On March 2, 2010 Walt Disney Records will be releasing the original motion picture soundtrack for Disney’s “Alice In Wonderland” movie.
The album features songs composed by Danny Elfman, who also worked on “Spider-Man” and “Milk.” This is the twelfth time that Danny has worked with Tim Burton, who directed “Alice In Wonderland.” The two also teamed up for:
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Corpse Bride
- Planet of the Apes
- Sleepy Hollow
- Mars Attacks!
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Edward Scissorhands
- Beetlejuice
- Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
- Batman
- Batman Returns
Danny says about the process he and Tim have when working together: “There’s always going to be a process that we go through. It’s always lots of experimentation, lots of trial and error, trying things that don’t work and discovering kind of happy accidents. But, there’s no technique to it or formula – even after this many films.”
Danny says about the soundtrack songs: “Tim and I, we both wanted to keep it pretty organic and pure, and really not try to get clever.” The soundtrack uses a lot of instruments and tries to capture the feeling of the characters and the scenes during the film.
In regards to the dance of joy in Wonderland, Danny says, “It’s really an attempt to come up with something rhythmic without having it be too obviously contemporary, yet the dance that they’re doing is clearly not of the period. So it was kind of like trying to find something that’s fun and a little bit skirting, pushing the bounds of what could be acceptable.”
Danny himself has earned a Grammy Award, Emmy Award and four Academy Award nominations for his past work. He has also composed over 60 motion-picture scores for a number of well-known directors, including:
- Tim Burton
- Gus Van Sant
- Sam Raimi
- Ang Lee
- Taylor Hackford
- Errol Morris
- Rob Marshall
- Brett Ratner
- Guillermo del Toro
- Wayne Wang
- Timur Bekmambetov
- Barry Soonenfeld
- Brian De Palma
- Peter Jackson
- The Hughes Brothers
-Richard Donner
- Jon Amiel
- Martin Brest
- Warren Beatty
We listened to the Alice In Wonderland soundtrack CD and we love it! We can’t wait to be able to see the film on the big screen while listening to the music by Danny. While listening to the songs you can picture each of the characters and their personalities. We feel like this CD has brought the movie to life before we’ve even seen it.
Below is the track listing for the album:
1. Alice’s Theme
2. Little Alice
3. Proposal/Down The Hole
4. Doors
5. Drink Me
6. Into The Garden
7. Alice Reprise #1
8. Bandersnatched
9. Finding Absolem
10. Alice Reprise #2
11. The Cheshire Cat
12. Alice And Bayard’s Journey
13. Alice Reprise #3
14. Alice Escapes
15. The White Queen
16. Only A Dream
17. The Dungeon
18. Alice Decides
19. Alice Reprise #4
20. Going To Battle
21. The Final Confrontation
22. Blood Of The Jabberwocky
23. Alice Returns
24. Alice Reprise #5
Don’t forget to pick up your copy of the Alice In Wonderland soundtrack on March 2nd and check out the movie in theaters on March 5th.
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