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