The Finale is the final song of the movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas. It is sung by Jack Skellington as he realizes that he is the Pumpkin King and that he must return to Halloween Town in order to help the citizens fix Christmas. Later, Santa thanks Jack for helping him save Christmas by bringing snow to Halloween Town. Jack and Sally sing together under the moonlight in the final scene as they lovingly embrace and kiss.
Written by Danny Elfman (1993)
Cyclops: Jack! Corpse Father: Jack’s back! Undersea Gal: Jack? Winged Demon: Jack’s okay! Offscreen Voice: He’s all right!
Chorus: Jack’s okay, and he’s back! Oh, yay!
(with Corpse Kid) He’s all right!
(with the Mayor) Let’s shout, make a fuss Scream it out, wheee!
Jack is back now, everyone sing In our town of Halloween…
(“What’s This?” verse)
Corpse Kid: What’s this?
Cyclops: What’s this?
Harlequin Demon: I haven’t got a clue…
Mr. Hyde: What’s this?
Clown with the Tear-Away Face: Why, it’s completely new!
Offscreen Voice: What’s this?
Wolfman: Must be a Christmas thing…
Offscreen Voice: What’s this?
Mayor: It’s really very strange…
Chorus: This is Halloween Halloween, Halloween, Halloween
What’s this, what’s this? (verse repeated three more times)
(instrumental verse)
(“We’re Simply Meant to Be” verse)
Jack: My dearest friend, if you don’t mind I’d like to join you by your side Where we can gaze into the stars
(with Sally)
And sit together now and forever For it is plain as anyone can see We’re simply meant to be
Jack Skellington the Pumpkin King prepares the citizens of Halloween Town for Christmas in this fun diddy from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Written by Danny Elfman (1993)
This time, this time Making Christmas Making Christmas Making Christmas, making Christmas is so fine
It’s our this time and won’t the children Be surprised? It’s ours this time Making Christmas Making Christmas
Time to give them something fun They’ll talk about fir yeas to come Let’s have a cheer from everyone It’s time to party
Making Christmas, making Christmas Snakes and spiders get wrapped up So nice with spider legs and pretty bows It’s ours this time
All together, that and this With all our tricks we’re Making Christmas Here comes Jack
I don’t believe what’s happening to me My hopes, my dreams, my fantasies Hee hee hee
Won’t they be impressed? I am a genius See how I transformed this old rat Into a most delightful hat?
Hmm, my compliments from me to you On your most intriguing hat Consider though this substitute A bat in the place of this old rat
Huh, no, no, no, now that’s all wrong This thing will never make a present It’s been dead for much too long Try something fresher, something pleasant Try again, don’t give up
All together, this and that With all our tricks We’re making Christmastime
This time this time Making Christmas, making Christmas La la la It’s almost here
And we can’t wait ‘Cause when the full moon starts to climb We’ll all sing out, it’s Christmas time Hee hee hee
Come, one and all, and bear witness to the fantastic freakishness of the creepy crypt creators Tim Burton and Marilyn Manson as stop-motion animation meets shock rock.
The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy 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 becomes obsessed with celebrating the holiday. Danny Elfman wrote the songs and score, and provided the singing voice of Jack.
The Nightmare Before Christmas originated in a poem written by Burton in 1982 while he was working as an animator at Walt Disney Productions. With the success of Vincent in the same year, Burton began to consider developing The Nightmare Before Christmas as either a short film or 30-minute television special to no avail. Over the years, Burton’s thoughts regularly returned to the project and in 1990, he made a development deal with Walt Disney Studios. Production started in July 1991 in San Francisco; Disney released the film through Touchstone Pictures because the studio believed the film would be “too dark and scary for kids”.
Written by Danny Elfman (1993)
Boys and girls of every age Wouldn’t you like to see something strange? Come with us and you will see This, our town of Halloween
This is Halloween, this is Halloween Pumpkins scream in the dead of night This is Halloween, everybody make a scene Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright It’s our town, everybody scream In this town of Halloween
I am the one hiding under your bed Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red I am the one hiding under yours stairs Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair
This is Halloween, this is Halloween Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
In this town we call home Everyone hail to the pumpkin song In this town, don’t we love it now? Everybody’s waiting for the next surprise
Round that corner, man hiding in the trash can Something’s waiting no to pounce, and how you’ll… Scream! This is Halloween Red ‘n’ black, slimy green Aren’t you scared?
Well, that’s just fine Say it once, say it twice Take a chance and roll the dice Ride with the moon in the dead of night Everybody scream, everybody scream
In our town of Halloween! I am the clown with the tear-away face Here in a flash and gone without a trace I am the “who” when you call, “who’s there?” I am the wind blowing through your hair I am the shadow on the moon at night Filling your dreams to the brim with fright This is Halloween, this is Halloween Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Tender lumplings everywhere Life’s no fun without a good scare That’s our job, but we’re not mean In our town of Halloween In this town Don’t we love it now? Everybody is waiting for the next surprise Skeleton jack might catch you in the back And scream like a banshee Make you jump out of your skin This is Halloween, everybody scream Wont’ ya, please, make way for a very special guy Our man, Jack, is king of the pumpkin patch Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King now This is Halloween, this is Halloween Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! In this town we call home Everyone hail to the pumpkin song La, lala la, lala la La la la, lala la, lala la La la la, lala la, lala la La la la, lala la la la Heir
