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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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Main Titles
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Alice's Theme (From "Alice in Wonderland"/Soundtrack Version)
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The Grand Finale
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The Batman Theme
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Spider-Man 2 Main Title
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Albums

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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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Big Mess

2021
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Hellboy II (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [The Deluxe Edition]

2024
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Bigger. Messier.

2022
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Edward Scissorhands (2005 London Stage Premiere Recording)

2020
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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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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

Singles & EPs

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Monkeys on the Loose (Halloween Special)

Single • 2024
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Native Intelligence

Single • 2022
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Kick Me

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

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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Justice League Official Soundtrack | Everybody Knows - Sigrid | WaterTower

Danny Elfman • 37M views
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What's This? (From "The Nightmare Before Christmas")

Danny Elfman • 3.1M views
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Monkeys on the Loose (Halloween Special)

Danny Elfman • 47K views
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The Milk Carton Kids - Snake Eyes

Danny Elfman • 437K views

Featured on

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Iconic Horror Movie Scores

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Symphony of the Night

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21st Century Disney

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Epic Film Scores

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Halloween Hits

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Kids' Halloween

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Cinematic Ambience

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Spooky Halloween Sound FX

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Kids Christmas

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Artist-made playlists

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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 • 7.6K views
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Danny Elfman | Live & Sessions

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