[89], Elfman's work in pop music and specifically as songwriter for Oingo Boingo was influenced by The Specials, Madness, the Selecter, and XTC. [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. "[63], In addition to his music for film, Elfman has had a prolific career in television, penning themes for The Simpsons,[64] Tales from the Crypt, The Flash and Desperate Housewives, which won Elfman his first Emmy. Next to thematic development, action set pieces tend to take Elfman the most time given the complexity of timing music to action. [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). 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 … [65] He also adapted his original themes for the animated versions of Batman and Beetlejuice. 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). [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. 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. [35] Elfman was initially apprehensive because of his lack of formal training and having never scored a studio feature, but after Burton accepted his initial demo of the title music and with orchestration assistance from Oingo Boingo guitarist and arranger Steve Bartek, he completed his score to great effect, while paying homage to his love of early film music and influential film composers Nino Rota and Bernard Herrmann. [97][114], American singer, composer, and songwriter, The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo and Oingo Boingo. [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. string, brass woodwind, some percussion), choir (SATB) and individual players. With Gene Cunningham, Marie-Pascale Elfman, Virginia Rose, Phil Gordon. Another 1. "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? 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. [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. [49], Elfman's first piece of original concert music, Serenada Schizophrana, was commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra, who premiered the piece on February 23, 2005, at Carnegie Hall. His scores for Sonnenfeld's Men in Black, Van Sant's Good Will Hunting and Milk, and Burton's Big Fish all received Academy Award nominations.[5]. 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. ", 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. Given his appreciation and study of world music and his vast collection of instruments from non-Western cultures,[21] Elfman will often use traditional instruments in his scores when there is an international setting, such as African percussion for Instinct, the oud for The Kingdom set in Saudi Arabia, and pan flute for Proof of Life set in South America. [96] The final recording is given to the film's sound department to mix with dialogue and sound effects for the film's complete soundtrack. [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 gab an, noch nie eine solche negative Enticklung in einem Menschen beobachtet zu haben, wie bei Sam Raimi. 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Elfman is famous for creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the Batman theme, and his role as Jack Skellington's singing voice in The Nightmare Before Christmas. 5 € VOUCHER – JOIN OUR MAILING LIST. on Now This Oddball May Pong into Directing His Own Scripts", "How Danny Elfman got his inspiration for the Simpsons theme tune", "The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo: Danny Elfman's Circus Theater Origins", "Inside Danny Elfman's Twisted Cult Film 'Forbidden Zone, "Not just "Dead Man's Party" on a Halloween mix: Oingo Boingo deserves more respect than this", "Back to Boingo : Danny Elfman may have exhausted himself composing movie scores and TV themes, but he's getting renewed pleasure from the oddball rock band he founded and twice thought he'd retired", "Oingo Boingo Bids Warm and Emotional Farewell". From Boingo to Batman and Beyond! [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. It is more dynamic, has the better theme, it is astonishing in the use of various percussions and has a better sense of humor. [115], As a teenager, Elfman dated his classmate Kim Gordon, who would later become one of the members of the rock band Sonic Youth. Though uncredited, Burton contributed some lyrics to Nightmare, including the line "Perhaps it's the head that I found in the lake" in "Town Meeting Song."[109]. When You're Hot, Young, Poor and a Filmmaker! [17] Elfman was raised in a racially mixed affluent community in Baldwin Hills, California, where he spent much of his time at the local movie theater discovering classic sci-fi, fantasy and horror films and first noticed the music of such film composers as Bernard Herrmann and Franz Waxman. CD. Examples include Jonathan Sheffer on Darkman, David Buckley on the Fifty Shades of Grey films, and Pinar Toprak on Justice League. [125], In 2008, Elfman expressed support for Barack Obama. on Elfman will usually do a separate mix of select cues for an album presentation of the score, and has produced nearly 100 to date. [57][58][59] The concert has since toured internationally and has played in Japan, Australia, Mexico and throughout Europe and the United States. Spider-Man 3 wurde dementsrechend von einem anderen Komponisten vertont. The Great Disney Halloween Costume Contest! Here are the trailers from Super Bowl LV, including "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier," F9, and more. November 2003 ist … A major achievement was writing the lyrics and music for ten songs featured in the stop-motion musical The Nightmare Before Christmas. [98][99][100] Since the 1990s, Elfman has occasionally co-composed music or shared music writing credit (e.g.When We Rise, Spy Kids, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Men in Black International), or written themes that are then used or adapted by other composers, including Jonathan Sheffer (Pure Luck), Steve Bartek (Novacaine), John Debney (Heartbreakers), Deborah Lurie (9), and The Newton Brothers (Before I Wake). 