That was chris Sarandon in the speaking part, but anything spoken on the album was Elfman. I don't know why he didn't just do the whole thing, perhaps more union junk; he played Satan in _Forbidden Zone_, directed by his brother, Richard (father-in-law of Jenna). Scott On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Robspiere wrote: > In addition to Danny Elfman's largely successful career as the lead singer and > composer for the band originally titled The Magical Knights of Oingo Boingo > (later shortened to Oingo Boingo, and then briefly before they broke up, > Boingo), and in addition to his more popular film and television scoring > career (which includes Batman, Beetlejuice, Darkman, The Simpsons, Big Top Pee > Wee, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Nightbreed, Tales From The Crypt, Scooged, > Edward Scissorhands, Dolores Claiborne, To Die For, Mission Possible, > Sommersby, Dead Presidents, Amazing Stories, and The Flash, <whew>, Elfman > composed and sung the lead role of Jack Skellington in Tim Burton's The > Nightmare Before Christmas (the spoken part of the role was performed by an > actor whose name escaped me). > > I think that perhaps I might overuse run-on sentences. > > Rob > > > > In a message dated 98-03-09 10:55:32 EST, [log in to unmask] writes: > > > Scott Hutchins wrote: > > > > > It seems there is to be a film of _American Psycho_, with music by Danny > > > Elfman. I wonder if they'll have him sing "Insanity" for commercial > > > reasons. I shouldn't say that: were I to film my third novel (not > > > currently finished), I would want to use the song in the film for > artistic > > > reasons. > > > > I think Elfman is one of the better composers for film now working (witness > > his > > work with Tim Burton), but I didn't know he also sings--is this true? And > > who > > is to direct--maybe David Cronenberg? Difficult to conceive of this project > > on > > screen, without serious toning down of the violence. > > > > Jim Marsden/Bryant College > > ---- > Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > University of Alabama. > ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.