His date of birth is May 29, 1953.
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[61] Other works in the planning phase are a cello concerto and a project that involves chamber orchestra and Elfman's own voice. Danny Elfman was born in Los Angeles, California, US.
[97][114], American singer, composer, and songwriter. [112] Elfman co-wrote the music and lyrics to Batman Returns's "Face To Face" with Siouxsie and the Banshees,[113] and co-wrote the lyrics to "Twice The Love" from Big Fish and the "Wonka's Welcome Song" for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with John August.
Besonders populär sind die Titelmusiken von Die Simpsons und Desperate Housewives; für letztere erhielt er 2006 den Emmy Award in der Kategorie Outstanding Title Music. In 1989, Elfman's influential, Grammy-winning score for Burton's Batman marked a major stylistic shift to dark, densely orchestrated music in the romantic idiom,[25] which would carry over to his scores for Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy, Sam Raimi's Darkman and Clive Barker's Nightbreed, all released in 1990. [116], He has two daughters, Lola and Mali, from his marriage to Geri Eisenmenger. Next to thematic development, action set pieces tend to take Elfman the most time given the complexity of timing music to action. The singer is known for scoring films and television shows. "Boingo Closes Career with a Fitting 'Farewell... "Danny Elfman: 'Dead Man's Party' performed after 20 years", "Dark Shadows composer Danny Elfman on his long collaboration with Tim Burton", "Danny Elfman on 'The Simpsons,' 'Batman' and Tim Burton", "Danny Elfman's score tied Pee-wee's Big Adventure together—and launched a career", "Danny Elfman Looks Back at Tim Burton's Cinematic Adventures in Melody", "18 Things You Probably Didn't Know About "The Nightmare Before Christmas, "Wait, Danny Elfman wrote the music for 50 Shades of Grey?
Daniel Robert "Danny" Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American composer, best known as the lead singer and songwriter for the rock band Oingo Boingo, from 1976 to 1995 and later for scoring music for television and film and creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the 1989 Batman movie theme.He has scored the majority of the films for his long-time friend Tim Burton. Internet Explorer is no longer supported on Last.fm. Whatever it is, we as fans can only assume until anything pops up regarding her and little Oliver.
Bekannt wurde er vor allem für seine Arbeiten für den Regisseur Tim Burton unter anderem an Edward mit den Scherenhänden, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Charlie und die Schokoladenfabrik, Batman und Alice im Wunderland.
[119], On November 29, 2003, Elfman married actress Bridget Fonda. After two years into their married life, she gave birth to their son Oliver. Before the release of Forbidden Zone, Elfman had taken over The Mystic Knights as lead singer-songwriter in 1979, paring the group down to eight players,[27] shortening the name to Oingo Boingo, and recording and touring as a ska-influenced new wave band.
The two developed a friendship and since then he's gone on to score most of Burton's studio films, including "Edward Scissorhands," "The Nightmare Before Christmas," and "Corpse Bride." Since then, Oliver has been spotted in multiple red carpets walking beside his father. As his songs serve to advance the plot and develop characters, lyrics reflect storylines and imagery specific to the film and express the inner life of characters. Furthermore, Danny Elfman’s son Oliver Elfman loves hanging out with his father. It was the first marriage for the bride and the second for the groom, who has a child from his previous marriage. Seit dem 29. In 2005 Fonda gave birth to the couple's first child, a son named Oliver. Since 2015, Elfman has appeared near annually in a Hollywood Bowl Halloween concert featuring full orchestra performing the Nightmare Before Christmas score live to the film projection. and Hitchcock, as well as the "Blue Strings" movement of his first concert work Serenada Schizophrana. Examples include Jonathan Sheffer on Darkman, David Buckley on the Fifty Shades of Grey films, and Pinar Toprak on Justice League. Her father Peter Fonda, her aunt Jane Fonda, and her late grandfather Henry Fonda are all actors.
A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. He employs song structures from Tin Pan Alley and early musical theatre composers (32-bar form), and pop and rock of the 1950s and 1960s (verse-chorus). [71], On October 31, 2019, the MasterClass online educational series released "Making Music out of Chaos," presenting 21 compositional and career lessons from Elfman's four decades of experience primarily in the film industry. Fonda with her son Oliver Fonda and Elfman who purchased a strange time capsule of a home for $3.6M in 2015 gave birth to their son two years after their marriage in 2005. ", Elfman's composition "Clown Dream" from Pee-wee's Big Adventure is used in the video game Grand Theft Auto V[132] and has often been used as the opening music for Primus concerts. Elfman composed the songs and his first score for the film, and appeared as the character Satan, who performs a reworked version of Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher" with ensemble members playing backup as henchmen.[26]. Nach seiner langjährigen Zusammenarbeit mit Regisseur Sam Raimi, für den er unter anderem die Partituren zu Spider-Man und dessen erster Fortsetzung komponierte, warf er diesem vor, ihm bei der Fertigstellung von Spider-Man 2 zu wenig Zeit gegeben zu haben. [74], Elfman has said his major influences are composers from Hollywood's Golden Age, such as Bernard Herrmann, Dimitri Tiomkin, Max Steiner, David Tamkin, Erich Korngold and Carl Stalling; 20th century classical composers Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, Béla Bartók, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Carl Orff; and jazz, experimental and minimalist composers Kurt Weill, Duke Ellington, Harry Partch, Philip Glass, Lou Harrison, Terry Riley and Steve Reich. [118] Elfman and his daughter collaborated on her 2011 film Do Not Disturb. Elfman will usually do a separate mix of select cues for an album presentation of the score, and has produced nearly 100 to date. Moreover, Bridget Fonda and her son share a lovely bond. It is Elfman's second marriage. Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American composer, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.
[19]:22, Elfman was tasked with adapting and arranging 1920s and 1930s jazz and big band music by artists such as Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Django Reinhardt and Josephine Baker for the ensemble, which consisted of up to 15 performers swapping 30 instruments. In addition to writing the score and ten songs for the Burton-produced stop motion animated film The Nightmare Before Christmas, Elfman also provided the singing voice for main character Jack Skellington, as well as the voices for side characters Barrel and the Clown with the Tear-Away Face.