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