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        • Danny Elfman

        • Serenada Schizophrana (2005)

        • Associated Music Publishers Inc (World)
        • 3(2pic,afl).3(2ca).3(Ebcl,2bcl,asx).3(2cbn)/6.3.3(btbn)+btbn(cbtbn).1(Cimbasso)/timp(perc).5perc/hp.2pf(syn).syn/str (14.10.8.8.6)
        • small female chorus in mvt. 5
        • 42 min

        Programme Note

        Composer note:
        Serenada Schizophrana is a completely new experience for me. Except for my early music/theater work, I’ve always had visuals to drive my orchestral music. Beginning was quite daunting. I began composing several dozen short, freeform compositions, none of them related. Some of them began to develop themselves until I had six separate movements that, in some abstract, absurd way, felt connected. I let myself wander into a musical stream of consciousness which, with the way my brain works, is not necessarily a very smooth ride.

        Many of my musical influences come from mid-century film composers such as Bernard Herrmann, Nino Rota, and Alex North. In terms of classical music, I was hugely influenced by Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Orff, and Bartók. Early Duke Ellington also had a major role. I consider myself to be a musical throwback. With the exception of a few more recent influences like Harry Partch and Philip Glass, I am forever attached to the music of the early 20th century when, for me, orchestral music flourished alongside the creation of jazz in a unique and remarkable way. I suppose this piece mixes up all my influences in a kind of musical "gumbo." I hope it’s interesting and perhaps even entertaining.

        — Danny Elfman

          Movements:
        1. Pianos
        2. Blue Strings
        3. A Brass Thing
        4. Quadruped Patrol
        5. I Forget
        6. Bells and Whistles
        7. End Tag


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