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Danny Elfman Has a Lot of Problems with You People, and Now You’re Gonna Hear About It

Danny Elfman Has a Lot of Problems with You People, and Now You’re Gonna Hear About It

Danny Elfman’s Big Mess sounds like a buzzing, pounding collection of white noise punctuated by occasional bursts of interesting string themes and downtempo.

​Hollywood Burns Offers a Taste of Upcoming Debut Album via “Scherzo no. 5 in Death Minor” (premiere)

​Hollywood Burns Offers a Taste of Upcoming Debut Album via “Scherzo no. 5 in Death Minor” (premiere)

Somewhere between Bernard Herrmann and Bonnie Tyler lies Hollywood Burns.

Richard Elfman’s Cult Masterpiece Gets a New Lease on Life Ahead of the Imminent Sequel

Richard Elfman’s Cult Masterpiece Gets a New Lease on Life Ahead of the Imminent Sequel

Released in 1980, this absurd musical comedy would influence a decade of absurdist flirting film and television despite being met with almost universal revulsion.
Madness. Shame. Humiliation: Richard Elfman on Growing Up Absurd

Madness. Shame. Humiliation: Richard Elfman on Growing Up Absurd

In 1980, Richard Elfman released a very strange movie called Forbidden Zone. No one saw it. At least not in theaters. Today it's one of the best-known underground films around.

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