Post by Platypus on Jan 20, 2020 16:42:45 GMT
Daniel Robert Elfman (29.05.1953 - )
Years Active: 1972–present
Associated Acts: Oingo Boingo, Tim Burton
Vocal Range: A1 - C♯6
{Album Ranges}
with Oingo Boingo:
Only a Lad (1981): F2 - B4 - C5 - F5
Nothing to Fear (1982): E2 - E5
Good for Your Soul (1983): F♯2 - C♯5 - G♯5
So-Lo* (1984): G2 - G♯5
Dead Man's Party (1985): E2 - A5
Boi-ngo (1987): E2 - E5
Boingo Alive** (1988): D2 - C6
Dark at the End of the Tunnel (1990): B1 - A4 - C5
Boingo (1994): D2 - B♭4 - B4
*officially a Danny Elfman solo release, but that's mostly due to record label shenanigans. It is essentially an Oingo Boingo record
**also released due to label shenanigans. It's a live-in-studio album with previously recorded material, normally not something I'd count for a list like this. But since Elfman goes so absolutely ham on it, I figured it's worth putting in.
as a solo act:
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993): C2 - C5
Big Mess (2021): A1 - G♯4 - B4
Special thanks to Henny Macc for notewatching Big Mess in the previous iteration of the thread
with Oingo Boingo:
Only a Lad (1981): F2 - B4 - C5 - F5
Nothing to Fear (1982): E2 - E5
Good for Your Soul (1983): F♯2 - C♯5 - G♯5
So-Lo* (1984): G2 - G♯5
Dead Man's Party (1985): E2 - A5
Boi-ngo (1987): E2 - E5
Boingo Alive** (1988): D2 - C6
Dark at the End of the Tunnel (1990): B1 - A4 - C5
Boingo (1994): D2 - B♭4 - B4
*officially a Danny Elfman solo release, but that's mostly due to record label shenanigans. It is essentially an Oingo Boingo record
**also released due to label shenanigans. It's a live-in-studio album with previously recorded material, normally not something I'd count for a list like this. But since Elfman goes so absolutely ham on it, I figured it's worth putting in.
as a solo act:
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993): C2 - C5
Big Mess (2021): A1 - G♯4 - B4
Special thanks to Henny Macc for notewatching Big Mess in the previous iteration of the thread
Significant High Notes:
C♯6 ("Capitalism" live Irvine Meadows 30/10/1987, "Goodbye, Goodbye" live Irvine Meadows 31/10/1987, "Sweat" live Irvine Meadows 31/10/1987, "You Really Got Me" live Irvine Meadows 1986)
C6 ("Ain't This The Life" Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo demo, "Dead or Alive" live Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre 1988, "Goodbye, Goodbye" Boingo-Alive version, "Insects" live Irvine Meadows 30/10/1987)
B5 ("Grey Matter" Boingo-Alive version, "I Must Be Dreaming", "Little Girls" live Irvine Meadows 30/10/1987, "No Spill Blood" live Irvine Meadows 30/10/1987, "Nothing Bad Ever Happens to Me" live Irvine Meadows 1986)
B♭5 ("Sweat" live Irvine Meadows 30/10/1987, "Wake Up (It's 1984)" live Rock Palace 1983)
A5 ("Capitalism" Boingo-Alive version, "Dead or Alive" Boingo-Alive version, "Fool's Paradise" live The Palace 1985, "Just Another Day" live Irvine Meadows 31/10/1987, "Same Man I Was Before", "Tough as Nails" demo version, "Violent Love" live Irvine Meadows 30/10/1987)
G♯5 ("Ain't This The Life" live Irvine Meadows 1986, "Dead Man's Party" live Irvine Meadows 1990, "Goodbye, Goodbye" Boingo-Alive version, "Insects" live Irvine Meadows 30/10/1987, "Lightning", "Only a Lad" live Irvine Meadows 1986, "Sweat", "Wild Sex (In The Working Class)" live Irvine Meadows 1986)
G5 ("Dead or Alive" Boingo-Alive version, "Happy", "Nothing to Fear (But Fear Itself)" live Irvine Meadows 31/10/1987, "On the Outside" live Irvine Meadows 31/10/1987, "Violent Love" Boingo-Alive version)
F♯5 ("Mike Teavee" demo version, "Run Away (The Escape Song)" live Irvine Meadows 1991, "Time Out" live at The Palace 1985)
F5 ("Controller", "Little Girls", "Stay" live Irvine Meadows 31/10/1987, "Violet Beauregarde" demo version, "The Wedding Song" demo version)
