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Danny Elfman
Danny Elfman is a composer born on May 29, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is known for Avengers: Age of Ultron, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2. GloboWatch shows where to watch 2 of his movies and TV shows, country by country.
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- Sound
- Born
- May 29, 1953
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Daniel Robert Elfman
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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.
Filmography
- 2026Send HelpMusic
- 2024Beetlejuice BeetlejuiceMusic
- 2022WednesdayMusic
- 2022Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessMusic
- 2020DolittleMusic
- 2019Men in Black: InternationalMusic
- 2019DumboMusic
- 2018The GrinchMusic
- 2018Fifty Shades FreedMusic
- 2017Justice LeagueMusic
- 2017The CircleMusic
- 2017Fifty Shades DarkerMusic
- 2016The Girl on the TrainMusic
- 2016Alice Through the Looking GlassMusic
- 2015GoosebumpsMusic
- 2015Avengers: Age of UltronMusic
- 2015Fifty Shades of GreyMusic
- 2014Big EyesMusic
- 2014Mr. Peabody & ShermanMusic
- 2013American HustleMusic
- 2013EpicMusic
- 2013Oz the Great and PowerfulMusic
- 2012Silver Linings PlaybookMusic
- 2012FrankenweenieMusic
- 2012Men in Black 3Music
- 2012Dark ShadowsMusic
- 2011Real SteelMusic
- 2010The Next Three DaysMusic
- 2010Alice in WonderlandMusic
- 2010The WolfmanMusic
- 20099Music
- 2009Terminator SalvationMusic
- 2008MilkMusic
- 2008Hellboy II: The Golden ArmyMusic
- 2008WantedMusic
- 2007Meet the RobinsonsMusic
- 2005Corpse Brideas Bonejangles (voice) · Music
- 2005Charlie and the Chocolate Factoryas Oompa Loompa (voice) (uncredited) · Music
- 2004Spider-Man 2Music
- 2003Big FishMusic
- 2003HulkMusic
- 2002ChicagoMusic
- 2002Red DragonMusic
- 2002Men in Black IIMusic
- 2002Spider-ManMusic
- 2001Planet of the ApesMusic
- 2001Spy KidsMusic
- 2000The Family ManMusic
- 1999Sleepy HollowMusic
- 1997Good Will HuntingMusic
- 1997FlubberMusic
- 1997Men in BlackMusic
- 1996Mars Attacks!Music
- 1996Mission: ImpossibleMusic
- 1993The Nightmare Before Christmasas Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice) · Music
- 1992Batman ReturnsMusic
- 1990Edward ScissorhandsMusic
- 1989BatmanMusic
- 1988BeetlejuiceMusic
- 1977Annie Hallas Lacey Party Guest (uncredited)