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
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Spider-Man
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Meet the Robinsons
Fifty Shades of Grey
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Red Dragon
Dolittle
Batman
Wednesday
Epic
Mission: Impossible
Batman Returns
Alice in Wonderland
The Circle
The Kingdom
Notorious
Summer School
Mars Attacks!
Big Top Pee-wee
The Woman in the Window
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Perversions of Science
The Simpsons
Tulip Fever
The Grinch
Frankenweenie
Fifty Shades Darker
Edward Scissorhands
Big Fish
Nacho Libre
Midnight Run
Modern Vampires
A Civil Action
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Before I Wake
Wanted
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Fifty Shades Freed
Dark Shadows
Heartbreakers
Milk
Justice League
Charlotte's Web
Spider-Man 2
Silver Linings Playbook
Dumbo
A Simple Plan
Scrooged
Terminator Salvation
Planet of the Apes
The Frighteners
Psycho
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
White Noise
Novocaine
Good Will Hunting
Real Steel
The Simpsons Movie
Men in Black
Men in Black: International
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Men in Black 3
The Girl on the Train
Men in Black II
Corpse Bride
American Hustle
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Flubber
Beetlejuice
Spy Kids
Sleepy Hollow
Goosebumps
Tales from the Crypt
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers
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Hulk
Oz the Great and Powerful
The Flash
The Next Three Days
The Family Man
Chicago
To Die For
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Batman: The Animated Series
Amazing Stories
Hot to Trot
Vengadores Chiflados: La Era de Pultrón
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