Prokofievīs 2nd Symph., Elfman's source of "ideas"?

[piazzo23]

I canīt believe my ears.

Only if you have those soundtracks and listened thousands of times like I did, youīll know what Iīm talking about... 

This are all excerpts from Prokofievīs 2nd Symphonyīs 1st mov.


Sleepy Hollow:

https://www.geocities.com/rchme2/Untitledhollow3.mp3 (no commentaries...)
https://www.geocities.com/rchme2/Untitledhollow2.mp3 (check this motive, only the final note is different)

Beetlejuice:

https://www.geocities.com/rchme2/Untitled.mp3 (horns dance and typical clarinets motive)
https://www.geocities.com/rchme2/Untitledbeet2.mp3 (if you have the soundtrack you know)


Nightmare before christmas:

https://www.geocities.com/rchme2/nmbc.mp3 (Jack seeing the famous tree)


If you are not completelly moistened in Danny Elfmanīs soundtracks, trust me...


Iīm not insane!!! I have those tracks ingrained in my head!!


If you reply, please tell me if you HAVE any of those soundtrakcs and listened MANY times to them.

So you know, from now on:

Directed by Tim Burton
Music by Prokofiev

[stevie]

how could i fail to be moistened by such beautiful music? 

[piazzo23]

how could i fail to be moistened by such beautiful music? 

Yes, my vocabulary es very limited 
Itīs a real challenge to understand what I write, Iīm aware...
my english is so poor... Iīm gonna cry... 

[rabbidrabbit]

On a related note, Robert Greenburg, a professor at San Fransico Conservatory (i think) in one of his lectures on music (available from the teaching company), showed how the composer of the music for the movie "The Right Stuff" pretty much stole one of the themes from Tchaikovsky's first violin concerto (for which he won an oscar!).