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Released in 1985, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure featured a breakthrough score by Danny Elfman, then primarily known as bandleader of the new wave group Oingo Boingo. He delivered a soon-to-be cult classic with a refreshingly quirky, cartoonish sensibility that perfectly complemented the directing style of Tim Burton on what was the director's first feature-length film. Elfman was reenlisted for the 1988 sequel Big Top Pee-Wee, directed by Randal Kleiser. Nearly three decades later, another new wave frontman-turned-film composer, Pee-Wee's Playhouse alumnus Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo, was tapped to provide music for the third Pee-Wee installment, 2016's Pee-Wee's Big Holiday. Using Elfman's work in the series as a template, Mothersbaugh employed atmospheric choir, mallet percussion, harp, and cymbals flesh out strings, brass, and woodwinds in the opening "Main Titles and Farewell." Pulsing strings and brass underscore playful percussion, high-range woodwinds, and the rare appearance of a guitar on the brisk "Pee-Wee's Morning Routine." The tone remains jolly on the jazzy "The Diner" and on the western-infused "Traveling Salesman," and becomes appropriately dramatic but never scary during scenes like "Bank Robbery" and "Escape from Church." "Hallucinations" keeps things zany with Theremin. There's one song on the soundtrack -- "New York," a wry tribute to the city and perhaps to Bernstein-Comden-Green's "New York, New York" -- performed by Paul Reubens as Pee-Wee Herman, with a responsive chorus ("Madison Square Garden, it isn't square and it isn't a garden"). With big shoes to fill, and without using any of Elfman's distinctive themes, Mothersbaugh manages to imitate the palette and the spirit of Elfman's original work to a degree where casual Pee-Wee fans likely won't notice the change, and soundtrack collectors may be nearly as charmed by the results.
© Marcy Donelson /TiVo
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Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Newman, ComposerLyricist - Paul Rust, ComposerLyricist - Pee-wee Herman, MainArtist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Mark Mothersbaugh, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions
Album review
Released in 1985, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure featured a breakthrough score by Danny Elfman, then primarily known as bandleader of the new wave group Oingo Boingo. He delivered a soon-to-be cult classic with a refreshingly quirky, cartoonish sensibility that perfectly complemented the directing style of Tim Burton on what was the director's first feature-length film. Elfman was reenlisted for the 1988 sequel Big Top Pee-Wee, directed by Randal Kleiser. Nearly three decades later, another new wave frontman-turned-film composer, Pee-Wee's Playhouse alumnus Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo, was tapped to provide music for the third Pee-Wee installment, 2016's Pee-Wee's Big Holiday. Using Elfman's work in the series as a template, Mothersbaugh employed atmospheric choir, mallet percussion, harp, and cymbals flesh out strings, brass, and woodwinds in the opening "Main Titles and Farewell." Pulsing strings and brass underscore playful percussion, high-range woodwinds, and the rare appearance of a guitar on the brisk "Pee-Wee's Morning Routine." The tone remains jolly on the jazzy "The Diner" and on the western-infused "Traveling Salesman," and becomes appropriately dramatic but never scary during scenes like "Bank Robbery" and "Escape from Church." "Hallucinations" keeps things zany with Theremin. There's one song on the soundtrack -- "New York," a wry tribute to the city and perhaps to Bernstein-Comden-Green's "New York, New York" -- performed by Paul Reubens as Pee-Wee Herman, with a responsive chorus ("Madison Square Garden, it isn't square and it isn't a garden"). With big shoes to fill, and without using any of Elfman's distinctive themes, Mothersbaugh manages to imitate the palette and the spirit of Elfman's original work to a degree where casual Pee-Wee fans likely won't notice the change, and soundtrack collectors may be nearly as charmed by the results.
© Marcy Donelson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 30 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:30
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Mark Mothersbaugh
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Varese Sarabande
- Genre: Soundtracks Film Soundtracks
© 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions This Compilation ℗ 2016 Herman World, Inc. and Syosset Productions, under exclusive license to Varese Sarabande Records
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