Danny Elfman

Personal Info

Known For Sound

Gender Male

Birthday 1953-05-29 (71 years old)

Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As Daniel Robert Elfman

Danny Elfman

Biography

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.

Known For

Sound

Dracula: A Love Tale

as Original Music Composer

The Simpsons: Christmas 2

as Theme Song Performance

2025
Khodzha Nasreddin

as Original Music Composer

2024
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

as Original Music Composer

2024
2023
Bloody Bridget

as Original Music Composer

2022
White Noise

as Original Music Composer

2022
2022
Wednesday

as Original Music Composer

2021
The Woman in the Window

as Original Music Composer

2020
Dolittle

as Original Music Composer

2019
Dumbo

as Original Music Composer

2019
Men in Black: International

as Original Music Composer

2018
The Grinch

as Original Music Composer

2018
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

as Original Music Composer

2018
Fifty Shades Freed

as Original Music Composer

2017
Fifty Shades Darker

as Original Music Composer

2017
The Circle

as Original Music Composer

2017
Justice League

as Original Music Composer

2017
Tulip Fever

as Original Music Composer

2017
When We Rise

as Original Music Composer

2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass

as Original Music Composer

2016
Before I Wake

as Original Music Composer

2016
The Girl on the Train

as Original Music Composer

2015
The End of the Tour

as Original Music Composer

2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron

as Original Music Composer

2015
Goosebumps

as Original Music Composer

2015
Fifty Shades of Grey

as Original Music Composer

2014
Mr. Peabody & Sherman

as Original Music Composer

2014
Big Eyes

as Original Music Composer

2013
Epic

as Original Music Composer

2013
American Hustle

as Original Music Composer

2013
2013
Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers

as Original Music Composer

2013
Oz the Great and Powerful

as Original Music Composer

2012
Men in Black 3

as Original Music Composer

2012
Dark Shadows

as Original Music Composer

2012
Silver Linings Playbook

as Original Music Composer

2012
Promised Land

as Original Music Composer

2012
Frankenweenie

as Original Music Composer

2012
Hitchcock

as Original Music Composer

2011
Real Steel

as Original Music Composer

2011
Restless

as Original Music Composer

2010
Alice in Wonderland

as Original Music Composer

2010
The Next Three Days

as Original Music Composer

2010
2010
The Wolfman

as Original Music Composer

2009
Terminator Salvation

as Original Music Composer

2009
Taking Woodstock

as Original Music Composer

2009
9

as Songs

2009
Notorious

as Original Music Composer

2008
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

as Original Music Composer

2008
Standard Operating Procedure

as Original Music Composer

2008
Wanted

as Original Music Composer

2008
Milk

as Original Music Composer

2008
Proud Iza

as Music

2007
The Kingdom

as Original Music Composer

2007
Meet the Robinsons

as Original Music Composer

2006
Charlotte's Web

as Original Music Composer

2006
Deep Sea 3D

as Original Music Composer

2006
Nacho Libre

as Original Music Composer

2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

as Original Music Composer

2005
Corpse Bride

as Original Music Composer

2004
Spider-Man 2

as Original Music Composer

2003
Big Fish

as Original Music Composer

2003
Hulk

as Original Music Composer

2002
Spider-Man

as Original Music Composer

2002
Chicago

as Original Music Composer

2002
Men in Black II

as Original Music Composer

2002
Red Dragon

as Original Music Composer

2001
Planet of the Apes

as Original Music Composer

2001
Spy Kids

as Original Music Composer

2001
Spy Kids

as Songs

2001
Novocaine

as Original Music Composer

2001
Heartbreakers

as Original Music Composer

2000
The Family Man

as Original Music Composer

2000
Proof of Life

as Original Music Composer

2000
Psycho Path

as Music Producer

1999
Sleepy Hollow

as Original Music Composer

1999
Anywhere but Here

as Original Music Composer

1999
Instinct

as Original Music Composer

1998
A Simple Plan

as Original Music Composer

1998
A Civil Action

as Original Music Composer

1998
Psycho

as Music Producer

1998
Modern Vampires

as Original Music Composer

1997
Men in Black

as Original Music Composer

1997
Good Will Hunting

as Original Music Composer

1997
Flubber

as Original Music Composer

1997
Perversions of Science

as Theme Song Performance

1996
Mars Attacks!

as Original Music Composer

1996
The Frighteners

as Original Music Composer

1996
Mission: Impossible

as Original Music Composer

1996
Freeway

as Original Music Composer

1996
Extreme Measures

as Original Music Composer

1996
Bordello of Blood

as Original Music Composer

1995
To Die For

as Original Music Composer

1995
Dead Presidents

as Original Music Composer

1995
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

as Main Title Theme Composer

1995
Dolores Claiborne

as Original Music Composer

1995
1994
Black Beauty

as Original Music Composer

1994
1993
Sommersby

as Original Music Composer

1993
The Nightmare Before Christmas

as Original Music Composer

1992
Batman Returns

as Original Music Composer

1992
Article 99

as Music

1992
Batman: The Animated Series

as Main Title Theme Composer

1990
Edward Scissorhands

as Original Music Composer

1990
Darkman

as Original Music Composer

1990
Nightbreed

as Original Music Composer

1990
Dick Tracy

as Original Music Composer

1990
The Flash

as Original Music Composer

1989
Batman

as Original Music Composer

1989
The Simpsons

as Main Title Theme Composer

1989
The Simpsons

as Theme Song Performance

1989
Tales from the Crypt

as Theme Song Performance

1988
Beetlejuice

as Original Music Composer

1988
Midnight Run

as Original Music Composer

1988
1988
Scrooged

as Original Music Composer

1988
Hot to Trot

as Original Music Composer

1988
Big Top Pee-wee

as Original Music Composer

1987
Summer School

as Original Music Composer

1986
Wisdom

as Music

1986
Back to School

as Original Music Composer

1986
Amazing Stories

as Original Music Composer

1985
Pee-wee's Big Adventure

as Original Music Composer

1985
1980
Forbidden Zone

as Original Music Composer

Actor

2017
78/52

as Self

2010
DemiUrge Emesis

as Narrator (voice)

2008
Proud Iza

as Narrator

2005
Corpse Bride

as Bonejangles (voice)

2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

as Oompa Loompa (voice) (uncredited)

2000
The Gift

as Tommy Lee Ballard

2000
Psycho Path

as Self - Arranger

1993
The Nightmare Before Christmas

as Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice)

1986
Back to School

as Oingo Boingo Band Member

1985
Oingo Boingo: Live at the Ritz

as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar

1981
1980
1977
Hot Tomorrows

as Singer

Crew

2007
Sicko

as Thanks

2007
Paranoid Park

as Thanks