Danny Elfman
Birthplace – Los Angeles, California, USA
As Danny Elfman was growing up in the Los Angeles area, he was largely unaware of his talent for composing. It wasn’t until the early 1970s that Danny and his older brother Richard Elfman started a musical troupe while in Paris; the group “Mystic Knights of Oingo-Boingo” was created for Richard’s directorial debut, Forbidden Zone (1980) (now considered a cult classic by Elfman fans). The group’s name went through many incarnations over the years, beginning with “The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo” and eventually just Oingo Boingo. While continuing to compose eclectic, intelligent rock music for his L.A.-based band (some of which had been used in various film soundtracks, e.g. Weird Science (1985)), Danny formed a friendship with young director Tim Burton, who was then a fan of Oingo Boingo. Danny went on to score the soundtrack of Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985), Danny’s first orchestral film score. The Elfman-Burton partnership continued (most notably through the hugely-successful “Batman” flicks) and opened doors of opportunity for Danny, who has been referred to as “Hollywood’s hottest film composer”.
Filmography
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Jack Skellington - Singing Voice (1993)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Barrel (1993)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Clown with the Tear Away Face (1993)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
(2024)
65
(2023)
White Noise
(2022)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
(2022)
The Woman in the Window
(2021)
Dolittle
(2020)
Men in Black: International
(2019)
Dumbo
(2019)
Fifty Shades Freed
(2018)
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot
(2018)
Tulip Fever
(2017)
Justice League
(2017)
The Circle
(2017)
Fifty Shades Darker
(2017)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
(2016)
The Girl on the Train
(2016)
Goosebumps
(2015)
Fifty Shades of Grey
(2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
(2015)
Epic
(2013)
Oz the Great and Powerful
(2013)
American Hustle
(2013)
Silver Linings Playbook
(2012)
Dark Shadows
(2012)
Frankenweenie
(2012)
Real Steel
(2011)
Wanted
(2008)
Spider-Man
(2002)
Mission: Impossible 25th Anniversary
(2021)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
(1993)
Batman Returns
(1992)
Batman
(1989)
Beetlejuice
(1988)
Hot to Trot
(2018)
