Lemniscate Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 You may not know the name, but you know the sound.Whether making the music for The Nightmare Before Christmas (including singing the vocals for Jack), or Peewee's Big Adventure, or in his classic 80's New Wave ensemble Oingo Boingo, his music has defined a generation. He has made the music for every Tim Burton movie (except Sweeney Todd and Ed Wood). He is truly a musical genius in every sence of the word. Here is some stuff he has made[spoiler=Danny Elfman's Music]Year Film Release Date Director Soundtrack 1980 Forbidden Zone March 21' date=' 1980 Richard Elfman Forbidden Zone (soundtrack) 1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High August 13, 1982 Amy Heckerling Fast Times at Ridgemont (soundtrack) 1985 Weird Science August 2, 1985 John Hughes Weird Science (soundtrack) Pee-wee's Big Adventure August 9, 1985 Tim Burton Pee-wee's Big Adventure (soundtrack) 1986 Back to School June 13, 1986 Alan Metter Back to School (soundtrack) 1987 Wisdom January 1, 1987 Emilio Estevez, Robert Wise 1988 Beetlejuice March 30, 1988 Tim Burton Beetlejuice (soundtrack) Midnight Run July 11, 1988 Martin Brest Big Top Pee-wee July 22, 1988 Randal Kleiser Scrooged November 23, 1988 Richard Donner 1989 Batman June 23, 1989 Tim Burton Batman (soundtrack) 1990 Nightbreed February 16, 1990 Clive Barker Dick Tracy June 15, 1990 Warren Beatty Dick Tracy (soundtrack) Darkman August 24, 1990 Sam Raimi Darkman (soundtrack) Edward Scissorhands December 7, 1990 Tim Burton Edward Scissorhands (soundtrack) 1992 Batman Returns June 19, 1992 Tim Burton 1993 Sommersby February 5, 1993 Jon Amiel Army of Darkness February 19, 1993 Sam Raimi Army of Darkness (soundtrack) The Nightmare Before Christmas October 29, 1993 Henry Selick The Nightmare Before Christmas (soundtrack) 1994 Black Beauty July 29, 1994 Caroline Thompson Black Beauty (soundtrack) 1995 Dolores Claiborne March 24, 1995 Taylor Hackford Dead Presidents October 4, 1995 Alberl Hughes Dead Presidents (soundtrack) To Die For October 6, 1995 Gus Van Sant 1996 Mission:Impossible May 22, 1996 Brian De Palma Mission: Impossible (soundtrack) The Frighteners July 19, 1996 Peter Jackson Freeway August 23, 1996 Matthew Bright Mars Attacks! December 13, 1996 Tim Burton 1997 Men in Black July 2, 1997 Barry Sonnenfeld Men in Black (soundtrack) Good Will Hunting December 5, 1997 Gus Van Sant Good Will Hunting (soundtrack) 1998 A Simple Plan December 11, 1998 Sam Raimi 1999 Instinct June 4, 1999 Jon Turteltaub Instinct (soundtrack) Sleepy Hollow November 19, 1999 Tim Burton 2000 Proof of Life December 8, 2000 Taylor Hackford The Family Man December 22, 2000 Brett Ratner 2001 Planet of the Apes July 27, 2001 Tim Burton 2002 Spider-Man May 3, 2002 Sam Raimi Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man and Spider-Man (soundtrack) Men in Black II July 3, 2002 Barry Sonnenfeld Red Dragon October 4, 2002 Brett Ratner Chicago December 27, 2002 Rob Marshall Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture 2003 Hulk June 20, 2003 Ang Lee Big Fish December 10, 2003 Tim Burton 2004 Spider-Man 2 June 30, 2004 Sam Raimi Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man 2 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory July 15, 2005 Tim Burton Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (soundtrack) Corpse Bride September 23, 2005 Tim Burton Corpse Bride (soundtrack) 2006 Deep Sea 3D March 6, 2006 Howard Hall Nacho Libre June 16, 2006 Jared Hess Nacho Libre (soundtrack) Charlotte's Web December 15, 2006 Gary Winick Charlotte's Web (soundtrack) 2007 Meet the Robinsons March 30, 2007 Steve Anderson Meet the Robinsons (soundtrack) The Kingdom September 28, 2007 Peter Berg 2008 Standard Operating Procedure April 25, 2008 Errol Morris Standard Operating Procedure (soundtrack) Wanted June 27, 2008 Timur Bekmambetov Wanted (soundtrack) Hellboy II: The Golden Army July 11, 2008 Guillermo del Toro Milk November 26, 2008 Gus Van Sant 2009 Terminator Salvation May 22, 2009 McG 9 September 9, 2009 Shane Acker The Wolfman November 6, 2009 Joe Johnston 2010 Alice in Wonderland March 19, 2010 Tim Burton He has also written the theme music for several television series, including: 1986: Pee-wee's Playhouse (some episodes) 1986: Sledge Hammer! 1989: Tales from the Crypt 1989: Beetlejuice 1989: The Simpsons 1990: The Flash 1992: Batman: The Animated Series 1997: Perversions of Science 1997: The New Batman/Superman Adventures 1999: Dilbert 2004: Desperate Housewives 2005: Point Pleasant His other work includes: 2004: The opening title theme of the 2004 video game Fable. 2008: Soundtrack to the 2008 video game Lego Batman: The Video Game (various tracks from the soundtrack of the movie: Batman (1989 film)) 2008: The opening title theme as well as major themes of the 2008 video game "Fable II" Elfman was in Finding Kraftland for his agent Richard Kraft. [/quote'] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAG Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Last I checked, he did the music for Batman and Batman Returns. Which means, in my book, he's cool. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemniscate Posted January 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 He did. So yes, he is cool.He has actually made the music for over 80 movies. One of the most recent being Hellboy 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Whisper Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 You may not know the name' date=' but you know the sound.Whether making the music for The Nightmare Before Christmas (including singing the vocals for Jack), or Peewee's Big Adventure, or in his classic 80's New Wave ensemble Oingo Boingo, his music has defined a generation. He has made the music for every Tim Burton movie (except Sweeney Todd and Ed Wood). He is truly a musical genius in every sence of the word.[/quote'] Dude, don't forget Men In Black, Grimlins, Charlotte's Web, Beetle Juice, Corpse Bride, and even another movie that's soon coming out, one by Tim Burton as well as conducted by Danny Elfman. The man's a living legend of Cinematic Soundtracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemniscate Posted January 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 I know he did those movies. I just felt that making a list was uneeded. (As it obviously is) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzi Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 Yeah, Danny Elfman is cool.PS. You forgot the Simpsons theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemniscate Posted January 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 Okay. I added a list of his entire work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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