Big Fish [Music from the Motion Picture] [Green Marble Vinyl] [B&N Exclusive]

by Danny Elfman

Overview

The soundtrack to Tim Burton's unusually subdued, sentimental Big Fish collects pop songs from the '30s through the '70s as well as longtime collaborator Danny Elfman's score and a new song from Pearl Jam, "Man of the Hour." Though Burton's quirky, eerie aesthetic would normally be at odds with Pearl Jam's earnestness, the two work well together here, with the song touching on the film's warmth and adding a bit of earthiness to its daydreamy nature. The rest of the soundtrack's pop songs play a bit like a miniature version of the Forrest Gump soundtrack, moving from Bing Crosby's early-'30s jazz hit "Dinah" to the '50s nostalgia of Buddy Holly's "Everyday" and Elvis Presley's "All Shook Up" to the '60s and '70s recollections of Canned Heat's "Let's Work Together" and the Allman Brothers Band's "Ramblin' Man." Like the film itself, Elfman's score is also on the relatively subdued and sentimental side -- fans of his sprightly, spooky style will only get a chance to hear that aspect of Elfman's music on "Return to Spectre" and the eerily lovely "Jenny's Theme." However, the rest of the score is by no means dull; Elfman takes the film's Southern setting to heart musically as much as Burton does visually, and the fiddles, banjos, guitars, and strings give the score an appropriately, and appealingly, down-home flavor. Surprisingly moving cues like "In the Tub" and "Finale" reaffirm just how integral this score is to the movie. Finally, Bobbi Page and Candice Rumph's "Twice the Love (Siamese Twins' Song)" adds some of the style and whimsy usually associated with Burton and Elfman's collaborations. While Big Fish is a somewhat atypical Burton/Elfman soundtrack, it's still a successful one. ~ Heather Phares

Product Details

Release Date:	11/18/2022
Label:	Sony Classical
UPC:	0196587221812
Rank:	94

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Danny Elfman   Primary Artist
Pearl Jam   Primary Artist,Band
Bobbi Page   Primary Artist,Vocals
Bing Crosby   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals
Elvis Presley   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals
Buddy Holly   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Lead Vocals
The Vogues   Primary Artist,Band
Candice Rumph   Primary Artist,Vocals
The Allman Brothers Band   Primary Artist,Band
Canned Heat   Primary Artist,Band
Berry Oakley   Bass
Bill Black   String Bass
Nick Ingman   Conductor
Jaimoe   Drums,Congas
Eddie Vedder   Lead Vocals
Jeff Ament   Bass
Dickey Betts   Lead Guitar,Lead Vocals
Scotty Moore   Lead Guitar
Norbert Putnam   Bass
Matt Cameron   Drums
Mike McCready   Guitar
Adolfo de la Parra   Drums
Butch Trucks   Drums,Percussion
Hoyt Hawkins   Piano,Vocals (Background)
Alan Wilson   Slide Guitar
Stone Gossard   Guitar
Gordon Stoker   Vocal Harmony,Vocals (Background)
Harvey Mandel   Lead Guitar
Chuck Leavell   Piano,Vocals (Background)
Larry Taylor   Bass
D.J. Fontana   Drums
Jerry Carrigan   Drums
Gregg Allman   Organ,Vocals (Background)
Joe Mauldin   Bass
Les Dudek   Lead Guitar
Jerry Allison   Percussion
Neal Matthews   Vocals (Background)
Marc Mann   Synthesizer
Bob Hite   Lead Vocals
Don Miller   Vocals
Chuck Blasko   Vocals
Hugh Jarrett   Vocals (Background)
David Briggs   Keyboards
Vi Petty   Celeste
Steve Ingman   Conductor
Hugh Geyer   Vocals
Bill Burkette   Lead Vocals

Technical Credits

Tony Moon   Producer
Allen Reynolds   Composer
Skip Taylor   Producer
Traditional   Composer
Steve Sholes   Producer
Bob Badami   Music Supervisor
Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Bob Thiele   Producer
Chris Barrett   Score Assistance,Assistant Engineer
Jake Jackson   Score Assistance,Assistant Engineer
Jack Andrews   Composer
Eddie Vedder   Composer,Lyricist
Elvis Presley   Composer
Dennis Sands   Mixing,Engineer,Score Mixer,Scoring Engineer
Wilbert Harrison   Composer
Joe Young   Composer
Sam M. Lewis   Composer
Johnny Sandlin   Engineer,Producer
Dickey Betts   Composer
Peter Gifford   Composer
Rob Hirst   Composer
Sam Hofstedt   Engineer
Jim Moginie   Composer
Martin Rotsey   Composer
Peter Garrett   Composer
Lia Vollack   Executive Producer,Soundtrack Executive Producer
Reynolds   Composer
Norman Petty   Composer,Producer
Tommy Oliver   Mixing,Engineer
Buddy Holly   Composer
Isobel Griffiths   Contractor,Orchestra Contractor
Tom Hardisty   Score Mixer,Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant
Harry Akst   Composer
Danny Elfman   Composer,Producer
Adam Kasper   Producer
Candice Rumph   Performer
Buddy Thornton   Engineer
Glen Brunman   Executive Producer,Soundtrack Executive Producer
The Allman Brothers Band   Producer
Steve Bartek   Orchestration
Ellen Segal   Editing,Music Editor
Ernie Freeman   String Arrangements
Otis Blackwell   Composer
Ovie Sparks   Engineer
Thorne Nogar   Engineer
Canned Heat   Producer
Marc Mann   Engineer,Recording,Preparation,Synthesizer Engineer,Synthesizer Programming
David Slonaker   Orchestration
Jeff Atmajian   Orchestration
Edgardo Simone   Orchestration
Ernie Lee   Technical Support
Tim Burton   Executive Producer,Soundtrack Executive Producer
Noah Snyder   Score Mixer,Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant
David Coleman   Package Design
Shie Rozow   Editing,Assistant Music Editor
John August   Composer
Nick Cenci   Producer
David Daoud Coleman   Package Design
Sam Lewis   Composer
Dave Weichman   Engineer