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"This Is Halloween" is a song from the 1993 film #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas composed and written by #DannyElfman. In the film, it is performed by the residents of the fictional "Halloween Town", which is the film's main setting, and introduces the town's Halloween-centered lifestyle. The song was also included on the #filmsSoundtrack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVuToMilP0A

#pencilsketch
#fanart
#cartoon
#Disney
#movie
#TheNightmareBeforeChristmas
#JackSkellington
#SmilingHappyFaces

#pencilsketch
#fanart
#cartoon
#Disney
#movie
#TheNightmareBeforeChristmas
#Sally
#SmilingHappyFaces

@Em0nM4stodon

#TheNightmareBeforeChristmas

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107688/

Wrote a review about The Nightmare Before Christmas, now available to Patreon followers and Patreon subscribers. Enjoy!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/145296441?utm_campaign=postshare_creator

#horror #HorrorMovieReview #patreon #patreoncreator #trans #nonbinary #horrorcommunity #cozyhorror #thenightmarebeforechristmas #movies #moviereview

Mistodon: as we approach the sweet spot between Halloween and Christmas, this silhouetted #teletext screen by Horsenburger, depicting a tender moment in #theNightmareBeforeChristmas between Sally and #JackSkellington (on a spooky hill that is actually #OogieBoogie) straddles both realms handily. It was included in last month's spooky MIST1025 artpack collection.

Tal dia com avui de 2005 ens arribava "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King" per "Game Boy Advance" de #Nintendo 🕹🎮. #TimBurtonSTheNightmareBeforeChristmasThePumpkinKing #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #Disney #GameBoyAdvance

Here is my Review of The Nightmare Before Christmas w/ Spoilers: https://youtu.be/VgzWrhqndg0 #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #TimBurton #TouchstonePictures #SkellingtonProductions #BuenaVistaPicturesDistribution #Disney #Horror #Comedy #Supernatural #Adventure #Movie #Review

VoicePlay A Capella Cover: This Is Halloween from The Nightmare Before Christmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL44YFyNLys

#Music #ACapella #VoicePlay #GeoffCastellucci #LayneStein #EarlElkinsJr #JNone #EliJacobson #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #Halloween #TimBurton #DannyElfman

Geoff Castellucci Low Bass Cover: Jack's Lament from The Nightmare Before Christmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLvtw4nXou0

#VoicePlayAdjacent #ACapella #Halloween #Music #GeoffCastellucci #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #TimBurton #DannyElfman

Geoff Castellucci Low Bass Cover: Jack's Lament from The Nightmare Before Christmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLvtw4nXou0

#VoicePlayAdjacent #ACapella #Halloween #Music #GeoffCastellucci #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #TimBurton #DannyElfman

Geoff Castellucci Low Bass Cover: Jack's Lament from The Nightmare Before Christmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLvtw4nXou0

#VoicePlayAdjacent #ACapella #Halloween #Music #GeoffCastellucci #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #TimBurton #DannyElfman

Geoff Castellucci Low Bass Cover: Jack's Lament from The Nightmare Before Christmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLvtw4nXou0

#VoicePlayAdjacent #ACapella #Halloween #Music #GeoffCastellucci #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #TimBurton #DannyElfman

Geoff Castellucci Low Bass Cover: Jack's Lament from The Nightmare Before Christmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLvtw4nXou0

#VoicePlayAdjacent #ACapella #Halloween #Music #GeoffCastellucci #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #TimBurton #DannyElfman

VoicePlay A Capella Cover: Oogie Boogie's Song from The Nightmare Before Christmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbxkOntz2SA

#VoicePlay #ACapella #Halloween #Music #GeoffCastellucci #LayneStein #EliJacobson #EarlElkinsJr JNone #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #TimBurton #DannyElfman

This Is Halloween - OBV - #SoundCloud #Music #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #HappyHalloween

https://soundcloud.com/639721212/this-is-halloween-obv-cover

32 years ago, Henry Selick's The Nightmare Before Christmas had its wide theatrical release. What began as a short poem with a few early character sketches by Tim Burton, was shaped by the contributions of many incredible artists into the cult classic we know. From Michael McDowell's initial draft to the final screenplay of Caroline Thompson (who also had concerns about the racist stereotype undertones of Oogie Boogie) that greatly expanded upon the original ideas, turned Jack’s curiosity into an existential search for meaning, and added emotional depth and complexity to the characters.

Sally wasn't part of Burton's original poem, existing only as a vague idea in sketch form. It's Thompson who created her entire arc, from her initially unrequited love to her desire for freedom and finding herself beyond what she was told she should be, serving as the heart of the film. The film’s characteristic gothic and whimsical aesthetic also owes its final form to the combined genius of visual consultant Rick Heinrichs, cinematographer Pete Kozachik, and art director Deane Taylor.

