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