From the animated Tim Burton movie The Corpse Bride come a number of brilliant musical numbers, the one I'm putting forward is The Remains Of The Day, sung by the amazing Danny Elfman (Yes, the composer of the first two Spiderman movies) Here's a clip from Youtube containing the song and dance number,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B...ed&search=
Reamains Of The Day - The Corpse Bride
BONEJANGLES
Hey! Give me a listen you corpses of cheer
Least those of you who still got an ear
I'll tell you a story make a skeleton cry
Of our own jubiliciously lovely corpse bride
BONE BOYS
Die, die we all pass away
But don't wear a frown cuz it's really okay
And you might try 'n' hide
And you might try 'n' pray
But we all end up the remains of the day
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
BONEJANGLES
Well our girl is a beauty known for miles around
When a mysterious stranger came into town
He's plenty good lookin', but down on his cash
And our poor little baby, she fell hard and fast
When her daddy said no, she just couldn't cope
So our lovers came up with a plan to elope
BONE BOYS
Die, die we all pass away
But don't wear a frown cuz it's really okay
And you might try 'n' hide
And you might try 'n' pray
But we all end up the remains of the day
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
(instrumental)
BONEJANGLES
So they conjured up a plan to meet late at night
They told not a soul, kept the whole thing tight
Now her mother's wedding dress fit like a glove
You don't need much when you're really in love
Except for a few things, or so I'm told
Like the family jewels and a satchel of gold
Then next to the grave yard by the old oak tree
On a dark foggy night at a quarter to three
She was ready to go, but where was he?
BONE BOYS
And then?
BONEJANGLES
She waited
BONE BOYS
And then?
BONEJANGLES
There in the shadows, was it the man?
BONE BOYS
And then?
BONEJANGLES
Het little heart beat so loud!
BONEBOYS
And then?
BONEJANGLES
And then baby, everything went black
Now when she opened her eyes she was dead as dust
Her jewels were missin' and her heart was bust
So she made a vow lyin' under that tree
That she'd wait for her true love to come set her free
Always waiting for someone to ask for her hand
When out of the blue comes this groovy young man
Who vows forever to be by her side
And that's the story of our own corpse briiiiiiide!
BONE BOYS
Die, die we all pass away
But don't wear a frown cuz it's really okay
And you might try 'n' hide
And you might try 'n' pray
But we all end up the remains... of... the day!
This is one that could go a number of ways depending on where Doug hears it, under what circumstances, or perhaps even what mood his subconscious is in when he hears it. Now depending if Doug will have heard the song in context, I.E watched the movie somewhere on the walk (maybe with Sana? It is meant to be a kids film after all), I think it'll cause the best case scenario of giving him the ability to summon packs of 'Bone Boys', IE skeleton soldiers, able to re-assemble their bones into other forms, such as weapons or useful tools (I.E forming themselves into a sword, shield and armor set made of bones for him to use, or if he summons enough, forming a bridge of bones to cross giant gaps or make paths for others) as well as fight or provide very versatile backing dancers. These'd obviously be useful in a number of ways during battle, both for fighting, as decoys or just plain terrifying the enemy.
It could also end up transforming him into a skeleton form as well, with the ambidextrous reshaping and abilities of the ones in the movie, or possibly any number of useful Necromancy related abilities.
Now if he hears it outside the movie and thus is unable to acquaint it to the characters in the film, it could possibly,
Summon up a simulacra of the Corpse Bride, but since Doug won't have seen the film and known the really rather lovely Emily, the titular bride, it would probably summon a more graphic corpse bride, a decaying ghoulish monster in a wedding dress. While this could theoretically be useful if he could control it, it'd probably be a disaster. He might also get necromancy abilities this way as well, but again due to lack of context they'd probably be warped, evil versions, which I doubt he'd be willing to use (I.E desecrating corpses)
It could make him the 'Groovy Young Man' in the song, thus making him utterly irresistible to all female undead. Yikes.
