Sound
Danny Elfman
EN, RU, FR, DE cinema · 178 credits
Born
29 May 1953 (age 73)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known as Daniel Robert Elfman
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
Filmography
Hodja Nasreddin
Original Music Composer
Dead Man's Wire
Original Music Composer
Send Help
Original Music Composer
A Danny Elfman Christmas Story
as Narrator, Writer
Dracula
Original Music Composer
Remember To Enjoy The Light Before It’s Gone
Original Music Composer
Wednesday: Fireplace
Main Title Theme Composer
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Original Music Composer
May the 12th Be with You
Original Music Composer
The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
Main Title Theme Composer
Bloody Bridget
Original Music Composer
65
Music
'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
as Self (archive footage)
White Noise
Original Music Composer
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Original Music Composer
The Woman in the Window
Original Music Composer
Aliens, Clowns & Geeks
Original Music Composer
Dolittle
Original Music Composer
Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny"
Main Title Theme Composer
Dumbo
Original Music Composer
Men in Black: International
Original Music Composer
The Grinch
Original Music Composer
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Original Music Composer
Fifty Shades Freed
Original Music Composer
78/52
as Self
Fifty Shades Darker
Original Music Composer
The Circle
Original Music Composer
Justice League
Original Music Composer
Tulip Fever
Original Music Composer
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Original Music Composer
Before I Wake
Original Music Composer
The Girl on the Train
Original Music Composer
The End of the Tour
Original Music Composer
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Original Music Composer
Goosebumps
Original Music Composer
Fifty Shades of Grey
Original Music Composer
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Original Music Composer
Big Eyes
Original Music Composer
Epic
Original Music Composer
American Hustle
Original Music Composer
Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers
Original Music Composer
Oz the Great and Powerful
Original Music Composer
Men in Black 3
Original Music Composer
Dark Shadows
Original Music Composer
Silver Linings Playbook
Original Music Composer
Promised Land
Original Music Composer
Frankenweenie
Original Music Composer
Hitchcock
Original Music Composer
Real Steel
Original Music Composer
Restless
Original Music Composer
DemiUrge Emesis
as Narrator (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
Original Music Composer
The Next Three Days
Original Music Composer
The Wolfman
Original Music Composer
Terminator Salvation
Original Music Composer
Taking Woodstock
Original Music Composer
9
Songs, Original Music Composer
Notorious
Original Music Composer
Proud Iza
as Narrator, Music
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Original Music Composer
Standard Operating Procedure
Original Music Composer
Wanted
Original Music Composer
Milk
Original Music Composer
The Kingdom
Original Music Composer
Sicko
Thanks
Meet the Robinsons
Original Music Composer
The Simpsons Movie
Main Title Theme Composer
Charlotte's Web
Original Music Composer
Deep Sea 3D
Original Music Composer
Nacho Libre
Original Music Composer
Corpse Bride
as Bonejangles (voice), Original Music Composer
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
as Oompa Loompa (voice) (uncredited), Original Music Composer
Spider-Man 2
Original Music Composer
Big Fish
Original Music Composer
Hulk
Original Music Composer
Spider-Man
Original Music Composer
Chicago
Original Music Composer
Men in Black II
Original Music Composer
Red Dragon
Original Music Composer
Planet of the Apes
Original Music Composer
Spy Kids
Songs, Original Music Composer
Novocaine
Original Music Composer
Heartbreakers
Original Music Composer
The Gift
as Tommy Lee Ballard
The Family Man
Original Music Composer
Proof of Life
Original Music Composer
Psycho Path
as Self - Arranger, Music Producer
Sleepy Hollow
Original Music Composer
Anywhere but Here
Original Music Composer
Instinct
Original Music Composer
A Simple Plan
Original Music Composer
A Civil Action
Original Music Composer
Psycho
Music Producer
Modern Vampires
Original Music Composer
Men in Black
Original Music Composer
Good Will Hunting
Original Music Composer
Flubber
Original Music Composer
Mars Attacks!
Original Music Composer
The Frighteners
Original Music Composer
Mission: Impossible
Original Music Composer
Freeway
Original Music Composer
Extreme Measures
Original Music Composer
Bordello of Blood
Main Title Theme Composer
Darkman III: Die Darkman Die
Original Music Composer
To Die For
Original Music Composer
Dead Presidents
Original Music Composer, Music
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Main Title Theme Composer
Dolores Claiborne
Original Music Composer
Black Beauty
Original Music Composer
The Nightmare Before Christmas
as Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice), Original Music Composer, Songs
The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'
as Self - Composer
Sommersby
Original Music Composer
Batman Returns
Original Music Composer
Article 99
Original Music Composer
Edward Scissorhands
Original Music Composer
Darkman
Original Music Composer
Nightbreed
Original Music Composer
Dick Tracy
Original Music Composer
The Flash
Original Music Composer
Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet
as Himself, Waiter
Batman
Original Music Composer
Beetlejuice
Original Music Composer
Midnight Run
Original Music Composer
Face Like a Frog
Music, Original Music Composer
Scrooged
Original Music Composer
Hot to Trot
Original Music Composer
Big Top Pee-wee
Original Music Composer
Oingo Boingo: Halloween '87
as Himself
Summer School
Original Music Composer
Back to School
as Oingo Boingo Band Member, Original Music Composer
Amazing Stories
Original Music Composer
Wisdom
Original Music Composer
The Jar
Compositor
Oingo Boingo: Live at the Ritz
as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Original Music Composer
Forbidden Zone
as Satan, Original Music Composer
Hot Tomorrows
as Singer
Annie Hall
as Lacey Party Guest (uncredited)