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For his film scores, Elfman draws musical inspiration almost exclusively from viewing a cut of the film, and occasionally from visits to the set while the film is in production (he famously wrote and orchestrated his theme for Batman on an airplane to Los Angeles after visiting the set in London). Directed by Richard Elfman. [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]. Danny Elfman: The best film and TV scores - from Batman to The Simpsons and Desperate Housewives. In the 1990s, Elfman composed music for advertising campaigns for Nike, Nissan and Lincoln-Mercury, and in 2002 wrote the music for Honda's "Power of Dreams" advertising campaign, which was the first cinema commercial to be shot in the IMAX format. The bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to another dimension through the gateway found in her family's basement. A scene shows Elfman replacing an incinerated John Williams to conduct a full orchestra playing the score, only to be decapitated by a lightsaber after conducting a few bars of oom-pah music. Slowly, some of them began to develop themselves until finally I had six separate movements that, in some abstract, absurd way, felt connected. For me, Danny Elfman’s music to “Batman” is better than Hans Zimmer’s. [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. 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. The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: In 3-D! 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. [25]:131, Elfman also adds his own vocals into compositions in much the same way he mixes his percussion and guitar performances into orchestral arrangements. 37, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! In Hancock Park, Grammy-winning composer Danny Elfman and actress Bridget Fonda hauled in $8.75 million for the larger of their two homes. Elfman counts Herrmann as his biggest influence, and has said hearing Herrmann's score to The Day the Earth Stood Still when he was a child was the first time he recognized film music as a cinematic artform and realized the powerful contribution a composer makes to the movies. Prior to creating the theme for The Simpsons and , he fronted the band Oingo Boingo. [19]:17, After finishing high school early with plans to travel the world, Elfman followed his brother Richard to France, where he performed violin with Jérôme Savary's Le Grand Magic Circus, an avant-garde musical theater group. Evoking the "O Fortuna" from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, he set made-up, Latin-sounding text for SATB choir in standout cue "Descent into Mystery" from Batman. for The Grinch;[46] and "Casey Junior," "Pink Elephants on Parade," and "When I See an Elephant Fly" from Disney's original 1941 animated film for Dumbo.[47]. [4] While he prefers not to work from script, story or concept, notable exceptions are The Nightmare Before Christmas, for which ten songs needed to be written in advance of filmmaking, and Dumbo, for which he composed the main theme before filming began. 80 wins & 101 nominations. [15][16][4] He is the son of Blossom Elfman (née Bernstein), a writer and teacher, and Milton Elfman, a teacher who was in the Air Force, and the brother of Richard Elfman. [24] He also composed original pieces and helped build instruments unique for the group, including an aluminum gamelan, the 'Schlitz celeste' made from tuned beer cans, and a "junkyard orchestra" built from car parts and trash cans. To many, composer Danny Elfman is known as director Tim Burton’s cohort. [61], It was announced that Elfman would be taking part in Coachella 2020 with a set titled "Past, Present and Future! "[19]:15 This would change when he switched high schools in the late 1960s and fell in with a musical crowd, who introduced him to early jazz and the work of Stravinsky and his 20th century contemporaries. So, if you are able to get Elfman’s music, buy this score and enjoy this amazing movie music of the first real Batman movie. [18], In his early school days, Elfman exhibited an aptitude for science with almost no interest in music, and was even rejected from elementary school orchestra "for having no propensity for music. [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. For several high-profile sequel and reboot projects in the 2010s, Elfman incorporated established musical themes with his own original thematic material, including the DC Extended Universe's Justice League,[45] The Grinch,[46] Dumbo[47] and Men in Black