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