Danny Elfman – Beetlejuice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

The Beetlejuice soundtrack, first released in 1988, features most of the score (written and arranged by Danny Elfman) from the film. The soundtrack also features two songs which appeared in the film, performed by Harry Belafonte: "Day-O" and "Jump in Line (Shake, Shake Senora)."

The soundtrack entered the Billboard 200 albums chart for the week ending June 25, 1988 at #145, peaking two weeks later at #118 and spending a total of six weeks on the chart. "Day-O" received a fair amount of airplay at the time in support of the soundtrack.

Beetlejuice is a 1988 American comedy fantasy film directed by Tim Burton, produced by The Geffen Film Company and distributed by Warner Bros. The plot revolves around a recently deceased young couple (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) who become ghosts haunting their former home, and an obnoxious, devious ghost named Betelgeuse (pronounced Beetlejuice, portrayed by Michael Keaton) from the Netherworld who tries to scare away the new inhabitants (Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones, and Winona Ryder) permanently.

Review

"Danny Elfman provides one of his most quintessentially Elfman-esque scores for one of Tim Burton's most quintessentially Burton-esque movies, Beetlejuice. The film's dark yet sardonically funny "Main Titles" is among Elfman's all-time best moments, bustling along with a dark joie de vivre (or is it joie de morte?) that defines the spooky fun of both this movie, and his collaboration with Burton...A perfect mix of silliness and spookiness, Beetlejuice remains one of Elfman's most consistent scores." -Heather Phares, allmusic.com