Edward Scissorhands - Soundtrack

'Edward Scissorhands' is a film I love more than almost any other. A monument to the struggles of non-conformists everywhere. And Winona Ryder's stunning. But does the score evoke this classic on its own? Yes it does. It's that simple. Listening to the soundtrack, you realise just how much Danny Elfman's magnificent job added to the film's already potent atmosphere. Of course, you might be forgiven for experiencing a sense of deja vu with this CD. Elfman re-cycled bits and pieces from this score for Tim Burton's two Batman films, and indeed most of his recent output. Most recognisable are Catwoman's theme and the opening twinkly bits which were ...  Read the complete review

By the turn of the 1990s, Tim Burton had already sealed his credentials as an imaginative and quirky director with films like Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice and Batman. Therefore it was only to be expected that his next film would be equally quirky and dark, and that it certainly was. Starring Johnny Depp along with Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, and Anthony Michael Hall, with Vincent Price as "The Inventor," Edward Scissorhands is a fairy tale-like fantasy about a strange artificial man with scissors for hands. From his lofty castle on top of a hill, he is whisked away by an Avon cosmetic’s saleswoman straight into the bright suburbs, where he is greeted ...  Read the complete review