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
Wednesday
Wanted
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Spider-Man
Silver Linings Playbook
Midnight Run
Edward Scissorhands
Meet the Robinsons
Dark Shadows
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
White Noise
The Simpsons Movie
Epic
Summer School
The Frighteners
Hot to Trot
Beetlejuice
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Mars Attacks!
Justice League
Amazing Stories
Before I Wake
Goosebumps
Alice in Wonderland
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Hulk
The Woman in the Window
The Simpsons
Batman Returns
The Grinch
The Family Man
Psycho
Men in Black 3
Scrooged
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Notorious
Tulip Fever
Nacho Libre
Big Top Pee-wee
Men in Black II
Vengadores Chiflados: La Era de Pultrón
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Flubber
Big Fish
Batman: The Animated Series
Modern Vampires
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Milk
Dracula
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
To Die For
Dolittle
Real Steel
The Flash
Dumbo
Big Eyes
The Circle
Tales from the Crypt
Fifty Shades Darker
Spider-Man 2
Red Dragon
A Civil Action
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Mission: Impossible
The Next Three Days
Oz the Great and Powerful
The Kingdom
9
Terminator Salvation
Fifty Shades Freed
Frankenweenie
Charlotte's Web
Men in Black
Batman
Planet of the Apes
Novocaine
Corpse Bride
A Simple Plan
Sleepy Hollow
The Girl on the Train
Perversions of Science
Spy Kids
Good Will Hunting
Fifty Shades of Grey
American Hustle
Men in Black: International
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
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Chicago
Heartbreakers
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