Danny Elfman - Serenada Schizophrana (2006) [Hi-Res]

Serenada Schizophrana is Grammy Award-winning composer Danny Elfman's highly anticipated symphonic debut. Best known for his music for over 100 films and TV series including Batman, Spiderman, Beetle Juice, and 'The Simpson', Serenada Schizophrana breaks new ground for this prolific composer.

Adding another facet to an already brilliant life in music, Danny Elfman steps out from his career-defining roll as a Grammy Award-winning, Oscar-nominated composer of original music for film and television with the release of Serenada Schizophrana, his first orchestral composition written specifically for the concert hall.

The world premiere of Serenada Schizophrana at Carnegie Hall on February 23, 2005 drew ecstatic reviews across the board from both classical music and pop culture critics. It subsequently received worldwide exposure as the featured music in the soundtrack to the IMAX film 'Deep Sea 3D' which was narrated by Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet. The Sony Classical recording is conducted by John Mauceri, best known for his sixteen years as conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.

As the New York Times put it when Danny Elfman’s Serenada Schizophrana was performed live at Carnegie Hall in February 2005: 'Better good Hollywood music than second-rate Brahms.' Elfman, better known for his soundtracks to Tim Burton movies, had been commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra to write a concert work, and the Serenada Schizophrana in six movements was the result. It appears here under the baton of John Mauceri, known for his crossover work with Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Fans of Elfman’s soundtracks won’t be disappointed—or even very much surprised—by this venture into the concert hall. The composer’s style remains very much the same, probably because his habitual orchestrator, Steve Bartek (whose contribution is crucial to Elfman’s sound), worked on four movements, with Edgardo Simone handling the remaining two. Blending Bernard Herrmann, Duke Ellington, Max Steiner, and especially JG Thirlwell (a.k.a. big-band industrialist Foetus), Elfman has come up with an audience-friendly piece that actually sounds more convincing than similarly high-reaching works by Paul McCartney or Elvis Costello. (Elisabeth Vincentelli)

ACO Singers
American Composers Orchestra
John Mauceri, conductor

Tracklist:
01. Danny Elfman - I. Pianos (7:02)
02. Danny Elfman - II. Blue Strings (10:08)
03. Danny Elfman - III. A Brass Thing (7:56)
04. Danny Elfman - IV. The Quadruped Patrol (2:56)
05. Danny Elfman - V. "I Forget" (6:23)
06. Danny Elfman - VI. Bells and Whistles (8:08)
07. Danny Elfman - End Tag (0:49)
08. Danny Elfman - Improv for Alto Sax (2:51)