It took 3 years, over 200 meticulously crafted puppets, and an entire team of animators, puppet builders, and lighting designers to make TNBC what it is. Beyond the characters, the story, and the music, the film is also a prime example of the artistry of movie making and practical effects, and the magic of stop-motion animation.

#TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #OTD #OnThisDay #Movies #CineMastodon #FilmMastodon

"This Is Halloween" is a song from the 1993 film #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas composed and written by #DannyElfman. In the film, it is performed by the residents of the fictional "Halloween Town", which is the film's main setting, and introduces the town's Halloween-centered lifestyle. The song was also included on the #filmsSoundtrack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVSpfQHEsNY

#Bats are now part of the #symbology of #Christmas?

@Printdevil I am confused, please explain.

#halloween #capitalism #thenightmarebeforechristmas

People when they follow me for some poignant or clever point I made when they discover that most of what I talk about is music, Dad Jokes, and Animal Crossing.

#DadJokes #Silly #Music #ACNH #Meme #Memes #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas

This Is Halloween - OBV - #SoundCloud #Music #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas

https://soundcloud.com/639721212/this-is-halloween-obv-cover

I've been working away at a new project, just something to get me back into the mood to write (and work on my novels). It's called the "Twelve Days of Prompts" Series, and I've really been enjoying it. It'll be finished soon as well.

Expect a combination of random of stories for Doctor Who, Criminal Record, The Thick of It, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

The Series: https://archiveofourown.org/series/5111841

Tagging: @strangeseawolf @DoctorMonkey2 @doctorwanderer @QuokkaMocha @Firlefanz @therivercrow @paulk @youseeatortoise @aperfectsong

#WritingCommunity #Writer #Author #ArchiveOfOurOwn #AO3 #DoctorWho #TheThickOfIt #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #PeterCapaldi

I've been working away at a new project, just something to get me back into the mood to write (and work on my novels). It's called the "Twelve Days of Prompts" Series, and I've really been enjoying it. It'll be finished soon as well.

Expect a combination of random of stories for Doctor Who, Criminal Record, The Thick of It, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

The Series: https://archiveofourown.org/series/5111841

Tagging: @strangeseawolf @DoctorMonkey2 @doctorwanderer @QuokkaMocha @Firlefanz @therivercrow @paulk @youseeatortoise @aperfectsong

#WritingCommunity #Writer #Author #ArchiveOfOurOwn #AO3 #DoctorWho #TheThickOfIt #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #PeterCapaldi

I've been working away at a new project, just something to get me back into the mood to write (and work on my novels). It's called the "Twelve Days of Prompts" Series, and I've really been enjoying it. It'll be finished soon as well.

Expect a combination of random of stories for Doctor Who, Criminal Record, The Thick of It, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

The Series: https://archiveofourown.org/series/5111841

Tagging: @strangeseawolf @DoctorMonkey2 @doctorwanderer @QuokkaMocha @Firlefanz @therivercrow @paulk @youseeatortoise @aperfectsong

#WritingCommunity #Writer #Author #ArchiveOfOurOwn #AO3 #DoctorWho #TheThickOfIt #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #PeterCapaldi

I've been working away at a new project, just something to get me back into the mood to write (and work on my novels). It's called the "Twelve Days of Prompts" Series, and I've really been enjoying it. It'll be finished soon as well.

Expect a combination of random of stories for Doctor Who, Criminal Record, The Thick of It, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

The Series: https://archiveofourown.org/series/5111841

Tagging: @strangeseawolf @DoctorMonkey2 @doctorwanderer @QuokkaMocha @Firlefanz @therivercrow @paulk @youseeatortoise @aperfectsong

#WritingCommunity #Writer #Author #ArchiveOfOurOwn #AO3 #DoctorWho #TheThickOfIt #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #PeterCapaldi

I've been working away at a new project, just something to get me back into the mood to write (and work on my novels). It's called the "Twelve Days of Prompts" Series, and I've really been enjoying it. It'll be finished soon as well.

Expect a combination of random of stories for Doctor Who, Criminal Record, The Thick of It, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

The Series: https://archiveofourown.org/series/5111841

Tagging: @strangeseawolf @DoctorMonkey2 @doctorwanderer @QuokkaMocha @Firlefanz @therivercrow @paulk @youseeatortoise @aperfectsong

#WritingCommunity #Writer #Author #ArchiveOfOurOwn #AO3 #DoctorWho #TheThickOfIt #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #PeterCapaldi

I'm currently working on a Jack x Sally story for this big "Twelve Days of Prompts" series I'm working on. Halloween is coming, so it's only right. My friends and readers asked for it. They're just the sweetest, spookiest couple.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #TNBC #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas

Tim Burton’s ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’ Gets Playfully Sleek Gap Collection Ahead of Halloween
#Variety #News #Gap #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas

https://variety.com/2025/shopping/news/nightmare-before-christmas-gap-collection-shop-online-1236509015/

Gap and Disney’s New ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’ Collection Puts a Jack Skellington Twist On Spooky Season Style
#Lifestyle #Shopping #Fashion #Noads #Shopping #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/shopping/gap-disney-nightmare-before-christmas-collection-pricing-release-date-photos-1236361504/

This year's confection sculpture in the lobby of the #GrandCalifornianHotel is themed to #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas . #JackSkellington #OogieBoogie #Halloween #Halloweentime #Disneyland 1/4

It's March so that means it's time to turn over to a new month on the kitchen wall calendar. Most years we have a Nightmare Before Christmas calendar and 2025 is no exception.

