Danny Elfman

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film composer human musician record producer singer-songwriter television composer

Danny Elfman is an American composer and musician best known for his darkly whimsical film scores and long-running collaborations with director Tim Burton.

Aliases (2)

Jack Skellington – Danny Elfman (singing) ×1
Oliver Elfman ×1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film composer → human → musician → record producer → singer-songwriter → television composer →
awardReceived	Grammy Award → Primetime Emmy Award → Saturn Award for Best Music →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1953-05-29 →
familyName	Elfman →
fullName	Daniel Robert Elfman →
genre	film score → new wave → rock → soundtrack →
givenName	Daniel →
hasCollaboratedWith	Ang Lee → Gus Van Sant → Peter Jackson → Sam Raimi → Tim Burton →
influencedBy	Bernard Herrmann → Nino Rota →
knownFor	collaborations with Tim Burton → darkly whimsical film scores →
memberOf	Oingo Boingo →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Original Score → Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score →
notableWork	Alice in Wonderland (2010 film) score → Avengers: Age of Ultron additional music → Batman (1989 film) score → Batman: The Animated Series main title theme → Beetlejuice score → Big Fish score → Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005 film) score → Corpse Bride score → Darkman score → Edward Scissorhands score → Fifty Shades of Grey score → Good Will Hunting score → Justice League (2017 film) score → Men in Black score → Milk (2008 film) score → Mission: Impossible (1996 film) score → Pee-wee's Big Adventure score → Spider-Man (2002 film) score → The Nightmare Before Christmas score → The Simpsons theme →
occupation	composer → musician → record producer → singer → songwriter →
placeOfBirth	Los Angeles, California, United States →
role	lead singer of Oingo Boingo →
sibling	Richard Elfman →
spouse	Bridget Fonda →
startTimeOfActivity	1970s →

Referenced by (51)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alice in Wonderland (2010 film) → American Hustle → Avengers: Age of Ultron → Batman (1989 film) → Batman Returns → Beetlejuice → Big Fish → Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005 film) → Corpse Bride → Dolittle → Dumbo (2019 film) → Edward Scissorhands → Fifty Shades Darker → Fifty Shades Freed → Frankenweenie (2012 film) → Good Will Hunting → Justice League → One Eight Seven → Scrooged → Silver Linings Playbook → Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) → Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams → Terminator Salvation → The Girl on the Train (2016 film) → The Nightmare Before Christmas → The Wolfman (2010 film) →	musicBy
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016 film) → Batman: The Animated Series main title theme → Corpse Bride → Dark Shadows (2012 film) → Hellboy II: The Golden Army → Milk (2008 film) score → Spider-Man (2002 film) score → The Simpsons → The Simpsons theme →	composer
Daniel Robert Elfman → Danny Elfman →	name
The Nightmare Before Christmas ("Jack Skellington – Danny Elfman (singing)") →	characterVoicedBy
Bridget Fonda ("Oliver Elfman") →	child
Big Fish →	composerNominated
The Simpsons theme →	creditedTo
Oingo Boingo →	hasAssociatedAct
Oingo Boingo →	hasLeader
Oingo Boingo →	hasMember
Richard Elfman →	hasRelative
Bernard Herrmann →	influenced
Sam Raimi →	notableCollaboration
Richard Elfman →	sibling
The Nightmare Before Christmas →	songsBy
Bridget Fonda →	spouse
The Nightmare Before Christmas →	voiceActor