Alice in Wonderland

Wonderful soundtrack from a great movie. Each track has something special to it, with the beautiful "Alice's Theme" running throughout the cd. The only things I wish were included on the track that weren't there were the "futterwacken" music and the opening music for the movie (it goes right from "Alice's Theme" to "Little Alice"). Also, it doesn't have the Avril Levine song from the credits, but personally I was glad it wasn't there. I'd highly recommend this music to any Alice in Wonderland or Danny Elfman fan.

Danny Elfman is a master when it comes to creating music and once again he does an awesome job, but having said that I wish I would have heard the soundtrack before I bought it. Every track is basically the same song with a few variations to the music. I'm disappointed in what I thought would be some very creative and whimsical songs only to hear the same song over and over again for 24 tracks. I haven't even found the song that was sung when the credits were rolling and that's one of the reasons I bought the soundtrack. Save your money and download the songs you enjoy.

When you're scoring a movie these days, it seems you can't go wrong with Danny Elfman. If you're Tim Burton, it's a match made in heaven. Just as he's done for most of Burton's other movies, reaching all the way back to "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure", Elfman does it again. He not only matches his spooky-charming musical touches to the Alice in Wonderland world that Burton visualizes, he borrows from some of his best material to do so. Fans of Danny Elfman's earlier orchestrations will hear some of their favorites in here: the airy vocals of "Edward Scissorhands", the whimsical-spooky flourishes of "Corpse Bride" and bits and pieces of the indescribable 'Elfman Sound' that sets him apart from his peers. I downloaded this MP3 Album after being unable to locate a physical copy anywhere in my area, and I've no regrets: the sound quality is great, and ripping high-quality MP3s to add to my library is what I would have done with the physical media anyway.

If you enjoyed the movie and/or are a fan of Danny Elfman, the Alice in Wonderland soundtrack is worth the price.
(NOTE: This review is for the MP3 Download Album of the Alice in Wonderland score. If you are seeing it under any other listings, be aware that this is Amazon's doing, and reviewers have no control over this cross-listing tendency)

I listened to this CD and really enjoyed all the tracks. It did not take long for my order to arrive. I have been using Amazon.com for a long time and love the service.

Danny Elfman does a terrific job of inviting the listener to join Alice in this superbly scored adventure. Right from the beginning, the listener feels the uncertainty of Alice's ability to find her way home as the chorus softly whispers a reminder to prepare for the adventure and challenges that will soon follow. After Alice embarks down the rabbit hole, but before Alice reemerges back into the garden, the listener is invited to participate in each one of Alice's challenges as the music maintains its undeniable ability to gently remind the listener when danger nears while at the same time, speeding up the listener's heart to prepare to run for help as well as when to prepare to make a stand and fight. Excellent examples of this ability was demonstrated throughout Danny Elfman's work. Notable examples include Bandersnatched, Alice and Bayrd's Journey, Alice Decides, and Alice Returns.
This is definitely Academy Award quality.