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Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman

Sound · Born 1953-05-29 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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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 Housewive…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) — Oompa Loompa (voice) (uncredited)
  2. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) — Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice)
  3. Corpse Bride (2005) — Bonejangles (voice)
  4. Annie Hall (1977) — Lacey Party Guest (uncredited)
  5. The Gift (2000) — Tommy Lee Ballard
  6. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Cameo (uncredited)
  7. Back to School (1986) — Oingo Boingo Band Member
  8. 78/52 (2017) — Self
  9. Score: A Film Music Documentary (2017) — Self
  10. Forbidden Zone (1982) — Satan
  11. Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing (2004) — Self
  12. Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend (2000) — Self
  13. The Holiday Movies That Made Us (2020) — Self
  14. Urgh! A Music War (1981) — Self
  15. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds (2005) — Himself
  16. The Making of 'The Frighteners' (1998) — Self
  17. Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton (2015)
  18. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition (1994) — Self
  19. Prisoners of Gravity (1989) — Self
  20. Good Morning, Mr. Orwell (1984) — Self
  21. Psycho Path (1999) — Self - Arranger
  22. Oingo Boingo: Farewell (Live from the Universal Amphitheatre) (1996) — Self
  23. The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992) — Self
  24. Hot Tomorrows (1977) — Singer
  25. A Look Into 'The Forbidden Zone' — Himself
  26. DemiUrge Emesis (2010) — Narrator (voice)
  27. Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet (1989) — Himself, Waiter
  28. Oingo Boingo: Halloween '87 (1987) — Himself
  29. Oingo Boingo: Live at the Ritz (1985) — Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
  30. Cosmic Symphonies: Elfman in Space (2002) — Self
  31. A Danny Elfman Christmas Story (2025) — Narrator
  32. Hollywood in Vienna (2011) — Self
  33. Tim Burton: Life in the Line (2025) — Self
  34. Oingo Boingo: October 25th, 1990 (1990)
  35. Oingo Boingo: 1983 US Festival (2011)
  36. Hollywood in Vienna 2017 - Fairytales (2017) — Self
  37. Proud Iza (2008) — Narrator
  38. Fantasporto – Carnaval no Porto (2000)
  39. A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton (2011)
  40. Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight (2008) — Self