The Nightmare Before Christmas (soundtrack)

The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedOctober 12, 1993 (1993-10-12)
GenreSoundtrack
Length61:09
LabelWalt Disney
ProducerDanny Elfman
The Nightmare Before Christmas chronology
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1993)
Nightmare Revisited
(2008)
Danny Elfman chronology
Batman Returns
(1992)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
(1993)
Black Beauty
(1994)
2006 Re-release cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The Nightmare Before Christmas is the fifteenth soundtrack album by American composer Danny Elfman. It was released on October 12, 1993, by Walt Disney Records to promote the 1993 American stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film The Nightmare Before Christmas. Composed by Danny Elfman, the soundtrack was nominated for the 1993 Golden Globe for Best Original Score. The album peaked at #64 on the US Billboard 200.[2][3]

For the film's 2006 re-release in Disney Digital 3-D, a special edition of the soundtrack was released, a bonus disc which contained covers of five of the film's songs by Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, Marilyn Manson, Fiona Apple and She Wants Revenge. Four original demo tracks (six on the Best Buy exclusive) by Elfman were also included.[4] For the film's 15th anniversary in 2008, the cover album Nightmare Revisited was released, which includes two re-recordings by Elfman.

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ "Billboard 200 Chart Moves: John Legend & Pentatonix Debut in Top 40 With New 'Christmas' Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  3. ^ "Charts and awards for The Nightmare Before Christmas". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
  4. ^ Montgomery, James (August 28, 2006). "Fall Out Boy, Panic, Marilyn Manson Add To New 'Nightmare Before Christmas' Soundtrack". MTV News. Archived from the original on August 31, 2006. Retrieved 29 November 2008.