#Calendar #WallCalendar #NightmareBeforeChristmas #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas

you can draw whatever you want forever
#tnbc #jackskellington #thenightmarebeforechristmas #art #fanart

Had to buy myself some new slippers last week and went for some Jack Skellington ones from the Nightmare Before Christmas, much to my wife's expressed jealousy. Opened presents from my niece today to discover a matching pair of Jack Skellington socks to go with them. Lovely coincidence.

#Christmas #JackSkellington #NightmareBeforeChristmas #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #Socks

Impulse purchase while out shopping in ASDA at lunch. It's both nightmarish and festive, and it will probably work well on a cruise we've got planned for next year that will see us spending Halloween in the Caribbean. How could I not?

#Shirt #NightmareBeforeChristmas #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #JackSkellington #Halloween #Christmas

More renders, turnaround video and shots of the 3D printed diorama can be found on my Artstation here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/bgBO2r

#fanart #Disney #zbrush #blender #blender3d #b3d #toys #3Dmodeling #3D #art #3Dart #design #3ddesign #DigitalArt #artstation #artwork #CharacterDesign #3DPrinting #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #TNBC #Christmas #Xmas #Halloween

Happy Halloween! While I’m not dressing up in costume for an office party, I do feel the mood for spooky fun. I’ve got the house to myself while I work, so it’s time to crank some tunes!

First off is Skatune Network‘s Skalloween album, released in 2021. For those of you who don’t know who Skatune Network is, they are an incredible one person Ska band who arranges and performs Ska covers of our favorite video game, cartoon, and pop music. This 8 track album features music from Beetlejuice, appropriate with the sequel that just came out, to Scooby Doo, a cartoon which pretty much celebrated Halloween all the time. Skatune does an amazing job with all of their tracks, and they collaborate with other great artists on this album as well. I’ve made a YouTube playlist of the album below, but you can also find the album on Bandcamp (link) and on other streaming media platforms.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP4XUsocAKg-JEzqfmqKn2t1FEMaDWXyx&si=fPt5sAOZ5qWTr6-j

It’s a Halloween movie! It’s a Christmas movie!! IT’S BOTH!!! The Nightmare Before Christmas, released over 30 years ago, has one of the most iconic movie soundtracks which Danny Elfman ever wrote. As I observed when I wrote about this soundtrack for it’s 30th anniversary, it was the combination of Elfman’s amazing score with the voices of the actors which makes this soundtrack so successful. Elfman even provides the singing voice of Jack Skellington (speaking voice provided by Chris Sarandon, who also played Prince Humperdink in The Princess Bride)! I’ll admit, I’ll stop and listen to any song from this soundtrack whenever it comes up in my Plex, but I’ll always try to watch this movie on Halloween. This year, with the recent passing of Ken Page, the voice of Oogie Boogie, I’ll also be sure to raise a glass when his song comes up.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n3P6QbzwRveRljRWtG8nzdhLwKw0XfxEs&si=9pwBnL1iD1PClrae

Of course, we can’t have a Halloween playlist without some drum corps, so here’s the 1994 Bushwackers performing music from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

https://youtu.be/yEUOxjbGEzs?si=VAbxc1nDLd5PutGQ

On the twenty-third day of the month of September
In an early year of a decade not too long before our own
The human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence
And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do
In the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places

So began Alan Menken‘s and Howard Ashman‘s musical adaptation of the Roger Corman B movie classic, Little Shop of Horrors. The stage version made its way to the silver screen in 1986, and the gems from this soundtrack are plentiful. Steve Martin absolutely drills “You’ll Be A Dentist”, while Ellen Greene goes from tender wistfulness in “Somewhere That’s Green” to full out Broadway belting in the show stopping “Suddenly Semour”. Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops sets the standard as Audrey II, while Rick Moranis cemented his status as a comedy horror schlep as Seymour after his turn in Ghostbusters as Louis Tully. The movie is a joy to watch and the soundtrack is a joy to listen to.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6zRCxFyiWGRQH-F5wvejJx9wgc6kWtBa&si=xG9IWRjCaAuvrOTL

