Danny Elfman
Known for: Sound
Born: May 28, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American film composer, singer, songwriter, and musician. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter for the new wave band Oingo Boingo in the early 1980s. Since scoring his first studio film in 1985, Elfman has garnered international recognition for composing over 100 feature film scores, as well as compositions for television, stage productions, and the concert hall. Elfman has frequently worked with directors Tim Burton, Sam Raimi, and Gus Van Sant, contributing music to nearly 20 Burton projects, including Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Mars Attacks!, Sleepy Hollow, Big Fish, and Alice in Wonderland, as well as scoring Raimi's Darkman, A Simple Plan, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Oz the Great and Powerful, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Van Sant's Academy Award-winning films Good Will Hunting and Milk. He wrote music for all of the Men in Black and Fifty Shades of Grey franchise films, the songs and score for Henry Selick's animated musical The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the themes for the popular television series Desperate Housewives and The Simpsons. Among his honours are four Oscar nominations, three Emmy Awards, a Grammy, seven Saturn Awards for Best Music, the 2002 Richard Kirk Award, the 2015 Disney Legend Award, the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award in 2017, and the Society of Composers & Lyricists Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danny Elfman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Corpse Bride
Bonejangles (voice)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice)
Forbidden Zone
Satan
Hot Tomorrows
Singer
Oingo Boingo: October 25th, 1990
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Self
Back to School
Oingo Boingo Band Member
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
Self
Oingo Boingo: 1983 US Festival
Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet
Himself, Waiter
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
Self
Hollywood in Vienna 2017 - Fairytales
Self
Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton
A Look Into 'The Forbidden Zone'
Himself
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Self
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Self
78/52
Self
Proud Iza
Narrator
DemiUrge Emesis
Narrator (voice)
Urgh! A Music War
Self
Psycho Path
Self - Arranger
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Self
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Oompa Loompa (voice) (uncredited)
Oingo Boingo: Halloween '87
Himself