THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS Film With Orchestra

Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 7:30 pm

Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 2:30 pm

ALLEN-BRADLEY HALL

Nicholas Buc, conductor

Disney

Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” In Concert Live to Film

Featuring the Voice Talents of:

Chris Sarandon

Catherine O’Hara

Catherine O’Hara

Ken Page

William Hickey

Glenn Shadix

Paul Reubens

A BURTON/DI NOVI Production

Music, Lyrics & Score by DANNY ELFMAN

Based on a Story and Characters by TIM BURTON

Adaptation by MICHAEL MCDOWELL

Screenplay by CAROLINE THOMPSON

Produced by TIM BURTON and DENISE DI NOVI

Directed by HENRY SELICK

Soundtrack available on WALT DISNEY RECORDS

This film is rated “PG.” There will be one intermission.

Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts © All rights reserved.

Today’s performance lasts approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes, including a 20 minute intermission. The performance is a presentation of the complete film Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas with a live performance of the film’s entire score. Out of respect for the musicians and your fellow audience members, please remain seated until the conclusion of the end credits.

Film Concert Production Credits

President, Disney Music Group

Ken Bunt

SVP/GM, Disney Concerts

Chip McLean

VP, Disney Concerts

Gina Lorscheider

Business Affairs, Disney Concerts

Darryl Franklin

Phil Woods

Elena Contreras

Addison Granillo

Operations, Disney Concerts

Brannon Fells

Royd Haston

Marketing & Publicity, Disney Concerts

Maria Kleinman

Lisa Linares

Lisa Linares

Technical Supervision

Epilogue Media

Music Preparation

Booker T. White Productions

For Bookings Inquiries: TeamWass.com

Emily Yoon

Erika Noguchi

Guest Artist Biographies

NICHOLAS BUC

Nicholas Buc is an Award-winning composer, conductor, and arranger with over 20 years of experience in the music industry. He has composed music for film, television, and the concert hall, with some of his work being screened at festivals and theaters around Australia, Asia, and the United States. As the recipient of the prestigious Brian May Scholarship, he completed a master’s degree in scoring for film and multimedia at New York University, receiving the Elmer Bernstein Award for Film Scoring.

He recently completed work on the new Australian feature film Slant, starring Sigrid Thornton and Pia Miranda, which won Best Australian Feature at Monster Fest 2022. He also scored the Ukrainian documentary Slava, which won Best Short Film at Byron All Shorts Flickerfest 2023.

He has worked with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, Chris Botti, Amanda Palmer, Ben Folds, and Australian pop sensation Tina Arena. He has written arrangements for Birds of Tokyo, Missy Higgins, and Vera Blue as well as working on MasterChef Junior, The Voice Australia, and the 2021 AFL Grand Final.

Buc is highly sought after as a conductor for live film concerts, having conducted the world premieres of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Lion King (2019), Beauty and the Beast (2017), Shrek 2, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.

He is also the only person in the world to have conducted all three original Star Wars films in concert…in one day!