There’s one musical which has a special place in my heart that also fits with the season. That is The Phantom of the Opera, a mystery never quite fully explained. This was a musical I remember listening to multiple times while in high school along with all the theater kids I shared classes with. It was also one of the first drum corps shows I remember seeing live as the Santa Clara Vanguard performed it in 1988 at the Parma, Ohio, show. I would eventually go on to perform music from Phantom with the Empire Statesmen in 2000. This was also the first musical I would see performed live at the Palace Theater in Playhouse Square. It’s the 25th anniversary concert performance of Phantom which I listen to more than the original cast soundtrack, though, as I find the audio mix is much clearer and the performances of Sierra Boggess as Christine Daaé and Ramin Karimloo as, in my opinion, The Phantom are as powerful, if not more so, than Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, plus there’s less of the campiness that the original version of Phantom had.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXfCGfEFi5PfZCNOG13HTJObGIXgYXVQ&si=kNY07qsCCCSdk0Xi

Here is the 1988 Santa Clara Vanguard performance of Phantom of the Opera:

https://youtu.be/RV6AaSqUXiQ?si=fKwxrGLQJF7gOEGV

And here is me with the 2000 Empire Statesmen performing Phantom:

https://youtu.be/dc8yZ_5yRzw?si=BFT-0kqcbPxhZBOc

https://medi-nerd.com/2024/10/31/2024-halloween-playlist/

#AlanMenken #Bandcamp #Beetlejuice #Bushwackers #ChrisSarandon #DannyElfman #EllenGreene #EmpireStatesmen #Ghostbusters #Halloween #HowardAshman #JackSkellington #KenPage #Kevin #LeviStubbs #LittleShopOfHorrors #Music #OogieBoogie #PalaceTheater #PlayhouseSquare #Plex #PrinceHumperdink #RickMoranis #RogerCorman #SantaClaraVanguard #ScoobyDoo #SierraBoggess #Skallowen #SkatuneNetwork #SteveMartin #TheFourTops #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #ThePhantomOfTheOpera #ThePrincessBride #YouTube

Happy Halloween! While I’m not dressing up in costume for an office party, I do feel the mood for spooky fun. I’ve got the house to myself while I work, so it’s time to crank some tunes!

First off is Skatune Network‘s Skalloween album, released in 2021. For those of you who don’t know who Skatune Network is, they are an incredible one person Ska band who arranges and performs Ska covers of our favorite video game, cartoon, and pop music. This 8 track album features music from Beetlejuice, appropriate with the sequel that just came out, to Scooby Doo, a cartoon which pretty much celebrated Halloween all the time. Skatune does an amazing job with all of their tracks, and they collaborate with other great artists on this album as well. I’ve made a YouTube playlist of the album below, but you can also find the album on Bandcamp (link) and on other streaming media platforms.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP4XUsocAKg-JEzqfmqKn2t1FEMaDWXyx&si=fPt5sAOZ5qWTr6-j

It’s a Halloween movie! It’s a Christmas movie!! IT’S BOTH!!! The Nightmare Before Christmas, released over 30 years ago, has one of the most iconic movie soundtracks which Danny Elfman ever wrote. As I observed when I wrote about this soundtrack for it’s 30th anniversary, it was the combination of Elfman’s amazing score with the voices of the actors which makes this soundtrack so successful. Elfman even provides the singing voice of Jack Skellington (speaking voice provided by Chris Sarandon, who also played Prince Humperdink in The Princess Bride)! I’ll admit, I’ll stop and listen to any song from this soundtrack whenever it comes up in my Plex, but I’ll always try to watch this movie on Halloween. This year, with the recent passing of Ken Page, the voice of Oogie Boogie, I’ll also be sure to raise a glass when his song comes up.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n3P6QbzwRveRljRWtG8nzdhLwKw0XfxEs&si=9pwBnL1iD1PClrae

Of course, we can’t have a Halloween playlist without some drum corps, so here’s the 1994 Bushwackers performing music from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

https://youtu.be/yEUOxjbGEzs?si=VAbxc1nDLd5PutGQ

On the twenty-third day of the month of September
In an early year of a decade not too long before our own
The human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence
And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do
In the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places

So began Alan Menken‘s and Howard Ashman‘s musical adaptation of the Roger Corman B movie classic, Little Shop of Horrors. The stage version made its way to the silver screen in 1986, and the gems from this soundtrack are plentiful. Steve Martin absolutely drills “You’ll Be A Dentist”, while Ellen Greene goes from tender wistfulness in “Somewhere That’s Green” to full out Broadway belting in the show stopping “Suddenly Semour”. Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops sets the standard as Audrey II, while Rick Moranis cemented his status as a comedy horror schlep as Seymour after his turn in Ghostbusters as Louis Tully. The movie is a joy to watch and the soundtrack is a joy to listen to.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6zRCxFyiWGRQH-F5wvejJx9wgc6kWtBa&si=xG9IWRjCaAuvrOTL