E5 ("Grey Matter", "Happy", "Help Me", "I Stand Defeated", "Just Another Day" Boingo-Alive version, "Mike Teavee" demo version, "No One Lives Forever", "No Spill Blood" Boingo-Alive version, "Not My Slave", "Outrageous")
E♭5 ("Ain't This The Life", "Controller" demo version, "Dead Man's Party", "Finale, Reprise" demo version, "Forbidden Zone" demo version, "Gratitude", "Helpless" Live in Mesa 1994, "Making Christmas" demo version, "Teenage Monster")
D5 ("Augustus Gloop" demo version, "Find You", "Help Me", "Hold Tight", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" 1984 Rehearsal, "My Life", "Nuclear Babies", "Time Out" live at The Palace 1985, "Violet Beauregarde" demo version, "Weird Science")
C♯5 ("Dead Man's Party", "Goodbye Mama" live The Aquarius 1977, "I'm Afraid", "Inside", "The Last Time", "Making Christmas" demo version, "Nasty Habits" live Irvine Meadows 30/10/1987, "Only a Lad" Boingo-Alive version, "Remains of the Day" demo version, "Violent Love", "Wake Up (It's 1984)", "The Wedding Song" demo version, "What's This" demo version, "Wild Sex (In the Working Class)")
C5 ("Capitalism", "Cruisin'", "Dilbert Zone", "Heard Somebody Cry", "Hold Tight", "I Must Be Dreaming", "Imposter" demo version, "Little Girls", "Little Guns", "Loyalty", "Mike Teavee" demo version, "Not My Slave", "On the Outside" & "On the Outside" live Irvine Meadows 31/10/1987, "Oogie Boogie's Song" demo version, "Out of Control", "Poor Jack", "Remember My Name", "Veruca Salt" demo version, "We Close Our Eyes", "What's This", "Where Do All My Friends Go", "Who Do You Want To Be")
B4 ("Ain't This The Life", "Bachelor Party", "Controller", "Dead Man's Party", "Dead or Alive", "Devil Take Away", "Don't Go In The Basement", "Dream Somehow", "Fool's Paradise", "Forbidden Zone" demo version, "Goodbye Goodbye" Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo demo, "Goodbye Mama" live The Aquarius 1977, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" 1984 Rehearsal, "I'm Afraid", "Insects", "Inside", "I've Got to Be Entertained", "Jack's Obsession", "Just Another Day", "Lost Like This", "Louise", "Nasty Habits", "No One Lives Forever" & "No One Lives Forever" Boingo-Alive version, "Nuclear Babies", "Outrageous", "Remains of the Day", "This Bud's For You", "This is Halloween" demo version, "Time Out" live at The Palace 1985, "What You See" & "What You See" demo version, "You Really Got Me", "Weird Science" & "Weird Science" live The Ritz 1985, "When The Lights Go Out", "Winning Side")
B♭4 ("According to Plan" demo version, "California Girls", "Change", "Cinderella Undercover", "Cruisin'", "Dilbert Zone", "Down Hearted Blues", "Elevator Man", "Fast Times", "Forbidden Zone", "Goodbye Goodbye" Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo demo, "Got a Job" live The Aquarius 1977, "Gratitude", "Happy", "Hold Tight", "Home Again", "I Stand Defeated", "Imposter", "Lap of Luxury" live Madame Wong's 1980, "The Last Time", "Little Girls" live Universal Amphitheatre 1994, "Lost Like This", "Love in the Time of COVID", "Make It RIght", "Mama" Boingo-Alive version, "Minnie The Moocher", "No Spill Blood", "Only a Lad", "Pain", "Perfect System" demo version, "Poor Jack", "Reptiles and Samurai", "St. James Infirmary" live 1978, "Stay", "Sweat", "Try to Believe", "Where Do All My Friends Go", "Wolverine" live 1979, "Yodel" live Irvine Meadows Meadows Amphitheatre)
