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Danny Elfman
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Daniel Elfman is a composer. Elfman is famous for creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the Batman theme, and his role as Jack Skellington's singing voice in The Nightmare Before Christmas. He is a frequent collaborator with long-time friend Tim Burton and has scored most of his films. He also sang for the character Bonejangles in the movie Corpse Bride. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards and won a Grammy Award for Tim Burton's Batman and an Emmy Award for his Desperate Housewives theme. Elfman was honored with the prestigious Richard Kirk award at the 2002 BMI Film and TV Awards. Earlier in his career, Elfman lead the rock band Oingo Boingo as singer/songwriter from 1976 until its breakup in 1995.
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Daniel Elfman is a composer. Elfman is famous for creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the Batman theme, and his role as Jack Skellington's singing voice in The Nightmare Before Christmas. He is a frequent collaborator with long-time friend Tim Burton and has scored most of his films. He also sang for the character Bonejangles in the movie Corpse Bride. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards and won a Grammy Award for Tim Burton's Batman and an Emmy Award for his Desperate Housewives theme. Elfman was honored with the prestigious Richard Kirk award at the 2002 BMI Film and TV Awards. Earlier in his career, Elfman lead the rock band Oingo Boingo as singer/songwriter from 1976 until its breakup in 1995.
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The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Gift
Corpse Bride
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Production Credits
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Milk
Chicago
Batman
Men in Black 3
Fifty Shades of Grey
Oz the Great and Powerful
The Flash
Fifty Shades Darker
Mission: Impossible
The Kingdom
Amazing Stories
Hulk
Midnight Run
Big Top Pee-wee
The Simpsons
Corpse Bride
Scrooged
Mars Attacks!
American Hustle
Real Steel
Terminator Salvation
Novocaine
The Family Man
Wanted
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Before I Wake
The Frighteners
Nacho Libre
Heartbreakers
Hot to Trot
The Woman in the Window
Dolittle
The Simpsons Movie
Planet of the Apes
The Girl on the Train
9
Meet the Robinsons
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Flubber
The Grinch
Spy Kids
Psycho
Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers
Goosebumps
Spider-Man 2
Dark Shadows
Perversions of Science
Epic
Charlotte's Web
To Die For
65
Red Dragon
White Noise
Big Fish
Batman Returns
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Tulip Fever
Alice Through the Looking Glass
The Circle
Men in Black: International
Dumbo
Notorious
Men in Black
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Tales from the Crypt
Men in Black II
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Wednesday
Silver Linings Playbook
Fifty Shades Freed
Alice in Wonderland
The Next Three Days
A Civil Action
Justice League
Good Will Hunting
Frankenweenie
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Edward Scissorhands
Summer School
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Modern Vampires
A Simple Plan
Spider-Man
Batman: The Animated Series
Sleepy Hollow
Vengadores Chiflados: La Era de Pultrón
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