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