Danny Elfman is Making Chaos with His Album “Big Mess”

The full-length album was released by the prolific film and television composer Danny Elfman. Titled  “Big Mess,” the album is one that will resonate with many crowds.

Big Mess is dense and discordant and wilfully ugly at times, but also a richly original and impressively ambitious musical response to a nightmarish pandemic.

The agitated, anxious emotions that explode over Big Mess create a difficult, even grating 73 minutes, which is clearly what Elfman was aiming for. It’s a bumpy, challenging, often exhilarating, sometimes scary experience. Strap in and hang on.