Danny Elfman & Serenada Schizophrana
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DANNY ELFMAN&
SERENADA SCHIZOPHRANA
By Arthur M. Taylor
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Danny’s Early Years• Daniel Robert “Danny”
Elfman was born in Los Angeles, California, on May 29, 1953.
• Danny grew up watching movies.
• He loved the music of movie composers Bernard Herrman, Franz Waxman, Dimitri Tiomkin, and Max Steiner.
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Teenage Adventures• At the age of 18, he
travelled to France to live with his older brother Richard.
• He spent a year playing violin for a music group Le Grand Magic Circus with Richard.
• He spent another year travelling across Africa.
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The Mystic Knights of Oingo Boingo
• In 1972, Danny joined Richard in the eccentric musical-theatrical troupe, The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo.
• In 1976, Richard made a career shift into filmmaking, and gave leadership of the troupe up to Danny.
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Oingo Boingo• In 1978, Danny reformed the
troupe into the music group “Oingo Boingo.”
• In 1980, they performed in Richard Elfman film “Forbidden Zone.”
• Their first major album, Only a Lad, came out in 1981.
• Between 1980 and 2002 they released 17 albums.
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Into The Movies• In 1985, Danny started
what would become a tradition of writing scores for Tim Burton’s movies.
• He started to catch the attention of moviemakers, especially after his work on Batman(1989).
• Since 1985, he has written the scores or themes for over 6 dozen movies.
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Recent Events• In 1994, Danny reorganized
Oingo Boingo once again into a 5-man group renamed “Boingo.”
• In 2003, He married the actress Bridget Fonda.
• In 2005, Danny wrote Serenada Schizophrana
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Serenada SchizophranaSerenada Schizophrana was Danny Elfman’s first major composition intended for concert
hall performance.
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Carnegie Hall PerformanceThe premiere of the composition was at the
American Composers Orchestra performance on February 23, 2005 at Carnegie Hall in New
York City.
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Soundtrack Recording • It was also recorded as the
soundtrack for the IMAX film, Deep Sea 3D.
• It was recorded in early December of 2005
• It took over three days to record all six movements.
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Movements of Schizophrana
II. Blue Strings(10min. 8sec.)
III. A Bass Thing(7min. 55sec.)
IV. The Quadruped
Patrol(2min. 55sec.)
V. “I Forget”(6min. 23sec.)
VI. Bells and Whistles(8min. 7sec.)
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Movement I. Pianos(0:00 – 2:41)
• The movement starts out with the piano & the strings playing a suspenseful tune.
• Flutes, drums, and brass come in to add to a growing feeling of tension and excitement.
• A pattern of waxing and waning excitement follows ‘til it hits a climax at 2:41min.
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Pianos(2:42 – 5:34)
• We return to just the pianos, now playing a more eerie tune.
• The other instruments start again to pop in & out with the piano, bringing a wild sound.
• For a brief time a sax a relaxing tune in the middle of it all.
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Pianos(5:35 – 7:02)
• The music repeats what was played at the beginning.
• Tension and excitement start to build again.
• Before it reaches the full intensity, it pulls together and slows to a stop.
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Movement V. “I Forget”(0:00 – 2:23)
• The rhythm gets started with a xylophone and strings
• Soon the singers start with an eerie, sad, and yet excited song in Spanish.
• The singing is accented by various instruments, including an organ, drums, and brass.
• All build up to a haunting climax, with the singers singing “Oohh” in series.
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“I Forget”(2:24 – 3:16)
• The organ plays a rapid series of descending notes.
• The singers start again with each phrase being punctuated by a clamor from the other instruments.
• They build again to a haunting intensity, with the singers singing “Oohh” in series.
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“I Forget”(3:17 – 3:58)
• A marimba and bells take off with a haunting yet lively rhythm.
• The strings start playing a heartbeat that build in intensity.
• The heartbeat ends with a series of long high notes from the woodwinds and the brass.
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“I Forget”(3:59 – 6:23)
• The singing starts again, and the phrases get increasingly more abrupt.
• After a minute the singing begins to fade, and is replaced by a sad rolling tune from the brass.
• The brass fade to be replaced by flutes with the same tune. Then all fade away.
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http://www.buzzine.com/2008/05/oingo-boingo/Danny Elfman’s profile,
http://www.facebook.com/dannyelfman?v=infoDanny Elfman,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Elfman#cite_note-3All World Premiere Concert Features Legendary Rock
Guitarist Andy Summers & Orchestral Debut of Hollywood Composer Danny Elfman,
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