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LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER: Danny Elfman's Music From The Films Of Tim Burton

Lincoln Center Festival presents "Danny Elfman's Music From The Films Of Tim Burton" at Avery Fisher Hall on July 6, 2015. Conducted by John Mauceri with special guests, Danny Elfman, Sandy Cameron- violinist, Ingrid Michaelson and John-Dominick Mignard and Leif Christian Pedersen, boy sopranos.
Courtesy of Stephanie Berger
Lincoln Center Festival presents "Danny Elfman's Music From The Films Of Tim Burton" at Avery Fisher Hall on July 6, 2015. Conducted by John Mauceri with special guests, Danny Elfman, Sandy Cameron- violinist, Ingrid Michaelson and John-Dominick Mignard and Leif Christian Pedersen, boy sopranos.

Airs Friday, October 30, 2015 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Composer and performer Danny Elfman descends on Lincoln Center with a symphony orchestra and choir, led by conductor John Mauceri, as well as a colorful assortment of Tim Burton fans.

Lincoln Center Festival presents "Danny Elfman's Music From The Films Of Tim Burton" at Avery Fisher Hall on July 6, 2015. Conducted by John Mauceri with special guests, Danny Elfman, Sandy Cameron- violinist, Ingrid Michaelson and John-Dominick Mignard and Leif Christian Pedersen, boy sopranos.
Courtesy of Stephanie Berger
Lincoln Center Festival presents "Danny Elfman's Music From The Films Of Tim Burton" at Avery Fisher Hall on July 6, 2015. Conducted by John Mauceri with special guests, Danny Elfman, Sandy Cameron- violinist, Ingrid Michaelson and John-Dominick Mignard and Leif Christian Pedersen, boy sopranos.

This unique episode arrives just in time for Halloween and captures all the excitement of this cultural invasion, climaxing in wildly entertaining performances of Elfman’s most beloved scores from films in collaboration with Tim Burton such as “Batman,” “Beetlejuice,” “Edward Scissorhands” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” which features Danny Elfman singing his iconic songs.

Accompanying the music are film clips from select movies as well as original sketches and storyboards created by Tim Burton. This episode is directed for television by Andrew C. Wilk.

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Attendees /fans. Lincoln Center Festival presents "Danny Elfman's Music From The Films Of Tim Burton" at Avery Fisher Hall on July 6, 2015.
Courtesy of Stephanie Berger
Attendees /fans. Lincoln Center Festival presents "Danny Elfman's Music From The Films Of Tim Burton" at Avery Fisher Hall on July 6, 2015.

LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER "Danny Elfman's Music From The Films Of Tim Burton"​ was produced by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and was presented by WNET. It is featured in the 2015 PBS Arts Fall Festival.

Danny Elfman and Ingrid Michaelson. Lincoln Center Festival presents "Danny Elfman's Music From The Films Of Tim Burton" at Avery Fisher Hall on July 6, 2015.
Courtesy of Stephanie Berger
Danny Elfman and Ingrid Michaelson. Lincoln Center Festival presents "Danny Elfman's Music From The Films Of Tim Burton" at Avery Fisher Hall on July 6, 2015.

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LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER is a cornerstone of performing arts broadcasting, presenting the world’s greatest artists and performances in music, dance and theater from Lincoln Center’s renowned stages. Now in its 41st season on PBS, the pioneering series—produced by Lincoln Center—has been seen by hundreds of millions of viewers since its debut and celebrated by 13 Emmy Awards and other honors for its broadcasting excellence.