Danny Elfman adds 2nd ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’ concert at Hollywood Bowl

When Danny Elfman announced last week a Halloween concert at the Hollywood Bowl, tickets for the event sold out in a matter of hours. In response to the demand, the film composer has added a second concert at the Bowl on Nov. 1, organizers announced Wednesday.

The concerts will feature a live orchestral performance to a screening of Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” Elfman will perform vocals with an orchestra and chorus led by conductor John Mauceri.

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The first concert is scheduled for Oct. 31, with a start time at 8:15 p.m. The Sunday, Nov. 1 concert is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the latter performance will go on sale at noon on Friday.

Producers said that the Bowl will resemble Halloween Town from the 1993 stop-motion animated movie. In addition, there will be an audience costume contest for which Tim Burton-themed costumes are encouraged.

Elfman will sing the role of Jack Skellington, the movie’s “Pumpkin King” hero who hijacks Christmas and kidnaps Santa Claus. (The Oscar-nominated composer provided the original singing voice of Skellington in the movie.)

He will perform live with a cast of singers that has not yet been announced.

In recent years, Elfman has performed at Burton-themed concerts around the world, including performances in downtown L.A. This year, he sang in a Burton-themed concert that was part of the Lincoln Center Festival in New York.

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