Her end-credits track, “Just Like Fire,” is arguably the best thing to come out of the entire movie. It’s rebellious, stomping, and weird. The music video features P!nk shrinking, growing, and levitating through a courtroom. Lyrically, it fits Alice perfectly: “Just like fire, burning out the way / If I can light the world up for just one day.”
If you listen to the official soundtrack album (the score by Elfman), you get a masterclass in leitmotif and temporal tension. If you listen to the songs inspired by the film (various artists compilations), you get a mixed bag. alice through the looking glass soundtrack
While the original is iconic, the new version captures the exhaustion of the Hatter’s madness—it’s bright, but you can hear the cracks in the clockwork. Absolutely—with one caveat. Her end-credits track, “Just Like Fire,” is arguably
Because the plot revolves around the "Chronosphere" and the tyranny of Time himself (played by a brilliant Sacha Baron Cohen), Elfman introduces a relentless, rhythmic ticking to the orchestra. Tracks like “Looking Glass” and “Time” are anxiety personified—metronomes made of brass and strings. It’s Elfman at his most playful and mechanical. Lyrically, it fits Alice perfectly: “Just like fire,
When Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland hit theaters in 2010, it wasn’t just the visual vomit of color that stuck with us—it was the haunting, percussive score by Danny Elfman. So when the sequel, Alice Through the Looking Glass (directed by James Bobin), arrived in 2016, fans had one major question: Could the music possibly keep up with the madness?