Elfman worked with Burton on all but two of Burton 's movies . Elfman immediately developed a rapport with Burton and has gone on to score all but two of Burton 's major studio releases : Ed Wood , scored by Howard Shore , which was under production while Elfman and Burton were having a fight , and Sweeney Todd , an adaptation of the 1979 Stephen Sondheim Broadway musical . He also , more recently , accompanied Tim Burton in the composition of music for `` Almost Alice '' , the soundtrack for Alice in Wonderland .