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Mark Mancini and Mental_Floss<\/a> present 12 Lively Facts About Corpse Bride<\/a>. Here are three of my favorites…<\/p>\n 4. THE CHARACTER DESIGNS WERE ADAPTED FROM TIM BURTON\u2019S ROUGH SKETCHES.<\/strong><\/p>\n In 2003, Burton approached Spanish artist Carlos Grangel with a copy of the Corpse Bride script and some illustrations of the main characters that the director himself had drawn. \u201cHere are my sketches,\u201d Burton told Grangel. \u201cI want you to push them and explore every character.\u201d The final designs Grangel came up with did not depart significantly from Burton\u2019s original drawings.<\/p>\n By the way, you might have noticed that Victor\u2014Corpse Bride\u2019s protagonist\u2014looks an awful lot like the actor who voiced him: Johnny Depp. Burton swears this was coincidental. Speaking at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2005, the director said that the characters were all designed \u201clong before\u201d any of the voice actors were cast. In Burton\u2019s words, when Depp signed on, \u201cWe felt like it was such good karma because [Victor] did resemble Johnny.\u201d<\/p>\n 9. THERE’S A NOD TO RAY HARRYHAUSEN.<\/strong><\/p>\n Arguably the patron saint of stop motion animation, Ray Harryhausen used the art form to breathe life into all manner of movie monsters. From 1959 to 1981, his rampaging dinosaurs, hissing hydras, and sword-fighting skeletons invaded cinemas all over the world. He also inspired an entire generation of artists and filmmakers\u2014including Burton, who credits Harryhausen with kindling his lifelong passion for stop motion. At one point, the world-famous animator paid a visit to the set of Corpse Bride, where he received a hero\u2019s welcome. \u201cThe day he came by, production sort of ground to a halt,\u201d Johnson recalled. \u201cEveryone had a chance to talk to him. It was amazing for all the animators.\u201d The crew gave their idol an on-screen shout-out in the film; when Victor plays some light piano music right before he first meets Victoria, you can see Harryhausen\u2019s last name engraved upon the instrument.<\/p>\n 10. DANNY ELFMAN WAS ASKED TO PLAY BONEJANGLES AFTER NOBODY POPPED OUT AT THE AUDITIONS.<\/strong><\/p>\n Without question, the jazziest song in Corpse Bride is an exposition number called \u201cRemains of the Day.\u201d Singing the ballad is Bonejangles, a one-eyed, big-jawed skeleton with a flair for the theatrical. As Elfman was writing the tune, he did so under the assumption that the character would have a rich, raspy voice. \u201cWe auditioned 25, 26, [or] 27 people at least,\u201d Elfman said in the promotional video above, \u201cand I recorded three different singers.\u201d In the end, none of them sounded satisfactory to the creative team. Burton therefore gave the role of Bonejangles to Elfman himself. Because the character needed a gravelly voice, this job took a toll on the musician\u2019s vocal cords. \u201cEvery time I did Bonejangles, I was hoarse for the rest of the day … it was really brutal,\u201d Elfman recalled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mark Mancini and Mental_Floss present 12 Lively Facts About Corpse Bride. Here are three of my favorites… 4. 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