Summon up a simulacra of the Groovy Young Man, thus giving him a decoy able to draw the attention of all undead nearby,
And there's probably quite a few ideas I'm missing. So people, any thoughts?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B...ed&search=
Reamains Of The Day - The Corpse Bride
BONEJANGLES
Hey! Give me a listen you corpses of cheer
Least those of you who still got an ear
I'll tell you a story make a skeleton cry
Of our own jubiliciously lovely corpse bride
BONE BOYS
Die, die we all pass away
But don't wear a frown cuz it's really okay
And you might try 'n' hide
And you might try 'n' pray
But we all end up the remains of the day
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
BONEJANGLES
Well our girl is a beauty known for miles around
When a mysterious stranger came into town
He's plenty good lookin', but down on his cash
And our poor little baby, she fell hard and fast
When her daddy said no, she just couldn't cope
So our lovers came up with a plan to elope
BONE BOYS
Die, die we all pass away
But don't wear a frown cuz it's really okay
And you might try 'n' hide
And you might try 'n' pray
But we all end up the remains of the day
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
(instrumental)
BONEJANGLES
So they conjured up a plan to meet late at night
They told not a soul, kept the whole thing tight
Now her mother's wedding dress fit like a glove
You don't need much when you're really in love
Except for a few things, or so I'm told
Like the family jewels and a satchel of gold
Then next to the grave yard by the old oak tree
On a dark foggy night at a quarter to three
She was ready to go, but where was he?
BONE BOYS
And then?
BONEJANGLES
She waited
BONE BOYS
And then?
BONEJANGLES
There in the shadows, was it the man?
BONE BOYS
And then?
BONEJANGLES
Het little heart beat so loud!
BONEBOYS
And then?
BONEJANGLES
And then baby, everything went black
Now when she opened her eyes she was dead as dust
Her jewels were missin' and her heart was bust
So she made a vow lyin' under that tree
That she'd wait for her true love to come set her free
Always waiting for someone to ask for her hand
When out of the blue comes this groovy young man
Who vows forever to be by her side
And that's the story of our own corpse briiiiiiide!
BONE BOYS
Die, die we all pass away
But don't wear a frown cuz it's really okay
And you might try 'n' hide
And you might try 'n' pray
But we all end up the remains... of... the day!
This is one that could go a number of ways depending on where Doug hears it, under what circumstances, or perhaps even what mood his subconscious is in when he hears it. Now depending if Doug will have heard the song in context, I.E watched the movie somewhere on the walk (maybe with Sana? It is meant to be a kids film after all), I think it'll cause the best case scenario of giving him the ability to summon packs of 'Bone Boys', IE skeleton soldiers, able to re-assemble their bones into other forms, such as weapons or useful tools (I.E forming themselves into a sword, shield and armor set made of bones for him to use, or if he summons enough, forming a bridge of bones to cross giant gaps or make paths for others) as well as fight or provide very versatile backing dancers. These'd obviously be useful in a number of ways during battle, both for fighting, as decoys or just plain terrifying the enemy.
It could also end up transforming him into a skeleton form as well, with the ambidextrous reshaping and abilities of the ones in the movie, or possibly any number of useful Necromancy related abilities.
Now if he hears it outside the movie and thus is unable to acquaint it to the characters in the film, it could possibly,
Summon up a simulacra of the Corpse Bride, but since Doug won't have seen the film and known the really rather lovely Emily, the titular bride, it would probably summon a more graphic corpse bride, a decaying ghoulish monster in a wedding dress. While this could theoretically be useful if he could control it, it'd probably be a disaster. He might also get necromancy abilities this way as well, but again due to lack of context they'd probably be warped, evil versions, which I doubt he'd be willing to use (I.E desecrating corpses)
It could make him the 'Groovy Young Man' in the song, thus making him utterly irresistible to all female undead. Yikes.
Summon up a simulacra of the Groovy Young Man, thus giving him a decoy able to draw the attention of all undead nearby,
And there's probably quite a few ideas I'm missing. So people, any thoughts?
