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      • At 25, The Nightmare Before Christmas is still the best musical mash-up of Halloween and Christmas there ever was. A quarter of a century ago, Tim Burton and Henry Selick unleashed a holiday classic.
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  2. Three decades since the theatrical debut of The Nightmare Before Christmas, Disney announced that Henry Selick ’s classic stop-motion animated musical will be coming back to the theaters for a limited time only.

    • It’S A Visual Masterpiece
    • The Music Still Hits
    • The Creative Story (and Its Lesson) Matter

    First, the movie is a visual masterpiece. The more I watch “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” the more I am in awe of the painstaking work that must have gone into the film’s stop-motion animation. Every little movement and facial expression had to be meticulously planned and executed for a wide variety of characters. The extraordinary payoff of tha...

    The second thing that makes “The Nightmare Before Christmas” a classic is Danny Elfman’s brilliant score. The music is definitely one of the highlights for me, from favorite singable songs like “This Is Halloween” to engaging background music that perfectly suits the film. Like the visual elements, the score reflects the brightness of Christmas Tow...

    Third, the film’s story of two holidays colliding is creative and interesting. This idea has even become the inspiration for a seasonal makeoverof the “Haunted Mansion” ride at Disneyland based on “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” By the same token, the movie doubles as both a Halloween and Christmas film. The lesson Skellington learns throughout t...

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  3. The Nightmare Before Christmas (also known as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas) is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick in his feature directorial debut and produced and conceived by Tim Burton.

  4. Oct 29, 2018 · At 25, The Nightmare Before Christmas is still the best musical mash-up of Halloween and Christmas there ever was. A quarter of a century ago, Tim Burton and Henry Selick unleashed a...

  5. Nov 25, 2023 · The film’s musical language is familiar — a sweet, dark brew of classical influences (the dies irae motif is prominent), Broadway torch songs, Kurt Weill melancholy, and an occasional poignant Mahlerian harmonic progression. At no moment does the action of film elbow aside the music.

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  6. Dec 11, 2022 · Culture Music Reviews. Nightmare Before Christmas in concert, review: Danny Elfman and Phoebe Bridgers join for a spectacularly spooky evening. A terrific BBC Concert Orchestra performed the...

  7. Oct 30, 2021 · by Wade Major | Oct 30, 2021. Reviewed: Friday, October 29, 2021; Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles. Remaining shows: October 31, 2021. Ticket information. When Disney Concerts first adapted the hit 1993 animated film Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas into a mixed-media live music event in 2015, it was a rare example of a ...

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