Vocal Coach Reacts to The Nightmare Before Christmas

[@tristanparedes]

0:00 Intro 1:38 This is Halloween 7:00 Jack's Lament 12:05 What's This? 14:45 Town Meeting 18:28 Somethings Up With Jack 22:34 Making Christmas 24:04 Oogie Boogie's Song 27:55 Sally's Song 31:56 Poor Jack 35:55 Jacks & Sally's Duet

[@coolerheadsprevail9312]

If you listen to him sing in his music with his band you can hear these qualities in both "Not my Slave" and "We Close our Eyes". I have always considered his voice to have such a sultry quality! It's amazing to me.

[@andreagonzalez6715]

The video was amazing! Can you do the oogie boogie’s song cover by voiceplay? 🥰

[@bethelliot7140]

Can you please react to "This is Halloween" and "Oogie Boogie Song" by Voiceplay 🔥🔥🤯🤗 Please trust me, you won't regret it 🤩

[@rachelpaul7618]

The reason it does not sound very Disney is because they did not want the movie associated with their Disnry brand. They said it was too dark and strange. They opted for their sister company Touchstone to make it. After they saw it was a huge success they decided to put the Disney brand on it.

[@bethelliot7140]

@@marnie5700 I am not sure if this is what you mean, but the Oogie Boogie Song is when they are taunting Santa's Clause, so maybe shortly before that? 🤔🤗

[@MirandaMilner]

Y’all, Danny Elfman didn’t win a single award for this soundtrack. That is an actual problem...

[@anastasiiaiurkova8897]

WHAT

[@sincerelyalaskax]

that is so wrong

[@allyburnett3315]

Wow thats crazy.

[@teresac-n4214]

WHAT

[@personreviewslife]

It's a Dead Man's Party. He's amazing anyway.

[@alantorres4403]

The fact the Tristen Calls out the music sheet and the elf’s has me dead😂

[@unknownuser9571]

Honestly though

[@RealNeonPlayz]

timestamp?

[@QuestionableLifeChoices]

"weird for disney male voices: important to note that this was actually released under touchstone pictures, which was basically disney's weird kid that they gave the oddballs that didn't fit the disney image but didn't necessarily want to pass on. it only somewhat recently got absorbed into disney proper

[@DragonStormGoddess]

Thanks, came here to say this!!

[@xejelah]

This is what had me so confused - I knew this didn't come out from Disney. So many movies people are looking at and calling them Disney - and they're not. I had no idea Disney got so busy over the past decade and bought everyone out.

[@julias.6658]

Ah, good ol Jack Skellington, the true definition of pure of heart and dumb of ass. I’ll say at least he isn’t quite as malicious as he was in the initial poem (guy legit kidnapped Santa out of sheer jealousy and malice and didn’t even have the Oogie Boogie moment to give him even a tiny redemption. Santa legit gave him snow cuz he was pathetic lol). Eh well, I still love him even though he’s a narcissistic dimwit. Credit Danny for that! Great review, I learned a ton

[@macabreromance]

Pure of heart and dumb of ass 😂😂😂

[@inktonythekaonashigaster6631]

so... not exactly a Himbo but got some bit of Himbo energy?

[@scottchaison1001]

You 🧠n't? Don't say stupid things, Jack is great.

[@scottchaison1001]

And by "Danny" do you mean Danny Elfman? Because if that's the case you should also give credit to Chris Sarandon.

[@makaloyjr862]

Tristan really nailed almost every voice

[@gevivi123]

He always does

[@tristanparedes]

[@gevivi123]

@@tristanparedes lol. It's because ure a great singer 😊

[@heyitselysia2008]

Same

[@SirNightmareFuel]

I love that the movie fools you into thinking there's many different types of voices, when really there's only a small number of them as Tristan was saying. Which also means untrained mid-low baritone people (like me) can do a pretty decent job of singing most of the songs 😍

[@Zynkr0n]

I'm only 4 minutes in and I already love this. Boogie's " You're joking" line about santa has lived in my head rent free for years.

[@skyemiddleton5917]

The whole film lives in my head rent free 😅 I have watched it many many many times

[@LoreleiCatherine]

That entire song lives rent-free in my head for eternity, like I will have reincarnated 14 times and it will still live rent free in my head

[@superhumanlovescoco]

Please, please, PLEASE do Corpse Bride next!!! The singing in that movie is incredible as well-- Danny Elfman DOES NOT MISS

[@CinfulArts]

Something I love about what they did with Jack was his tone change when he’s by himself. He sounds like a confident leader when he’s in front of everyone but when he’s by himself his tone took a complete 180

[@chynabarbieeeeee]

I used to be a fan, but after watching this masterpiece, I'm a whole air conditioner

[@gevivi123]

🤓

[@celestialll-]

omg i- bestie what you on

[@gevivi123]

@@celestialll- 🤣

[@celestialll-]

@The Jar um what tf

[@gevivi123]

@The Jar ..yea but..who are u talking to??

