For Scores, Disney’s podcast series about music, scores, and composers is presenting an interview with the legendary Danny Elfman. The podcast episode premiered today, October 13, 2021.
What’s Happening:
- Disney’s For Scores podcast has posted an interview with legendary composer Danny Elfman.
- In the interview, Elfman talks about creating the score for The Nightmare Before Christmas, in addition to his longtime creative partnership with Tim Burton.
- The series is hosted by Variety’s Jon Burlingame and explores the challenges and emotional journeys of musical storytellers.
- Here is the official synopsis for the episode: “Host Jon Burlingame sits down with legendary composer Danny Elfman to talk about his scoring of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and his decades-long collaboration with Tim Burton. Danny also reveals to Jon the fascinating behind-the-scenes story of how the music for this cult classic film got made, why Halloween has been a special night for him since childhood and how intertwined he and Jack Skellington truly are.”
- Fans can find the For Scores podcast on a variety of audio streaming platforms including
- Spotify
- Apple Podcasts
- Pandora
- Tune In
- And More
Did You Know?
- For Scores has been entertaining Disney music fans for three years. The series now has 30 episodes featuring interviews with the biggest names from the Disney songbook.
- Among those featured are fan favorites:
- Ludwig Göransson
- Alan Menken
- Randy Newman
- Rachel Portman
- Kristen Anderson-Lopez
- Robert Lopez
- The For Scores podcast series is produced by Maria Kleinman for Disney Music Group in association with Treefort Media.