A4 ("According to Plan" demo version, "Augustus Gloop" demo version, "Auld Lang Syne" 1984 Rehearsal, "Bachelor Party", "California Girls", "Capitalism", "Commando Girls" live Madame Wong's 1980, "Dead or Alive", "Did It There" live Irvine Meadows 1993, "Dominique" live The Aquarius 1977, "Dream Somehow", "Everybody Loves You", "Find You", "Flesh 'N Blood", "Glory Be", "Grey Matter", "Head in the Clouds", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" 1984 Rehearsal, "I Was Always There", "In Time", "Inside", "Into The Fire", "It Only Makes Me Laugh", "Jack's Lament", "Jack's Obsession", "Just Another Day", "Loyalty", "Making Christmas" demo version, "Minnie The Moocher", "My Life", "No One Lives Forever", "On the Outside", "Oogie Boogie's Song" demo version, "Open Eyes", "Out of Control", "Outrageous", "Pedestrian Wolves", "Private Life", "Remember My Name", "Right to Know", "Running on a Treadmill", "Saint Louis Blues", "Same Man I Was Before", "Something Isn't Right", "Spider", "Sunshine of Your Love" 1984 Rehearsal, "That's The Story", "This Bud's For You", "Try to Believe", "Two Twisted Trees" live The Roxy 1981, "Vultures", "War Again", "We Close Our Eyes", "We Shall See", "The Wedding Song" demo version, "Weird Science", "What's This", "Who Do You Want To Be", "Whole Day Off", "Why'd We Come", "Winning Side", "Yodel" live Irvine Meadows Meadows Amphitheatre, "You Really Got Me")
G♯4 ("Ain't This The Life", "Are You Surprised?", "BeetleJuice Main Title" Elfman vocal version, "Change", "Clowns of Dead" live Universal Amphitheatre 1994, "Did It There" live Irvine Meadows 1993, "Elevator Man" Boingo-Alive version, "Everybody Needs", "Faster" live The Aquarius 1977, "Finale" live The Aquarius 1977, "Finale, Reprise" demo version, "Flesh 'N Blood", "Fool's Paradise", "Forbidden Zone", "Goodbye Mama" live The Aquarius 1977, "Gratitude", "Happy" Big Mess, "Heard Somebody Cry", "If I Could Be With You For One Hour Tonight", "I'm Afraid", "I'm So Bad", "Imposter", "Insects", "Into The Fire", "Islands", "The Last Time", "Little Girls", "The Little Things", "Lost Like This" demo version, "Louise", "Make It RIght", "Mama", "Marching in Time", "Mike Teavee" demo version, "Nothing Bad Ever Happens To Me", "Only a Lad", "Pain", "Perfect System", "Rawhide" live at The Palace 1985, "Reptiles and Samurai", "Run Away (The Escape Song)", "Sorry" live Coachella 2022, "St. James Infirmary" live 1978, "Sunshine of Your Love" 1984 Rehearsal, "Teenage Monster", "This is Halloween" demo version, "Town Meeting Song", "Veruca Salt" demo version, "Violent Love", "Waiting For You", "Water", "What You See", "What's This", "When The Lights Go Out", "Wild Sex (In the Working Class)", "Yes, Suh!" live The Aquarius 1977, "You Got Your Baby Back")
G4 ("Better Luck Next Time", "Better Times", "Capitalism", "Cinderella Undercover", "Clowns of Dead" live Universal Amphitheatre 1994, "Cool City", "Cruisin'", "Dead or Alive", "Devil Take Away", "Don't Go In The Basement", "Down Hearted Blues", "Elevator Man", "The Executive Song", "Fast Times", "Finale" live The Aquarius 1977, "Find You", "Freak Show", "Glory Be", "Good For Your Soul", "Got a Job" live The Aquarius 1977, "Grey Matter", "Happy", "Heard Somebody Cry", "Hey!", "Hold Me Back", "Hold Tight", "Home Again", "I Always Talk To Pictures" live at The Whisky 1981, "I Am The Walrus", "I Must Be Dreaming", "I Was Always There", "Inside", "Is This", "Just Another Day", "Kick Me" live San Diego 2023, "Kiss My Ass", "Lightning", "Little Guns", "Long Breakdown", "Marching in Time", "My Life", "Nasty Habits", "New Generation", "No One Lives Forever", "No Spill Blood", "Not My Slave", "Nothing to Fear (But Fear Itself)", "Nuclear Babies", "Pedestrian Wolves", "Private Life", "Remains of the Day", "Right to Know", "Saint Louis Blues", "Serious Ground", "Skin", "Something Isn't Right", "Sorry", "Stay", "Sweat", "Tough as Nails", "Two Twisted Trees" live The Roxy 1981, "Violet Beauregarde" demo version, "War Again", "We Close Our Eyes", "The Wedding Song" demo version, "Where Do All My Friends Go", "Whole Day Off", "Why'd We Come", "Wolverine" live 1979)
Significant Low Notes:
