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