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.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
as Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice)
Age 40 (now 73)
Batman: The Animated Series
Main Title Theme Composer
Age 39 (now 73)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds
as Himself
Age 52 (now 73)
Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
as Oompa Loompa (voice) (uncredited)
Age 52 (now 73)
Remember To Enjoy The Light Before It’s Gone
Original Music Composer
Age 71 (now 73)
The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
Main Title Theme Composer
Age 71 (now 73)
Edward Scissorhands: Matthew Bourne’s Dance Version
Music
Age 71 (now 73)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Original Music Composer
Age 68 (now 73)
The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert
Music
Age 67 (now 73)
Men in Black: International
Original Music Composer
Age 66 (now 73)
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Original Music Composer
Age 64 (now 73)
Hollywood in Vienna 2017 - Fairytales
as Self
Age 64 (now 73)
Vengadores Chiflados: La Era de Pultrón
Music
Age 63 (now 73)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Original Music Composer
Age 62 (now 73)
Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton
Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness"
Music
Age 62 (now 73)
Oz the Great and Powerful
Original Music Composer
Age 59 (now 73)
Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers
Original Music Composer
Age 59 (now 73)
A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton
Producer
Age 57 (now 73) A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
as Self
Age 55 (now 73)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Original Music Composer
Age 55 (now 73)
Standard Operating Procedure
Original Music Composer
Age 54 (now 73)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds
as Himself
Age 52 (now 73) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
as Oompa Loompa (voice) (uncredited)
Age 52 (now 73) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Original Music Composer
Age 52 (now 73)
Cosmic Symphonies: Elfman in Space
as Self
Age 49 (now 73)
Oingo Boingo: Farewell (Live from the Universal Amphitheatre)
as Self
Age 42 (now 73)
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Main Title Theme Composer
Age 41 (now 73)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
as Self
Age 41 (now 73)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
as Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice)
Age 40 (now 73) The Nightmare Before Christmas
Original Music Composer
Age 40 (now 73)
The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'
as Self - Composer
Age 40 (now 73)
Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet
as Himself, Waiter
Age 35 (now 73)
Oingo Boingo: Live at the Ritz
as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Age 32 (now 73)
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
as Self
Age 67 (now 73)
Batman: The Animated Series
Main Title Theme Composer
Age 39 (now 73)
Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton
Music
Age 36 (now 73)
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Music
Age 32 (now 73)
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Also Known As
Daniel Robert Elfman
IMDB
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