Daniel Richard Elfman was born on May 29th, 1953 in Amarillo, Texas. His
parents were Blossom and Milton Elfman. His father was a teacher. Blossom,
his mother, was a novelist. She won an Emmy for her writing in a TV movie.
Elfman spent his childhood in Los Angeles. When he turned 18, he moved
with his brother, Richard, to France. There, he joined a theater group and
became acquainted with the many different instruments of the orchestra.
After spending a few years in France, he moved to Africa. He moved back to
the U.S. after contracting malaria. He still considers his time in Africa
a great benefit to himself.
In 1980, Elfman worked with his brother, director Richard Elfman, on
the film Forbidden Zone. He formed a group known as "The
Mystic Knights of Oingo Boingo." They performed the score that Elfman
wrote for Forbidden Zone. Oingo Boingo, as it became known,
blossomed into a permanent group and drew a large cult following (in 1995,
however, they broke up).
In 1985 Elfman met Tim Burton, who asked Elfman to score the music for
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. This was Tim's first time directing and Elfman's
first time composing for a big-budget film. Elfman called in his friend
and fellow Oingo Boingo member, Steve Bartek, to orchestrate for him and
Pee-Wee was a success. Thus began the friendship between Elfman and
Burton. Elfman first became known by soundtrack fans in general with his
funky, light-hearted score for Beetlejuice. Combined with Harry
Belafonte's songs, the album was an enormous cult success.... Read more at
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Danny Elfman
Filmography
- Forbidden Zone (1980)
- Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
- Back to School (1986)
- Wisdom
- Summer School (1987)
- Beetlejuice (1988)
- Big Top Pee Wee
- Scrooged
- Batman (1989)
- Darkman (1990)
- Dick Tracy
- Edward Scissorhands
- Nightbreed
- Pure Luck (1991)
- Batman Returns (1992_
- Army of Darkness (1993)
- Sommersby
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Black Beauty (1994)
- To Die For (1995)
- Extreme Measures (1996)
- Mars Attacks!
- Mission: Impossible
- The Frighteners
- Flubber (1997)
- Good Will Hunting
- Men in Black (1997)
- A Civil Action (1998)
- A Simple Plan
- Instinct (1999)
- Sleepy Hollow
- Planet of the Apes (2001)
- Spy Kids
- Spiderman (2002)
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