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Date of Birth:
Danny Elfman
29 May 1953
Danny Elfman played in 2 movies in the Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Music, Comedy, Music, Romance genres.
Danny Elfman got succeed with average imdb rating 7.8.
Dated Caroline Thompson
Uncle of Bodhi Elfman
His older brother is director Richard Elfman.
His mother is Blossom Elfman, an author of children's books.
Elfman fans discuss his current and past work in the usenet group rec.music.artists.danny-elfman.
The past, present and future of Elfman and the other members of Oingo Boingo are also discussed at alt.fan.oingo-boingo.
Wrote the score for Black Beauty (1994) for his two daughters from a collapsed marriage. Released a solo album in 1984, So-Lo, which happened to feature most of the band members from Oingo Boingo.
... Signed a non-exclusive contract with Disney to write, produce, and direct films, while continuing to compose for Disney and other studios. [1997]
Often composes scores for Tim Burton's films
Engaged to Bridget Fonda (March 2003)
Claims Bernard Herrmann as a heavy influence on many of his scores.
Owns a dachshund.
He and Howard Shore have both formed hit bands (Oingo Boingo and The Blues Brothers), both scored films for Peter Jackson (The Frighteners (1996) and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and others), both scored films for Tim Burton (Elfman has scored everything but Ed Wood (1994), which Shore scored), and both scored a Hannibal Lecter film (Red Dragon (2002) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991)).
Composed comic book scores from Dick Tracy (1990), Darkman (1990), Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Men in Black (1997), Men in Black II (2002), Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), and Hulk (2003).
Admires Peter Lorre.
Was in the theater band Mystic Knights Of The Oingo Boingo, which later morphed into Oingo Boingo.
Son Oliver Elfman was born mid January 2005
Son-in-law of Peter Fonda and Susan Brewer.
Brother-in-law of Justin Fonda.
It is sometimes believed that Elfman may have been born in Amarillo, Texas, but that is, apparently, due to a joke that he once made. He was actually born in Los Angeles County, California.
Father of Mali Elfman.
Did not return to provide the musical score for Spider-Man 3 (2007), citing creative differences with director Sam Raimi over the previous film. He instead, provided the score for Charlotte's Web (2006), which ironically is about a spider who uses her talents to do good.
The two only Tim Burton films Elfman did not compose the score for are Ed Wood and Sweeney Todd.
Learned how to breathe fire as a street performer in Paris after he graduated from high school.
Sang all the vocals for the five songs in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). He recorded singing it in different ways and played with the audio to make it sound like various high- and low-pitched vocals.
Received an honorary doctorate from the North Carolina School of the Arts (June 2007).
Daughter: Lola Elfman (born 1979).
Daughter: Mali Elfman (born 1984).
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