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Danny Elfman
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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.
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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.
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The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Gift
Corpse Bride
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Production Credits
Wanted
The Simpsons
Flubber
Spy Kids
Edward Scissorhands
The Flash
A Simple Plan
Fifty Shades Darker
Real Steel
Wednesday
The Grinch
Dolittle
Men in Black 3
The Nightmare Before Christmas
9
Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Girl on the Train
Nacho Libre
The Frighteners
American Hustle
Frankenweenie
Psycho
Good Will Hunting
Men in Black
Alice in Wonderland
Goosebumps
Milk
65
Dumbo
Mission: Impossible
Before I Wake
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
A Civil Action
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Chicago
Red Dragon
The Family Man
Notorious
Amazing Stories
Spider-Man 2
Beetlejuice
Hulk
Heartbreakers
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Modern Vampires
Batman Returns
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The Circle
Hot to Trot
The Simpsons Movie
Midnight Run
Corpse Bride
Summer School
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Oz the Great and Powerful
Perversions of Science
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Epic
Batman
Tales from the Crypt
Sleepy Hollow
Terminator Salvation
The Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Fifty Shades of Grey
Men in Black: International
To Die For
Tulip Fever
Novocaine
Vengadores Chiflados: La Era de Pultrón
The Woman in the Window
Planet of the Apes
Justice League
The Next Three Days
Spider-Man
Dark Shadows
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Meet the Robinsons
Fifty Shades Freed
Men in Black II
Batman: The Animated Series
Scrooged
Charlotte's Web
White Noise
Big Fish
Big Top Pee-wee
Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers
Mars Attacks!
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
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