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.
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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External links
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Filmography (Movies)
A Danny Elfman Christmas Story
Character:Narrator
Release Date:31/10/2025
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Character:Self
Release Date:06/06/2024
78/52
Character:Self
Release Date:13/10/2017
Hollywood in Vienna 2017 - Fairytales
Character:Self
Release Date:29/09/2017
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Character:Self
Release Date:16/03/2017
Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton
Character:
Release Date:30/10/2015
A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton
Character:
Release Date:13/05/2011
Oingo Boingo: 1983 US Festival
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2011
DemiUrge Emesis
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:22/04/2010
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
Character:Self
Release Date:18/10/2008
Proud Iza
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/2008
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds
Character:Himself
Release Date:08/11/2005
Corpse Bride
Character:Bonejangles (voice)
Release Date:12/09/2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Character:Oompa Loompa (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:13/07/2005
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/06/2004
Cosmic Symphonies: Elfman in Space
Character:Self
Release Date:26/11/2002
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Character:Self
Release Date:23/05/2000
The Gift
Character:Tommy Lee Ballard
Release Date:16/03/2000
Psycho Path
Character:Self - Arranger
Release Date:10/02/2000
Fantasporto – Carnaval no Porto
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2000
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
Character:Himself
Release Date:24/11/1998
Oingo Boingo: Farewell (Live from the Universal Amphitheatre)
Character:Self
Release Date:16/04/1996
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
Character:Self
Release Date:19/11/1994
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Character:Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice)
Release Date:09/10/1993
The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'
Character:Self - Composer
Release Date:03/10/1993
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/1992
Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet
Character:Himself, Waiter
Release Date:10/01/1989
Oingo Boingo: Halloween '87
Character:Himself
Release Date:31/10/1987
Back to School
Character:Oingo Boingo Band Member
Release Date:13/06/1986
Oingo Boingo: Live at the Ritz
Character:Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Release Date:20/12/1985
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1984
Urgh! A Music War
Character:Self
Release Date:07/11/1981
Forbidden Zone
Character:Satan
Release Date:15/03/1980
Hot Tomorrows
Character:Singer
Release Date:01/04/1977
Television Appearances
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