Name
Danny Elfman
Known For
Sound
Birthday
1953-05-29 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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.
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Known For
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When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent...
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- 2005 Corpse Bride as Bonejangles (voice)
- 1993 The Nightmare Before Christmas as Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice)
- 1982 Forbidden Zone as Satan
- 1996 Oingo Boingo: Farewell (Live from the Universal Amphitheatre) as Self
- 1977 Hot Tomorrows as Singer
- 1990 Oingo Boingo: October 25th, 1990
- 1992 The Magical World of Chuck Jones as Self
- 1986 Back to School as Oingo Boingo Band Member
- 1994 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition as Self
- 2011 Oingo Boingo: 1983 US Festival
- 1989 Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet as Himself, Waiter
- 1998 The Making of 'The Frighteners' as Self
- 2017 Hollywood in Vienna 2017 - Fairytales as Self
- 2015 Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton
- Soon A Look Into 'The Forbidden Zone' as Himself
- 1984 Good Morning, Mr. Orwell as Self
- 2017 Score: A Film Music Documentary as Self
- 2017 78/52 as Self
- 2008 Proud Iza as Narrator
- 2010 DemiUrge Emesis as Narrator (voice)
- 1981 Urgh! A Music War as Self
- 1999 Psycho Path as Self - Arranger
- 2000 Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self
- 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Oompa Loompa (voice) (uncredited)
- 1987 Oingo Boingo: Halloween '87 as Himself
- 1985 Oingo Boingo: Live at the Ritz as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
- 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds as Himself
- 2002 Cosmic Symphonies: Elfman in Space as Self
- 2000 Fantasporto – Carnaval no Porto
- 2000 The Gift as Tommy Lee Ballard
- 2011 A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton
- 2008 Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight as Self
- 2004 Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man' as Self
- 1993 The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' as Self - Composer
- 2025 A Danny Elfman Christmas Story as Narrator
- 1995 The Hollywood Soundtrack Story as Self
- 2003 The Making of 'Hulk' as Self
- 2003 The Incredible Ang Lee as Self
- 1977 Annie Hall as Lacey Party Guest (uncredited)
- 2004 Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing as Self
- 2005 Becoming Oompa-Loompa
- 1989 Prisoners of Gravity ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2011 Hollywood in Vienna ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2020 The Holiday Movies That Made Us ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2025 Tim Burton: Life in the Line ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