There’s one musical which has a special place in my heart that also fits with the season. That is The Phantom of the Opera, a mystery never quite fully explained. This was a musical I remember listening to multiple times while in high school along with all the theater kids I shared classes with. It was also one of the first drum corps shows I remember seeing live as the Santa Clara Vanguard performed it in 1988 at the Parma, Ohio, show. I would eventually go on to perform music from Phantom with the Empire Statesmen in 2000. This was also the first musical I would see performed live at the Palace Theater in Playhouse Square. It’s the 25th anniversary concert performance of Phantom which I listen to more than the original cast soundtrack, though, as I find the audio mix is much clearer and the performances of Sierra Boggess as Christine Daaé and Ramin Karimloo as, in my opinion, The Phantom are as powerful, if not more so, than Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, plus there’s less of the campiness that the original version of Phantom had.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXfCGfEFi5PfZCNOG13HTJObGIXgYXVQ&si=kNY07qsCCCSdk0Xi

Here is the 1988 Santa Clara Vanguard performance of Phantom of the Opera:

https://youtu.be/RV6AaSqUXiQ?si=fKwxrGLQJF7gOEGV

And here is me with the 2000 Empire Statesmen performing Phantom:

https://youtu.be/dc8yZ_5yRzw?si=BFT-0kqcbPxhZBOc

https://medi-nerd.com/2024/10/31/2024-halloween-playlist/

#AlanMenken #Bandcamp #Beetlejuice #Bushwackers #ChrisSarandon #DannyElfman #EllenGreene #EmpireStatesmen #Ghostbusters #Halloween #HowardAshman #JackSkellington #KenPage #Kevin #LeviStubbs #LittleShopOfHorrors #Music #OogieBoogie #PalaceTheater #PlayhouseSquare #Plex #PrinceHumperdink #RickMoranis #RogerCorman #SantaClaraVanguard #ScoobyDoo #SierraBoggess #Skallowen #SkatuneNetwork #SteveMartin #TheFourTops #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #ThePhantomOfTheOpera #ThePrincessBride #YouTube

Happy Halloween! While I’m not dressing up in costume for an office party, I do feel the mood for spooky fun. I’ve got the house to myself while I work, so it’s time to crank some tunes!

First off is Skatune Network‘s Skalloween album, released in 2021. For those of you who don’t know who Skatune Network is, they are an incredible one person Ska band who arranges and performs Ska covers of our favorite video game, cartoon, and pop music. This 8 track album features music from Beetlejuice, appropriate with the sequel that just came out, to Scooby Doo, a cartoon which pretty much celebrated Halloween all the time. Skatune does an amazing job with all of their tracks, and they collaborate with other great artists on this album as well. I’ve made a YouTube playlist of the album below, but you can also find the album on Bandcamp (link) and on other streaming media platforms.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP4XUsocAKg-JEzqfmqKn2t1FEMaDWXyx&si=fPt5sAOZ5qWTr6-j

It’s a Halloween movie! It’s a Christmas movie!! IT’S BOTH!!! The Nightmare Before Christmas, released over 30 years ago, has one of the most iconic movie soundtracks which Danny Elfman ever wrote. As I observed when I wrote about this soundtrack for it’s 30th anniversary, it was the combination of Elfman’s amazing score with the voices of the actors which makes this soundtrack so successful. Elfman even provides the singing voice of Jack Skellington (speaking voice provided by Chris Sarandon, who also played Prince Humperdink in The Princess Bride)! I’ll admit, I’ll stop and listen to any song from this soundtrack whenever it comes up in my Plex, but I’ll always try to watch this movie on Halloween. This year, with the recent passing of Ken Page, the voice of Oogie Boogie, I’ll also be sure to raise a glass when his song comes up.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n3P6QbzwRveRljRWtG8nzdhLwKw0XfxEs&si=9pwBnL1iD1PClrae

Of course, we can’t have a Halloween playlist without some drum corps, so here’s the 1994 Bushwackers performing music from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

https://youtu.be/yEUOxjbGEzs?si=VAbxc1nDLd5PutGQ

On the twenty-third day of the month of September
In an early year of a decade not too long before our own
The human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence
And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do
In the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places

So began Alan Menken‘s and Howard Ashman‘s musical adaptation of the Roger Corman B movie classic, Little Shop of Horrors. The stage version made its way to the silver screen in 1986, and the gems from this soundtrack are plentiful. Steve Martin absolutely drills “You’ll Be A Dentist”, while Ellen Greene goes from tender wistfulness in “Somewhere That’s Green” to full out Broadway belting in the show stopping “Suddenly Semour”. Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops sets the standard as Audrey II, while Rick Moranis cemented his status as a comedy horror schlep as Seymour after his turn in Ghostbusters as Louis Tully. The movie is a joy to watch and the soundtrack is a joy to listen to.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6zRCxFyiWGRQH-F5wvejJx9wgc6kWtBa&si=xG9IWRjCaAuvrOTL

