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Danny Elfman

Daniel Robert "Danny" Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American

United States

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musician

Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
, who is famous for composing scores and songs for Tim Burton

Tim Burton

Tim Burton is an award-winning Film Director and Film Producer. Burton was born in Burbank, California, the first of two sons to Bill Burton and Jean Erickson....
's films, composing "The Simpsons Theme

The Simpsons Theme

"The Simpsons Theme", also referred to as "The Simpsons Main Title Theme" in album releases, is the theme music of the animated television series The Simpsons....
," and leading the rock band Oingo Boingo

Oingo Boingo

Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
from 1976 until its breakup in 1995. He's been composing film scores extensively since 1985's Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Pee-wee's Big Adventure is a 1985 adventure film comedy film directed by Tim Burton in his full-length film debut. Paul Reubens, Phil Hartman and Michael Varhol wrote the script, starring Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton and Diane Salinger....
. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards and won a Grammy Award for Tim Burton's

Tim Burton

Tim Burton is an award-winning Film Director and Film Producer. Burton was born in Burbank, California, the first of two sons to Bill Burton and Jean Erickson....
Batman
Batman (1989 film)

Batman is a 1989 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Tim Burton directed the film, which stars Michael Keaton as Batman, with Jack Nicholson as the Joker, Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale and Robert Wuhl as Alexander Knox....
and an Emmy Award

Emmy Award

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My education in film music came from watching tons of films.

There is a shadow in the wind. I think a tragedy awaits me.

Then on the other hand I don't make it easy for those types to meet me, I'm sure. I live pretty privately, let's say. So I've not yet met a film score groupie. If they're out there, then we're keeping ourselves all well hidden from each other.

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Daniel Robert "Danny" Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American

United States

Musician

Tim Burton

The Simpsons Theme

Oingo Boingo

Songwriter

Tim Burton

Emmy Award

The Emmy Award, also known as the 'Emmy', is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards....
for his Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series, created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as show runner, and produced by ABC Studios and Marc Cherry....
theme. Elfman also wrote the theme for the video game Fable
Fable (video game)

Fable is an role playing game video game for Xbox, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows platforms. It was developed by Big Blue Box, a satellite developer of Lionhead Studios, and was published by Microsoft....
.

Biography

Early career

Elfman was born in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
, the son of Blossom Elfman

Blossom Elfman

Claire "Blossom" Elfman is an American writer, born in New York City. Her works include The Girls of Huntington House , A House for Jonnie O, and The Strawberry Fields of Heaven, which is a historical novel about the Oneida community in the 1870s, The Curse of the Dancing Doll, The Ghost-Sitter, The Haunted Heart and...
(née

Married and maiden names

A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
Bernstein), a writer and teacher, and Milton Elfman, a teacher who was in the Air Force

Air force

An air force, also known in some countries as an air army or historically an army air corps , is in the broadest sense, the national armed force or armed service that primarily conducts aerial warfare....
. Elfman grew up in a racially mixed community in the Baldwin Hills

Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles, California

Calfornia:This article is about the district in California. For the BET reality TV show, see Baldwin Hills .Baldwin Hills is a district in southwestern Los Angeles, California, in South Los Angeles....
area of Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

Bernard Herrmann

Franz Waxman

Franz Waxman was a Jewish German American composer, known for his bravura Carmen Fantasie for violin and orchestra, based on musical themes from the Georges Bizet opera Carmen, and for his musical scores for films....
.

After dropping out of high school, he followed his brother Richard

Richard Elfman

Richard "Rick" Elfman is an United States film director, writer and actor. Best known amongst cult film fans for his 1980 film Forbidden Zone, he is the son of writer Blossom Elfman, and the late Milton Elfman, an Air Force veteran and teacher, who died in 2001....
to France

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, where he played his violin on the street and performed with Le Grand Magic Circus, an avant-garde

Avant-garde

Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English, to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
musical theater group. Violin in tow, Elfman next journeyed to Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
where he traveled through Ghana

Ghana

The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders C?te d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south....
, Mali

Mali

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. Mali is the seventh largest country in Africa, bordering Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the C?te d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west....
, and Upper Volta, absorbing new musical styles, including the Ghanaian highlife

Highlife

Highlife is a musical genre that originated in Ghana in the 1800s and spread to Sierra Leone, Nigeria and other West African countries by 1920. It is very popular in Liberia and all of English-speaking West Africa, although little has been produced in other countries due to economic challenges brought on by war and instability....
genre which would eventually influence his own music. Elfman contracted malaria

Malaria

Malaria is a Vector -borne infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites. It is widespread in Tropics and subtropical regions, including parts of the Americas, Asia, and Africa....
during his one-year stay and was often sick. Eventually he returned home to the United States, where his brother was forming a new musical theater group, The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo

Oingo Boingo

Oingo Boingo was an United States New Wave music band. They are best known for their influence on other musicians, their soundtrack contributions and their high energy Halloween concerts....
. The group performed the music for Richard's debut feature film, Forbidden Zone
Forbidden Zone

Forbidden Zone is a 1982 Musical film comedy film based upon the stage performances of the Oingo Boingo. The film stars Herv? Villechaize, Susan Tyrrell and members of the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, and features appearances by Warhol Superstar Viva , Joe Spinell and The Kipper Kids....
. Danny Elfman composed his first score for the film and played the role of Satan

Satan

Satan is a term that originates from the Abrahamic religions, being traditionally applied to an angel in Judeo-Christian belief, and to a Genie in Islamic belief....
. By the time the movie was completed, The Mystic Knights had shortened their name to Oingo Boingo

