Danny Elfman
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1953-05-29 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Danny Elfman
Biography
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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Known For
Acting
A Look Into 'The Forbidden Zone'
as Himself
(2017)
(2017)
(2017)
78/52
as Self
(2015)
(2011)
(2011)
(2010)
DemiUrge Emesis
as Narrator (voice)
(2008)
Proud Iza
as Narrator
(2008)
(2005)
Corpse Bride
as Bonejangles (voice)
(2005)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
as Oompa Loompa (voice) (uncredited)
(2005)
(2004)
(2002)
(2000)
Psycho Path
as Self - Arranger
(2000)
(2000)
(2000)
The Gift
as Tommy Lee Ballard
(1998)
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
as Himself
(1996)
(1994)
(1993)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
as Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice)
(1993)
The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'
as Self - Composer
(1992)
(1989)
Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet
as Himself, Waiter
(1987)
Oingo Boingo: Halloween '87
as Himself
(1986)
Back to School
as Oingo Boingo Band Member
(1985)
Oingo Boingo: Live at the Ritz
as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
(1984)
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
as Self
(1981)
Urgh! A Music War
as Self
(1981)
Oingo Boingo: Little Girls
as Danny Elfman
(1980)
Forbidden Zone
as Satan
(1977)
Hot Tomorrows
as Singer
Crew
Dead Man's Wire
Original Music Composer
(2025)
Khodzha Nasreddin
Original Music Composer
(2025)
Dracula
Original Music Composer
(2025)
The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow
Original Music Composer
(2024)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Original Music Composer
(2024)
Edward Scissorhands
Music
(2024)
The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
Original Music Composer
(2024)
May the 12th Be with You
Original Music Composer
(2023)
Bloody Bridget
Original Music Composer
(2022)
White Noise
Original Music Composer
(2022)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Original Music Composer
(2021)
(2021)
The Woman in the Window
Original Music Composer
(2020)
Dolittle
Original Music Composer
(2019)
Dumbo
Original Music Composer
(2019)
Men in Black: International
Original Music Composer
(2018)
The Grinch
Original Music Composer
(2018)
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Original Music Composer
(2018)
Fifty Shades Freed
Original Music Composer
(2017)
Fifty Shades Darker
Original Music Composer
(2017)
The Circle
Original Music Composer
(2017)
Justice League
Original Music Composer
(2017)
Tulip Fever
Original Music Composer
(2017)
Urge
Music
(2016)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Original Music Composer
(2016)
(2016)
Before I Wake
Original Music Composer
(2016)
The Girl on the Train
Original Music Composer
(2015)
The End of the Tour
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Goosebumps
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Fifty Shades of Grey
Original Music Composer
(2014)
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Original Music Composer
(2014)
Big Eyes
Original Music Composer
(2013)
Epic
Original Music Composer
(2013)
American Hustle
Original Music Composer
(2013)
The Unknown Known
Music
(2013)
Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers
Original Music Composer
(2013)
Oz the Great and Powerful
Original Music Composer
(2013)
(2012)
Men in Black 3
Original Music Composer
(2012)
Dark Shadows
Original Music Composer
(2012)
Silver Linings Playbook
Original Music Composer
(2012)
Promised Land
Original Music Composer
(2012)
Frankenweenie
Original Music Composer
(2012)
Hitchcock
Original Music Composer
(2011)
Real Steel
Original Music Composer
(2011)
(2011)
Restless
Original Music Composer
(2010)
Alice in Wonderland
Original Music Composer
(2010)
The Next Three Days
Original Music Composer
(2010)
Do Not Disturb
Music
(2010)
The Wolfman
Original Music Composer
(2009)
Terminator Salvation
Original Music Composer
(2009)
Taking Woodstock
Original Music Composer
(2009)
9
Songs
(2009)
Notorious
Original Music Composer
(2008)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Original Music Composer
(2008)
Standard Operating Procedure
Original Music Composer
(2008)
Wanted
Original Music Composer
(2008)
Milk
Original Music Composer
(2008)
Proud Iza
Music
(2007)
The Kingdom
Original Music Composer
(2007)
Sicko
Thanks
(2007)
Paranoid Park
Thanks
(2007)
Meet the Robinsons
Original Music Composer
(2006)
Charlotte's Web
Original Music Composer
(2006)
Deep Sea 3D
Original Music Composer
(2006)
Nacho Libre
Original Music Composer
(2005)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Original Music Composer
(2005)
Corpse Bride
Original Music Composer
(2004)
Spider-Man 2
Original Music Composer
(2003)
Big Fish
Original Music Composer
(2003)
Hulk
Original Music Composer
(2002)
Spider-Man
Original Music Composer
(2002)
Chicago
Original Music Composer
(2002)
Men in Black II
Original Music Composer
(2002)
Red Dragon
Original Music Composer
(2001)
Planet of the Apes
Original Music Composer
(2001)
Spy Kids
Songs, Original Music Composer
(2001)
Novocaine
Original Music Composer
(2001)
Heartbreakers
Original Music Composer
(2000)
The Family Man
Original Music Composer
(2000)
Proof of Life
Original Music Composer
(2000)
(2000)
Psycho Path
Music Producer
(1999)
Sleepy Hollow
Original Music Composer
(1999)
Anywhere but Here
Original Music Composer
(1999)
Instinct
Original Music Composer
(1998)
A Simple Plan
Original Music Composer
(1998)
A Civil Action
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Psycho
Music Producer
(1998)
Modern Vampires
Original Music Composer
(1997)
Men in Black
Original Music Composer
(1997)
Good Will Hunting
Original Music Composer
(1997)
Flubber
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Mars Attacks!
Original Music Composer
(1996)
The Frighteners
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Mission: Impossible
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Freeway
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Extreme Measures
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Bordello of Blood
Original Music Composer
(1995)
To Die For
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Dead Presidents
Original Music Composer, Music
(1995)
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Main Title Theme Composer
(1995)
Dolores Claiborne
Original Music Composer
(1994)
Black Beauty
Original Music Composer
(1994)
Shrunken Heads
Music
(1993)
Sommersby
Original Music Composer
(1993)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Original Music Composer, Songs
(1992)
Batman Returns
Original Music Composer
(1992)
(1992)
Article 99
Music
(1990)
Edward Scissorhands
Original Music Composer
(1990)
Darkman
Original Music Composer
(1990)
Nightbreed
Original Music Composer
(1990)
Dick Tracy
Original Music Composer
(1990)
The Flash
Original Music Composer
(1989)
Batman
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Beetlejuice
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Midnight Run
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Face Like a Frog
Music, Original Music Composer
(1988)
Scrooged
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Hot to Trot
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Big Top Pee-wee
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Family Dog
Music
(1987)
Summer School
Original Music Composer
(1986)
Back to School
Original Music Composer
(1986)
Amazing Stories
Original Music Composer
(1986)
Wisdom
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Original Music Composer
(1981)
Oingo Boingo: Little Girls
Music, Writer
(1980)
Forbidden Zone
Original Music Composer