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