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
Notorious
Summer School
Big Top Pee-wee
Dolittle
The Simpsons Movie
Spider-Man
A Civil Action
Men in Black II
Hulk
Real Steel
The Simpsons
Sleepy Hollow
The Next Three Days
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Tulip Fever
Mars Attacks!
Men in Black
Spy Kids
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Batman: The Animated Series
Scrooged
Oz the Great and Powerful
Good Will Hunting
Milk
Heartbreakers
Before I Wake
Amazing Stories
Planet of the Apes
Vengadores Chiflados: La Era de Pultrón
Midnight Run
Corpse Bride
Batman Returns
Fifty Shades Darker
Men in Black: International
White Noise
Psycho
The Girl on the Train
Tales from the Crypt
Big Fish
The Frighteners
Charlotte's Web
Chicago
To Die For
9
Dark Shadows
Frankenweenie
American Hustle
The Circle
Justice League
Fifty Shades Freed
Meet the Robinsons
Mission: Impossible
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Hot to Trot
Fifty Shades of Grey
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Wanted
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers
Alice in Wonderland
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Wednesday
Modern Vampires
Spider-Man 2
Beetlejuice
Nacho Libre
Edward Scissorhands
Terminator Salvation
Goosebumps
Flubber
Silver Linings Playbook
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Dumbo
Perversions of Science
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Red Dragon
The Grinch
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Men in Black 3
The Woman in the Window
Novocaine
The Flash
The Kingdom
Epic
A Simple Plan
Batman
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
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