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Danny Elfman
If Danny Elfman’s new album surprises you, just know that it surprised him, too. “This wasn’t a record I ever planned on making,” confesses Elfman. “At times, I had no idea where the music was even coming from. It was all unexpected. But I decided not to resist it either.” Driven by primal forces seemingly beyond his control, Big Mess marks Elfman’s first solo collection in more than thirty years, but it’s no return to form. Clocking in at 18 tracks, the sprawling, ambitious double album finds the Grammy and Emmy Award-winning composer breaking bold new ground as both a writer and a performer, drawing on a dystopian palette of distorted electric guitars, industrial synthesizers and orchestra in an effort to exorcise the demons brought about by four years of creeping fascism and civil rot. The songs here call to mind everything from Nine Inch Nails, to David Bowie to XTC at times, balancing dense, harmonically complex arrangements with biting, acerbic wit as they reckon with the chaos and confusion of the modern world. Elfman wrote almost all of the record during quarantine, and while the anger, frustration, and isolation of it all is palpable in his delivery, Big Mess is about more than simply blowing off steam. In making the space to truly sit with his emotions and write without limitations, Elfman achieved a kind of artistic liberation on the record that had been eluding him for decades, rediscovering his voice and reinventing himself all at once in the process.

Songs

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Alice's Theme (From "Alice in Wonderland"/Soundtrack Version)
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Jack's Lament
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Kidnap The Sandy Claws
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Main Titles
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The Grand Finale
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Albums

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Dark Universe

2025
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Wednesday (Original Soundtrack from the Netflix Series)

2023
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Aliens, Clowns And Geeks (Soundtrack)

2022
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Dracula (Original Motion Picture Score)

2025
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The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Plays The Music Of Danny Elfman

2022
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2022
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Score from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2024
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Wednesday (Original Series Soundtrack)

2022
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Hellboy II (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [The Deluxe Edition]

2024
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Bigger. Messier.

2022

Singles & EPs

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Bullet Time (Original Animated Series Soundtrack)

EP • 2025
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Native Intelligence

Single • 2022
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Kick Me

Single • 2021
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Monkeys on the Loose (Halloween Special)

Single • 2024
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True

Single • 2021
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Love In The Time of Covid

Single • 2021
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They'll Just Love You (feat. Poppy & Danny Elfman)

Single • 2023
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Insects

Single • 2021
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Kick Me

Single • 2022
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True

Single • 2021

Videos

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What's This? (From "The Nightmare Before Christmas")

Danny Elfman • 6.5M views
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Justice League Official Soundtrack | Everybody Knows - Sigrid | WaterTower

Danny Elfman • 38M views
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Monkeys on the Loose (Halloween Special)

Danny Elfman • 59K views
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The Milk Carton Kids - Snake Eyes

Rick Wentworth, Metro Voices, Schola Cantorum of the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, and Danny Elfman • 449K views

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Iconic Horror Movie Scores

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Fiesta de Halloween

Playlist • YouTube Music
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21st Century Disney

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Epic Film Scores

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Symphony of the Night

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Cinematic Ambience

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Spooky Halloween Sound FX

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Halloween Hits

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Kids' Halloween

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Kids Christmas

Playlist • YouTube Music

Playlists by Danny Elfman

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Danny Elfman Essentials | Bigger. Messier. Available Now

Playlist • Danny Elfman • 78K views
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Danny Elfman | Official Videos

Playlist • Danny Elfman • 8.7K views
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Danny Elfman | Live & Sessions

Playlist • Danny Elfman • 1.4K views

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