[@LuckyBones77]

okay, maybe he mentions this later, but hasn’t yet in jack’s lament. elfman’s sprechstimme is so damn good. the transition between singing and speak-singing is seamless. like, when i was little I tried to sing along, before I received training with sprechstimme in my teens, and you quickly realize he’s not fully like… singing, half the time. I got a book of piano sheet music for this movie, and SO MUCH of his singing is indicated with that lil x note, and not an actual intended pitch. oogie boogie’s song and sally’s song used to be my favorite because I could sing along easier lmao

[@mitsukitai2713]

Which is awesome considering his spoken lines are by a different person than his singing lines. They did such a good job with that

[@Itsjustliketheweather]

I like to see the technicality love for Elfman. He has no musical training, just figured it out as he went through his various careers. Which blows my mind and makes me love him more.

[@LuckyBones77]

@@mitsukitai2713 I mean, within the song I’m assuming it’s all Elfman, but it shows off even more how well they matched the voice acting to the singing!

[@LuckyBones77]

@@Itsjustliketheweather Honestly, I envy that type of expertise sometimes! For example, my dad has a GORGEOUS tenor singing voice, but he’s had zero formal training- he’s 70 and never learned to read music. For me though, while my training is helpful in many cases, it contributes to my habit of overthinking things.

[@Itsjustliketheweather]

@@LuckyBones77 it is amazing that talent is just inherent in people. Danny always recommends people get training, he is just a mad genius in his own approach.

[@rachelpaul7618]

The reason it does not sound very Disney is because they did not want the movie associated with their Disnry brand. They said it was too dark and strange. They opted for their sister company Touchstone to make it. After they saw it was a huge success they decided to put the Disney brand on it.

[@serrenitym2048]

Amy Lee’s version of Sally’s song is quite literally what got me through middle school and high school 😂I was and still am obsessed

[@tristanparedes]

Just a short guide to vocal effect definitions here: Creaking = Vocal fry with pitch Distortion = "Noisy" sounding vocal effect produced by the false folds Growl = "Rolling" sounding vocal effect produced by the epiglottis and/or the arytenoid Vocal fry = Popcorn "fry" sound at the bottom your range In the future I will either upload a short video guide for reference or will go over this briefly in the video. I was a bit too excited so I hope it's not confusing! haha

[@sofiamendonca418]

Hey tristan, i love your work!! you should react to a global pop group called NOW UNITED, they’re so amazing and talented check out the song “Better” or “Wave Your Flag” Love you!!

[@carter_lovejoy]

More movie reactions!

[@KathleenFeliciano]

@@sofiamendonca418 has he never reacted to Now United?

[@sofiamendonca418]

@@KathleenFeliciano unfortunately he hasn’t. i think he would really like the group and it would bring more fans!! they deserve it as they are really talented

[@Ellie-wd2bu]

Please do Falling by JK✨😭 I missed you

[@jonathancraneswife]

That switching of voices is something Danny Elfman tends to do a lot and it REALLY shows prominently in his work for Oingo Boingo. The characters he's able to portray through his singing is really incredible.

[@partlydave2]

Before Danny Elfman was a famous composer, he was frontman for the new wave band Oingo Boingo, so he came from a stage/rock performance background.

[@letsstartadialogueeh7692]

Also I like that I found this out after nightmare before Christmas because it's almost like listening to Jack sing those songs hahaa.

[@andreavogel8761]

And the mystic knights of Oingo Boingo. Geez I loved them. And that weird album he made Insanity was masterful. So Incredible

[@andreavogel8761]

My first oingo boingo concert was a punk thing in a tent in a parking lot in Long Beach in 1979 or 80. They would do shows every Halloween in La and OC. I saw this at the Hollywood bowl live a few years ago. Go if you ever have the chance

[@christineg8151]

I'd love to see a reaction to some of the music from Oingo boingo, and a discussion of how his "regular" singing voice compares to his voice as Jack.

[@christineg8151]

@@andreavogel8761 Insanity is probably one of my favorite songs.

[@brranday]

I thought this was the live performance of Billie Eilish singing as Sally for a sec 😂 But this is so fun!!!

[@tristanparedes]

coming next!

