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