Oogie Boogie’s Song

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"Oogie Boogie’s Song" is a jazzy, villainous musical number from Tim Burton’s film *The Nightmare Before Christmas*, performed by the character Oogie Boogie as he menacingly taunts Santa Claus.

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Oogie Boogie’s Song canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film song
musical number
song
villain song
basedOnCharacter Oogie Boogie
characterPerformedBy Oogie Boogie
composer Danny Elfman
countryOfOrigin United States
distributorOfFilm Walt Disney Pictures
featuresCharacter Oogie Boogie
Santa Claus
fictionalEventDepicted Oogie Boogie torturing Santa Claus
fictionalUniverse The Nightmare Before Christmas universe
filmAppearance The Nightmare Before Christmas
filmDirector Henry Selick
filmProducer Denise Di Novi
Tim Burton
filmScreenwriter Caroline Thompson
filmStoryBy Tim Burton
genre jazz
swing
hasInstrumentation brass section
percussion
woodwinds
hasMood menacing
playful
hasMusicalStyle big band
cabaret
includedInAlbum The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
language English
lyricist Danny Elfman
medium animated film
narrativeRole taunts Santa Claus
notableFor Oogie Boogie’s introduction as primary villain
jazzy villain performance
partOf The Nightmare Before Christmas (film)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (soundtrack)
performer Ken Page
productionCompanyOfFilm Skellington Productions
Touchstone Pictures
ratingContext part of a PG-rated film
releaseYear 1993
targetAudience general audience
tempo up-tempo
thematicElement gambling imagery
threat and menace

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oogie Boogie singsSong Oogie Boogie’s Song
Oogie Boogie featuredIn Oogie Boogie’s Song
Oogie Boogie notableSong Oogie Boogie’s Song
subject linked to: Oogie Boogie – Ken Page
Ken Page performedSong Oogie Boogie’s Song
subject linked to: Oogie Boogie – Ken Page