[@brranday]

@@tristanparedes OOOO good to hear!! Thank you :D

[@brie]

@@tristanparedes that’s so hot

[@laurenmikealson1909]

@@tristanparedes It would be amazing if you reacted to Amy Lee's version of Sally's song that she did for the sounndtrack

[@miaguier1898]

@@tristanparedes yayyyy

[@JonasBrosFan15]

Sally’s soft voice is Catherine O’Hara!!!

[@dizzymiyuki]

!! I was about to comment this. What a legend she is!

[@sincerelyalaskax]

im so used to her screaming

[@404amai]

no way?? that's so cool to know omg

[@angiem6674]

Danny Elfman originally voiced Jack’s dialogue too but they thought he sounded flat in his lines so they hired another voice actor but kept him for the songs because Jack was very near and dear to Danny

[@hufflebuff82]

The voice actor was Chris Sarandon, best known for his portrayal of Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride.

[@badbleep2569]

As soon as i saw “watch before it’s blocked” I clicked faster than Eminem can rap

[@tristanparedes]

I'm seeing your comments a lot lately! :)

[@badbleep2569]

@@tristanparedes and I’ve been watching your contents a lot lately🤍🤍

[@juliabenny]

i've actually heard danny elfman sing these live and it was absolutely MAGICAL, it was like Jack was there on stage, all of the quirks of his voice 100% on point!! he also sang as Oogie and it was SO great!! a true genius!!

[@koga711]

I like how you said Sally was the only morally good character which implies that Santa is not lol

[@yee3133]

i love how calmly he just nailed that impression of jack😭😭 23:05

[@bc13bianca]

Tristan, Disney is making a continuation but in book form called Long Live the Pumpkin Queen. I hope they go into some back story for sally or give us more insight into how her life was. Also wonderful to watch this with your take an input. I learn more with every video you do haha

[@gorillagetsbigger]

" He just stole a bunch of their $h!t" lmao I never realized that until Tristan said that. 🤣

[@quinndiamond6283]

For my schools Halloween concert (I go to an art school btw) our chamber choir did a nightmare before Christmas medley, it sounded super good

[@thyop89]

This is my favourite video you've ever done. Honestly, so entertaining and your attempts at the voices were brilliant. Not gonna lie, when you growled like Jack, I had to pause for a min and get a glass of water. I know you're already a great vocal teacher but you'd make a seriously great voice actor too!

[@AustinNebbia]

26:22 Yes!! As a voice actor who sings, this is actually one of my favorite challenges to stay in a character voice, is to see how long I'm able to sing in character while maintaining the basic placement. So much fun. Loved this video, dude!

[@lilyelva1705]

this is the first video i've ever seen of anyone really breaking down the music and singing in this movie, it makes me appreciate it so much more!

[@nexus7512]

my idea behind why Sally likes Jack so much is because he's really out there and confident, while she's trapped, both in her home life and with her shy personality. I do think her whole purpose is to bring out the good in him though lol

[@yakumorisuke2820]

Tristan is secretly the voice actor for all these characters

[@rebeccastockwell2608]

This was everything I needed. NBC is my favorite Disney film and I think the vocals are so different because they went for a much more musical theatre vibe. Also, I stan goth Queen cat and that intro was *chefs kiss*.. Happy Halloween.

[@savannah2584]

I'm so happy you reacted to this. I've always adored Jack's voice, way more than any other Disney voice and now I know why - it's so unique. And Sally, I wish she got more screen time.

[@just.jayshree]

The Queen Cat cameos in the background of the movie are giving me life 🙌🏼

[@monimoo88]

Jacks singing voice sounds like an older distinguished gentleman.

[@LoreleiCatherine]

As the “ look at this distinguished gentleman!” TikTok sound plays on repeat in my head now 🤣🤣

[@gothicqueenie8957]

The opening duet of this video ALONE deserves an oscar.

[@agent_277]

I just started paying more attention to voices recently and Jack's is definitely one of the most interesting I've heard so far!

[@melanieesser2709]

I genuinely laughed so hard at the queen cat intro 😂 ❤

[@Lenny-tk3ls]

TRISTANN BILLIE DID A MUSICAL FOR THIS REAAAAACTTT 😫😫😫😫

[@joshuaalmeida1628]

Auto-Tune wasn’t a thing yet when this was out it doesn’t first appear in music till Cher uses it in 1998. Even then it wasn’t a thing like it is now producers didn’t start to utilize it much till 2000-2001 is when it begins to turn up more. It also wasn’t what it was today like they wouldn’t be using it for an entire vocal it would be used to correct small batches of small pitch issues to perfect it.

