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