Unletterboxd

Discover

  • Popular
  • Top Rated

Genres

loading...

TMDB logo

This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.



  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Animation
  • Comedy
  • Crime
  • Documentary
  • Drama
  • Family
  • Fantasy
  • History
  • Horror
  • Music
  • Mystery
  • Romance
  • Science Fiction
  • TV Movie
  • Thriller
  • War
  • Western

Images

imageimage
Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-05-29

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast


Crew

Corpse Bride

Corpse Bride

20057.6 / 10

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas

19937.8 / 10

Forbidden Zone

Forbidden Zone

19806.3 / 10

Oingo Boingo: Farewell (Live from the Universal Amphitheatre)

Oingo Boingo: Farewell (Live from the Universal Amphitheatre)

199610.0 / 10

Hot Tomorrows

Hot Tomorrows

19776.0 / 10

Oingo Boingo: October 25th, 1990

Oingo Boingo: October 25th, 1990

TBA0.0 / 10

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

19928.0 / 10

Back to School

Back to School

19866.3 / 10

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition

19948.1 / 10

Oingo Boingo: 1983 US Festival

Oingo Boingo: 1983 US Festival

20110.0 / 10

Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet

Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet

19890.0 / 10

The Making of 'The Frighteners'

The Making of 'The Frighteners'

19988.8 / 10

Hollywood in Vienna 2017 - Fairytales

Hollywood in Vienna 2017 - Fairytales

20170.0 / 10

Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton

Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton

20158.4 / 10

A Look Into 'The Forbidden Zone'

A Look Into 'The Forbidden Zone'

TBA7.0 / 10

Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

19848.1 / 10

Score: A Film Music Documentary

Score: A Film Music Documentary

20177.1 / 10

78/52

78/52

20177.2 / 10

Proud Iza

Proud Iza

20080.0 / 10

DemiUrge Emesis

DemiUrge Emesis

20106.0 / 10

Urgh! A Music War

Urgh! A Music War

19817.3 / 10

Psycho Path

Psycho Path

20006.7 / 10

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

20007.0 / 10

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

20057.0 / 10

Oingo Boingo: Live at the Ritz

Oingo Boingo: Live at the Ritz

19858.0 / 10

Oingo Boingo: Halloween '87

Oingo Boingo: Halloween '87

198710.0 / 10

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds

20058.5 / 10

Cosmic Symphonies: Elfman in Space

Cosmic Symphonies: Elfman in Space

20020.0 / 10

Fantasporto – Carnaval no Porto

Fantasporto – Carnaval no Porto

20000.0 / 10

The Gift

The Gift

20006.5 / 10

A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton

A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton

20110.0 / 10

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight

Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight

20080.0 / 10

Oingo Boingo: Little Girls

Oingo Boingo: Little Girls

198110.0 / 10

Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'

Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'

20040.0 / 10

The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'

The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'

19930.0 / 10

Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks!

