Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 29: General view during Disney's ...

Very little media from my childhood lingers in my mind as vividly as “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” I’ve watched it enough times to know the words to every song on the soundtrack by heart. I would ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Danny Elfman doesn’t have an answer for what made The Nightmare Before Christmas such a holiday-season staple years after its ...

As Danny Elfman took the stage of the Hollywood Bowl in a black suit with vertical white stripes to sing “Jack’s Lament,” the crowd erupted in applause. Bathed in a ghoulish blue light in the iconic ...

While at last Friday’s sold-out 84th season opening for the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra, I discovered that some of our musicians for NISO also help out as available talents on the roster for ...