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Elfman and his band provided songs for Oingo Boingo, new material from his 2021 album "Big Mess" and an anthology from feature films such as "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "Batman" and "Edward Scissorhands".

 Danny Elfman performs on an outdoor stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 16, 2022 (Photo by Jennifer Capuccio Maher, contributing photographer)

Danny Elfman had an amazing performance on his first stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Saturday night.

"This is the first time I've been on my own in 27 years," producer, songwriter, and former lead singer of Oingo Boingo told the audience. "Thank you for getting me out of all that's called...I forgot," he said humbly at the end of the set. "Thank you... I loved this place."

Elfman and his band which includes drummer Josh Friese (The Vandals, Sting), guitarist Stu Brooks (Dub Trio), Nili Brosh and Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit) on guitars, plus a full orchestra and chorus led by former Oingo Boingo guitarist and arranger Steve Bartik. He launched several Elfman projects during the band's hour. The performance included some songs from Oingo Boingo, a selection of memorable Elfman films, and new music from his 2021 industrial and goth double album, "Big Mess".

 

He came out fast and strong with one of his last singles, "Sorry." It's an amazing cut, but Elfman led the stage and released poison so loud that he's talked candid about it, creating his first solo album in over two decades. Other new performances, such as "Kick Me", "True", "Love in the Time of COVID" and "Happy", were performed with the same passion and given an even greater dimension thanks to the orchestra and chorus.

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The group has also performed updated versions of Oingo Boingo songs such as "Insects" revived by Elfman in "Big Mess" and "Who Do You Want To Be" which have been reworked to include exacting excavations from the Kardashians, Justin Bieber and Kanye West. Elfman continued with "Nothing to Fear (But Fear Yourself)", "Just Another Day", "Only a Lad" and "Madness" and Bartik joined the band on guitar on Boingo's song "Dead Man's Party". The occasion has been marked by Elfman's song Oingo Boingo since his beloved band folded in 1995.

Elfman said before voice cast by Jack Skellington for "Jack's Lament," "This Is Halloween," and "What That?" Excerpted from "The Nightmare Before Christmas". While performing the songs, Elfman wore a black and white striped jacket and scenes from the movie were shown on the giant screen behind him. Although she's now had this a dozen times as part of her live events around the world, including last year's Halloween with the help of Billie Eilish and "Stringer Al" Yankovic at the Bank of California Stadium in Los Angeles, she's had more energy. in Coachella.

 

Film composer Hans Zimmer laid the groundwork for country artists to perform live at Coachella, taking over the same outdoor theater in 2017 and performing music from the films "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The Lion King."

However, Elfman and the company had better visuals, using screens on the sides of the stage so those in the back could catch glimpses of the action as performers filmed Pee's "Spider-Man Main Title" and "Breakfast Machine." -Wee Big Adventure . . Great response from the "Batman Theme" from the audience, as did Edward Scissorhands' "Ice Dance". And an animated mushroom associated with the "Alice theme" from "Alice in Wonderland" definitely fits the scene from Coachella.