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Mr. Elfman is not one of my favorite score composers. A lot of his music tends to have the same "oompa-oompa" march feel. He is definitely good at what he does, though: making creepy music for creepy movies in which Tim Burton is usually involved. This theme is perfect for the movie it accompanies. It captures that zany, crazy, unknown, possibly scary, mostly ridiculous concept that is Beetlejuice. A different arrangement that fit the more animated, younger-audience feel of the animated series that followed the film was used for the show's theme song.
The movie also spawned ideas for a sequel: Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian, which I'm personally glad was never made. Kevin Smith was approached at one point to write a script, but he decline, his sentiment being very similar to what mine would have been: "Didn't we say all we really needed to say with the first Bettlejuice? Must we go tropical?" He instead went to work on Superman Lives, another movie that never saw the screen.
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