Big Mess

~ Release by Danny Elfman (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

String Orchestration by Steve Bartek
Orchestration Assistant: Marc Mann
Midi Prep: Orlando Perez Rosso
Additonal Audio Editing: Christopher Bartek
Technical Assisstant: Giacomo Lamparelli

Female Vocal Soloist: Petra Haden
Female Choir: Holly Sedillos, Anna Schubert, Danielle Withers

Strings - Featuring the Lyris Quartet

Orchestra: Budapest Art Orchestra
Conductor: Peter Pejtsik
ProTools Engineer: David Lukacs
Recording Engineer: Gabor Buczko
Contractor/Session Producer: Miklos Lukacs

Recorded at: Studio Della Morte (LA), East Connection Music Recording / Studio 22 (Budapest), Capitol Studios (LA)

Annotation last modified on 2021-08-22 01:07 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Sorry
recording engineer:
Noah Snyder and Dénes Rédly
miscellaneous support:
Bertalan Veér, Scott McRae (copyist / music preparation) (task: copyist), Orlando Pérez Rosso (Colombian composer/engineer) (task: MIDI prep) and Bálint Sapszon (task: orchestra producer)
co-producer:
Noah Snyder
producer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
assistant mixer:
Nik Trekov (producer & mixer)
mixer:
Zakk Cervini
additional drums (drum set) and percussion:
Sidney Hopson (percussionist)
bass guitar:
Stu Brooks
drums (drum set):
Josh Freese (American drummer)
electric guitar:
Nili Brosh, Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer) and Robin Finck
synthesizer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
vocals:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
orchestra:
Budapest Scoring Orchestra
conductor:
Zoltán Pad
choir vocals arranger:
Marc Mann (keyboardist, arranger, orchestrator and conductor)
additional orchestrator:
Mikel Hurwitz
orchestrator:
Steve Bartek
recording of:
Sorry
lyricist and composer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
publisher:
Morte Pharmaceutical Music Co.
4:53
2True
recording engineer:
Noah Snyder
producer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
assistant mixer:
Francisco Botero (engineer at Studio G, Brooklyn)
mixer:
Joel Hamilton (producer, audio engineer, and multi‐instrumentalist based in Brooklyn, NY)
bass guitar:
Stu Brooks
drums (drum set):
Josh Freese (American drummer)
guitar and synthesizer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
percussion:
Joe Martone (percussionist)
vocals:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
recording of:
True
lyricist and composer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
publisher:
Morte Pharmaceutical Music Co.
4:25
3In Time
recording engineer:
Noah Snyder
producer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
assistant mixer:
Francisco Botero (engineer at Studio G, Brooklyn)
mixer:
Joel Hamilton (producer, audio engineer, and multi‐instrumentalist based in Brooklyn, NY)
bass guitar:
Stu Brooks
electric guitar:
Robin Finck
guitar and synthesizer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
vocals:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
recording of:
In Time
lyricist and composer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
publisher:
Morte Pharmaceutical Music Co.
4:28
4Everybody Loves You
recording engineer:
Noah Snyder
producer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
assistant mixer:
Francisco Botero (engineer at Studio G, Brooklyn)
mixer:
Joel Hamilton (producer, audio engineer, and multi‐instrumentalist based in Brooklyn, NY)
bass guitar:
Stu Brooks
drums (drum set):
Josh Freese (American drummer)
electric guitar:
Robin Finck
guitar and synthesizer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
vocals:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
recording of:
Everybody Loves You
lyricist and composer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
publisher:
Morte Pharmaceutical Music Co.
7:03
5Dance With the Lemurs
recording engineer and mixer:
Noah Snyder
producer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
bass guitar:
Stu Brooks
drums (drum set):
Josh Freese (American drummer)
electric guitar:
Robin Finck
guitar and synthesizer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
percussion:
Sidney Hopson (percussionist)
vocals:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
recording of:
Dance With the Lemurs
lyricist and composer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
publisher:
Morte Pharmaceutical Music Co.
4:15
6Serious Ground
recording engineer:
Noah Snyder
producer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
assistant mixer:
Francisco Botero (engineer at Studio G, Brooklyn)
mixer:
Joel Hamilton (producer, audio engineer, and multi‐instrumentalist based in Brooklyn, NY)
bass guitar:
Stu Brooks
drums (drum set):
Josh Freese (American drummer)
electric guitar:
Robin Finck
