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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danny Elfman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Sound 150
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
Wednesday: Fireplace
Main Title Theme Composer
Bullet Time
Music
Remember To Enjoy The Light Before It’s Gone
Original Music Composer
- 2024
Edward Scissorhands: Matthew Bourne's Dance Version
Music
- 2023
Bloody Bridget
Original Music Composer
4865
Music
- 2022
- 2021
Aliens, Clowns & Geeks
Original Music Composer
- 2020
The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert
Music
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
Urge
Music
- 2016
Vengadores Chiflados: La Era de Pultrón
Music
- 2015
Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness"
Music
- 2014
- 2013
The Unknown Known
Music
Cirque du Soleil: IRIS
Music
- 2012
- 2011
Restless
Original Music Composer
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
Standard Operating Procedure
Original Music Composer
Proud Iza
Music
- 2007
- 2006
Deep Sea 3D
Original Music Composer
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
The World of Stainboy
Music
The World of Stainboy
Music
1990s
- 1999
Psycho Path
Music Producer
- 1998
Modern Vampires
Original Music Composer
- 1997
- 1996
Darkman III: Die Darkman Die
Original Music Composer
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
Family Dog
Main Title Theme Composer
- 1992
The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade
Music
- 1990
The Flash
Original Music Composer
1980s
- 1989
Oh No, Not Them
Music
Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton
Music
- 1988
Face Like a Frog
Music, Original Music Composer
Hot to Trot
Original Music Composer
- 1987
- 1986
Wisdom
Original Music Composer
Amazing Stories
Original Music Composer
- 1985
- 1982
No release date
Hodja Nasreddin
Original Music Composer
Acted in 13
2010s
- 2015
Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton
Movie
- 2011
A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton
Movie
Oingo Boingo: 1983 US Festival
Movie
2000s
- 2005
Becoming Oompa-Loompa
Movie
- 2000
Fantasporto – Carnaval no Porto
Movie
1980s
- 1986
- 1982
1970s
- 1977
Hot Tomorrows
Singer
Other crew 1
1980s
- 1986
The Jar
Compositor
Wrote 1
2020s
- 2025
A Danny Elfman Christmas Story
Writer
Produced 1
2010s
- 2011
A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton
Producer
Appearances28
2020s
- 2026
A$AP Rocky Songline
Self
- 2025
A Danny Elfman Christmas Story
Narrator
- 2022
- 2020
2010s
- 2017
78/52
Self
Hollywood in Vienna 2017 - Fairytales
Self
- 2011
Hollywood in Vienna
Self · 1 episode
- 2010
DemiUrge Emesis
Narrator (voice)
2000s
- 2008
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
Self
Proud Iza
Narrator
- 2004
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Self
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'
Self
- 2002
Cosmic Symphonies: Elfman in Space
Self
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
Psycho Path
Self - Arranger
- 1998
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
Self
- 1996
Oingo Boingo: Farewell (Live from the Universal Amphitheatre)
Self
- 1994
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
Self
- 1993
The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'
Self - Composer
- 1992
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Self
1980s
- 1989
Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet
Himself, Waiter
- 1987
Oingo Boingo: Halloween '87
Himself
- 1985
Oingo Boingo: Live at the Ritz
Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
- 1984
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Self
- 1981
Thanked in the credits2
2000s
- 2007
