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