[@youwsernayme]

23:05 help that was so spot on 😭

[@gracied86]

For anyone that doesn't know, the actor/singer that plays the part of oogie boogie is Ken Page. He's been a beloved stage actor for years.

[@ghostfields]

Danny elfman did such a good job on this film. He did so much for this movie and tim burton did diddily squat.

[@valgerdurvilbergsdottir8571]

Hahahaha yeah😂🥺

[@identitycrisis5020]

tim burton wrote the damn book and designed the characters in the first place, you damn fool 😤

[@devdawg22]

I think your confused by the different rolls and jobs people have on movies

[@gabe_s_videos]

You mentioned Danny Elfman having kind of a "rock" voice at one point during "What's This," remember he was IN a rock band at the time! lol I swear, this is his movie as much as it is Tim Burton's.

[@jnbg61584]

Lock’s voice is Paul Reubens aka Pee-wee Herman, Sally and Shock is the legendary Catherine O’Hara

[@zepa_ashley]

Dang. You really are a voice teacher your impressions are incredible.

[@Mulan30]

I agree the last song should have been longer! I always thought Sally was the voice of reason for Jack, and ultimately he realizes she’s right and he tries to undo his mistake by releasing Santa Claus. I don’t think of Jack as crazy but more of a dreamer who wanted something different. He felt like he was missing something and tried to fill the void with being Santa Claus but realizes he’s missing his other half, which is Sally.

[@iamahay]

I’m 27 and only watched this for the first time a couple weeks ago! I didn’t really like the storyline but absolutely loves the voices and Jack’s singing etc. My 3 yo is absolutely obsessed and she watches it at least once a day. So this video came at the right time for me, super interesting!

[@sususnandes]

this gave me so much serotonin i can’t

[@astweety38]

I need a remake of this movie, but replace all the characters and vocal with queen cat

[@tristanparedes]

LOL

[@noelhenion3523]

Love this. Probably one of my favorite reaction videos of all time. I have always loved this movie but after watching this video I have a much deeper appreciation for it. Not just for the music but also for the plotline and characters. You have wonderful insight, good sir. Thank you

[@AARgirl12]

okay i LOVED watching you react to a whole movie while giving so much emphasis on the music portion. i watch a lot of youtube reactors but no one talks about the music aspect of it all. PLEASE do more of this - like with disney movies, movie-musicals, etc. :)

[@A_ree_ta]

Thank you for this 🙏🏻 I always had a tradition of watching it every Halloween but then they took it off Netflix and life got busy. This was a nice throw back

[@uglysanrio]

Totally didn’t expect you to drop this, what a nice surprise! Happy Halloween Tristan 😇

[@jessicalowrie5095]

Tristan doing all the voices during this is Halloween is me every damn time

[@spoopyblogs]

Jack also had two voice actors His singing done by Danny Elfman

[@ellieJK22]

“Jack is a dickhead” 🤣🤣 it’s so true. Also- you should check out the videos of Billie Eilish doing Sally’s song. Sooo good

[@MsNoracat]

oh my god! LOVED this! this was so much fun! you're awesome, thank youuu ✌🎃 also, i've replayed this bit 27:33 at least 5 times LMAO

[@RealNeonPlayz]

"with a british accent"

[@effiewanders9822]

I absolutely love singing and Tristan takes the amount of fun I have with it to a whole another level ♥

[@KimStam]

Totally made my morning with this! Sipping on my first coffee and watching one of my fave movies!

[@Kpop.coreee]

there needs to be a musical for this. It would be AMAZING!

[@juliage.]

Please do more of these movie musical breakdowns. This was so interesting to watch. Like the voice acting and how it meshes with their vocals😘👌

[@Wavves83]

I just saw a live musical screening of the film on Halloween and all the singers are amazingly talented! Danny Elfman is a genius and sounds exactly the same live 28 years later!

[@Snow-Willow]

I'm never sure whether to cheer or RIP for being a female with Jack's vocal range. TwT I'm so jealous of my bright voiced soprano little sis, but there are times too when I rather like my deep singing voice exactly for creep things like this. Loved this video so much Tristan. Thanks so much for your commentary. ♥

[@mitsukitai2713]

I'm like this also! But the only difference is I'm actually a soprano. I find it hard to sing in an alto vocal range

[@t34b4g.99]

i can sing both high and low but i have the same thing sometimes

[@christinevergara5357]

Danny Elfman is probably the only person I wish I could have been sitting in on when he was recording the music for this movie. I feel like it would have just been so magical.

[@ellie4836]

Tristan is officially my favorite KZbinr

[@OceanBlvd5SOS]

The two-faced mayor never ceases to amuse me lol. What an iconic movie and this was super cool!

