 The Beetlejuice soundtrack , first released in 1988 on LP , CD and cassette tape , features most of the score ( written and arranged by Danny Elfman ) from the film . The soundtrack features two original recordings performed by Harry Belafonte used in the film : " The Banana Boat Song " and " Jump in the Line ( Shake , Senora ) " . Two other vintage Belafonte recordings that appeared in the film are absent from the soundtrack : " Man Smart , Woman Smarter " and " Sweetheart from Venezuela " . The soundtrack entered the Billboard 200 albums chart the week ending June 25 , 1988 at # 145 , peaking two weeks later at # 118 and spending a total of six weeks on the chart . This was after the film had already fallen out of the top 10 and before the video release later in October . " Day @-@ O " received a fair amount of airplay at the time in support of the soundtrack . 
