Person · Male
Danny Elfman
American singer and score composer
- From
- Los Angeles, United States
- Since
- 1953–present
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Releases
- 150
- modern classical
About
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.
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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, the score for the animated film Meet the Robinsons, and the themes for the popular television series Desperate Housewives and The Simpsons.
Among his honors 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.
Member of
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Oingo Boingo guitar, lead vocals, percussion, sitar, trombone, violin
Discography
Albums
Singles
Compilations
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Cinema Sounds: Film Music
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Famous Movie Themes
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The Danny Elfman Batman Collection
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Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box
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Le Monde de Tim Burton
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The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box: 17 Collector's Edition Bonus Disc
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Music for a Darkened Theatre: Film & Television Music, Volume 3
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The Film Music of Danny Elfman
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Good Will Hunting / Black Beauty
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Music for a Darkened Theatre: Film & Television Music, Volume 2
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The World Of Jimmy Callicut / Little Demons
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Music for a Darkened Theatre: Film & Television Music, Volume One
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Pee-wee's Big Adventure / Back to School Apple Music
Other
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Send Help: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Jack's Lament (From "Nightmare Before Christmas")
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Main Title Theme (from "Stuart Fails to Save the Universe") Apple Music
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Dracula: Original Motion Picture Score
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Bullet Time Apple Music
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Dark Universe
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: Score from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Summer School
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Apple Music
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Wednesday: Original Series Soundtrack
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White Noise: Soundtrack from the Netflix Film
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Aliens Clowns & Geeks
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Bigger. Messier.
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Native Intelligence (Ghostemane Natural Selection remix)
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We Belong (Squarepusher remix) Apple Music
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Kick Me (Zach Hill remix)
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True
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The Woman In The Window (Original Score From The Netflix Film)
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Dolittle (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Apple Music
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Dumbo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Apple Music
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MIB: International: Original Motion Picture Score
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Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot Apple Music
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Marvel Studios: The First Ten Years
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Fifty Shades Freed: Original Motion Picture Score
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Before I Wake: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Tulip Fever: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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The Circle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Fifty Shades Darker (Original Motion Picture Score) Apple Music
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Justice League (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Apple Music
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Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch (Original Motion Picture Score) Apple Music
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Rabbit & Rogue (Original Ballet Score) Apple Music
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Alice Through the Looking Glass: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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The Girl on the Train Apple Music
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Avengers: Age of Ultron
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The End of the Tour: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Goosebumps Apple Music
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Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Score
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Mr. Peabody & Sherman
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The Unknown Known
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Batman The Animated Series
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Epic Apple Music
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Oz the Great and Powerful Apple Music
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Restless
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Silver Linings Playbook Apple Music
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Promised Land: Music From the Motion Picture
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Hitchcock: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Dark Shadows: Original Score
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Men in Black 3 Apple Music
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Frankenweenie Apple Music
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Real Steel: Original Motion Picture Score
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Alice in Wonderland Apple Music
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The Wolfman Apple Music
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The Next Three Days: Music From the Motion Picture
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Taking Woodstock Apple Music
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Terminator Salvation: Original Soundtrack
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9: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Wanted: Weapons of Fate - The Little Things (UNKLE Variation)
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Standard Operating Procedure
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Wanted: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Links
Official
Social
Concerts
Reference
- AllMusic
- BBC Music
- mundobso.com
- bandasonora.org
- scoremagacine.com
- soundtrack.net
- Discogs
- IMDb
- Last.fm
- Genius
- id.loc.gov
- catalogue.bnf.fr
- d-nb.info
- imvdb.com
- snaccooperative.org
- nla.gov.au
- soundtrackcollector.com
- rateyourmusic.com
- musik-sammler.de
- whosampled.com
- worldcat.org
- SecondHandSongs
- vgmdb.net
- VIAF
- Wikidata
Involved with
Married
Sibling
Also known as
D. Elfman · Dani Elfman · Daniel Elfman · Daniel Robert · Daniel Robert Elfman · Danni Elfman · Danny Elf Man · Danny Elffman · Danny Elfmain · Danny Elfmann · Danny Elfmen · Danny Elfmenn · Danny Elphman · Dany Elfman · Denny Elfman · Donny Elfman · Elfman · Robert Elfman
Tags
- film score
- film soundtrack
- soundtrack
- video game
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 5b24fbab-c58f-4c37-a59d-ab232e2d98c4
- ISNI
- 0000000121210734
- IPI
- 00044819765
- IPI
- 00269512055
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 6 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.