[@elementalchick407]

"if i'm not mistaken you don't hear these vocals in disney..." me remembering when this came out in 92' and this wasn't a disney film yet...lol

[@sj4iy]

Jack's range is so impressive that it adds entirely different layer to his character.

[@Broomer52]

The best way I could describe Jacks voice, especially his singing voice, is that it’s very ghostly. It’s gently in a very whispering sort of way

[@triciastewart8]

I am here for this content this was great! I loved seeing you get hyped for the technical reasons and explaining them adds more fuel to my love fire for this movie lol

[@shelleynobleart]

Straight up masterpiece. And yes! A Sally story as an additional piece would be most awesome.

[@KathleenFeliciano]

Would've been cool to also see your reaction to Hocus Pocus. But it's so fun to see you mimick the voices in the movie. Your evil, crazy witch laugh sent me

[@johnadam5220]

One of my favorite Halloween movies, so excited he is reacting to it.

[@paypay3831]

Ahahahahaah the "I don't think that Oogy Boogy is capable of mating" killed me xDDDDDDD

[@xrethun]

As good as this is, I must say that the Queen Cat/Tristan intro is by far the best part! 😂🤣😂

[@j.w.318]

The "Oogie Boogie's Song" is my favourite Song of this Movie, maybe you can react to Voiceplay´s Cover of it, it´s really really good (With Geoff Castellucci)

[@professionalvampire1]

Came here to say this. Voice Play's cover of this is amazing, and Geoff is just ridiculous.

[@Traci2000]

Totally agree!!

[@raewatkins2061]

Can I just say, I love the way this video was edited! Especially with Tristan in the bubble :))

[@alexiscalderon5051]

Please do more Disney movies! This was so entertaining!

[@yee3133]

yesss

[@andrewlloyd7746]

The voice Of Jack is Chris Sarandon but Danny Elfman does Jack’s singing

[@laurarl9261]

Great video! And now I understand why I have always loved the voices in this film. I love deep male voices and distortion 😁 The singer that sings Jack's songs is amazing, the dinamics! It's my favourite singer from all Disney movies for sure.

[@rebeccapinillos183]

there is a video on youtube of the entire live concert they did this year, it would be so cool for you to react to that because you can actually see all the singers live and how amazing they are!

[@curvicurve]

You know when you have a movie favorite if you sing along to the songs with the characters or you talk the character line and laugh because of the nostalgia 😊👀. I'm sure many thought that snow looked tasty 😁

[@Uncle_T]

This IS my favourite holiday movie, but I was born in 1966 and I'm clinically depressed but neither emo nor rawr so... Love the music, even sung Jack's Lament at a small recital! :)

[@danielmkubacki]

Tristan that was awesome! Great video. Sally's song is my favorite.

[@Alejaccx]

LOVED THE INTRO, OMG, this is one of the best things I've seen in a while, thank you for making my day.

[@ADITLOyo]

“It’s almost like rock” haha yessirrr he was in oingo boingo 😭😭 🤘🏿weird science!!🤘🏿

[@Havanahanaalove]

I would absolutely love if you did some musicals, like Phantom of the Opera or Miss Saigon

[@rupsha.sarkar]

Tristan is the best! So excited!

[@salazarvillaivana3545]

Honestly, a moment of appreciation for the amazing vocals Tristan nails the entire video

[@madeleine6443]

I can never unhear thw difference between singing jack and talking jack ;-;

[@illyamusik]

I love how Queen Cat is slowly taking over the channel

[@lucyk7653]

Intro was amazing!!!!!!!!

[@kalexambing2507]

I smashed like as soon as he said “Tinker Bell is such a little sl🦆”

[@silvsevie]

"I don't think Oogie Boogie is even capable of mating" lol because the literal skeleton and Rag doll filled with leaves are xD

[@rosemargie257]

This is so random but I LOVE IT I clicked so fast…also reacting to vocals from movies is such a good idea. You should do Sweeney Todd…cause all the actors aren’t singers idk bye…❤️

[@superhumanlovescoco]

"Your boyfriend just kidnapped someone and stole their hat!" I... never really thought of it like that before XD

[@iamahay]

Jack breaks my heart every time I watch it! That song is so beautiful.

[@alicjahansen1845]

Since I saw Elfman performing live too, I can confidently say he sounds just as amazing on stage, as in the movie. His voice and skills are crazy ❤️ And Page is so good he got the audience cheering before he even opened his mouth. Super talented crew 😍

[@HKLUVRR]

I laughed so hard in the beginning😂 that’s really what i needed today!