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