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