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