| Forbidden Zone | |
|---|---|
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 1983 |
| Recorded | November 1978/October 1979[citation needed] |
| Genre | Jazz,musical,new wave,soundtrack |
| Label | Varèse Sarabande |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
Forbidden Zone (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album toForbidden Zone, the 1982cult film directed byRichard Elfman, with music by his brotherDanny Elfman and performed byThe Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo.
The album marked the soundtrack debut of composer Danny Elfman, who was frontman to the Mystic Knights at time of recording.[3]
The soundtrack album is the only public release accredited to The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, recorded between 1978 and 1979—during which time the band was transitioning intoOingo Boingo. Initial tracks were recorded by the Mystic Knights before their disbanding and completed by members of Oingo Boingo a year later, resulting in the mix of musicians credited on the album.[1][4] In theliner notes, Danny Elfman writes that "sixty minutes of original music in a dozen different styles needed to be created in and around various older, and often uneven, pre-recorded pieces," and were composed, arranged and recorded in a period of two weeks.[1]
While the originalVarèse Sarabande LP version contained 22 tracks, the label reissued the album in 1990 with the tracks "Pico and Sepulveda" and "La Petite Tonkinoise" removed.[5][6] Two additional tracks, "Some of These Days" and "Bim Bam Boom", were removed for the French release.[7]
All music is composed by Danny Elfman and the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, except where otherwise indicated.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Forbidden Zone" | Danny Elfman | 2:45 | |
| 2. | "'Hercules' Family Theme" | 1:37 | ||
| 3. | "Some of These Days" | Shelton Brooks | Cab Calloway,Kipper Kids | 2:50 |
| 4. | "Journey Through the Intestines" | 0:55 | ||
| 5. | "Squeezit's Vision of His 'Sister'" | 0:30 | ||
| 6. | "Queen's Revenge" | Danny Elfman, Marie-Pascale Elfman, Susan Tyrrell | 2:40 | |
| 7. | "Pico and Sepulveda" | Eddie Maxwell /Jule Styne | Boulevard Stompers | 2:28 |
| 8. | "Factory" | 0:58 | ||
| 9. | "Love Theme - Squeezit and the Chickens" | 0:42 | ||
| 10. | "Flash and Gramps" | 0:56 | ||
| 11. | "Squeezit the Moocher (Minnie the Moocher)" | Cab Calloway /Irving Mills (Lyrics by D. Elfman) | Danny Elfman, Toshiro Boloney | 4:48 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Alphabet Song" | Cast | 1:58 | |
| 2. | "La Petite Tonkinoise" | Henri Christiné /Vincent Scotto | Josephine Baker | 2:11 |
| 3. | "Cell 63" | 1:20 | ||
| 4. | "Witch's Egg" | George Mishalsky / Susan Tyrrell | Susan Tyrrell | 2:22 |
| 5. | "Yiddishe Charleston" | Billy Rose /Fred Fischer | R. Yossele Elfman, Susan Tyrrell | 1:33 |
| 6. | "Bim Bam Boom" | Nino Morales / Johnny Comacho | Miguelito Valdés, Kipper Kids | 1:53 |
| 7. | "Chamber Music" | 1:58 | ||
| 8. | "Pleure" | Jérôme Savary | Marie-Pascale Elfman | 0:37 |
| 9. | "Battle of the Queens" | 3:04 | ||
| 10. | "Love Theme - King and Queen" | 1:08 | ||
| 11. | "Finale" | 3:20 |
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