The Nightmare Before Christmas
by Danny Elfman
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Danny Elfman bestography
The Nightmare Before Christmas is ranked 2nd best out of 16 albums by Danny Elfman on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Danny Elfman is Edward Scissorhands (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) which is ranked number 6811 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 193.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Nightmare Before Christmas track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Nightmare Before Christmas rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  seb7 | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1990s | 35/99 | 13 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 60 Music Albums of 1993 | 40/60 | 2 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 55 Music Albums of 1993 | 18/55 | 3 |
| 2025 | seb7 | Top 23 Music Albums of 1993 | 11/23 | 3 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 28/100 | 4 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | best ever show tunes | 9/57 | - |
| 2024 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 47/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | Jamie | Top 24 Music Albums of 1993 | 9/24 | 3 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | best ever movie soundtracks | 53/100 | - |
| 2023 |  Igtonumama | Favourite Musicals | 64/97 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 26 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 115 | |||
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The Nightmare Before Christmas ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/10/2026 22:37 | culwin | 1,602 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2024 08:06 | TonySayers61 | 25,808 | 64/100 |
| ! | 01/26/2024 03:07 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas forum mentions
chisholm.matt 01/21/2022 13:43 in What album are you listening to right now?
RoundTheBend 09/28/2017 04:16 in Fav X-mas Albums....
ShaneSpear 07/16/2014 03:38 in Best Ever Soundtrack NominationsThe Nightmare Before Christmas comments
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Best Tracks: This Is Halloween, What's This?, Sally's Song
RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/24/2017 00:03 | #199988
EVERY HALLOWEEN - must listen/watch.
VictorVale 08/11/2019 11:22 | #241057
Grande álbum, bem eficiente.
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