Danny Elfman composed the musical score for Alice in Wonderland, after regularly scoring for Burton's films.[87] Elfman did not want to use period music and instead blended orchestral, classical and pop music, to highlight the internal score, and had used symphony orchestration for the visual style of Burton, incorporating the same methods by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Max Steiner, Franz Waxman and Bernard Hermann.[88] The score album was released by Walt Disney Records on March 2, 2010,[89] and debuted at number 89 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart.[90]
A concept album titled Almost Alice is a collection of various artists' music inspired by the film.[89][91][92] It was released by Walt Disney under the Buena Vista Records imprint, the same day as the score album's release.[89] The lead single, "Alice" by Avril Lavigne, premiered on January 27, 2010, on Ryan Seacrest's radio program. Other singles include "Follow Me Down" by 3OH!3, "Her Name Is Alice" by Shinedown, and "Tea Party" by Kerli.[93]
