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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
Men in Black
Hulk
Big Eyes
Notorious
Hot to Trot
Before I Wake
65
Epic
Spider-Man 2
Red Dragon
Dolittle
The Family Man
Batman Returns
Psycho
A Civil Action
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Real Steel
The Girl on the Train
Spy Kids
Men in Black: International
Dracula
Men in Black II
Heartbreakers
Novocaine
Silver Linings Playbook
Batman: The Animated Series
Beetlejuice
Edward Scissorhands
Fifty Shades Freed
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Batman
Dark Shadows
Mars Attacks!
Goosebumps
Tales from the Crypt
Good Will Hunting
Fifty Shades Darker
Alice in Wonderland
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Frighteners
The Simpsons Movie
The Next Three Days
Tulip Fever
Nacho Libre
The Simpsons
Scrooged
Charlotte's Web
Meet the Robinsons
Perversions of Science
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Fifty Shades of Grey
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Wednesday
Planet of the Apes
To Die For
The Flash
Sleepy Hollow
Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers
Big Top Pee-wee
Midnight Run
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
The Grinch
Chicago
The Woman in the Window
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Vengadores Chiflados: La Era de Pultrón
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Dumbo
Modern Vampires
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Oz the Great and Powerful
A Simple Plan
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Summer School
Spider-Man
Big Fish
Frankenweenie
The Kingdom
American Hustle
Wanted
White Noise
The Circle
Amazing Stories
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Justice League
Mission: Impossible
Corpse Bride
Men in Black 3
Terminator Salvation
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Flubber
Milk
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