"[124] Several of his songs written for Oingo Boingo during this period satirized social politics, although Elfman stated his message was to "question, resist, challenge" and that his songs were not aligned to any one political agenda. As Danny Elfman was growing up in the Los Angeles area, he was largely unaware of his talent for composing. [101][102][103], In the liner notes for the 2006 CD recording of his first concert work Serenada Schizophrana, Elfman wrote: "I began composing several dozen short improvisational compositions, maybe a minute each. [60], In 2019, it was announced Elfman had been commissioned to write a piece for the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain set to premiere in 2020, and a percussion concerto for Colin Currie and the London Philharmonic Orchestra for spring 2021. Elfman was featured in the 2016 documentary Score, in which he appeared among over 50 film composers[48] to discuss the craft of movie music and influential figures in the business. [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 Wolfgang 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. [citation needed] Notable exceptions are Tim Burton's Batman, Planet of the Apes and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which do not make musical reference to pre existing material. Since then, however, it was found by my daughter in between the cushions of our couch. An eleventh song, "Finale/Reprise," reworks lyrics from the songs "This Is Halloween," "What's This" and "Sally's Song" for the film's ending. Composer #15. [72], Elfman scored the 10-minute video "Joe Biden," which introduced Joe Biden's acceptance of the presidential candidacy nomination at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. His impairment was so bad that he could not "even sit in a loud restaurant or bar anymore." [20] He then embarked on a ten-month, self-guided tour through Africa, busking and collecting a range of West African percussion instruments until a series of illnesses forced him to return home. [128], During his 18 years with Oingo Boingo, Elfman developed significant hearing damage as a result of the continuous exposure to the high noise levels involved in performing in a rock band. Elfman shifted the band to a more guitar-oriented rock sound in the late 1980s,[30] which continued through their last album Boingo in 1994. Danny Elfman - Biography. Majority of Danny’s money comes from being a composer. After returning to Los Angeles from Africa in the early 1970s, Elfman was asked by his brother Richard to serve as musical director of his street theatre performance art troupe The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo. Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American composer, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. The songs for The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride were influenced by Kurt Weill, Gilbert and Sullivan and early Rodgers and Hammerstein. Danny Elfman is a composer from United States of America.He was born on May 29, 1953 (67 years old) in Los Angeles, California as Daniel Robert Elfman.. About. Father of daughters Lola Elfman (born in 1979) and, Did not return to provide the musical score for. Elfman was born in Los Angeles, California as Jennifer Mary Butala on September 30, 1971. Elfman's scores for Batman and Edward Scissorhands were nominated for AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores. [61], It was announced that Elfman would be taking part in Coachella 2020 with a set titled "Past, Present and Future! The Elfman-Burton partnership continued (most notably through the hugely-successful "Batman" flicks) and opened doors of opportunity for Danny, who has been referred to as "Hollywood's hottest film composer". I came back real right-wing patriotic. string, brass woodwind, some percussion), choir (SATB) and individual players. ?) Most Popular #18744. [95], To produce the score, Elfman rents a recording studio and hires a conductor and orchestra/choir. Elfman has frequently worked with directors Tim Burton, Sam Raimi, and Gus Van Sant, with notable achievements including the scores for 16 Burton-directed films Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Alice in Wonderland, and Dumbo;[6] Raimi's Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, and Oz the Great and Powerful;[7] and Van Sant's Academy Award-nominated films Good Will Hunting and Milk. Even when not directly quoting themes from related films, Elfman will often pay homage through established musical gesture or tonality, for example Howard Shore's The Silence of the Lambs for Red Dragon, Brad Fiedel's music for the Terminator franchise for Terminator Salvation, Robert Cobert's original television series music for Dark Shadows, and Alan Silvestri's work on The