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Sang all vocals for five songs in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005, recording in different ways to create varied pitches.
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Learned fire breathing as a street performer in Paris after high school.
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Signed a non-exclusive contract with Disney to write, produce, and direct films while continuing to compose for the studio.
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Was so impressed by Heavenly Creatures 1994 that he offered to score the next film of its director, Peter Jackson, which became The Frighteners 1996.
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Composed scores for comic book films including Dick Tracy 1990, Darkman 1990, Batman 1989, Batman Returns 1992, Men in Black 1997, Men in Black II 2002, Spider-Man 2002, Spider-Man 2 2004, and Hulk 2003.
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The only Tim Burton films he did not score are Ed Wood 1994, Sweeney Todd 2007, and James and the Giant Peach 1996.
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His mother is Clare Elfman, an author of children’s books.
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Wrote the score for Black Beauty 1994 for his two daughters from a collapsed marriage, and released a solo album So-Lo in 1984 featuring most Oingo Boingo band members.
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Uncle of Jenna Elfman by marriage.
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He and Howard Shore both formed hit bands Oingo Boingo and The Blues Brothers, scored films for Peter Jackson and Tim Burton, and each scored a Hannibal Lecter film.
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Received an honorary doctorate from the North Carolina School of the Arts in June 2007.
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Did not return for Spider-Man 3 2007 due to creative differences with director Sam Raimi, instead scoring Charlotte’s Web 2006.
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Engaged to Bridget Fonda in March 2003.
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Father of daughters Lola born 1979 and Mali born 1984.
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His scores for Batman 1989 and Edward Scissorhands 1990 were nominated for AFI’s 100 Years of Film Scores but did not make the list.
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Claims Bernard Herrmann as a heavy influence on his scores.
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Was in the theater band Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, which later morphed into Oingo Boingo.
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Sometimes believed to have been born in Amarillo, Texas due to a joke; actually born in Los Angeles County, California.
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Son Oliver was born on January 21, 2005 in Los Angeles; mother is his wife Bridget Fonda.
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His father Milton Elfman made an uncredited appearance in Forbidden Zone 1980.
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Kevin Smith wanted him to score Dogma 1999 but he was unavailable.
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Son-in-law of Peter Fonda and Susan Brewer.
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Awarded Film Composer of the Year in 2008 by the International Film Music Critics Association.
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His older brother is director Richard Elfman.
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Admires actor Peter Lorre.
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His father was a school teacher who retired five years early due to hearing loss.
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Uncle of actor Bodhi Elfman.
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Brother-in-law of Justin Fonda.
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Member of the Official Competition jury at the 67th Venice International Film Festival in 2010.
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First cousin of actor and producer Mark Damon; Danny’s father and Mark’s mother were siblings.
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Owns a dachshund.
