Composer, Musician, Producer, Actor. Daniel Richard Elfman Born May 29, 1953 Grew Up In Los Angeles Moved to France with his brother Richard Moved to.

Danny Elfman

Composer, Musician, Producer, Actor

• Daniel Richard Elfman

• Born May 29, 1953• Grew Up In Los

Angeles• Moved to France

with his brother Richard

• Moved to Africa

• The Mystics Knights of Oingo Boingo•Theatrical group founded by Richard Elfman

• Became Oingo Boingo in 1979•8 piece, New Wave band•Manic Live performances•Quirky, bizarre, sarcastic and non-conformists•Broke up in 1995•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iypUpv9xelg

Rocker

• No formal training; Self-Taught• “American College of Hard

Knocks" • "Nose to the Grindstone

University." • Asks himself, “How would a

13 year-old approach this?• Influenced by film score

composers Bernard Herrmann and Nino Rota• Influenced by classical

composers Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky

Education

• Met Tim Burton in 1985• Pee-Wee’s Big

Adventure• Burton’s first big movie• Elfman’s first big score• http://www.youtube.com

/watch?v=r3mfqo0QbeQ

Composer

• “Beetlejuice” 1988• “Batman” 1989• “Edward Scissorhands” 1990• “The Nightmare Before Christmas”

1993• “Batman Returns” 1992• “Mars Attacks!” 1996• “Sleepy Hollow” 1999• “Planet of the Apes” 2001• “Big Fish” 2003• “Corpse Bride” 2005• “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”

2005• “Alice in Wonderland” 2010• “Dark Shadows” 2012

Elfman-Burton Collaborations

Best Works

• "Still the most pure fun I've had writing a score... It was like a musical roller coaster." -- 1990, on Beetlejuice

• Perhaps Elfman’s finest work• Combines circus, calypso and horror

motifs• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ

ktSPrGSck&feature=fvwrel

• "The music was such a blend of sentimental and peculiar. I could have done variations on Edward's theme forever." -- 1996, on Edward Scissorhands

• Best single track in the history of film.• http

://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFmkjBqkloA&feature=related

• Other directors:• Brian DePalma• Emilio Estevez• Warren Beatty

• Other movies:• “Men In Black” 1997• “Goodwill Hunting” 1997• “Chicago” 2002• “Mission Impossible” 1996• “Frankenweenie” 2012 • http://www.youtube.com/wa

tch?NR=1&v=uMsjs-y7NOw&feature=endscreen

Other Movies

• Written several themes for television shows

• Most well known• http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTLxAZMvPbc&feature=related• http://www.youtube.com

/watch?v=8K3I_UMPQ9k&feature=endscreen&NR=1

Television

• Videos• Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend• The Making of "Hulk"• Making the Amazing: Spider-Man 2

• Television• A Special Evening of Pee-Wee's Playhouse• Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire

• Actor• I Never Promised You a Rose Garden• Tommy Lee Ballard, The Gift• Satan, The Sixth Element•

Video Game Music• Bart vs. the Space Mutants• 2001Kingdom Hearts

• Voices• Voice of the Clown with the Tear Away Face, voice of

Barrel, and the singing voice of Jack Skellington, The Nightmare before Christmas

Other Works

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R-M_KG56D0&feature=related

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