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The Nightmare Before Christmas
The nightmare before christmas poster.jpg
Original theatrical release poster
Directed by
Henry Selick
Screenplay by
Caroline Thompson
Adaptation by
Michael McDowell
Story by
Tim Burton
Based on
Poem
by Tim Burton
Produced by
Tim Burton
Denise Di Novi
Starring
Danny Elfman
Chris Sarandon
Catherine O'Hara
William Hickey
Glenn Shadix
Paul Reubens
Ken Page
Ed Ivory
Cinematography
Pete Kozachik
Edited by
Stan Webb
Music by
Danny Elfman
Animation by
Joel Fletcher[1]
Owen Klatte[2]
Angie Glocka[2]
Justin Khon[3]
Production
companies
Touchstone Pictures[note 1]
Skellington Productions[5]
Distributed by
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution[5]
Release date
October 13, 1993 (limited)
October 29, 1993 (United States)
Running time
76 minutes[6]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$24 million[7]
Box office
$91.5 million[8]
The Nightmare Before Christmas originated in a poem written by Burton in 1982 while he was working as an animator at Walt Disney Productions. With the success of Vincent in the same year, Burton began to consider developing The Nightmare Before Christmas as either a short film or 30-minute television special to no avail. Over the years, Burton's thoughts regularly returned to the project and in 1990, he made a development deal with Walt Disney Studios. Production started in July 1991 in San Francisco; Disney initially released the film through Touchstone Pictures because the studio believed the film would be "too dark and scary for kids".[4]

The film met with both critical and financial success, earning praise for its animation (particularly the innovation of the stop-motion art form), characters, songs and score. It has grossed $91.5 million worldwide since its initial release and garnering a cult following. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, a first for an animated film. The film has since been reissued by Walt Disney Pictures, and was re-released annually in Disney Digital 3-D from 2006 until 2010.The Nightmare Before Christmas is the fifteenth soundtrack album by American composer Danny Elfman. It was released on October 12, 1993, by Walt Disney Records to promote the 1993 American stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film The Nightmare Before Christmas. Composed by Danny Elfman, the soundtrack was nominated for the 1993 Golden Globe for Best Original Score. The album peaked at #64 on the US Billboard 200.[2][3] For the film's 2006 re-release in Disney Digital 3-D, a special edition of the soundtrack was released, a bonus disc which contained covers of five of the film's songs by Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, Marilyn Manson, Fiona Apple and She Wants Revenge. Four original demo tracks (six on the Best Buy exclusive) by Elfman were also included.[4]

The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Nightmare Soundtrack.jpg
Soundtrack album by Danny Elfman
Released
October 12, 1993
Genre
Soundtrack
Length
61:09
Label
Walt Disney
Producer
Danny Elfman
The Nightmare Before Christmas chronology
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1993) Nightmare Revisited
(2008)

Danny Elfman chronology
Batman Returns
(1992) The Nightmare Before Christmas
(1993) Black Beauty
(1994)

Re-release cover
2006 Reissue
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