D3 ("Better Times", "Cool City", "Dream Somehow", "Forbidden Zone", "Inside", "Just a Human", "Just Another Day" live Coachella 2022, "Long Breakdown", "Minnie The Moocher", "My Life", "Nothing to Fear (But Fear Itself)", "On the Outside", "Rawhide" live at The Palace 1985, "Remember My Name", "Running on a Treadmill" 2020 version, "Saint Louis Blues", "Serious Ground", "Tough as Nails", "Try to Believe", "Turn off Your Cell Phone" Kodak Theater intro, "Winning Side", "You Really Got Me")
C♯3 ("Capitalism", "Change", "Erased" demo version, "Everybody Loves You", "Everybody Needs", "The Executive Song", "Get Over It", "I'm Afraid", "Into The Fire", "Kick Me", "Loyalty", "Preachin' Blues" live The Aquarius 1977, "Run Away (The Escape Song)", "The School Song", "Take Your Medicine", "Veruca Salt" demo version, "You Got Your Baby Back")
C3 ("Ain't This The Life", "Ballad of the Caveman", "Dead Man's Party" live FivePoint Amphitheatre 2023, "Erased" demo version, "Faster" live The Aquarius 1977, "Finale" live The Aquarius 1977, "Finale, Reprise", "Home Again", "Imposter", "I've Got to Be Entertained", "Jack's Lament", "Love in the Time of COVID", "Marching in Time", "Nasty Habits", "Not My Slave" live MDA Labor Day Telethon 1987, "Oogie Boogie's Song" demo version, "Pictures of You", "Running on a Treadmill" 2020 version, "The School Song", "Skin", "We Close Our Eyes")
B2 ("Better Times", "Don't Go In The Basement", "Everybody Loves You", "Flesh 'N Blood", "Fool's Paradise" live The Palace 1985, "Grey Matter", "I Can't Pretend", "I Stand Defeated" live at The Roxy 1981, "If I Could Be With You For One Hour Tonight", "Just Another Day", "Kick Me", "Lost Like This", "My Life", "No Spill Blood", "Pictures of You", "Rawhide" live at The Palace 1985, "Tears to Shed" demo version, "Time Out" live at The Palace 1985, "Veruca Salt" demo version, "You Got Your Baby Back")
B♭2 ("Islands", "Just a Human", "Little Guns", "Sorry", "Tears to Shed" demo version, "Teenage Monster", "Town Meeting Song", "Violent Love" live The Aquarius 1977, "Where Do All My Friends Go")
A2 ("Better Times", "Dance With the Lemurs", "Dead or Alive", "Dominique" live The Aquarius 1977, "Fool's Paradise" live The Palace 1985, "Freak Show", "Grey Matter", "I Always Talk To Pictures" live at The Whisky 1981, "Islands", "It Only Makes Me Laugh" Boingo-Alive version, "Jack's Lament", "Minnie The Moocher", "Nasty Habits" live Universal Amphitheatre 1995, "New Generation", "No Spill Blood", "Perfect System", "A Riddle", "The School Song", "Take Your Medicine", "We Shall See", "The Wedding Song" demo version, "You Really Got Me Now" live Irvine Meadows 25/31/1990)
G♯2 ("Ain't This The Life" live Hollywood Bowl 2022, "Choose Your Side", "Don't Go In The Basement", "The Executive Song", "Get Over It", "Helpless", "Insanity", "Insects", "Making Christmas" demo version, "Poor Jack", "That's The Story", "Waiting For You")
G2 ("Are You Surprised?", "Augustus Gloop" demo version, "Bachelor Party", "Cinderella Undercover", "Choose Your Side", "Elevator Man", "Everybody Needs", "The Executive Song", "Faster" live The Aquarius 1977, "Glory Be" live Irvine Meadows 1990, "Happy", "Home Again", "I Can't Pretend", "In Time", "Insanity", "Jack's Obsession", "Lightning" live The Palace 1985, "Little Guns", "Love in the Time of COVID", "Making Christmas", "Monster Mash" live 1982, "Nothing to Fear (But Fear Itself)" Boingo-Alive version, "Poor Jack", "What You See", "What's This", "Where Do All My Friends Go")
F♯2 ("Dance On My Grave", "Everybody Loves You", "Fill the Void", "Happy" Big Mess, "Little Girls" live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre 1990, "Loyalty", "Only a Lad" Boingo-Alive version, "Run Away (The Escape Song)", "This is Halloween" demo version, "Town Meeting Song", "We Belong", "When The Lights Go Out", "Who Do You Want To Be" Boingo-Alive version)
