Has anyone who worked on the movie commented on the closing epilogue on the soundtrack? I have searched everywhere for any kind of interview or article where someone may have talked about it such as what it was supposed to be or why they removed it, but I cannot find anything. It’s extremely odd to me that they added it to the soundtrack yet nobody who worked on the movie has ever talked about it. Do you know if any of the movie makers have ever commented on it?
NO BECAUSE THIS ALWAYS FRUSTRATED ME...
When I started on my TNBC fixation years ago, I searched long and hard trying to find any behind-the-scenes commentary about the Closing/Epilogue. And much like you, I’ve *never* been able to find anything, even to this day. I have no idea why it’s never been talked about - it’s always in those “fun fact” articles and videos about Nightmare, so you’d think the crew would talk about it after these 25+ years.
I have little knowledge on the Closing’s background. What I know is that Danny Elfman wrote it, it existed in Caroline Thompson’s First Draft dated back in 1991, and that Patrick Stewart narrated it in the Soundtrack(I believe?). I don’t have an exact answer as to why it was removed/unused, what Jack and Sally’s 4 or 5 skeleton children looked like(or why they say ‘4 or 5′ to begin with), and why it was ever written in the first place.
If I were to ask the crew any one question about TNBC, I’ve always wanted it to be about the Epilogue. I particularly want to know Danny Elfman’s reasons for writing it and what happened with it, or if Caroline Thompson was involved or inspired the material at all. If there’s any concept art or storyboards out there of this scene -- if Danny, Caroline, or even Henry Selick/Tim Burton can imagine what Jack and Sally’s children look like.
I’m shocked it’s never occurred to anyone to ask them about these things. It pretty much just feels like a hidden trivia about TNBC at this point, that you can find in the Soundtrack. I hope someday we’ll be able to find further information about it out there, somewhere.