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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.
Known For
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
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White Noise
Big Top Pee-wee
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Dracula
Dumbo
To Die For
Tulip Fever
Spy Kids
The Flash
Spider-Man
Beetlejuice
Dark Shadows
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Fifty Shades of Grey
Men in Black II
Alice in Wonderland
A Simple Plan
Batman
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
The Frighteners
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Frankenweenie
Notorious
Summer School
The Girl on the Train
Red Dragon
Wanted
Tales from the Crypt
Corpse Bride
Modern Vampires
Epic
The Grinch
Men in Black 3
The Next Three Days
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Edward Scissorhands
Men in Black
Scrooged
Good Will Hunting
Fifty Shades Darker
Charlotte's Web
The Woman in the Window
Heartbreakers
Nacho Libre
Dolittle
The Kingdom
The Circle
American Hustle
Planet of the Apes
Hot to Trot
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers
Perversions of Science
Wednesday
Real Steel
The Simpsons
Men in Black: International
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Before I Wake
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Batman: The Animated Series
Novocaine
The Family Man
Justice League
Fifty Shades Freed
Amazing Stories
Sleepy Hollow
Milk
Terminator Salvation
Midnight Run
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Chicago
Batman Returns
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Vengadores Chiflados: La Era de Pultrón
Psycho
Hulk
Oz the Great and Powerful
Mars Attacks!
Goosebumps
Big Fish
Big Eyes
Flubber
Silver Linings Playbook
Meet the Robinsons
A Civil Action
Mission: Impossible
Spider-Man 2
The Simpsons Movie
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