[Box Set] Danny Elfman/Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box

Mine is coming, too.

 

Warner Bros. didn't provide tracking numbers but if you want to track your package you can use your order number via UPS's "Track by reference" feature.

 

Note to the producers of the Elfman/Burton box set:

If the consultant who works on the interface for the USB throws a detailed bill/invoice to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars on said USB in a folder called "trashes" make sure it actually ends up in the "trashes" as opposed to being left intact on something that will be sent to thousands of customers.

 

Got it yesterday. It's mammoth!

 

Hahahaha!

 

Can anyone who happened to purchase this comment on the overall fidelity? I think the physical set itself is plagued with issues, but I'm really curious about the audio quality.

 

I'll second that. Rather than a book shelf edition, this one needs its own book shelf. I just received my copy from Best Buy (ordered 11/28 for $445) and it shipped today in a massive box appropriate for its girth. Appears to have been well-packaged. As for the limited edition version, I'm content to save $55 on list price even though my set wasn't autographed.

Now, with this, the Beach Boy, Pink Floyd, Rush, Nirvana, U2 and Jethro Tull box sets, how the Hell am I ever going to find time to play all of this music...

 

I recall that there were quite a number of complaints about the quality of workmanship for the first run of this set. How does the quality appear for this set?

 

The box this set is stored in is very well constructed, and none of the insides shifted during shipping. I don't recall the 'quality control" complaints about the first run to be able to compare.

 

I had read that many of the Zoetrope's were poorly glued together and had come apart in their boxes. I had lucked out recently and was able to get all of the CD's in their sleeves from this set for $100 so I'll probably just stick with that for now and hope that I see this in the future as an Amazon deal or some other discounted sale item.

 

I refuse to buy this box set for the following reasons:

1. It's far too expensive for what you're getting.

2. Haphazard presentation of each film's material spread across bonus disc(s) and a USB stick. They could have easily re-organized things to put each film's bonus tracks on that film's CD and eliminated the stupid USB stick all together.

The concept is great, but the execution is awful. I love Danny Elfman's work, but I'm going to take a pass on this and stick with the commercially available score albums.

 

Wow, it would take me a month to go through all this stuff. There's a used copy for under $330. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ZAQ&ref_=sr_1_1&s=music&qid=1333719679&sr=1-1

 

Here's a video promo for it with interviews and some interesting visuals:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKib7NnoJyc

 

Film Tracks has a pretty negative review of it:

http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/elfman_burton.html

It seems like a great opportunity that was blown, big time.

 

An interview with Danny about the box set and the process of searching for things:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2...celebrate-danny-elfmans-music-for-tim-burton/

 

Just saw this...

Even with $100 off, still not worth the price (May 7-14)
http://www.burtonelfman.com/

Betcha they will keep updating this box when a few more Burton-Elfman films come out in the next few years...

 

I'd buy it if they:

1. Dropped the price to $300
2. Re-configured the contents to be more logical (IE: every track from a specific film on its own 2-disc set instead of spread across a bonus disc and USB drive)
3. Put standard jewel cases in a simple outer box and ditched the stupid packaging.

 

I've heard this set, they really sound good. Like you Paul I just can't get past that packaging and the price is a bit much.

 

I'd rather be able to pick and choose my favorites.

 

Was it really remastered by Elfman?
His hearing issues are well known at this point.

 

The mastering is crazy loud, actually. It's like they just uniformly cranked the volume on everything, no matter what was happening in the cue. It's worse for the older scores.