Danny Elfman speaks to NYO about his BRAND NEW piece 'Wunderkammer' | NYO Open Up: Free Spirits

[@jasonmaclean719]

People say how lucky an interviewer is. I say Danny is the lucky one. He had the opportunity to write for and talk with the next generation of musicians. We all retire and pass on the baton. Being such an inspiration to those who'll continue the arts is a blessing.

[@Akiraknight83]

😱😱I just love Danny Elfmans voice …. I know he’s an amazing composer…. His voice is just so beautiful.

[@KingdomHeartsBrawler]

Interesting to hear Danny Elfman's comments about the differences between film and classical music. While I can see where he's coming from, I believe the best film scores are the ones you can actually listen to on their own completely divorced from the film. For instance, I actually listened to Elfman's score for Batman Returns before I actually saw the movie, and I did so because I was so intrigued by his description of the composition process for that film (likening it to an opera). I consider it to be one of the greatest scores he's ever written due to its depth and complexity, and I would go on to say that it very much feels like a ballet score Tchaikovsky would've made. IMO, Elfman's Batman music remains unmatched.

[@TheMeeshell23]

What a great interview! You guys did great letting him speak and go on whatever tangent he wanted to go on and you can tell you guys hung onto every word he spoke. I would have been just like you in his presence, just being a sponge and absorbing any nugget of knowledge he would share. Absolutely loved it, great job!

[@jokingrudolf76]

Listening to Danny Elfman speak as he shares his thoughts on the creative processes etc., is almost as good as listening to his music. He's brilliant, so passionate and absolutely fascinating.

[@lostword23]

I can't wait I'll hear it. Danny's searching new challenges for himself all the time. He is endless source of inspiration for me. My regards

[@perfectway76]

Thank you for sharing this interview!

[@Artemis224]

Excellent interview!

[@corinkirkland]

I don’t know how I got here but I’m here!

[@mummifiedgoose]

Great interview, you guys asked wonderfully informed questions and I love that you allowed him to explain himself fully in between them. Good stuff!

[@mummifiedgoose]

Also it's amazing to hear him actually talk about composing and the instruments in depth, it's vastly different than any film-based interviews he's done. Clear to see the passion in what he's saying!

[@rogerhardin5556]

Danny is a musical genius.

[@10stratp]

Love this! Congrats

[@DanIel-fl1vc]

"Would film music hold up if people weren't fans of the films" A very astute point, that's true of so many things. What would it be like watching Star Wars and Jurassic Park without John William's music? How would popular multiplayer games compare to actually good games were to no chat boxes? Would that movie be great without the actor that elevated the material and the other actors with their acting? This level of understanding really speaks to Danny's experience with music. You only realize things like this when you've spent hundreds of hours working on something. Like neo in the matrix, he sees all the code, a composer, movie maker, game maker sees all the parts and gets frustrated by people getting hooked on trivial cheap psychological tricks. That's why when you rate a movie or game that consist of many disciplines. You have to rate each category and calculate an average. Not allow the thing you're biased for to cloud your judgement on the true quality of the work.

[@lostword23]

I remember when I was a child I can't get what is the understanding of classical music. I bought a few of tapes with Mozart, Beethoven, Paganini, Vivaldi and Haydn. And every day as i fell asleep I listened to them. For the first time it was hard and sometimes compositions was boring for me. But day by bay I was listening and ones boring tracks became deeper and deeper... I was fantasing... Saw beautiful pictures and stories in my mind. So I've bought some new composers... It was something) there is one thing i regret of... My parents had no money to by me piano or something and put me in a musical school. But... If we will be all a musicians who would be listen to us? joking)

[@andrewgrundy744]

Danny Elfman is one of my film music heroes

[@lostword23]

as a painter i can confirm, that to understand art of 20th century you should study and know many conceptual things from semiotics, philosophy, history and litriche. and this is a problem for popularisation of it and temptation to call it degenerative art. here in postsoviet scape we especially feel this. The old generation does not understand not only modern art, but even paintings by Malevich or Kandinsky. The bridge between things like the viewer and complex art is a cool thing. This is what is really needed. But education is also necessary.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

In another interview (the interviewer was French but Danny apparently understood every word he said even if he answered in English) he observed that WWI changed culture in a way that culminated simultaneously in jazz music and the musical style of Stravinsky which breaks musical traditions in a similar way although they weren’t influenced by each other.

[@vlad.oliveira]

Muito bom!!

[@henrik5284]

Danny Elfman is the only composer I know of who could easily pass as The Joker from Batman

[@devarodgers4676]

Cool

[@eternaloptimist7701]

❤

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

He didn’t even know how to play an instrument when he was their age. Instead he wanted to be a mad scientist who did radiation experiments and he even won a prize for his work. What he said about wanting classical music to be accessible for all listeners reminds me of what Einstein said; that if you can’t explain a concept in words that a child can understand then you don’t really understand it.

[@PleaseE777vidmax]

I see you in all his videos. You are a diehard guy. Big D.E. O.B. fan as well. I heard Einstein saying that in my head. 😅

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

@@PleaseE777vidmax Yeah I even found somebody on Instagram who used to manage the bitch who’s accusing him of sexual harassment. And let’s just say there’s a reason why he’s not her manager anymore.

[@haroldross5458]

Worse Interview ever, No Mentions of the Wednesday Addams show, Very disrespectul!

[@mattmcginnis9844]

Relax.

[@haroldross5458]

@@mattmcginnis9844 why? you call this an interview? it's not, not without mentioning of upcoming projects like Wednesday.

[@mattmcginnis4873]

@@haroldross5458 Yeah, I do call it an interview. They were interviewing him for an orchestral piece he wrote specifically for them. If they wanted to talk about Wednesday, they would have asked. This interview wasn’t about that, the same way interviews about Big Mess aren’t about this.

[@haroldross5458]

@@mattmcginnis4873 i don't care what this interview is about, it needs to get a Redo, they need to restart this!!

[@mattmcginnis4873]

@@haroldross5458 OK, go to bed, old man.

[@oregonhighroller5178]

I actually like the music as much or more then the movie