72
Years
36
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TV Shows
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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.
72
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36
Movies
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TV Shows
8.6
Avg Rating
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.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
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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Gender
Male
Birthday
May 29, 1953
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
Corpse Bride
2005
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
The Gift
2000
A Look Into 'The Forbidden Zone'
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The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2024
Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton
2015
Oingo Boingo: 1983 US Festival
2011
Oingo Boingo: Halloween '87
1987
Back to School
1986
DemiUrge Emesis
2010
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1984
Forbidden Zone
1980
78/52
2017
Proud Iza
2008
Oingo Boingo: Live at the Ritz
1985
Fantasporto – Carnaval no Porto
2000
Score: A Film Music Documentary
2017
A Danny Elfman Christmas Story
2025
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