Danny Elfman
Sound
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.
Known for
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movieSend Help
2026
Original Music Composer
movieDead Man's Wire
2026
Original Music Composer
movieWednesday: Fireplace
2025
Main Title Theme Composer
movieDracula
2025
Original Music Composer
movieBullet Time
2025
Music
movieRemember To Enjoy The Light Before It’s Gone
2025
Original Music Composer
movieThe Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
2024
Main Title Theme Composer
movieBeetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
Original Music Composer
movieMay the 12th Be with You
2024
Original Music Composer
movieBloody Bridget
2023
Original Music Composer
movieWhite Noise
2022
Original Music Composer
tvWednesday
2022
Main Title Theme Composer, Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
Original Music Composer
movieThe Woman in the Window
2021
Original Music Composer
movieAliens, Clowns & Geeks
2021
Original Music Composer
movieDolittle
2020
Original Music Composer
movieMen in Black: International
2019
Original Music Composer
movieDumbo
2019
Original Music Composer
movieThe Grinch
2018
Original Music Composer
movieDon't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018
Original Music Composer
movieFifty Shades Freed
2018
Original Music Composer
movieJustice League
2017
Original Music Composer
movieTulip Fever
2017
Original Music Composer
movieUrge
2017
Music
movieThe Circle
2017
Original Music Composer
tvWhen We Rise
2017
Original Music Composer
movieFifty Shades Darker
2017
Original Music Composer
movieThe Girl on the Train
2016
Original Music Composer
movieAlice Through the Looking Glass
2016
Original Music Composer
movieBefore I Wake
2016
Original Music Composer
movieGoosebumps
2015
Original Music Composer
movieThe End of the Tour
2015
Original Music Composer
movieAvengers: Age of Ultron
2015
Original Music Composer
movieFifty Shades of Grey
2015
Original Music Composer
movieBig Eyes
2014
Original Music Composer
movieMr. Peabody & Sherman
2014
Original Music Composer
movieAmerican Hustle
2013
Original Music Composer
movieEpic
2013
Original Music Composer
movieOz the Great and Powerful
2013
Original Music Composer
movieCaptain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers
2013
Original Music Composer
movieHitchcock
2012
Original Music Composer
movieSilver Linings Playbook
2012
Original Music Composer
movieFrankenweenie
2012
Original Music Composer
moviePromised Land
2012
Original Music Composer
movieMen in Black 3
2012
Original Music Composer
movieDark Shadows
2012
Original Music Composer
movieReal Steel
2011
Original Music Composer
movieRestless
2011
Original Music Composer
movieThe Next Three Days
2010
Original Music Composer
movieAlice in Wonderland
2010
Original Music Composer
movieThe Wolfman
2010
Original Music Composer
movieTaking Woodstock
2009
Original Music Composer
movie9
2009
Songs, Original Music Composer
movieTerminator Salvation
2009
Original Music Composer
movieNotorious
2009
Original Music Composer
movieMilk
2008
Original Music Composer
movieHellboy II: The Golden Army
2008
Original Music Composer
movieWanted
2008
Original Music Composer
movieStandard Operating Procedure
2008
Original Music Composer
movieProud Iza
2008
Music
movieThe Kingdom
2007
Original Music Composer
movieThe Simpsons Movie
2007
Main Title Theme Composer
movieMeet the Robinsons
2007
Original Music Composer
movieCharlotte's Web
2006
Original Music Composer
movieNacho Libre
2006
Original Music Composer
movieDeep Sea 3D
2006
Original Music Composer
movieCorpse Bride
2005
Original Music Composer
movieCharlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
Original Music Composer
movieSpider-Man 2
2004
Original Music Composer
movieBig Fish
2003
Original Music Composer
movieHulk
2003
Original Music Composer
movieChicago
2002
Original Music Composer
movieRed Dragon
2002
Original Music Composer
movieMen in Black II
2002
Original Music Composer
movieSpider-Man
2002
Original Music Composer
movieNovocaine
2001
Original Music Composer
moviePlanet of the Apes
2001
Original Music Composer
movieHeartbreakers
2001
Original Music Composer
movieSpy Kids
2001
Songs, Original Music Composer
movieThe Family Man
2000
Original Music Composer
movieProof of Life
2000
Original Music Composer
movieSleepy Hollow
1999
Original Music Composer
movieAnywhere but Here
1999
Original Music Composer
moviePsycho Path
1999
Music Producer
movieInstinct
1999
Original Music Composer
movieA Civil Action
1998
Original Music Composer
movieA Simple Plan
1998
Original Music Composer
moviePsycho
1998
Music Producer
movieModern Vampires
1998
Original Music Composer
movieGood Will Hunting
1997
Original Music Composer
movieFlubber
1997
Original Music Composer
movieMen in Black
1997
Original Music Composer
tvPerversions of Science
1997
Theme Song Performance
movieMars Attacks!
1996
Original Music Composer
movieExtreme Measures
1996
Original Music Composer
movieFreeway
1996
Original Music Composer
movieBordello of Blood
1996
Main Title Theme Composer
movieThe Frighteners
1996
Original Music Composer
movieMission: Impossible
1996
Original Music Composer
movieDead Presidents
1995
Original Music Composer, Music
movieTo Die For
1995
Original Music Composer
movieDolores Claiborne
1995
Original Music Composer
movieTales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995
Main Title Theme Composer
movieBlack Beauty
1994
Original Music Composer
movieThe Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
Original Music Composer, Songs
movieSommersby
1993
Original Music Composer
tvBatman: The Animated Series
1992
Main Title Theme Composer
movieBatman Returns
1992
Original Music Composer
movieArticle 99
1992
Original Music Composer
movieEdward Scissorhands
1990
Original Music Composer
movieThe Flash
1990
Original Music Composer
movieDarkman
1990
Original Music Composer
movieDick Tracy
1990
Original Music Composer
movieNightbreed
1990
Original Music Composer
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Main Title Theme Composer
movieBatman
1989
Original Music Composer
tvTales from the Crypt
1989
Theme Song Performance
movieScrooged
1988
Original Music Composer
movieFace Like a Frog
1988
Music, Original Music Composer
movieHot to Trot
1988
Original Music Composer
movieBig Top Pee-wee
1988
Original Music Composer
movieMidnight Run
1988
Original Music Composer
movieBeetlejuice
1988
Original Music Composer
movieSummer School
1987
Original Music Composer
movieWisdom
1986
Original Music Composer
movieAmazing Stories
1986
Original Music Composer
movieBack to School
1986
Original Music Composer
moviePee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
Original Music Composer
movieForbidden Zone
1982
Original Music Composer
movieHodja Nasreddin
Original Music Composer
Acting46
movie78/52
2017
Self
movieDemiUrge Emesis
2010
Narrator (voice)
movieProud Iza
2008
Narrator
movieCorpse Bride
2005
Bonejangles (voice)
movieCharlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
Oompa Loompa (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe Gift
2000
Tommy Lee Ballard
moviePsycho Path
1999
Self - Arranger
movieThe Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice)
movieOingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet
1989
Himself, Waiter
movieBack to School
1986
Oingo Boingo Band Member
movieOingo Boingo: Live at the Ritz
1985
Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
movieAnnie Hall
1977
Lacey Party Guest (uncredited)
movieHot Tomorrows
1977
Singer
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Crew2
movieParanoid Park
2007
Thanks
movieSicko
2007
Thanks