
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.
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Corpse Bride
2005 · as Bonejangles (voice)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005 · as Oompa Loompa (voice) (uncredited)

The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993 · as Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice)

The Gift
2000 · as Tommy Lee Ballard

Annie Hall
1977 · as Lacey Party Guest (uncredited)

Back to School
1986 · as Oingo Boingo Band Member

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000 · as Self

Score: A Film Music Documentary
2017 · as Self

Hot Tomorrows
1977 · as Singer

Forbidden Zone
1982 · as Satan

78/52
2017 · as Self

The Making of 'Hulk'
2003 · as Self

Proud Iza
2008 · as Narrator

Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
2004 · as Self

Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2024 · as Self

Psycho Path
1999 · as Self - Arranger

Urgh! A Music War
1981 · as Self

The Incredible Ang Lee
2003 · as Self