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Sep 17, 2006 - 8:47 AM
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Thor
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This is unquestionably the craziest soundtrack I own (I also have the DVD, which also easily qualifies as the weirdest film in my collection). Here's what I wrote in my Elfman Buyer's Guide:
"If you merged the absurd humour of Monthy Python with madcap vaudeville histrionics, Ed Wood cardboard props and abstract street theatre performance, that still wouldn’t sufficiently describe this utterly crazy film by Richard Elfman. Shot in black/white, it is an Alice in Wonderland-like story about a journey into a “fifth dimension” where a league of weird creatures roam about. Elfman’s music (performed by the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo) is equally eclectic. You’ll find farting noises, synthesized chamber music, indie pop, charlestons and french vaudeville tunes, among other things. The out-of-print Varese soundtrack simply has to be heard to be believed. There are few traces of the big and bold orchestral style we have come to know so well, but at least it showcases Elfman’s extreme versatility and familiarity with various musical idioms. And his sense of humour."
Great stuff! 
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Nobody has any relationship to this soundtrack?
Well, not really what you'd call a relationship. Oh, The Forbidden Zone and I went out once or twice, but The Forbidden Zone just isn't my type; I mean, we can still hang out and go to the mall and stuff.
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Thanks for the thread bump. I love this era of Elf Man but don't have this record.
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A wonderful record!!
To brighten anyone's day.
Whenever play it everyone smiles.
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I thought this would be out of print, but it appears to be fairly readily available at Amazon.co.uk. Having (probably too loudly) claimed to own every Danny Elfman score, I now feel bad for not having this one... oops.
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At least one of the US DVDs has an isolated score (including the aforementioned Josephine Baker song and Pico and Sepulveda), which sadly didn't make it onto the UK blu-ray.
Elfman did a good job with the colourisation of it. Looks real (enough) and he changes background colours throughout the scene to give it the feel of being in The Sixth Dimension.
This is getting some sort of re-issue on September 29th
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WTE2EPY
Maybe something to do with the forthcoming FORBIDDEN ZONE 2.
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