A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Daniel Robert Elfman
Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Born:
May 29, 1953
Daniel Elfman is a composer. Elfman is famous for creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the Batman theme, and his role as Jack Skellington's singing voice in The Nightmare Before Christmas. He is a frequent collaborator with long-time friend Tim Burton and has scored most of his films. He also sang for the character Bonejangles in the movie Corpse Bride. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards and won a Grammy Award for Tim Burton's Batman and an Emmy Award for his Desperate Housewives theme. Elfman was honored with the prestigious Richard Kirk award at the 2002 BMI Film and TV Awards. Earlier in his career, Elfman lead the rock band Oingo Boingo as singer/songwriter from 1976 until its breakup in 1995.
Main Title Theme Composer:
1995 Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Music:
1986 Wisdom
1988 Face Like a Frog
1992 Article 99
1992 The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade
1994 Shrunken Heads
1995 Dead Presidents
1995 Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
2000 The World of Stainboy
2004 Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
2007 The Simpsons Movie
2008 Proud Iza
2010 Do Not Disturb
2013 Cirque du Soleil: IRIS
2013 The Unknown Known
2016 Vengadores Chiflados: La Era de Pultrón
2020 The Final Moments
2021 Aliens, Clowns & Geeks
2024 May the 12th Be with You
Music Producer:
1986 Wisdom
1988 Face Like a Frog
1992 Article 99
1992 The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade
1994 Shrunken Heads
1995 Dead Presidents
1995 Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1998 Psycho
2000 Psycho Path
2000 The World of Stainboy
2004 Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
2007 The Simpsons Movie
2008 Proud Iza
2010 Do Not Disturb
2013 Cirque du Soleil: IRIS
2013 The Unknown Known
2016 Vengadores Chiflados: La Era de Pultrón
2020 The Final Moments
2021 Aliens, Clowns & Geeks
2024 May the 12th Be with You
Original Music Composer:
1980 Forbidden Zone
1985 Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1986 Amazing Stories
1986 Back to School
1986 Wisdom
1987 Summer School
1988 Beetlejuice
1988 Big Top Pee-wee
1988 Face Like a Frog
1988 Hot to Trot
1988 Midnight Run
1988 Scrooged
1989 Batman
1990 Darkman
1990 Dick Tracy
1990 Edward Scissorhands
1990 Nightbreed
1990 The Flash
1992 Army of Darkness
1992 Article 99
1992 Batman Returns
1992 The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade
1993 Sommersby
1993 The Nightmare Before Christmas
1994 Black Beauty
1994 Shrunken Heads
1995 Dead Presidents
1995 Dolores Claiborne
1995 Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995 To Die For
1996 Bordello of Blood
1996 Extreme Measures
1996 Freeway
1996 Mars Attacks!
1996 Mission: Impossible
1996 The Frighteners
1997 Flubber
1997 Good Will Hunting
1997 Men in Black
1998 A Civil Action
1998 A Simple Plan
1998 Modern Vampires
1998 Psycho
1999 Anywhere but Here
1999 Instinct
1999 Sleepy Hollow
2000 Proof of Life
2000 Psycho Path
2000 The Family Man
2000 The World of Stainboy
2001 Heartbreakers
2001 Novocaine
2001 Planet of the Apes
2001 Spy Kids
2002 Chicago
2002 Men in Black II
2002 Red Dragon
2002 Spider-Man
2003 Big Fish
2003 Hulk
2004 Spider-Man 2
2004 Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005 Corpse Bride
2006 Charlotte's Web
2006 Deep Sea 3D
2006 Nacho Libre
2007 Meet the Robinsons
2007 The Kingdom
2007 The Simpsons Movie
2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 Milk
2008 Proud Iza
2008 Standard Operating Procedure
2008 Wanted
2009 Notorious
2009 Taking Woodstock
2009 Terminator Salvation
2010 Alice in Wonderland
2010 Do Not Disturb
2010 The Next Three Days
2010 The Wolfman
2011 Real Steel
2011 Restless
2012 Dark Shadows
2012 Frankenweenie
2012 Hitchcock
2012 Men in Black 3
2012 Promised Land
2012 Silver Linings Playbook
2013 American Hustle
2013 Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers
2013 Cirque du Soleil: IRIS
2013 Epic
2013 Oz the Great and Powerful
2013 The Unknown Known
2014 Big Eyes
2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015 Fifty Shades of Grey
2015 Goosebumps
2015 The End of the Tour
2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016 Before I Wake
2016 The Girl on the Train
2016 Vengadores Chiflados: La Era de Pultrón
2017 Fifty Shades Darker
2017 Justice League
2017 The Circle
2017 Tulip Fever
2018 Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018 Fifty Shades Freed
2018 The Grinch
2019 Dumbo
2019 Men in Black: International
2020 Dolittle
2020 The Final Moments
2021 Aliens, Clowns & Geeks
2021 The Woman in the Window
2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022 White Noise
2023 Bloody Bridget
2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024 Khodzha Nasreddin
2024 May the 12th Be with You
Producer:
