Lossless Danny Elfman – Serenada Schizphrana

The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra – John Mauceri condutor

Composer note:

Serenada Schizophrana is a completely new experience for me. Except for my early music/theater work, I�ve always had visuals to drive my orchestral music. Beginning was quite daunting. I began composing several dozen short, freeform compositions, none of them related. Some of them began to develop themselves until I had six separate movements that, in some abstract, absurd way, felt connected. I let myself wander into a musical stream of consciousness which, with the way my brain works, is not necessarily a very smooth ride.

Many of my musical influences come from mid-century film composers such as Bernard Herrmann, Nino Rota, and Alex North. In terms of classical music, I was hugely influenced by Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Orff, and Bart�k. Early Duke Ellington also had a major role. I consider myself to be a musical throwback. With the exception of a few more recent influences like Harry Partch and Philip Glass, I am forever attached to the music of the early 20th century when, for me, orchestral music flourished alongside the creation of jazz in a unique and remarkable way. I suppose this piece mixes up all my influences in a kind of musical "gumbo." I hope it�s interesting and perhaps even entertaining.

� Danny Elfman

�Elfman’s effort here echoes instances of his past film music work – a measure here, a variation there, but the six movements he has composed for this concert seems infused with something more. Something that grabs the ear and doesn’t let go until the conclusion of the eighth track.� Christopher Coleman ‘Tracksounds’

1 I. Pianos 7:00
2 II. Blue Strings 10:08
3 III. A Brass Thing 7:55
4 IV. The Quadruped Patrol 2:55
5 V. "I Forget" 6:23
6 VI. Bells and Whistles 8:07
7 End Tag 0:51
8 Improv for Alto Sax

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