Happy Independence Day!

Here’s a great quote from the interview – the rest is good too:

Match Made in Wonderland: Danny Elfman’s Music, Tim Burton’s Freaks

“My score was not going to be about the Mad Hatter or the Red Queen,” Elfman says. “The ‘falling down a hole’ music is going to be wild, crazy falling-down-a-hole music. Two armies meeting — I can almost write that automatically. That’s the easy part. The hard part is Alice’s trajectory. I needed the music to tie it all together as she goes from this kind of confused child to a bewildered young lady to becoming Alice as a hero who finds herself in the center of this big story where she has a huge part to play.” Continue reading at Wired.com

I’ve had the Alice in Wonderland score playing for a few days now and love it!

The first is from one of my favorite Christmas specials: A Charlie Brown Christmas, which you can watch at hulu.com (until January 1, 2010)!

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Christmas Time Is Here (listen at Last.fm)
By Vince Guaraldi Trio

Christmas time is here
Happiness and cheer
Fun for all that children call
Their favorite time of the year

Snowflakes in the air
Carols everywhere
Olden times and ancient rhymes
Of love and dreams to share

Sleigh bells in the air
Beauty everywhere
Yuletide by the fireside
And joyful memories there

Christmas time is here
We’ll be drawing near
Oh, that we could always see
Such spirit through the year
Oh, that we could always see
Such spirit through the year…

Stay tuned for a few more!

Quick commentary: I was just writing an article about how I disliked the movie designs. One of the things I was going to say though was that my opinion could change upon seeing the first real trailer. Well, this completely, utterly floored me. My jaw has hit the ground, my eyes are popping out of my head, etc. I love this! What they showed looked spot-on perfect and I am now officially excited about this movie!

My favorite band ever – The Rentals – are working on a new album!