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