19966.4 / 10

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

20057.0 / 10

Edward Scissorhands

Edward Scissorhands

19907.7 / 10

Batman

Batman

19897.2 / 10

Batman Returns

Batman Returns

19926.9 / 10

Sommersby

Sommersby

19936.4 / 10

Terminator Salvation

Terminator Salvation

20096.1 / 10

Spider-Man

Spider-Man

20027.3 / 10

Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 2

20047.3 / 10

To Die For

To Die For

19956.6 / 10

Big Fish

Big Fish

20037.8 / 10

Chicago

Chicago

20027.1 / 10

Men in Black

Men in Black

19977.2 / 10

Men in Black II

Men in Black II

20026.4 / 10

Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow

19997.2 / 10

Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice

19887.4 / 10

Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

20015.8 / 10

Hulk

Hulk

20035.6 / 10

The Frighteners

The Frighteners

19966.9 / 10

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

19967.0 / 10

The Kingdom

The Kingdom

20076.7 / 10

A Simple Plan

A Simple Plan

19987.2 / 10

Freeway

Freeway

19966.5 / 10

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

19856.5 / 10

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

20086.8 / 10

Corpse Bride

Corpse Bride

20057.6 / 10

Extreme Measures

Extreme Measures

19966.0 / 10

The Family Man

The Family Man

20006.8 / 10

Dead Presidents

Dead Presidents

19956.7 / 10

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

20106.6 / 10

Standard Operating Procedure

Standard Operating Procedure

20086.8 / 10

Wanted

Wanted

20086.5 / 10

A Civil Action

A Civil Action

19986.5 / 10

Bordello of Blood

Bordello of Blood

19965.9 / 10

Taking Woodstock

Taking Woodstock

20096.2 / 10

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas

19937.8 / 10

Midnight Run

Midnight Run

19887.2 / 10

Red Dragon

Red Dragon

20027.0 / 10

Darkman

Darkman

19906.4 / 10

Charlotte's Web

Charlotte's Web

20066.2 / 10

Men in Black 3

Men in Black 3

20126.5 / 10

The Next Three Days

The Next Three Days

20107.1 / 10

Forbidden Zone

Forbidden Zone

19806.3 / 10

Real Steel

Real Steel

20117.0 / 10

Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows

20126.1 / 10

A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton

A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton

20110.0 / 10

Silver Linings Playbook

Silver Linings Playbook

20127.1 / 10

Promised Land

Promised Land

20126.3 / 10

Epic

Epic

20136.5 / 10

9

9

20096.9 / 10

American Hustle

American Hustle

20136.9 / 10

The Unknown Known

The Unknown Known

20136.9 / 10

The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade

The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade

19926.8 / 10

Summer School

Summer School

19876.4 / 10

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

19956.9 / 10

Nightbreed

Nightbreed

19906.4 / 10

Frankenweenie

Frankenweenie

20127.0 / 10

Back to School

Back to School

19866.3 / 10

White Noise

White Noise

20225.5 / 10

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass

20166.6 / 10

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

20247.0 / 10

The End of the Tour

The End of the Tour

20157.0 / 10

Deep Sea 3D

Deep Sea 3D

20066.6 / 10

Article 99

Article 99

19926.1 / 10

Khodzha Nasreddin

Khodzha Nasreddin

20250.0 / 10

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Avengers: Age of Ultron

20157.3 / 10

Psycho

Psycho

19985.1 / 10

Do Not Disturb

Do Not Disturb

20102.0 / 10

Sicko

Sicko

20077.4 / 10

Goosebumps

Goosebumps

20156.3 / 10

Fifty Shades of Grey

Fifty Shades of Grey

20155.9 / 10

The Wolfman

The Wolfman

20105.9 / 10

Paranoid Park

Paranoid Park

20076.5 / 10

Face Like a Frog

Face Like a Frog

19887.1 / 10

Vengadores Chiflados: La Era de PultrĂ³n

Vengadores Chiflados: La Era de PultrĂ³n

201610.0 / 10

Scrooged

Scrooged

19886.8 / 10

Spy Kids

Spy Kids

20015.8 / 10

Before I Wake

Before I Wake

20166.5 / 10

Fifty Shades Darker

Fifty Shades Darker

20176.5 / 10

Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers

Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers

20137.0 / 10

Proof of Life

Proof of Life

20006.1 / 10

Bloody Bridget

Bloody Bridget

20235.5 / 10

Black Beauty

Black Beauty

19946.7 / 10

The Circle

The Circle

20175.5 / 10

Dolores Claiborne

Dolores Claiborne

19957.3 / 10

Hot to Trot

Hot to Trot

19885.2 / 10

Dolittle

Dolittle

20206.6 / 10

The Grinch

The Grinch

20186.9 / 10

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

20146.7 / 10

Oz the Great and Powerful

Oz the Great and Powerful

20135.9 / 10

Hitchcock

Hitchcock

20126.6 / 10

Restless

Restless

20116.5 / 10

Good Will Hunting

Good Will Hunting

19978.2 / 10

Notorious

Notorious

20096.9 / 10

Novocaine

Novocaine

20016.0 / 10

Anywhere but Here

Anywhere but Here

19996.0 / 10

Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

19906.1 / 10

The Flash

The Flash

19906.5 / 10

Big Top Pee-wee

Big Top Pee-wee

19884.9 / 10

Heartbreakers

Heartbreakers

20016.1 / 10

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

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

20186.7 / 10

The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train

20166.4 / 10

Modern Vampires

Modern Vampires

19984.9 / 10

Justice League

Justice League

20176.1 / 10

Instinct

Instinct

19996.5 / 10

Edward Scissorhands

Edward Scissorhands

20240.0 / 10

Milk

Milk

20087.2 / 10

Dumbo

Dumbo

20196.6 / 10

Proud Iza

Proud Iza

20080.0 / 10

Shrunken Heads

Shrunken Heads

19944.6 / 10

Men in Black: International

Men in Black: International

20195.9 / 10

Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories

19866.6 / 10

Meet the Robinsons

Meet the Robinsons

20076.9 / 10

Tulip Fever

Tulip Fever

20176.5 / 10

Fifty Shades Freed

Fifty Shades Freed

20186.7 / 10

Aliens, Clowns & Geeks

Aliens, Clowns & Geeks

20217.5 / 10

Nacho Libre

Nacho Libre

20066.5 / 10

Big Eyes

Big Eyes

20147.0 / 10

The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window

20216.0 / 10

Cirque du Soleil: IRIS

Cirque du Soleil: IRIS

201310.0 / 10

The World of Stainboy

The World of Stainboy

20006.4 / 10

Flubber

Flubber

19975.6 / 10

Psycho Path

Psycho Path

20006.7 / 10

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

20227.3 / 10

Dracula

Dracula

20250.0 / 10

Oingo Boingo: Little Girls

Oingo Boingo: Little Girls

198110.0 / 10

The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow

The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow

20250.0 / 10

Dead Man's Wire

Dead Man's Wire

TBA0.0 / 10

Family Dog

Family Dog

19880.0 / 10

Urge

Urge

20170.0 / 10

Wisdom

Wisdom

19865.8 / 10

The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful

The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful

20246.9 / 10

May the 12th Be with You

May the 12th Be with You

20245.4 / 10