Danny Elfman - Big Mess - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Following his triumphant performances at the 2022 Coachella Music and ArtsFestival, Danny Elfman delivers Bigger. Messier, an ambitious double -albumcollection of remixed and reimagined tracks from his highly acclaimed BigMess album. This sprawling, 23 track collection (available on 2 LP or 2 CD)features tracks reworked by some of the most groundbreaking andsubversive artists around today. Bigger. Messier views the Grammy and Emmy Award-winning composerssongs through the lens of luminaries from diverse sides of the musicbusiness, including Trent Reznor, Iggy Pop, Squarepusher, andGhostemane. Elfman once again has achieved a kind of artistic liberation on the recordthat had been eluding him for decades, and connecting him to brand newaudience. Born and raised in southern California, Elfman began his career aspart of a surrealist, avant-garde musical theater troupe known as The MysticKnights of Oingo Boingo. The group would eventually morph into the criticallyacclaimed rock band Oingo Boingo, whose high-energy performances andgenre-bending sound garnered them a fanatically devoted cult following inthe 1980s and '90s. Among the group's early fans was fledgling director TimBurton and Paul Reubens (aka Pee-wee Herman), who enlisted Elfman toscore their first feature film, Pee-wee's Big Adventure. The collaborationwould prove to be the start of a long and fruitful partnership for Elfman andBurton, with Elfman going on to score a string of iconic Burton features likeBatman, Beetlejuice, Big Fish, Edward Scissorhands, and The NightmareBefore Christmas. To date, Elfman has scored more than 100 films.

Double colored vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. 2021 solo album from the singer, songwriter, acclaimed film composer, and former Oingo Boingo frontman. Big Mess is the first proper solo album from Elfman in 37 years and was written and recorded during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Vinyl LP pressing. 2012 , the 20th album from the Hard Rock legends. The album features contributions from all four members, including co-founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons and longtime members guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer. Monster represents Kiss' nod to the music that first inspired the band to pick up their guitars and flame-throwers, and don makeup to entertain millions. The group goes back to it's own beginnings with the Who-like 'Freak,' while Gene lives up to the title track's declaration on the raucous rock of 'Back to the Stone Age' and the bludgeoning 'The Devil is Me. There are no symphony orchestras, boy choirs, keyboards, outside producers or songwriters on this album,' promises Gene Simmons. 'The best thing we did was to turn inwards to ourselves. Tommy and Eric have revitalized this band, with a work ethic and the talent to back it up. This is a real band effort. Kiss has become a behemoth. We're going where no bands have gone before.'