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