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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
Flubber
Corpse Bride
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
The Kingdom
Notorious
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
The Nightmare Before Christmas
American Hustle
Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers
Before I Wake
Men in Black 3
The Girl on the Train
Summer School
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Oz the Great and Powerful
Modern Vampires
Silver Linings Playbook
Big Top Pee-wee
The Family Man
Batman
Spy Kids
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Next Three Days
Chicago
Dark Shadows
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Charlotte's Web
The Circle
Men in Black II
Batman: The Animated Series
Mission: Impossible
White Noise
Hot to Trot
Edward Scissorhands
Midnight Run
Alice in Wonderland
9
Wanted
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Men in Black
Hulk
Nacho Libre
Fifty Shades of Grey
Perversions of Science
Scrooged
Psycho
Dumbo
The Grinch
Sleepy Hollow
The Flash
Men in Black: International
Vengadores Chiflados: La Era de Pultrón
Spider-Man 2
Novocaine
Heartbreakers
Good Will Hunting
Spider-Man
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Frankenweenie
Real Steel
Justice League
Milk
Meet the Robinsons
The Woman in the Window
65
Tales from the Crypt
Red Dragon
Goosebumps
Epic
To Die For
A Civil Action
A Simple Plan
Amazing Stories
Beetlejuice
Terminator Salvation
The Simpsons Movie
Wednesday
The Simpsons
Big Fish
Fifty Shades Darker
Dolittle
Tulip Fever
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Planet of the Apes
The Frighteners
Batman Returns
Mars Attacks!
Fifty Shades Freed
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