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