Avengers for the sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron. [56], In October 2013, Elfman returned to the stage for the first time since his band Oingo Boingo disbanded to sing his vocal parts to a handful of The Nightmare Before Christmas songs as part of a concert titled Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton, featuring suites of music from 15 Tim Burton films newly arranged by Elfman. Was awarded Film Composer of the Year in 2008 by the International Film Music Critics Association. [120] They have a son, Oliver. As Danny Elfman was growing up in the Los Angeles area, he was largely unaware of his talent for composing. [134], Episode five of the 14th season of South Park in 2010 criticized Tim Burton for using the "same" music in all his films, referring to Elfman's scores. [71] He provided the singing voice for characters in The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride in addition to composing the scores and songs, and can be heard singing the "Day-O" call in the style of Harry Belafonte's "Banana Boat Song" in the first bars of the Beetlejuice main title. Bodhi Elfman, Actor: Enemy of the State. Examples include Lalo Schifrin's main theme and "The Plot" from the original Mission Impossible TV Series for Mission: Impossible;[44] John Williams' theme for Superman, the Hans Zimmer/Junkie XL theme for Wonder Woman and his own original Batman theme for Justice League;[86][87] the "Welcome Christmas" song from the 1966 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! [23], After returning to Los Angeles from Africa in the early 1970s, Elfman was asked by his brother Richard to serve as musical director of his street theatre performance art troupe The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo. Popularity . ( divorced) ( 1 child). 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. He says two of the most important things to capture at this point are the tone of each scene and editorial rhythm. Notable exceptions were the all-synth score to Emilio Estevez's crime drama Wisdom and the big band, blues-infused music for Martin Brest's buddy cop action film Midnight Run. [36][37][38] Elfman described the first time he heard his music played by a full orchestra as one of the most thrilling experiences of his life.[39]. From 1973 until 1995 Elfman was a member of the rock band Oingo Boingo. Drawing from Tim Burton's parody poem of A Visit from St. Nicholas and concept drawings, Elfman wrote each song in consultation with Burton before the film even had a script. Highlights include Edward Scissorhands (1990), Batman Returns (1992), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Big Fish (2003) and Alice in Wonderland (2010). In 2005, he wrote the score and songs for Burton's Corpse Bride and provided the voice of the character of Bonejangles, as well as providing the score, songs and Oompa-Loompa vocals for Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that same year. Being born on 29 May 1953, Danny Elfman is 67 years old as of today’s date 6th December 2020. Danny Elfman is a famous American Composer in United States, he born on 29 May 1953 in Los Angeles, California, United States, he home city is he and Nationality American. A major achievement was writing the lyrics and music for ten songs featured in the stop-motion musical The Nightmare Before Christmas. He has been married to Jenna Elfman since February 18, 1995. [2] Their biggest success among eight studio albums penned by Elfman was 1985's Dead Man's Party,[28] featuring the hit song "Weird Science" from the movie of the same name. Working closely with a director is the main job of a film composer. Being born on 29th May 1953, Danny Elfman is 67 years old. He was actually born in Los Angeles County, California. 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[81] Pastiche of Herrmann's music can be heard in Elfman's Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, especially the cues "Stolen Bike" and "Clown Attack", which directly reference Herrmann's music from Psycho and 7th Voyage of Sinbad respectively. Danny Elfman’s source of wealth comes from being a successful Composer. His mother Blossom ‘Clare’ Elfman is an award-winning novelist. His height is 1.78 m tall, and his weight is 75 kg. [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 playing upwards of 30 instruments. The Oingo is still there. [131], Since The Simpsons' second annual Treehouse of Horror episode aired in 1991, launching "scary names" tradition in the opening and closing titles, Elfman has been alternately credited for the theme music as "Red Wolf Elfman," "Danny Skellingelfman," "Li'l Leakin Brain Elfman," "Boris Elfmonivich," "Danny Elfblood," "Danny 'Hell'fman," "The Bloody Elf," "Danny Elfbones," "Elfmunster" and "Daniel Beilzebelsman. Citing permanent hearing damage from performing live and conflicts with his film-scoring career,[19]:137 Elfman retired Oingo Boingo in 1995 with a series of five sold-out final concerts at the Universal Amphitheatre ending on Halloween night. "[107] For all songs in the film, Elfman sang, manipulated and mixed several layers of his vocals to create the singing voices and harmonies of the Oompa Loompas, and incorporated his vocals into non-song score tracks that featured the characters, including "Loompa Land," "Chocolate River," "The Boat Arrives," and "The River Cruise.". 