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The Halloween Town Band is a group from the Nightmare Before Christmas which appear in the seasonal Haunted Mansion Holiday overlay in Disneyland and Haunted Mansion Holiday Nightmare overlay in Tokyo Disneyland.
Description[]
Members[]
- The withered Saxophone Player who uses a metal sax which resembles a wailing serpent.
- An Accordion Player who uses an accordion made from a large dead fish.
- The stitched-together Bass Player who uses a coffin-shaped bass with a corpse inside
- A head resembling that of Danny Elfman, inside the bass to guide the band.
Origins[]
The town band originates from the film the Nightmare Before Christmas where they are resident music-playing residents of Halloween Town. They assist Jack Skellington in his takeover of Christmas, namely by playing out of tune Christmas music for his esplanades.
Appearances[]
Haunted Mansion Holiday[]
In Haunted Mansion Holiday, the band players can be seen outside of the window within the portrait corridor. Later on in the attraction, their likenesses can be seen on tarot cards of Madame Leota's in the séance circle. They are seen on the card representing the Three Lifelines line of the 13 Days of Christmas poem Leota recites. On the card, the three players are shown holding out their palms to represent the three lifelines.
Haunted Mansion Holiday Nightmare[]
The players do not make their physical window design in Haunted Mansion Holiday Nightmare, but do make an additional portrait appearance in Haunted Mansion Holiday Nightmare. In this attraction, they are seen in a portrait within the Sinister 11 portrait corridor. The portrait here occupies the space traditionally reserved for the Arsonist.