The Nightmare Before Christmas The Nightmare Before Christmas The Nightmare Before Christmas (marketed as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas) is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy Halloween-Christmas film directed by Henry Selick, and produced and conceived by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, the King of "Halloween Town" who stumbles through a portal to "Christmas Town" and decides to celebrate the holiday. Danny Elfman wrote the songs and score, and provided the singing voice of Jack. The principal voice cast also includes Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Ken Page, Paul Reubens, Glenn Shadix, and Ed Ivory. "The
The Skellington Chronicles The Skellington Chronicles The Skellington Chronicles is the tenth solo album by Julian Cope, released in June 1993 on Cope's own Ma-Gog label. It contains the previously released 1989 album "Skellington" and its sequel "Skellington 2: He's Back ... and this time it's personal", released here for the first time. "Skellington 2" was, like its predecessor, recorded in just two days on April 21-22, 1993. "The Skellington Chronicles" was re-released as "Ye Skellington Chronicles" in 1999 with one song removed from the track listing and two bonus tracks. Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Skellington 1 Skellington 2 Technical