Nightmare Before Christmas, The
Danny Elfman (arr. Bertrand Moren)
General Info
Year: 1993
Duration: c. 8:50
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Editions Marc Reift
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - CHF190.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe (optional)
Bassoon (optional)
E-flat Sopranino Clarinet (optional)
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone (optional)
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone (optional)
E-flat Trumpet (optional)
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass (optional)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Drum Set
- Glockenspiel
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Tambourine
- Temple Blocks
- Xylophone
Errata
- The name Danny Elfman is misspelled in the score and parts.
Program Notes
This medley of tunes from the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas contains Overture, Sally's Song, This is Halloween, Oogie Boogie's Song, and End Credits.
Media
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
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Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Kansas Wesleyan University (Salina) Wind Ensemble (James McAllister, conductor) - 6 December 2022
- KLPAC Symphonic Band (Kuala Lumpur, Mal.) (Cheryl Mah, conductor) - 28 October 2022
- Mid America Freedom Band (Kansas City, Mo.) (Lee Hartman, conductor) – 12 December 2021
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- The Simpsons (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Murtha) (1990/2008)
All Wind Works
- Alice in Wonderland. See: Soundtrack Highlights from Walt Disney Productions' "Alice in Wonderland"
- Batman (arr. Sahashi) (1989/1993)
- The Batman Theme (arr. Story) (1989/1997)
- Beetlejuice (arr. Wagner) (1988/2015)
- A Brass Thing (arr. Saucedo) (2005/2007)
- Music for a Darkened Theater (arr. Brown) (2007)
- Music from "Mission: Impossible" (with Lalo Schifrin; arr. Bocook) (1996)
- Music from "Sleepy Hollow"
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (arr. Moren) (1993)
- Oogie Boogie Song (arr. Brown) (2013)
- Percussion Quartet (2019)
- Selections from "Corpse Bride" (arr. Lopez) (2006)
- Selections from Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (arr. Brown) (2008)
- Selections from "Spider Man"
- Soundtrack Highlights from Walt Disney Productions' "Alice in Wonderland" (arr. Brown) (2010)
- The Simpsons (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Murtha) (1990/2008)
- Theme from "The Flash" (1992)
Resources
None discovered thus far.