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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
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Gift
Corpse Bride
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Production Credits
Beetlejuice
A Civil Action
Sleepy Hollow
Men in Black
Batman: The Animated Series
The Girl on the Train
Goosebumps
Big Fish
Epic
White Noise
Edward Scissorhands
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Big Top Pee-wee
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Good Will Hunting
Charlotte's Web
Fifty Shades of Grey
Psycho
American Hustle
The Family Man
Justice League
Dolittle
Notorious
Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers
Men in Black 3
Perversions of Science
Mission: Impossible
Fifty Shades Freed
Modern Vampires
Hot to Trot
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Spider-Man 2
The Grinch
Milk
Nacho Libre
Tulip Fever
Spy Kids
The Next Three Days
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Wanted
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Fifty Shades Darker
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Dumbo
Alice in Wonderland
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Frankenweenie
65
Terminator Salvation
The Circle
9
Heartbreakers
Dark Shadows
Hulk
Amazing Stories
Midnight Run
Red Dragon
The Flash
Corpse Bride
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Oz the Great and Powerful
Planet of the Apes
Batman Returns
Mars Attacks!
Silver Linings Playbook
Flubber
Scrooged
Meet the Robinsons
Before I Wake
Chicago
Real Steel
Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Simpsons Movie
The Kingdom
Alice Through the Looking Glass
The Woman in the Window
Batman
The Frighteners
Wednesday
Men in Black II
A Simple Plan
Tales from the Crypt
To Die For
Summer School
The Simpsons
Vengadores Chiflados: La Era de Pultrón
Spider-Man
Men in Black: International
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