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