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