There’s one musical which has a special place in my heart that also fits with the season. That is The Phantom of the Opera, a mystery never quite fully explained. This was a musical I remember listening to multiple times while in high school along with all the theater kids I shared classes with. It was also one of the first drum corps shows I remember seeing live as the Santa Clara Vanguard performed it in 1988 at the Parma, Ohio, show. I would eventually go on to perform music from Phantom with the Empire Statesmen in 2000. This was also the first musical I would see performed live at the Palace Theater in Playhouse Square. It’s the 25th anniversary concert performance of Phantom which I listen to more than the original cast soundtrack, though, as I find the audio mix is much clearer and the performances of Sierra Boggess as Christine Daaé and Ramin Karimloo as, in my opinion, The Phantom are as powerful, if not more so, than Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, plus there’s less of the campiness that the original version of Phantom had.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXfCGfEFi5PfZCNOG13HTJObGIXgYXVQ&si=kNY07qsCCCSdk0Xi

Here is the 1988 Santa Clara Vanguard performance of Phantom of the Opera:

https://youtu.be/RV6AaSqUXiQ?si=fKwxrGLQJF7gOEGV

And here is me with the 2000 Empire Statesmen performing Phantom:

https://youtu.be/dc8yZ_5yRzw?si=BFT-0kqcbPxhZBOc

https://medi-nerd.com/2024/10/31/2024-halloween-playlist/

#AlanMenken #Bandcamp #Beetlejuice #Bushwackers #ChrisSarandon #DannyElfman #EllenGreene #EmpireStatesmen #Ghostbusters #Halloween #HowardAshman #JackSkellington #KenPage #Kevin #LeviStubbs #LittleShopOfHorrors #Music #OogieBoogie #PalaceTheater #PlayhouseSquare #Plex #PrinceHumperdink #RickMoranis #RogerCorman #SantaClaraVanguard #ScoobyDoo #SierraBoggess #Skallowen #SkatuneNetwork #SteveMartin #TheFourTops #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #ThePhantomOfTheOpera #ThePrincessBride #YouTube

Happy Halloween! While I’m not dressing up in costume for an office party, I do feel the mood for spooky fun. I’ve got the house to myself while I work, so it’s time to crank some tunes!

First off is Skatune Network‘s Skalloween album, released in 2021. For those of you who don’t know who Skatune Network is, they are an incredible one person Ska band who arranges and performs Ska covers of our favorite video game, cartoon, and pop music. This 8 track album features music from Beetlejuice, appropriate with the sequel that just came out, to Scooby Doo, a cartoon which pretty much celebrated Halloween all the time. Skatune does an amazing job with all of their tracks, and they collaborate with other great artists on this album as well. I’ve made a YouTube playlist of the album below, but you can also find the album on Bandcamp (link) and on other streaming media platforms.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP4XUsocAKg-JEzqfmqKn2t1FEMaDWXyx&si=fPt5sAOZ5qWTr6-j

It’s a Halloween movie! It’s a Christmas movie!! IT’S BOTH!!! The Nightmare Before Christmas, released over 30 years ago, has one of the most iconic movie soundtracks which Danny Elfman ever wrote. As I observed when I wrote about this soundtrack for it’s 30th anniversary, it was the combination of Elfman’s amazing score with the voices of the actors which makes this soundtrack so successful. Elfman even provides the singing voice of Jack Skellington (speaking voice provided by Chris Sarandon, who also played Prince Humperdink in The Princess Bride)! I’ll admit, I’ll stop and listen to any song from this soundtrack whenever it comes up in my Plex, but I’ll always try to watch this movie on Halloween. This year, with the recent passing of Ken Page, the voice of Oogie Boogie, I’ll also be sure to raise a glass when his song comes up.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n3P6QbzwRveRljRWtG8nzdhLwKw0XfxEs&si=9pwBnL1iD1PClrae

Of course, we can’t have a Halloween playlist without some drum corps, so here’s the 1994 Bushwackers performing music from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

https://youtu.be/yEUOxjbGEzs?si=VAbxc1nDLd5PutGQ

On the twenty-third day of the month of September
In an early year of a decade not too long before our own
The human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence
And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do
In the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places

So began Alan Menken‘s and Howard Ashman‘s musical adaptation of the Roger Corman B movie classic, Little Shop of Horrors. The stage version made its way to the silver screen in 1986, and the gems from this soundtrack are plentiful. Steve Martin absolutely drills “You’ll Be A Dentist”, while Ellen Greene goes from tender wistfulness in “Somewhere That’s Green” to full out Broadway belting in the show stopping “Suddenly Semour”. Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops sets the standard as Audrey II, while Rick Moranis cemented his status as a comedy horror schlep as Seymour after his turn in Ghostbusters as Louis Tully. The movie is a joy to watch and the soundtrack is a joy to listen to.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6zRCxFyiWGRQH-F5wvejJx9wgc6kWtBa&si=xG9IWRjCaAuvrOTL