guitar and synthesizer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
vocals:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
recording of:
Serious Ground
lyricist and composer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
publisher:
Morte Pharmaceutical Music Co.
5:01
7Choose Your Side
recording engineer:
Noah Snyder
producer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
assistant mixer:
Nik Trekov (producer & mixer)
mixer:
Zakk Cervini
bass guitar:
Stu Brooks
drums (drum set):
Josh Freese (American drummer)
electric guitar:
Robin Finck
guitar and synthesizer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
vocals:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
recording of:
Choose Your Side
lyricist and composer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
publisher:
Morte Pharmaceutical Music Co.
4:34
8We Belong
recording engineer and mixer:
Noah Snyder
producer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
bass guitar:
Stu Brooks
guitar and synthesizer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
vocals:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
recording of:
We Belong
lyricist and composer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
publisher:
Morte Pharmaceutical Music Co.
3:47
9Happy
recording engineer:
Noah Snyder and Dénes Rédly
miscellaneous support:
Bertalan Veér, Marc Mann (keyboardist, arranger, orchestrator and conductor) (task: MIDI prep), Scott McRae (copyist / music preparation) (task: copyist), Orlando Pérez Rosso (Colombian composer/engineer) (task: MIDI prep) and Bálint Sapszon (task: orchestra producer)
engineer:
Noah Snyder
producer:
Randall Dunn (American producer, engineer, and musician) and Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
assistant mixer:
Garrett de Block and Ben Greenberg (guitarist and sound engineer from New York City)
mixer:
Randall Dunn (American producer, engineer, and musician)
additional synthesizer [synth design]:
Randall Dunn (American producer, engineer, and musician)
bass guitar:
Stu Brooks
drums (drum set):
Josh Freese (American drummer)
electric guitar:
Nili Brosh and Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
synthesizer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
vocals:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
orchestra:
Budapest Scoring Orchestra
conductor:
Zoltán Pad
orchestrator:
Steve Bartek
mixed at:
Strange Weather Recording in Williamsburg, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Happy
lyricist and composer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
publisher:
Morte Pharmaceutical Music Co.
4:34
10Just a Human
recording engineer:
Noah Snyder
producer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
mixer:
Peter Rutcho (musician, mixing/mastering engineer, and producer)
bass guitar:
Stu Brooks
drums (drum set):
Josh Freese (American drummer)
guitar:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer) and Warren Fitzgerald
synthesizer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
vocals:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
recording of:
Just a Human
lyricist and composer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
publisher:
Morte Pharmaceutical Music Co.
2:47
11Devil Take Away
recording engineer:
Noah Snyder
producer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
mixer:
Peter Rutcho (musician, mixing/mastering engineer, and producer)
bass guitar:
Stu Brooks
drums (drum set):
Josh Freese (American drummer)
electric guitar:
Robin Finck
guitar:
Nili Brosh and Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
synthesizer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
vocals:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
recording of:
Devil Take Away
lyricist and composer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
publisher:
Morte Pharmaceutical Music Co.
2:49
12Love in the Time of Covid
recording engineer:
Noah Snyder
miscellaneous support:
Marc Mann (keyboardist, arranger, orchestrator and conductor) (task: orchestration assistant) and Orlando Pérez Rosso (Colombian composer/engineer) (task: MIDI prep)
additional engineer:
Nick Rives and Matt Tuggle
producer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
assistant mixer:
Nik Trekov (producer & mixer)
mixer:
Zakk Cervini
bass guitar:
Stu Brooks
drums (drum set):
Josh Freese (American drummer)
guitar:
Nili Brosh and Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
percussion:
Sidney Hopson (percussionist)
strings:
Lyris Quartet (LA-based string quartet)
synthesizer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
vocals:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
orchestrator:
Steve Bartek
recording of:
Love in the Time of Covid
lyricist and composer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
publisher:
