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Danny Elfman

Known for: 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.

Filmography 113

The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993Movie as Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice)
Corpse Bride 2005Movie as Bonejangles (voice)
The Grinch 2018Movie Amazon Prime VideoHBO Max Composer
Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015Movie Composer
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2022Movie Composer
American Hustle 2013Movie Composer
Mission: Impossible 1996Movie Composer
Spider-Man 2002Movie Composer
Justice League 2017Movie HBO Max Composer
Fifty Shades of Grey 2015Movie Composer
Alice in Wonderland 2010Movie Composer
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 2024Movie Composer
Send Help 2026Movie Composer
Men in Black II 2002Movie Composer
Good Will Hunting 1997Movie Composer
Real Steel 2011Movie Composer
Batman Returns 1992Movie HBO Max Composer
Men in Black 1997Movie Composer
Sleepy Hollow 1999Movie HBO Max Composer
Fifty Shades Freed 2018Movie Composer
Dark Shadows 2012Movie Composer
Edward Scissorhands 1990Movie Composer
Oz the Great and Powerful 2013Movie Composer
Midnight Run 1988Movie Composer
Dracula 2025Movie Composer
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005Movie Composer
Hulk 2003Movie Composer
Meet the Robinsons 2007Movie Composer
The Wolfman 2010Movie Composer
Beetlejuice 1988Movie Composer
Terminator Salvation 2009Movie Composer
Goosebumps 2015Movie Composer
Alice Through the Looking Glass 2016Movie Composer
Spy Kids 2001Movie Composer
Mr. Peabody & Sherman 2014Movie Composer
Wanted 2008Movie HBO Max Composer
9 2009Movie Composer
Spider-Man 2 2004Movie Composer
Planet of the Apes 2001Movie Composer
Men in Black 3 2012Movie Composer
Dolittle 2020Movie Composer
Chicago 2002Movie Composer
Silver Linings Playbook 2012Movie Composer
Dead Man's Wire 2026Movie Composer
May the 12th Be with You 2024Movie Composer
Frankenweenie 2012Movie Composer
The Girl on the Train 2016Movie Composer
Batman 1989Movie HBO Max Composer
Charlotte's Web 2006Movie Composer
Fifty Shades Darker 2017Movie Google Play Movies Composer
Dumbo 2019Movie Composer
Hellboy II: The Golden Army 2008Movie Composer
Epic 2013Movie Composer
Darkman 1990Movie Composer
Men in Black: International 2019Movie Composer
The Family Man 2000Movie Composer
Mars Attacks! 1996Movie Composer
Dolores Claiborne 1995Movie Composer
Nightbreed 1990Movie Composer
White Noise 2022Movie Composer
The Next Three Days 2010Movie Composer
Nacho Libre 2006Movie HBO Max Composer
The Circle 2017Movie Composer
Before I Wake 2016Movie Composer
The Kingdom 2007Movie Google Play Movies Composer
When We Rise 2017TV show Composer
Big Fish 2003Movie Composer
Tulip Fever 2017Movie Composer
The Frighteners 1996Movie Google Play Movies Composer
Flubber 1997Movie Composer
Milk 2008Movie Composer
The Woman in the Window 2021Movie Composer
Promised Land 2012Movie Google Play Movies Composer
Freeway 1996Movie Amazon Prime VideoPlex Composer
Restless 2011Movie Composer
To Die For 1995Movie Composer
Big Eyes 2014Movie Composer
Heartbreakers 2001Movie Plex Composer
Back to School 1986Movie Google Play Movies Composer
A Simple Plan 1998Movie Composer
Black Beauty 1994Movie Composer
Scrooged 1988Movie Google Play Movies Composer
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot 2018Movie Amazon Prime Video Composer
A Civil Action 1998Movie Composer
Proof of Life 2000Movie Composer
Notorious 2009Movie Composer
Article 99 1992Movie Composer
Dick Tracy 1990Movie Composer
Taking Woodstock 2009Movie Composer
Instinct 1999Movie Composer
Pee-wee's Big Adventure 1985Movie Composer
Red Dragon 2002Movie Composer
Extreme Measures 1996Movie Composer
Hitchcock 2012Movie Composer
The End of the Tour 2015Movie Composer
Sommersby 1993Movie Composer
Summer School 1987Movie Composer
Anywhere but Here 1999Movie Composer
Hot to Trot 1988Movie Composer
Dead Presidents 1995Movie Composer
Modern Vampires 1998Movie Composer
Darkman III: Die Darkman Die 1996Movie Google Play Movies Composer
Big Top Pee-wee 1988Movie Composer
Face Like a Frog 1988Movie Composer
Score: A Film Music Documentary 2017Movie as Self
Deep Sea 3D 2006Movie Composer
Novocaine 2001Movie Composer
Amazing Stories 1986Movie Composer
Forbidden Zone 1982Movie as Satan
Standard Operating Procedure 2008Movie Composer
Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers 2013Movie Composer
78/52 2017Movie as Self
Aliens, Clowns & Geeks 2021Movie Composer