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List of Compositions by Danny Elfman
Film Scores[edit]
The following list consists of select films for which Danny Elfman composed the score and/or songs.
1980s[edit]
| Year | Title | Director | Notes / Accolades |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Forbidden Zone | Richard Elfman | In addition to composing the score and songs with the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, performed a reworking of Cab Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher" as the character Satan.[1] |
| 1985 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | Tim Burton | Feature film debut |
| 1986 | 'Back to School | Alan Metter | Appears in the film as the lead singer of Oingo Boingo performing their song "Dead Man's Party" |
| Wisdom | Emilio Estevez | ||
| 1987 | Summer School | Carl Reiner | Only completely unreleased Elfman film score to date |
| 1988 | Beetlejuice | Tim Burton | |
| Midnight Run | Martin Brest | ||
| Big Top Pee-wee | Randal Kleiser | ||
| Hot to Trot | Michael Dinner | ||
| Scrooged | Richard Donner | ||
| 1989 | Batman | Tim Burton | Won only Grammy to date for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. |
1990s[edit]
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Nightbreed | Clive Barker | |
| Dick Tracy | Warren Beatty | Nominated for 33rd Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | |
| Darkman | Sam Raimi | ||
| Edward Scissorhands | Tim Burton | Nominated for 34th Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television. | |
| 1992 | Article 99 | Howard Deutch | |
| Batman Returns | Tim Burton | In addition to the composing the full score, co-wrote the song "Face to Face" with Siouxsie And The Banshees | |
| 1993 | Sommersby | Jon Amiel | |
| The Nightmare Before Christmas | Henry Selick | In addition to the score, Elfman wrote all songs and lyrics and provided the singing voice of the main character Jack Skellington, among others | |
| Black Beauty | Caroline Thompson | ||
| 1995 | Dolores Claiborne | Taylor Hackford | |
| Dead Presidents | Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | First Elfman score to be credited as conductor | |
| To Die For | Gus Van Sant | Elfman and Van Sant performed some vocals on the score credited to "Little Gus And The Suzettes" | |
| 1996 | Mission: Impossible | Brian De Palma | Elfman's score incorporates two themes by Lalo Schifrin from the original Mission Impossible TV Series, including "Theme from Mission: Impossible" and "The Plot" |
| The Frighteners | Peter Jackson | ||
| Freeway | Matthew Bright | ||
| Extreme Measures' | Michael Apted | ||
| Mars Attacks! | Tim Burton| | ||
| 1997 | Men in Black | Barry Sonnenfeld | Nominated for 70th Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score Nominated for 40th Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television |
| Flubber | Les Mayfield | ||
| Good Will Hunting | Gus Van Sant | Nominated for 70th Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score | |
| 1998 | A Simple Plan | Sam Raimi | |
| A Civil Action | Steven Zaillian | ||
| 1999 | Instinct | Jon Turteltaub | |
| Anywhere but Here' | Wayne Wang | ||
| Sleepy Hollow | Tim Burton |
2000s[edit]
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Proof of Life | Taylor Hackford | |
| The Family Man | Brett Ratner | ||
| 2001 | Planet of the Apes | Tim Burton | |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | Sam Raimi | Nominated for 45th Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media |
| Men in Black II | Barry Sonnenfeld | ||
| Red Dragon | Brett Ratner | ||
| Chicago | Rob Marshall | ||
| 2003 | Hulk | Ang Lee | |
| Big Fish | Tim Burton | Nominated for 76th Academy Award for Best Original Score; for 61st Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, and for 47th Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Sam Raimi | |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Tim Burton | Nominated for 48th Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (Wonka's Welcome Song) Elfman sings all of the vocal parts of the Oompa Loompa characters |
| Corpse Bride | Tim Burton | In addition to the score, composed all songs and lyrics Voiced of the character "Bonejangles" who performs the song "Remains of the Day" | |
| 2006 | Deep Sea 3D | Howard Hall | Adapted from Elfman's concert work Serenada Schizophrana, with addiitonal music by Elfman and composer Deborah Lurie |
| Nacho Libre | Jared Hess | ||
| Charlotte's Web | Gary Winick | ||
| 2007 | Meet the Robinsons | Stephen Anderson | |
| The Kingdom | Peter Berg | ||
| 2008 | Standard Operating Procedure | Errol Morris | Score ncorporates two movements from Elfman's Serenada Schizophrana concert work, specifically "Pianos" and "Blue Strings" reworked and retitled as "Main Titles: Vacation in Iraq" and "A Bad Feeling" |
| Wanted | Timur Bekmambetov | In addition to the score, wrote and performed the song "The Little Things" for the soundtrack | |
| Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Guillermo del Toro | ||
| Milk | Gus Van Sant | Nominated for 81st Academy Award for Best Original Score 52nd Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | |
| 2009 | Notorious | George Tillman, Jr. | |
| Terminator Salvation | McG | ||
| 9 | Shane Acker | Elfman provided themes only score composed by Deborah Lurie | |
| Taking Woodstock | Ang Lee |
2010s[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Grow, Kory. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/inside-danny-elfmans-twisted-cult-film-forbidden-zone-70127/ "Inside Danny Elfman’s Twisted Cult Film ‘Forbidden Zone’"], Rolling Stone, November 6, 2015.
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