Danny Elfman
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Daniel Elfman is a composer. Elfman is famous for creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the Batman theme, and his role as Jack Skellington's singing voice in The Nightmare Before Christmas. He is a frequent collaborator with long-time friend Tim Burton and has scored most of his films. He also sang for the character Bonejangles in the movie Corpse Bride. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards and won a Grammy Award for Tim Burton's Batman and an Emmy Award for his Desperate Housewives theme. Elfman was honored with the prestigious Richard Kirk award at the 2002 BMI Film and TV Awards. Earlier in his career, Elfman lead the rock band Oingo Boingo as singer/songwriter from 1976 until its breakup in 1995.
Overview
Daniel Elfman is a composer. Elfman is famous for creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the Batman theme, and his role as Jack Skellington's singing voice in The Nightmare Before Christmas. He is a frequent collaborator with long-time friend Tim Burton and has scored most of his films. He also sang for the character Bonejangles in the movie Corpse Bride. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards and won a Grammy Award for Tim Burton's Batman and an Emmy Award for his Desperate Housewives theme. Elfman was honored with the prestigious Richard Kirk award at the 2002 BMI Film and TV Awards. Earlier in his career, Elfman lead the rock band Oingo Boingo as singer/songwriter from 1976 until its breakup in 1995.
Known For
Production Credits
The Family Man
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Wednesday
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Spider-Man 2
Midnight Run
Big Top Pee-wee
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Men in Black: International
Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers
Batman
Oz the Great and Powerful
Corpse Bride
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Wanted
Men in Black
Men in Black 3
Planet of the Apes
Alice in Wonderland
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
9
Tales from the Crypt
Amazing Stories
Mars Attacks!
The Grinch
65
Fifty Shades of Grey
Dumbo
The Frighteners
The Simpsons
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Fifty Shades Freed
Batman Returns
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Modern Vampires
Batman: The Animated Series
A Simple Plan
Men in Black II
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Hulk
Dracula
Heartbreakers
Perversions of Science
Beetlejuice
A Civil Action
Nacho Libre
White Noise
Flubber
Edward Scissorhands
The Next Three Days
Terminator Salvation
Epic
Silver Linings Playbook
Spider-Man
Summer School
Red Dragon
The Woman in the Window
Goosebumps
Justice League
Dark Shadows
The Circle
Milk
Real Steel
Vengadores Chiflados: La Era de Pultrón
The Kingdom
Big Eyes
Meet the Robinsons
Before I Wake
To Die For
Notorious
Psycho
Novocaine
The Flash
Scrooged
Charlotte's Web
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Spy Kids
Fifty Shades Darker
Big Fish
Good Will Hunting
Frankenweenie
Mission: Impossible
Sleepy Hollow
Chicago
Tulip Fever
Hot to Trot
The Girl on the Train
American Hustle
The Simpsons Movie
Dolittle
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