This song was one of the EARLY songs that got my interest piqued in the man known as Danny Elfman, I didn't know who he was or really know even what he was doing, in that he was composing the music for a lot of the movie soundtracks of the movies I grew up on. Back to School was one of my favorite movies of all time... the scenes with Sam Kinison were epic. I couldn't stop laughing with the timing and buildup of the classroom scene.
"Weird Science" another great flick from the 80's that a kid like me could totally relate to -- geeks who figure out a way to make kelly lebrock (who WAS super hot at the time) their girlfriend...
Batman (the Tim Burton/ Michael Keaton one)
He also scored the PeeWee Herman classic in film, his self titled "Pee Wee's Big Adventure." Which I believe was Elfman's first score, and first work with Tim Burton.
Having done all these film scores which I liked, obviously I love the guy for the 'cultural impact' his tunes had on me and even now I enjoy his sounds in movies like Nightmare before Christmas & his more adventurous forays into 'serious' music. Is he as good a composer as he gets credit for ? Obviously he commands a high paying salary but is his music superior to a lot of other composers? What makes his music so special?
I am not trying to diminish his work at all I just wonder how many musicians feel that his work is the cats pajamas, or, at the end of the day is he a flash in the pan which will be left in the annals of history?
I think I have reconciled this argument as he IS a consistently great FILM composer and there are moments when the muysic DOES work on its own merits, but I think you can't compare Elfman to someone like Stravinsky or Varese...
Apples and Oranges.
I still kind of dig this tune.
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