1980 Forbidden Zone
1985 Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1986 Amazing Stories
1986 Back to School
1986 Wisdom
1987 Summer School
1988 Beetlejuice
1988 Big Top Pee-wee
1988 Face Like a Frog
1988 Hot to Trot
1988 Midnight Run
1988 Scrooged
1989 Batman
1990 Darkman
1990 Dick Tracy
1990 Edward Scissorhands
1990 Nightbreed
1990 The Flash
1992 Army of Darkness
1992 Article 99
1992 Batman Returns
1992 The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade
1993 Sommersby
1993 The Nightmare Before Christmas
1994 Black Beauty
1994 Shrunken Heads
1995 Dead Presidents
1995 Dolores Claiborne
1995 Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995 To Die For
1996 Bordello of Blood
1996 Extreme Measures
1996 Freeway
1996 Mars Attacks!
1996 Mission: Impossible
1996 The Frighteners
1997 Flubber
1997 Good Will Hunting
1997 Men in Black
1998 A Civil Action
1998 A Simple Plan
1998 Modern Vampires
1998 Psycho
1999 Anywhere but Here
1999 Instinct
1999 Sleepy Hollow
2000 Proof of Life
2000 Psycho Path
2000 The Family Man
2000 The World of Stainboy
2001 Heartbreakers
2001 Novocaine
2001 Planet of the Apes
2001 Spy Kids
2002 Chicago
2002 Men in Black II
2002 Red Dragon
2002 Spider-Man
2003 Big Fish
2003 Hulk
2004 Spider-Man 2
2004 Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005 Corpse Bride
2006 Charlotte's Web
2006 Deep Sea 3D
2006 Nacho Libre
2007 Meet the Robinsons
2007 The Kingdom
2007 The Simpsons Movie
2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 Milk
2008 Proud Iza
2008 Standard Operating Procedure
2008 Wanted
2009 Notorious
2009 Taking Woodstock
2009 Terminator Salvation
2010 Alice in Wonderland
2010 Do Not Disturb
2010 The Next Three Days
2010 The Wolfman
2011 A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton
2011 Real Steel
2011 Restless
2012 Dark Shadows
2012 Frankenweenie
2012 Hitchcock
2012 Men in Black 3
2012 Promised Land
2012 Silver Linings Playbook
2013 American Hustle
2013 Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers
2013 Cirque du Soleil: IRIS
2013 Epic
2013 Oz the Great and Powerful
2013 The Unknown Known
2014 Big Eyes
2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015 Fifty Shades of Grey
2015 Goosebumps
2015 The End of the Tour
2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016 Before I Wake
2016 The Girl on the Train
2016 Vengadores Chiflados: La Era de Pultrón
2017 Fifty Shades Darker
2017 Justice League
2017 The Circle
2017 Tulip Fever
2018 Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018 Fifty Shades Freed
2018 The Grinch
2019 Dumbo
2019 Men in Black: International
2020 Dolittle
2020 The Final Moments
2021 Aliens, Clowns & Geeks
2021 The Woman in the Window
2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022 White Noise
2023 Bloody Bridget
2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024 Khodzha Nasreddin
2024 May the 12th Be with You
Songs:
