glee in the song’s unnerving new video; watch it HERE.
Coming out just in time for All Hallow’s Eve, the
dark, intensely turbulent track showcases the unease we all feel today, not
only amidst the holiday’s ghosts and goblins but within a global pandemic and
extraordinarily divisive times.
“Halloween has always been my Big Night,” Elfman explains. “As a child there
was no competition. Coincidently, in my earlier band Oingo Boingo, our
Halloween shows became special events and our biggest shows of the year. And
double coincidently The Nightmare Before Christmas also
became a special live Concert Halloween event, which became more successful
than I’d ever dreamed possible. This really meant a lot to me as the character
of Jack Skellington, who I related to quite closely, has for many years been a
very special part of my life.”
The song’s vocals, guitars
and synths are provided by Elfman, drums by Josh Freese (The Vandals, Nine Inch
Nails), guitar by Nili Brosh (Dethklok), bass by Stu Brooks (Dub Trio) and
additional synth design by Randall Dunn.
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