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