And I have to disagree with the hosts of this podcast for saying that fans of Nightmare as well as Quentin Tarantino are just fans because “they think it’s dark and it makes them cool.” Tarantino is one of the most innovative filmmakers of all time. He, along with a few other writer/directors, changed independent film so drastically in the 90s. I mean there’s a reason that Pulp Fiction was the first independent film to gross more than $200 million.

I went to see Nightmare Before Christmas in 1993, and everyone I was with had mixed reviews…some of us loved it and some of us didn’t like it at all…but there was one thing they could all agree on. The music was extremely memorable. And why shouldn’t it be? Danny Elfman was and still is a genius. We were singing Oogie Boogie’s Song, What’s This, Poor Jack and Kidnap the Sandy Claws for years. Heck, that soundtrack was the first CD I ever owned. Anyway, three years later, this is my response.