Sleepy Hollow

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Sleepy Hollow

Entry/Object ID

SS.2014.4

Description

Compact disc of "Sleepy Hollow" movie soundtrack for 1999 Tim Burton version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow in original case and packaging: front insert has image with large close-up headshots of male and female stars of film: Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci; Johnny Depp is wearing a period white cravat and brown jacket; The actors' necks gradually become transparent as they blend/morph into a night scene depicting a fog-covered forest lined with tombstones; a headless horseman gallops his horse through the cemetery while he raises an axe with his right arm; he and his horse are silhouetted against a large full moon which is in the background; "Sleepy Hollow" in red cursive letters is printed at immediately above the forest/cemetery scene; MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE and MUSIC COMPOSED BY DANNY ELFMAN are printed at the top and bottom respectively of the image. The back insert has the song titles and movie's credits transposed over a scene of a field containing haystacks and a scarecrow. A road winds next to this field, and, on it, is a male pedestrian in 18th-century clothing standing next to a stopped horse-drawn carriage with a bewigged man inside it.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Danny Elfman

Attribution

Composer

Manufacturer

Paramount Pictures

Date made

1999

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

SS.99.7
SS.1999.7

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

5 in

Width

5-5/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 5 x 5 5/8 in. (12.7 x 14.3 cm)

Material

Synthetic (plastic), Paper, ink

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

SS.99.7 - Compact disc - Identical SS.2018.15 a-e - Figurine - Related

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

This object was purchased in October 2014 to replace an identical object (SS.99.7) which was stolen from the Legend Behind the Legend exhibition at Sunnyside [Jessa J. Krick, 11/21/2014].

Note Type

General Note

Note

Object related to launch of the film Sleepy Hollow (1999, dir. Tim Burton).

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 17B