Nightmare Revisited

Nightmare Revisited is a cover album of songs from the 1993 film The Nightmare Before Christmas. It was released on September 30, 2008 by Walt Disney Records to commemorate the film's 15th anniversary of its release. In addition to the album's eighteen covers are two re-recordings by original composer Danny Elfman, of the "Opening" and "Closing" tracks. One song featured on the album, Marilyn Manson's "This Is Halloween", was previously released nearly two years earlier, on the reissue of The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack which, featuring five covers of songs from the film, acted as a precursor to Nightmare Revisited. The album also features the last song Korn recorded before entering their hiatus, their cover of "Kidnap the Sandy Claws". Enhanced content on the disc features the trailer of The Nightmare Before Christmas, as well.

American psychobilly band Tiger Army also provided a cover of "Oogie Boogie's Song", which was not featured on Nightmare Revisited, but did see release as a digital bonus track. Scott Murphy's cover of "Sally's Song" is also featured on Japanese pressings of the album.

Promotion
On September 27, 2008, three days before the release of Nightmare Revisited, the album was made available for streaming exclusively by Spin.com.

On September 22, 2008, Evanescence vocalist Amy Lee, who contributed a cover of "Sally's Song" for the album, announced that she would be performing her cover on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on October 13, 2008. Marilyn Manson similarly performed his cover of "This Is Halloween" (from the reissue of The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) on The Tonight Show on Halloween two years earlier (October 31, 2006).

Personnel
1. "Overture"


 * Produced by DeVotchKa
 * Mixed by Greg Macrae

2. "Opening"


 * Produced by Danny Elfman
 * Narration recorded and mixed by Noah Snyder

3. "This Is Halloween"


 * Produced and mixed by Marilyn Manson and Tim Skold

4. "Jack's Lament"


 * Vocals: Tyson Ritter
 * Everything else: Nick Wheeler
 * Produced by The All-American Rejects
 * Recorded by Nick Wheeler
 * Mixed by Brian Malouf at Cookie Jar Recordings, Studio City, California

5. "Doctor Finkelstein/In the Forest"


 * Produced, arranged, and recorded by Amiina
 * Mixed and mastered by Amiina and Birgir Jón Birgisson in Reykjavik, Iceland

6. "What's This?"


 * Lead vocals: Lacey Mosley
 * Drums: James Culpepper
 * Guitar: Sameer Bhattacharya
 * Guitar: Jared Hartmann
 * Bass guitar: Pat Seals
 * Produced by Mark Lewis and Flyleaf

7. "Town Meeting Song"


 * Produced by The Speakers
 * Mixed and engineered by John Congleton

8. "Jack and Sally Montage"


 * Violins: Wes Precourt
 * Viola: Yevgen Stupka
 * Cello: Waul Pianko
 * Bass: Vahan Karapetyan
 * Produced and arranged by Sasha Ivanov
 * Recorded and mixed by Sasha Ivanov at Xact Sound Productions

9. "Jack's Obsession"


 * Arranged, mixed and produced by Mark Linkous

10. "Kidnap the Sandy Claws"


 * Vocals: Jonathan Davis
 * Guitar: James Shaffer
 * Bass: Fieldy
 * Keyboards: Zac Baird
 * Drums: Ray Luzier
 * Produced by Korn, Zac Baird and Jim "Bud" Monti
 * Recorded and Mixed by Jim "Bud" Monti at KoЯn Studios, Hollywood, California

11. "Making Christmas"


 * Vocals, guitar: Tim McIlrath
 * Bass, vocals: Joe Principe
 * Drums, vocals: Brandon Barnes
 * Guitar, vocals: Zach Blair
 * Additional backing vocals: Emily Schambra, Jeff Pezzati, Bill Stevenson, Jason Livermore
 * Produced and engineered by Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore
 * Additional engineering by Andrew Berlin and Jason Allen
 * Mixed by Jason Livermore at the Blasting Room, Ft. Collins, Colorado
 * Recorded at Gravity Studios, Chicago, Illinois

12. "Nabbed"


 * Piano and synthesizer programming: Akira Inoue
 * Produced and arranged by Akira Inoue
 * Recorded and mixed by Takayoshi "Dr." Yamanouchi at Sound Inn Studios, Tokyo, Japan

13. "Oogie Boogie's Song"


 * Produced by John Leckie and Rodrigo y Gabriela
 * Recorded by John Leckie at Sound Factory B, Los Angeles, California
 * Mastered by Sean McGee at Abbey Road Studios, London, England

14. "Sally's Song"
 * Vocals, piano, harp: Amy Lee
 * Drums and programming: Will Hunt
 * Bass: Todd Cromwell
 * Additional keyboards: Chad Chapelin
 * Produced by Will Hunt
 * Engineered by Chad Chapelin at Spaceway Studios, Dallas, Texas
 * Mixed by Shane Wilson at Pentavarit Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
 * Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, New York City

15. "Christmas Eve Montage"
 * All instruments: R. Krohn
 * Produced by Rjd2 for R J Electrical Connections

16. "Poor Jack"
 * Produce by Mike Retando and Tom Higgenson
 * Engineered by Justin Wilk at Gravemaster Studios, Chicago, Illinois

17. "To the Rescue"
 * Produced by Datarock
 * Additional programming and production by Kato Adland and Erlend Fauske

18. "Finale/Reprise"
 * Produced and programmed by Chad Petree
 * Recorded and mixed at Dangerous Insects Studios, Shawnee, Oklahoma

19. "Closing"
 * Produced by Danny Elfman
 * Narration recorded and mixed by Noah Snyder

20. "End Title"
 * Arranged and performed by Jimmy LaValle
 * Violins: Matt Resovich
 * Recorded by Jimmy LaValle and Pall Jenkins
 * Produced by Jimmy LaValle


 * A&R: Dani Markman and Tom MacDougall
 * Executive producer: David Agnew


 * Business affairs: Jeff Lowy
 * Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering, Hollywood, California


 * Creative design: Steve Gerdes
 * Album design: Steve Sterling

Chart success
The Album was released on October 27, 2008 in the UK and failed to chart.