There’s one musical which has a special place in my heart that also fits with the season. That is The Phantom of the Opera, a mystery never quite fully explained. This was a musical I remember listening to multiple times while in high school along with all the theater kids I shared classes with. It was also one of the first drum corps shows I remember seeing live as the Santa Clara Vanguard performed it in 1988 at the Parma, Ohio, show. I would eventually go on to perform music from Phantom with the Empire Statesmen in 2000. This was also the first musical I would see performed live at the Palace Theater in Playhouse Square. It’s the 25th anniversary concert performance of Phantom which I listen to more than the original cast soundtrack, though, as I find the audio mix is much clearer and the performances of Sierra Boggess as Christine Daaé and Ramin Karimloo as, in my opinion, The Phantom are as powerful, if not more so, than Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, plus there’s less of the campiness that the original version of Phantom had.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXfCGfEFi5PfZCNOG13HTJObGIXgYXVQ&si=kNY07qsCCCSdk0Xi

Here is the 1988 Santa Clara Vanguard performance of Phantom of the Opera:

https://youtu.be/RV6AaSqUXiQ?si=fKwxrGLQJF7gOEGV

And here is me with the 2000 Empire Statesmen performing Phantom:

https://youtu.be/dc8yZ_5yRzw?si=BFT-0kqcbPxhZBOc

https://medi-nerd.com/2024/10/31/2024-halloween-playlist/

#AlanMenken #Bandcamp #Beetlejuice #Bushwackers #ChrisSarandon #DannyElfman #EllenGreene #EmpireStatesmen #Ghostbusters #Halloween #HowardAshman #JackSkellington #KenPage #Kevin #LeviStubbs #LittleShopOfHorrors #Music #OogieBoogie #PalaceTheater #PlayhouseSquare #Plex #PrinceHumperdink #RickMoranis #RogerCorman #SantaClaraVanguard #ScoobyDoo #SierraBoggess #Skallowen #SkatuneNetwork #SteveMartin #TheFourTops #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #ThePhantomOfTheOpera #ThePrincessBride #YouTube

Happy Halloween! While I’m not dressing up in costume for an office party, I do feel the mood for spooky fun. I’ve got the house to myself while I work, so it’s time to crank some tunes!

First off is Skatune Network‘s Skalloween album, released in 2021. For those of you who don’t know who Skatune Network is, they are an incredible one person Ska band who arranges and performs Ska covers of our favorite video game, cartoon, and pop music. This 8 track album features music from Beetlejuice, appropriate with the sequel that just came out, to Scooby Doo, a cartoon which pretty much celebrated Halloween all the time. Skatune does an amazing job with all of their tracks, and they collaborate with other great artists on this album as well. I’ve made a YouTube playlist of the album below, but you can also find the album on Bandcamp (link) and on other streaming media platforms.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP4XUsocAKg-JEzqfmqKn2t1FEMaDWXyx&si=fPt5sAOZ5qWTr6-j

It’s a Halloween movie! It’s a Christmas movie!! IT’S BOTH!!! The Nightmare Before Christmas, released over 30 years ago, has one of the most iconic movie soundtracks which Danny Elfman ever wrote. As I observed when I wrote about this soundtrack for it’s 30th anniversary, it was the combination of Elfman’s amazing score with the voices of the actors which makes this soundtrack so successful. Elfman even provides the singing voice of Jack Skellington (speaking voice provided by Chris Sarandon, who also played Prince Humperdink in The Princess Bride)! I’ll admit, I’ll stop and listen to any song from this soundtrack whenever it comes up in my Plex, but I’ll always try to watch this movie on Halloween. This year, with the recent passing of Ken Page, the voice of Oogie Boogie, I’ll also be sure to raise a glass when his song comes up.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n3P6QbzwRveRljRWtG8nzdhLwKw0XfxEs&si=9pwBnL1iD1PClrae

Of course, we can’t have a Halloween playlist without some drum corps, so here’s the 1994 Bushwackers performing music from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

https://youtu.be/yEUOxjbGEzs?si=VAbxc1nDLd5PutGQ

On the twenty-third day of the month of September
In an early year of a decade not too long before our own
The human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence
And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do
In the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places

So began Alan Menken‘s and Howard Ashman‘s musical adaptation of the Roger Corman B movie classic, Little Shop of Horrors. The stage version made its way to the silver screen in 1986, and the gems from this soundtrack are plentiful. Steve Martin absolutely drills “You’ll Be A Dentist”, while Ellen Greene goes from tender wistfulness in “Somewhere That’s Green” to full out Broadway belting in the show stopping “Suddenly Semour”. Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops sets the standard as Audrey II, while Rick Moranis cemented his status as a comedy horror schlep as Seymour after his turn in Ghostbusters as Louis Tully. The movie is a joy to watch and the soundtrack is a joy to listen to.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6zRCxFyiWGRQH-F5wvejJx9wgc6kWtBa&si=xG9IWRjCaAuvrOTL

