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