Danny Elfman

Quick Facts

Full Name	Danny Elfman
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	May 29, 1953(1953-05-29)
Age	71
Birthplace	Los Angeles
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Taurus

Danny Elfman Biography

Danny Elfman is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on May 29, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The lead singer of the band Oingo Boingo who became a popular composer for film and television. He is particularly well-known for his many collaborators including Lead singer for the rock band Oingo Boingo who became a well-known film and television composer. He is especially recognized for his numerous collaborations with Tim Burton..

He created the motif to He composed the main theme for Matt Groening‘s long- running animated series The Simpsons.’s long-running animated show The Simpsons.

Unique among film composers, Elfman typically writes the lyrics to songs he has composed for movies. 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). 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 was born on May 29, 1953, in Los Angeles, California, to a Jewish family with Polish and Russian roots. He is the son of Blossom Elfman (née Bernstein), a writer and teacher, and Milton Elfman, a teacher who was in the Air Force. 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.

He was married to film actor He married film actress Bridget Fonda on November 29, 2003. He has three children, Oliver, Mali, and Lola. on November 29th 2003. He has three kids, Oliver, Mali, and Lola.

Danny Elfman Net Worth

Danny Elfman is one of the richest Composer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Danny Elfman 's net worth $50 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His first film-writing assignment was with the film of his older brother Richard Forbidden Zone in 1980.

His numerous projects with Burton include Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman as well as Edward Scissorhands. He also sang the voice of the character Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas.

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. 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.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Danny Elfman height 5 ft 10 in Danny weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Danny Elfman Dating?

According to our records, Danny Elfman married to Bridget Fonda. As of December 1, 2023, Danny Elfman’s is not dating anyone.

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He has two daughters, Lola (1979) and Mali (1984), from his marriage to Geri Eisenmenger. Mali is a film producer and actress. Elfman and his daughter collaborated on her 2011 film Do Not Disturb.

Facts & Trivia

Danny Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Danny Elfman celebrates birthday on May 29 of every year.

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, shortening the name to Oingo Boingo, and recording and touring as a ska- influenced new wave band. Their biggest success among eight studio albums penned by Elfman was 1985’s Dead Man’s Party, featuring the hit song “Weird Science” from the movie of the same name. The band also appeared performing their single “Dead Man’s Party” in the 1986 movie Back to School, for which Elfman also composed the score. Elfman shifted the band to a more guitar- oriented rock sound in the late 1980s, which continued through their last album Boingo in 1994.

Are Bridget Fonda and Danny Elfman still married?

Bridget Fonda
Occupation| Actress, singer
Years active| 1969–2002
Spouse| Danny Elfman ​ ( m. 2003)​
Children| 1

What are 3 interesting facts about Danny Elfman?

• He was in a band called Oingo Boingo. Tim Burton was a fan of Elfman’s band, Oingo Boingo. …
• He collaborated a lot with Tim Burton. Tim Burton and Danny Elfman. …
• He also composed well-known TV theme songs. …
• He has scored several Disney films. …
• You can hear his work at Disney parks.

Why did Tim Burton and Danny Elfman fall out?

Elfman said that he was a better composer than Burton, and he freaked out. Danny wanted more credit for what he did in that movie. I think he wanted a writing credit or something but had to settle for “Executive Producer” (or associate producer — I can’t remember) which caused a bit of resentment between the two men.

Is Danny Elfman rich?

Danny Elfman is an American composer, singer, songwriter, and actor who has a net worth of $50 million.

What is Bridget Fondas net worth?

Bridget Fonda is an American actress who has a net worth of $50 million.