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). Slowly, some of them began to develop themselves until finally I had six separate movements that, in some abstract, absurd way, felt connected. [9], Among his honors are four Oscar nominations,[5] two Emmy Awards,[10] a Grammy,[11] six Saturn Awards for Best Music, the 2002 Richard Kirk Award,[12] the 2015 Disney Legend Award,[13] and the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award in 2017. Danny Elfman was born in 1953 in Los Angeles, California, where he currently resides. My attitude is always to be critical of what's around you, but not ever to forget how lucky we are. Elfman, Danny. Jennifer is most popular for her role as Dharma Freedom Finkelstein Montgomery in the TV series Dharma & Greg (1997-2002), she made her debut through Murder, She Wrote(1992). [104], Elfman often incorporates choral or vocal arrangements into his film scores,[9] notably the use of women's and children's choirs (Scrooged, Nightbreed, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Sleepy Hollow, Alice in Wonderland, The Grinch), and solo voice or vocal effects (Beetlejuice, Mars Attacks!, Men in Black II, Flubber, Nacho Libre, Iris, Dark Shadows, The Girl on the Train). [65] He also adapted his original themes for the animated versions of Batman and Beetlejuice. [47], Once a rough cut of the film is ready, Elfman and the director have a spotting session to decide where to place music in the film, the emotional undercurrents of each scene, and overall tone. Follow her … Personal Life: Affair, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids Danny Elfman dated his classmate Kim Gordon during his teenage. [39][78][9] Though not considered direct influences per se, Elfman has discussed his respect and admiration for film composers Jerry Goldsmith, Ennio Morricone,[35] Thomas Newman, Alexandre Desplat and John Williams, as well as classical composer John Adams. [4] The band also appeared performing their single "Dead Man's Party" in the 1986 movie Back to School,[29] for which Elfman also composed the score. [19]:15 As a send-off to the group's original concept, Richard created the film Forbidden Zone based on The Mystic Knights' stage performances. While Elfman is primarily known for writing large-scale orchestral works in the romantic, 20th century and Hollywood Golden Age film score traditions, his compositions have used a wide range of idioms, including rock and blues (Midnight Run, Hot to Trot), big band and jazz (Dick Tracy, Chicago), operetta (The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride), funk and hip hop (Dead presidents, Notorious), folk and indie rock (Taking Woodstock, Silver Linings Playbook), Americana (Article 99, Sommersby, Big Fish), minimalism (Good Will Hunting, Standard Operating Procedure, The Unknown Known), and atonal or experimental (Freeway, A Simple Plan, The Girl on the Train). Elfman composed five songs for Burton's Corpse Bride:[110] "According to Plan" with lyrics co-written by screenwriter John August; "Remains of the Day," which he sung as the character Bonejangles, and "Tears To Shed," both with additional lyrics by August, and "The Wedding Song" credited solely to Elfman. Elfman also typically samples or records his own percussion and guitar playing to overlay with live orchestra. [97], On the occasion that there are compressed deadlines or in the event he is not available to rescore or adapt his music if there are major edits to the film after the score's completion, Elfman will hire additional composers to work on small cues or sections of cues, adapting his existing material or themes. [93] Once approved, he provides a detailed, multi-line sketch of his composition to his lead orchestrator Steve Bartek, who ensures the sketches are appropriately broken down for sections of the orchestra (i.e. I don't think there's a trademark Danny Elfman element that has been consistent in my work. Prominent use can be heard in the scores for To Die For (sung with director Gus Van Sant, credited to "Little Gus and the Suzettes"),[105] Silver Linings Playbook,[106] and his music for the Hong Kong Disneyland ride Mystic Manor. 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