Just as much as I am a fan of Tim Burton's films, I am equally enthusiastic about his longtime partner in crime. No I don't mean Johnny Depp, but Danny Elfman, the composer for almost all of Burton's ...

“Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride” doesn’t really need the first two words in its title. After all, who else’s corpse bride might this be confused with? “Garry Marshall’s Corpse Bride”? “Chris Columbus’ ”?

I say this because at the screening of Corpse Bride I attended, the children in the audience seemed delighted by the ghoulish proceedings much more than I was. But what do you expect? Death is far ...