Editing Danny Elfman (section)

===Vocals===
Elfman often incorporates choral or vocal arrangements into his film scores,<ref name="vulture2015" /> notably the use of women's and children's [[choir]]s (''[[Scrooged]]'', ''[[Nightbreed]]'', ''[[Edward Scissorhands]]'', ''[[Batman Returns]]'', ''[[Sleepy Hollow (film)|Sleepy Hollow]]'', ''[[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'', ''[[The Grinch (film)|The Grinch]]''), and solo voice or vocal effects (''[[Beetlejuice]]'', ''[[Mars Attacks!]]'', ''[[Men in Black II]]'', ''[[Flubber (film)|Flubber]]'', ''[[Nacho Libre]]'', ''[[Iris (Cirque du Soleil)|Iris]]'', ''[[Dark Shadows (film)|Dark Shadows]]'', ''[[The Girl on the Train (2016 film)|The Girl on the Train]]''). Evoking the "O Fortuna" from [[Carl Orff]]'s ''[[Carmina Burana (Orff)|Carmina Burana]]'', he set made-up, Latin-sounding text for [[SATB]] choir in standout cue "Descent into Mystery" from ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]''.<ref name="halfyard2004" />{{rp|131}}

Elfman also adds his own vocals into compositions in much the same way he mixes his percussion and guitar performances into orchestral arrangements. Prominent use can be heard in the scores for ''[[To Die For]]'' (sung with director [[Gus Van Sant]], credited to "Little Gus and the Suzettes"),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soundtrack.net/album/to-die-for/ |title=Soundtrack Information: ''To Die For'' |website=[[Soundtrack.Net]] |access-date=November 5, 2019 }}</ref> ''[[Silver Linings Playbook]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/silver_linings.html |title=Editorial Review: ''Silver Linings Playbook'' |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=December 3, 2012 |website=[[Filmtracks]] |access-date=November 5, 2019 }}</ref> and his music for the [[Hong Kong Disneyland]] ride [[Mystic Manor]].<ref name="napolitano2013" /> He provided the singing voice for characters in ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' and ''[[Corpse Bride]]'' in addition to composing the scores and songs, and can be heard singing the "Day-O" call in the style of [[Harry Belafonte]]'s "[[Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)|Banana Boat Song]]" in the first bars of the ''Beetlejuice'' [[main title]].<ref name="bond2015" />{{rp|63}}

For Tim Burton's ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'', Elfman [[Set to Music|set]] [[Roald Dahl]]'s text for the [[List of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory characters|Oompa-Loompa]] characters as four stylistically distinct songs: the [[Bollywood]]-influenced "Augustus Gloop", the [[funk]]-infused "Violet Beauregarde", the [[psychedelic pop]] stylings of "Veruca Salt" and the [[Baroque pop|baroque rock]] of "Mike Teavee".<ref>{{cite news|last=Hochman|first=Steve|date=July 3, 2005|title=A return to format for Elfman|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jul-03-ca-popeye3-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=July 3, 2005}}</ref> For all songs in the film, Elfman sang, manipulated and mixed several layers of his vocals to create the singing voices and harmonies of the Oompa Loompas, and incorporated his vocals into non-song score tracks that featured the characters, including "Loompa Land", "Chocolate River", "The Boat Arrives" and "The River Cruise".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danny Elfman 's Music For A Darkened People: Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (2005) |url=http://elfman.cinemusic.net/films/charlieandthechocolatefactory/index.html |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=elfman.cinemusic.net}}</ref>