1980 Forbidden Zone
1985 Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1986 Amazing Stories
1986 Back to School
1986 Wisdom
1987 Summer School
1988 Beetlejuice
1988 Big Top Pee-wee
1988 Face Like a Frog
1988 Hot to Trot
1988 Midnight Run
1988 Scrooged
1989 Batman
1990 Darkman
1990 Dick Tracy
1990 Edward Scissorhands
1990 Nightbreed
1990 The Flash
1992 Army of Darkness
1992 Article 99
1992 Batman Returns
1992 The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade
1993 Sommersby
1993 The Nightmare Before Christmas
1994 Black Beauty
1994 Shrunken Heads
1995 Dead Presidents
1995 Dolores Claiborne
1995 Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995 To Die For
1996 Bordello of Blood
1996 Extreme Measures
1996 Freeway
1996 Mars Attacks!
1996 Mission: Impossible
1996 The Frighteners
1997 Flubber
1997 Good Will Hunting
1997 Men in Black
1998 A Civil Action
1998 A Simple Plan
1998 Modern Vampires
1998 Psycho
1999 Anywhere but Here
1999 Instinct
1999 Sleepy Hollow
2000 Proof of Life
2000 Psycho Path
2000 The Family Man
2000 The World of Stainboy
2001 Heartbreakers
2001 Novocaine
2001 Planet of the Apes
2001 Spy Kids
2002 Chicago
2002 Men in Black II
2002 Red Dragon
2002 Spider-Man
2003 Big Fish
2003 Hulk
2004 Spider-Man 2
2004 Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005 Corpse Bride
2006 Charlotte's Web
2006 Deep Sea 3D
2006 Nacho Libre
2007 Meet the Robinsons
2007 The Kingdom
2007 The Simpsons Movie
2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 Milk
2008 Proud Iza
2008 Standard Operating Procedure
2008 Wanted
2009 9
2009 Notorious
2009 Taking Woodstock
2009 Terminator Salvation
2010 Alice in Wonderland
2010 Do Not Disturb
2010 The Next Three Days
2010 The Wolfman
2011 A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton
2011 Real Steel
2011 Restless
2012 Dark Shadows
2012 Frankenweenie
2012 Hitchcock
2012 Men in Black 3
2012 Promised Land
2012 Silver Linings Playbook
2013 American Hustle
2013 Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers
2013 Cirque du Soleil: IRIS
2013 Epic
2013 Oz the Great and Powerful
2013 The Unknown Known
2014 Big Eyes
2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015 Fifty Shades of Grey
2015 Goosebumps
2015 The End of the Tour
2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016 Before I Wake
2016 The Girl on the Train
2016 Vengadores Chiflados: La Era de Pultrón
2017 Fifty Shades Darker
2017 Justice League
2017 The Circle
2017 Tulip Fever
2018 Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018 Fifty Shades Freed
2018 The Grinch
2019 Dumbo
2019 Men in Black: International
2020 Dolittle
2020 The Final Moments
2021 Aliens, Clowns & Geeks
2021 The Woman in the Window
2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022 White Noise
2023 Bloody Bridget
2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024 Khodzha Nasreddin
2024 May the 12th Be with You
Thanks:
1980 Forbidden Zone
1985 Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1986 Amazing Stories
1986 Back to School
1986 Wisdom
1987 Summer School
1988 Beetlejuice
1988 Big Top Pee-wee
1988 Face Like a Frog
1988 Hot to Trot
1988 Midnight Run
1988 Scrooged
1989 Batman
1990 Darkman
1990 Dick Tracy
1990 Edward Scissorhands
1990 Nightbreed
1990 The Flash
1992 Army of Darkness
1992 Article 99
1992 Batman Returns
1992 The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade
1993 Sommersby
1993 The Nightmare Before Christmas
1994 Black Beauty
1994 Shrunken Heads
1995 Dead Presidents
1995 Dolores Claiborne
1995 Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995 To Die For
1996 Bordello of Blood
1996 Extreme Measures
1996 Freeway
1996 Mars Attacks!
1996 Mission: Impossible
1996 The Frighteners
1997 Flubber
1997 Good Will Hunting
1997 Men in Black
1998 A Civil Action
1998 A Simple Plan
1998 Modern Vampires
1998 Psycho
1999 Anywhere but Here
1999 Instinct
1999 Sleepy Hollow
2000 Proof of Life
2000 Psycho Path
2000 The Family Man
2000 The World of Stainboy
2001 Heartbreakers
2001 Novocaine
2001 Planet of the Apes
2001 Spy Kids
2002 Chicago
2002 Men in Black II
2002 Red Dragon
2002 Spider-Man
2003 Big Fish
2003 Hulk
2004 Spider-Man 2
2004 Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005 Corpse Bride
2006 Charlotte's Web
2006 Deep Sea 3D
2006 Nacho Libre
2007 Meet the Robinsons
2007 Paranoid Park
2007 Sicko
2007 The Kingdom
2007 The Simpsons Movie
2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 Milk
2008 Proud Iza
2008 Standard Operating Procedure
2008 Wanted
2009 9
2009 Notorious
2009 Taking Woodstock
2009 Terminator Salvation
2010 Alice in Wonderland
2010 Do Not Disturb
2010 The Next Three Days
2010 The Wolfman
2011 A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton
2011 Real Steel
2011 Restless
2012 Dark Shadows
2012 Frankenweenie
2012 Hitchcock
2012 Men in Black 3
2012 Promised Land
2012 Silver Linings Playbook
2013 American Hustle
2013 Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers
2013 Cirque du Soleil: IRIS
2013 Epic
2013 Oz the Great and Powerful
2013 The Unknown Known
2014 Big Eyes
2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015 Fifty Shades of Grey
2015 Goosebumps
2015 The End of the Tour
2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016 Before I Wake
2016 The Girl on the Train
2016 Vengadores Chiflados: La Era de Pultrón
2017 Fifty Shades Darker
2017 Justice League
2017 The Circle
2017 Tulip Fever
2018 Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018 Fifty Shades Freed
2018 The Grinch
2019 Dumbo
2019 Men in Black: International
2020 Dolittle
2020 The Final Moments
2021 Aliens, Clowns & Geeks
2021 The Woman in the Window
2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022 White Noise
2023 Bloody Bridget
2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024 Khodzha Nasreddin
2024 May the 12th Be with You
Main Title Theme Composer:
1989 The Simpsons
1992 Batman: The Animated Series
Music:
1985 Amazing Stories
1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1989 Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton
1989 The Simpsons
1992 Batman: The Animated Series
2000 The World of Stainboy
Original Music Composer:
1985 Amazing Stories
1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1989 Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton
1989 The Simpsons
1992 Batman: The Animated Series
2000 The World of Stainboy
2017 When We Rise
2022 Wednesday
Theme Song Performance:
1985 Amazing Stories
1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1989 Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton
1989 Tales from the Crypt
1989 The Simpsons
1992 Batman: The Animated Series
1997 Perversions of Science
2000 The World of Stainboy
2017 When We Rise
2022 Wednesday
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