There’s one musical which has a special place in my heart that also fits with the season. That is The Phantom of the Opera, a mystery never quite fully explained. This was a musical I remember listening to multiple times while in high school along with all the theater kids I shared classes with. It was also one of the first drum corps shows I remember seeing live as the Santa Clara Vanguard performed it in 1988 at the Parma, Ohio, show. I would eventually go on to perform music from Phantom with the Empire Statesmen in 2000. This was also the first musical I would see performed live at the Palace Theater in Playhouse Square. It’s the 25th anniversary concert performance of Phantom which I listen to more than the original cast soundtrack, though, as I find the audio mix is much clearer and the performances of Sierra Boggess as Christine Daaé and Ramin Karimloo as, in my opinion, The Phantom are as powerful, if not more so, than Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, plus there’s less of the campiness that the original version of Phantom had.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXfCGfEFi5PfZCNOG13HTJObGIXgYXVQ&si=kNY07qsCCCSdk0Xi

Here is the 1988 Santa Clara Vanguard performance of Phantom of the Opera:

https://youtu.be/RV6AaSqUXiQ?si=fKwxrGLQJF7gOEGV

And here is me with the 2000 Empire Statesmen performing Phantom:

https://youtu.be/dc8yZ_5yRzw?si=BFT-0kqcbPxhZBOc

https://medi-nerd.com/2024/10/31/2024-halloween-playlist/

#AlanMenken #Bandcamp #Beetlejuice #Bushwackers #ChrisSarandon #DannyElfman #EllenGreene #EmpireStatesmen #Ghostbusters #Halloween #HowardAshman #JackSkellington #KenPage #Kevin #LeviStubbs #LittleShopOfHorrors #Music #OogieBoogie #PalaceTheater #PlayhouseSquare #Plex #PrinceHumperdink #RickMoranis #RogerCorman #SantaClaraVanguard #ScoobyDoo #SierraBoggess #Skallowen #SkatuneNetwork #SteveMartin #TheFourTops #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #ThePhantomOfTheOpera #ThePrincessBride #YouTube

Happy Halloween! 🎃 I’m not doing anything to celebrate this year, no dressing up, no pumpkin carving, not even a scary movie, so here’s some costumes from years past. 👻 Skellington’s my fave, The bat bow tie is handsewn (badly), and all the stripes are handpainted, and it took me effing ages, think I was up till 4am! Trinity is all store-bought, except the haircut that I just happened to have. Joker is thrifted.
#halloween #jackskellington #thenightmarebeforechristmas #trinity #thematrix #joker

Coming up TODAY from 4 p.m. EDT 'til we turn into bats it's Maerchen1313's HALLOWEEN PAJAMA PARTY — Sp00ky 80s/90s Feat. The Cure spotlight. We have Cure videos! Lots of love and see you soon. 🖤🖤🖤

#goth #DJ #gothclub #Halloween #halloween2024 #halloweenparty #VRChat #oc #orginalcharacter #newwave #80s #90s #postpunk #musicvideos #VTuber #ENVtuber #gamers #twitch #thecure #thecureband #thecurefans #robertsmith #siouxsieandthebanshees #thenightmarebeforechristmas #twitchfrightfest #maerchen1313

👻🎃 Happy (early) Halloween! 🎃👻

I’m surprised I haven’t seen this combo before, since Zero from “The Nightmare Before Christmas” looks so eerily similar to #Pteranodon!

#happyhalloween #halloween #zeronightmarebeforechristmas #thenightmarebeforechristmas

I'm live NOW for the CLUB ViBE Dark Scene #Halloween Raid Train on #Twitch (I'm kicking it off! 😃). Join us! 🖤🖤🖤 It's about to get gothy in here. See you soon! https://twitch.tv/maerchen1313

#goth #DJ #gothclub #Halloween #raidtrain #halloween2024 #VRChat #oc #orginalcharacter #newwave #80s #coldwave #darkwave #VTuber #ENVtuber #thenightmarebeforechristmas #twitchfrightfest #maerchen1313

Tomorrow kicks off the CLUB ViBE Dark Scene #Halloween Raid Train on #Twitch (and it looks like I'm kicking it off! 😃). Join us! 🖤🖤🖤 It's about to get gothy in here. See you soon! https://twitch.tv/maerchen1313

#goth #DJ #gothclub #Halloween #raidtrain #halloween2024 #VRChat #oc #orginalcharacter #newwave #80s #coldwave #darkwave #VTuber #ENVtuber #thenightmarebeforechristmas #twitchfrightfest #maerchen1313

Ken Page, Voice of Oogie Boogie and Original Cast Member of Broadway’s ‘Cats,’ Dies at 70
#Variety #News #Obituaries #PeopleNews #Broadway #Cats #KenPage #TheNightmareBeforeChristmas #TimBurton

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/ken-page-dead-oogie-boogie-1236166518/