International. Elfman told the audience the performance was "20 years to the day" of Oingo Boingo's retirement. However, he found performing in front of orchestras more tolerable, and returned several times to reprise his live performance of Jack Skellington. [22], While Elfman was never officially a student at CalArts, an instructor in the Indonesian music department encouraged him to attend classes and perform music there for two years. I've traveled around the world. As Danny Elfman was growing up in the Los Angeles area, he was largely unaware of his talent for composing. While he prefers not to work from script, story or concept, notable exceptions are The Nightmare Before Christmas, for which ten songs needed to be written in advance of filmmaking, and Dumbo, for which he composed the main the… Trotz abgeschlossener klassischer Ballettausbildung musste Jenna Elfman ihr Vorhaben von einer Ballettkarriere wegen einer Verletzung aufgeben. Will Disney’s live-action ‘Mulan’ exceed the original animated classic’s awards haul? The song "Erased" was not used in the final film. 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. Devil Danny Elfman deals death to Squeezit Henderson.FIND OUT ABOUT UPCOMING FORBIDDEN ZONE 2!!! More than half of some scores feature Elfman's performance,[94] including Dead presidents, Mission: Impossible, Planet of the Apes, The Kingdom, The Girl on the Train and The Circle. [50] Subsequent concert works include his first Violin Concerto "Eleven Eleven", co-commissioned by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Stanford Live at Stanford University, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, which premiered at Smetana Hall in Prague on June 21, 2017, with Sandy Cameron on violin and John Mauceri conducting the Czech National Symphony Orchestra;[51] the Piano Quartet, co-commissioned by the Lied Center for Performing Arts University of Nebraska and the Berlin Philharmonic Piano Quartet, which premiered February 6, 2018, in Lincoln, Nebraska;[52] and the Percussion Quartet, commissioned by Third Coast Percussion and premiered at the Philip Glass Days And Nights Festival in Big Sur on October 10, 2019. New Single "Happy" Out … RELATED: The 10 Best Movie Soundtracks Of All-Time, Ranked. [120] They have a son, Oliver. [25], The Mystic Knights performed on the street and in nightclubs throughout Los Angeles until Richard left in 1979 to pursue filmmaking. Elfman, Danny. Internationalen Filmfestspiele von Venedig an. September 1971 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien als Jennifer Mary Butala) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin. Special Edition, The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas', In the Director's Chair: The Man Who Invented Edward Scissorhands, Rodney Beat: DJ Rodney Bingenheimer Tribute, Wang Chung interview/Sting interview/Danny Elfman interview, West Coast Beat: The Bangles interview/Danny Elfman interview/The Go-Go's. … [88] At the request of Tim Burton, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory songs drew inspiration from Bollywood, The Mamas and the Papas, ABBA, Queen, and Earth, Wind & Fire individually. Unique among film composers, Elfman typically writes the lyrics to songs he has composed for movies. In 1996, he also provided the score for the first film in the Mission: Impossible series, adapting themes for the original television series by Lalo Schifrin as well as composing his own.[44]. It wasn't until the early 1970s that Danny and his older brother, Sun, Feb 14 "[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. 2010 wurde außerdem bekanntgegeben, dass sein neuester Soundtrack, Alice im Wunderland, für einen Grammy nominiert wurde. As Danny Elfman was growing up in the Los Angeles area, he was largely unaware of his talent for composing. [41], In addition to frequent collaborations with Burton, Raimi and Gus Van Sant, Elfman has worked with esteemed directors such as Brian De Palma, Peter Jackson, Joss Whedon, Errol Morris, Ang Lee, Richard Donner, Guillermo del Toro, David O. Russell, Taylor Hackford, Jon Amiel, Joe Johnston, and Barry Sonnenfeld. Beetlejuice Original Soundtrack Danny Elfman - Main Title - Titolo Although he is best-known for writing film scores, Danny Elfman also provided voices for this movie. In 2019, selections from Elfman's Midnight Run score were used in the third season of Netflix's Stranger Things,[138] including "Stairway Chase" in episodes 5 and 6, and "Wild Ride" and "Package Deal" in episode 6. [95], To produce the score, Elfman rents a recording studio and hires a conductor and orchestra/choir. According to him, he is a cynicologist. [54] Other works for stage include the music for Cirque Du Soleil's Iris in 2011,[55] and incidental music for the Broadway production of Taylor Mac's Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus in 2019. [108] These include the full-cast songs "This Is Halloween," "Town Meeting Song," and "Making Christmas"; four songs for the main character Jack Skellington "Jack's Lament," "What's This," "Jack's Obsession," and "Poor Jack" all sung by Elfman; and the other character songs "Kidnap The Sandy Claws," "Oogie Boogie's Song," and "Sally's Song."
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