Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American film composer, singer, songwriter, and musician. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter for the new wave band Oingo Boingo in the early 1980s. Since scoring his first studio film in 1985, Elfman has garnered international recognition for composing over 100 feature film scores, as well as compositions for television, stage productions, and the concert hall.
Elfman has frequently worked with directors Tim Burton, Sam Raimi, and Gus Van Sant, contributing music to nearly 20 Burton projects, including Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Mars Attacks!, Sleepy Hollow, Big Fish, and Alice in Wonderland, as well as scoring Raimi's Darkman, A Simple Plan, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Oz the Great and Powerful, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Van Sant's Academy Award-winning films Good Will Hunting and Milk. He wrote music for all of the Men in Black and Fifty Shades of Grey franchise films, the songs and score for Henry Selick's animated musical The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the themes for the popular television series Desperate Housewives and The Simpsons.
Among his honours are four Oscar nominations, three Emmy Awards, a Grammy, seven Saturn Awards for Best Music, the 2002 Richard Kirk Award, the 2015 Disney Legend Award, the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award in 2017, and the Society of Composers & Lyricists Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022.
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Score: A Film Music Documentary (2017) | Self | 8.5 |
| 2 | 78/52 (2017) | Self | 3 |
| 3 | Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton (2015) | - | - |
| 4 | DemiUrge Emesis (2010) | Narrator (voice) | 7 |
| 5 | Inside the Two Worlds of 'The Corpse Bride' (2006) | Bonejangles (voice) (uncredited) | - |
| 6 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Oscars 2006 | Oompa Loompa (voice) (uncredited) | 6.6 |
| 7 | Corpse Bride (2005) Oscars 2006 | Bonejangles (voice) | 7.4 |
| 8 | Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend (2000) | Self | - |
| 9 | Psycho Path (2000) | Self - Arranger | - |
| 10 | The Gift (2000) | Tommy Lee Ballard | 7.2 |
| 11 | The Making of 'The Frighteners' (1998) | Self | - |
| 12 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition (1994) | Self | - |
| 13 | The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' (1993) | Self - Composer | - |
| 14 | The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) | Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice) | 8 |
| 15 | Back to School (1986) | Oingo Boingo Band Member | 6.3 |
| 16 | Forbidden Zone (1982) | Satan | 10 |
| 17 | Urgh! A Music War (1981) | Self | - |
