Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American film composer, singer, songwriter, and musician. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter for the new wave band Oingo Boingo in the early 1980s. Since scoring his first studio film in 1985, Elfman has garnered international recognition for composing over 100 feature film scores as well as compositions for television, stage productions, and the concert hall.
Elfman has frequently worked with directors Tim Burton, Sam Raimi, and Gus Van Sant, contributing music to nearly 20 Burton projects, including Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Mars Attacks!, Sleepy Hollow, Big Fish, and Alice in Wonderland, as well as scoring Raimi's Darkman, A Simple Plan, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Oz the Great and Powerful, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Van Sant's Academy Award-winning films Good Will Hunting and Milk. He wrote music for all of the Men in Black and Fifty Shades of Grey franchise films, the songs and score for Henry Selick's animated musical The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the themes for the popular television series Desperate Housewives and The Simpsons.
Among his honors are four Oscar nominations, three Emmy Awards, a Grammy, seven Saturn Awards for Best Music, the 2002 Richard Kirk Award, the 2015 Disney Legend Award, the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award in 2017, and the Society of Composers & Lyricists Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022.
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Date: 30 May 1953
By DREW MIDDLETONSpecial to THE NEW YORK TIMES
to warn Eisenhower that Big-4 talks might wreck hope for ratification
Date: 30 May 1953
Voice of Amer, Radio Free Eur broadcasts story to Rumania; Zambeti leaves for Eur; denies charges; illus
Date: 30 May 1953
By JANE NICKERSON
Jane NICKERSON
Date: 30 May 1953
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Princess Margrethe proclaimed heir to throne
Date: 30 May 1953
Winners of Traveling Scholarships named
Date: 30 May 1953
Date: 30 May 1953
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Assembly adopts $7,776,000 supplementary budget; adjourns; Lodge hails record