F2 ("Augustus Gloop" demo version, "Capitalism" Boingo-Alive version, "Cinderella Undercover", "Happy" Big Mess, "Home Again" Boingo-Alive version, "In Time", "Making Christmas" demo version, "Nasty Habits", "Remember My Name", "A Riddle", "Tears to Shed" demo version, "That's The Story", "We Shall See", "What You See" demo version, "What's This" live FivePoint Amphitheatre 2023, "Wild Sex (In the Working Class)" Boingo-Alive version)
E2 ("Augustus Gloop" demo version, "Better Times", "Dead or Alive" live Universal Amphitheater 1989, "Elevator Man", "Finale, Reprise", "Mike Teavee" demo version, "Minnie the Moocher" live Universal Amphitheater 1989, "No One Lives Forever", "Nothing Bad Ever Happens to Me" live at The Salt Palace 1988, "Poor Jack", "A Riddle", "Sweat" Boingo-Alive version, "Tender Lumplings", "Turn off Your Cell Phone" Kodak Theater intro, "Violent Love" Boingo-Alive version, "Violet Beauregarde" demo version, "Why'd We Come")
E♭2 ("Are You Surprised?", "Cruel Compensation", "Love in the Time of COVID", "Making Christmas" demo version, "Oogie Boogie's Song" demo version, "This is Halloween" demo version, "When The Lights Go Out")
D2 ("Dance With the Lemurs", "Finale, Reprise" demo version, "Grey Matter" Boingo-Alive version, "Happy", "Helpless", "Insanity" live FivePoint Amphitheatre 2023, "Lost Like This", "No Spill Blood" Boingo-Alive version, "On the Outside" Boingo-Alive version, "Serious Ground", "Simply Meant to Be" live Banc of California Stadium 10/29/2021, "This Time", "Violet Beauregarde" demo version, "The Wedding Song" demo version)
C♯2 ("Cruel Compensation", "Dance On My Grave", "Get Over It", "Mike Teavee" demo version, "Remains of the Day", "That's The Story", "This is Halloween" live FivePoint Amphitheatre 2023, "Veruca Salt" demo version, "We Belong", "The Wedding Song" demo version)
C2 ("According to Plan" demo version, "The Cat is Dead", "Helpless" live Universal Amphitheatre 1995, "Jack's Lament", "Running on a Treadmill" 2020 version, "Serious Ground", "Tender Lumplings" live Universal Amphitheatre 1995, "Town Meeting Song")
B1 ("Remains of the Day", "When The Lights Go Out")
B♭1 ("Cruel Compensation", "We Belong")
A1 ("According to Plan" demo version, "Dance With the Lemurs", "Mike Teavee" demo version, "Town Meeting Song" live Hollywood Bowl 1.11.17, "Veruca Salt" Bollywood demo version)
{Questionable Notes}
G♯6 ("Ain't This The Life" [5])
D6 ("Nothing to Fear (But Fear Itself)" Boingo-Alive version [1])
B♭5 ("Elevator Man" [5], "Who Do You Want To Be" [5])
A5 ("Outrageous" [1])
D5 ("You Really Got Me" [1])
B4 ("Just a Human" [2])
A2 ("Pedestrian Wolves" [2])
F2 ("Reptiles and Samurai" [4])
E2 ("Weird Science" [2])
E♭2 ("Pictures of You" [5])
D2 ("Dream Somehow" [1])
C♯2 ("Cinderella Undercover" Boingo-Alive version [3])
C2 ("Love in the Time of COVID" [4])
B1 ("Flesh 'N Blood" [5], "Tender Lumplings" [1])
G♯1 ("Dance On My Grave" [3], "This is Halloween" demo version [4])
F1 ("Helpless" [3])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
G♯6 ("Ain't This The Life" [5])
D6 ("Nothing to Fear (But Fear Itself)" Boingo-Alive version [1])
B♭5 ("Elevator Man" [5], "Who Do You Want To Be" [5])
A5 ("Outrageous" [1])
D5 ("You Really Got Me" [1])
B4 ("Just a Human" [2])
A2 ("Pedestrian Wolves" [2])
F2 ("Reptiles and Samurai" [4])
E2 ("Weird Science" [2])
E♭2 ("Pictures of You" [5])
D2 ("Dream Somehow" [1])
C♯2 ("Cinderella Undercover" Boingo-Alive version [3])
C2 ("Love in the Time of COVID" [4])
B1 ("Flesh 'N Blood" [5], "Tender Lumplings" [1])
G♯1 ("Dance On My Grave" [3], "This is Halloween" demo version [4])
F1 ("Helpless" [3])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
TRP3 thread by Zedd Squared , TRP2 thread by Henny Macc
