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Danny Elfman discography

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Appearances by Danny Elfman as a composer, or as a member of Oingo Boingo:

  • When sorted by "Type of recording / Album", some of the rows are duplicated if each contains more data; score albums are an example of this, and are in addition formatted with text aligned right.
  • In addition, Elfman has supplied thematic material - except where noted - for films scored by others (names in brackets):

  • 1985: Weird Science: title song (Ira Newborn)
  • 1991: Pure Luck (Jonathan Sheffer)
  • 1992: Army of Darkness: "March Of The Dead" (Joseph LoDuca)
  • 1994: Shrunken Heads (Richard Band)
  • 1997: Scream 2: "Cassandra Aria" and "Cassandra Aria Reprise" (Marco Beltrami)
  • 1998: Modern Vampires (Michael Wandmacher)
  • 1999: My Favorite Martian: "Uncle Martin's Theme" (John Debney)
  • 2001: Heartbreakers (John Debney)
  • 2001: Spy Kids (Chris Boardman, John Debney, Gavin Greenaway, Harry Gregson-Williams, Heitor Pereira, Marcel Rodriguez and Robert Rodriguez)
  • 2001: Novocaine (Steve Bartek)
  • 2007: Spider-Man 3 (Christopher Young, John Debney and Deborah Lurie; also includes material composed by Elfman for the first two films)
  • 2010: Kick-Ass: "Walk to Rasul's" (John Murphy, Henry Jackman, Marius de Vries, and Ilan Eshkeri)
  • Elfman also composed the music for the Hollywood Pictures logo (an excerpt from his main title for Sommersby was subsequently used as the logo music for Regency, the company that made it).

    He has also written the theme music and occasional episodic scores for several television series, including:

  • 1985: Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "The Jar" (directed by Tim Burton)
  • 1985: Amazing Stories: "Mummy, Daddy" and "The Family Dog" (with Steve Bartek)
  • 1986: Pee-wee's Playhouse (episodes: "Moster", "Cowboy and Cowtess", "Store", and "Pee-Wee Catches A Cold")
  • 1986: Sledge Hammer! (theme only)
  • 1989: Tales from the Crypt (theme only)
  • 1989: Beetlejuice (theme only)
  • 1989: The Simpsons (theme only)
  • 1990: The Flash (theme only)
  • 1992: Batman: The Animated Series (theme only)
  • 1997: Perversions of Science (theme only)
  • 1999: Dilbert (theme only, rearrangement of Forbidden Zone)
  • 2004: Desperate Housewives (theme only)
  • 2005: Point Pleasant (theme only)
  • His other work includes:

  • 1998: Elfman and Steve Bartek provided the music for Gus Van Sant's 1998 remake of Psycho using the original score composed by Bernard Herrmann.
  • 2004: The opening title theme of the 2004 video game Fable.
  • 2008: Soundtrack to the 2008 video game Lego Batman: The Videogame (various tracks from the soundtrack of the film: Batman).
  • 2008: The opening title theme as well as major themes of the 2008 video game Fable II.
  • 2009: The opening title theme as well as major themes and soundtrack of the 2009 video game Wanted: Weapons of Fate.
  • 2010: The opening title theme as well as major themes of the 2010 video game Fable III.
  • 2012: Soundtrack to the 2012 video game Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (various tracks from the soundtracks of the films: Batman and Batman Returns.
  • 2013: Music and some vocals for Hong Kong Disneyland attraction Mystic Manor.
  • 2016: The opening animated short for the 2016 Academy Awards.
  • 2016: Inspired by the Second US Presidential debate, Elfman composed a short horror piece called "Trump Stalks Clinton" for Funny or Die.
  • References

    Danny Elfman discography Wikipedia