Danny Elfman
Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American film composer, singer, songwriter, and musician. He came to prominence as the lead singer 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, '' and ''Wednesday'', as well as scoring Raimi's ''Darkman'', ''A Simple Plan'', ''Spider-Man'', ''Spider-Man 2'' 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. Provided by Wikipedia
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