Morte Pharmaceutical Music Co.
3:31
13Native Intelligence
recording engineer:
Noah Snyder
producer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
assistant mixer:
Nik Trekov (producer & mixer)
mixer:
Zakk Cervini
bass guitar:
Stu Brooks
drums (drum set):
Josh Freese (American drummer)
electric guitar:
Robin Finck
guitar:
Nili Brosh and Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
synthesizer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
vocals:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
recording of:
Native Intelligence
lyricist and composer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
publisher:
Morte Pharmaceutical Music Co.
4:21
14Better Times
recording engineer:
Noah Snyder
producer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
assistant mixer:
Nik Trekov (producer & mixer)
mixer:
Zakk Cervini
bass guitar:
Stu Brooks
drums (drum set):
Josh Freese (American drummer)
guitar:
Nili Brosh and Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
synthesizer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
vocals:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
recording of:
Better Times
lyricist and composer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
publisher:
Morte Pharmaceutical Music Co.
3:15
15Cruel Compensation
recording engineer:
Noah Snyder
producer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
mixer:
Peter Rutcho (musician, mixing/mastering engineer, and producer)
bass guitar:
Stu Brooks
drums (drum set):
Josh Freese (American drummer)
electric guitar:
Robin Finck
guitar:
Nili Brosh and Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
percussion:
Sidney Hopson (percussionist) and Joe Martone (percussionist)
synthesizer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
vocals:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
recording of:
Cruel Compensation
lyricist and composer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
publisher:
Morte Pharmaceutical Music Co.
3:11
16Kick Me
recording engineer:
Noah Snyder
miscellaneous support:
Marc Mann (keyboardist, arranger, orchestrator and conductor) (task: orchestration assistant), Orlando Pérez Rosso (Colombian composer/engineer) (task: MIDI prep) and technical assistant (production music)
additional engineer:
Nick Rives and Matt Tuggle
producer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
mixer:
Peter Rutcho (musician, mixing/mastering engineer, and producer)
bass guitar:
Stu Brooks
drums (drum set):
Josh Freese (American drummer)
guitar:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer) and Warren Fitzgerald
percussion:
Sidney Hopson (percussionist) and Joe Martone (percussionist)
strings:
Lyris Quartet (LA-based string quartet)
synthesizer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
vocals:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
orchestrator:
Steve Bartek
recording of:
Kick Me
lyricist and composer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
publisher:
Morte Pharmaceutical Music Co.
2:11
17Get Over It
recording engineer:
Noah Snyder
producer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
assistant mixer:
Nik Trekov (producer & mixer)
mixer:
Zakk Cervini
bass guitar:
Stu Brooks
drums (drum set):
Josh Freese (American drummer)
guitar:
Nili Brosh and Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
percussion:
Sidney Hopson (percussionist)
synthesizer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
vocals:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
recording of:
Get Over It
lyricist and composer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
publisher:
Morte Pharmaceutical Music Co.
4:07
18Insects
recording engineer and mixer:
Noah Snyder
additional engineer:
Nick Rives and Matt Tuggle
producer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
bass guitar:
Stu Brooks
drums (drum set):
Josh Freese (American drummer)
guitar:
Nili Brosh and Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
percussion:
Sidney Hopson (percussionist)
synthesizer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
vocals:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
recording of:
Insects
lyricist and composer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
publisher:
Morte Pharmaceutical Music Co.
version of:
Insects
3:06

Credits

Release

art direction and graphic design:Berit Gwendolyn Gilma
miscellaneous support:Melisa McGregor (task: project producer)
Hirad Sab (task: additional 3D)
executive producer:Laura Engel (manager)
mastering:Joe LaPorta (NYC mastering engineer & drum’n’bass producer)
artwork:Sarah Sitkin
mastered at:Sterling Sound (New Jersey studio, operational since Apr 2018) in Edgewater, New Jersey, United States
purchase for download and stream for free:https://dannyelfman.bandcamp.com/album/big-mess [info]