Oingo Boingo

Personal life

In November 2003, Elfman married actress Bridget Fonda

Bridget Fonda

Bridget Jane Fonda is an Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-nominated United States actor....
in a private ceremony at Los Angeles' First Congressional Church, with Fonda's father, Peter Fonda

Peter Fonda

Peter Henry Fonda is an American actor. He is the son of Henry Fonda, the brother of Jane Fonda, and the father of Bridget Fonda. Fonda is associated with Western culture counterculture of the 1960s, and the infomercial culture of the 2000s....
, giving her away. The couple reportedly met while working on the film A Simple Plan
A Simple Plan (film)

A Simple Plan is a 1998 drama film based on the A Simple Plan by Scott Smith , who also wrote the screenplay of the movie.It was shot in Delano, Minnesota, Ashland, Wisconsin and Saxon, Wisconsin....
. They have one son, Oliver, born January 2005. Elfman is of Jewish ancestry.

Danny Elfman and Tim Burton

In 1985, Tim Burton

Tim Burton

Tim Burton is an award-winning Film Director and Film Producer. Burton was born in Burbank, California, the first of two sons to Bill Burton and Jean Erickson....
and Paul Reubens

Paul Reubens

Paul Reubens is an American actor, writer, and comedian, best known for his character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe The Groundlings in the 1970s and started his career as an Improvisational theatre and stage actor....
invited Elfman to write the score

Film score

A film score is a broad term referring to the music in a film, which is generally categorically separated from songs used within a film. The term Soundtrack is often confused with film score, though a soundtrack may also include songs featured in the film as well as previously released music by other artists, while the score does...
for their first feature film, Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Pee-wee's Big Adventure is a 1985 adventure film comedy film directed by Tim Burton in his full-length film debut. Paul Reubens, Phil Hartman and Michael Varhol wrote the script, starring Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton and Diane Salinger....
. Elfman was apprehensive at first because of his lack of formal training, but with orchestration assistance from Oingo Boingo guitarist and arranger Steve Bartek

Steve Bartek

Steve Bartek, born in Garfield Heights, Ohio on January 30, 1952, is an United States guitarist, film composer, Conducting and orchestrator....
he achieved his goal of emulating the mood of such composers as Nino Rota

Nino Rota

Nino Rota was an Italian composer best known for his work on film scores, notably the films of Federico Fellini. He also composed the music for two of Franco Zeffirelli's Shakespeare films, and for Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather trilogy....
and Bernard Herrmann

Bernard Herrmann

Orchestra

An orchestra is an Musical ensemble, usually fairly large with string, brass, woodwind sections, and possibly a percussion section as well. The term orchestra derives from the name for the area in front of an theatre of ancient Greece reserved for the Greek chorus....
was one of the most thrilling experiences of his life. Elfman has spoken of the affinity he developed right away with Burton, and he has gone on to score all but two of his major studio films (Ed Wood
Ed Wood (film)

Ed Wood is a 1994 comedy-drama biographical film directed by Tim Burton, and starring Johnny Depp as cult filmmaker Edward D. Wood, Jr. The film concerns the period in Wood's life when he made his best-known films as well as his relationship with actor B?la Lugosi, played by Martin Landau....
, which was scored by Howard Shore

Howard Shore

Howard Leslie Shore is a Canadian composer, orchestrator, conducting and music producer. He was the first band leader on Saturday Night Live....
, and Sweeney Todd, an adaptation of the 1979 Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for theatre and film, winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards and the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize....
Broadway musical for which music already existed).

To date Elfman has scored the following Burton films:

Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Pee-wee's Big Adventure is a 1985 adventure film comedy film directed by Tim Burton in his full-length film debut. Paul Reubens, Phil Hartman and Michael Varhol wrote the script, starring Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton and Diane Salinger....
(1985) – his first orchestral score.
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice (soundtrack)

The Beetlejuice soundtrack, first released in 1988 , features most of the score from the 1988 film Beetlejuice. The soundtrack features two songs which appeared in the film, performed by Harry Belafonte; Day-O and Jump In The Line ....
(1988)
Batman
Batman (1989 film)

Batman is a 1989 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Tim Burton directed the film, which stars Michael Keaton as Batman, with Jack Nicholson as the Joker, Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale and Robert Wuhl as Alexander Knox....
(1989) – his first large-scale action score.
Edward Scissorhands
Edward Scissorhands

Edward Scissorhands is a 1990 comedy-drama fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. The film tells the story of a man named Edward, an unfinished creation, who has scissors for hands....
(1990) – his personal favorite of his own scores.
Batman Returns
Batman Returns

Batman Returns is a 1992 superhero film directed by Tim Burton. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is a sequel to 1989's Batman , with Michael Keaton reprising the lead role....
(1992)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 stop motion fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and produced/co-written by Tim Burton....
(1993) - (which Burton wrote and produced, but did not direct) in which he also performed the singing voice of the lead character (Jack Skellington) and two supporting roles (Barrel, one of Oogie Boogie's three henchmen, and The Clown with the Tear-away Face).
Mars Attacks!
Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks! is a 1996 comedy science fiction movie by Tim Burton based on the popular card series Mars Attacks. It was released in 1996 by Warner Bros....
(1996)
Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow (film)

Sleepy Hollow is a 1999 in film period piece horror film directed by Tim Burton, interpreting the legend of The Headless Horseman and based upon the Washington Irving story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow....
(1999)
Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes (2001 film)

Planet of the Apes is a 2001 science fiction film and remake of the 1968 Planet of the Apes . Tim Burton directed the film, which stars Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti and Estella Warren....
(2001)
Big Fish
Big Fish

Big Fish is a 2003 fantasy film drama film, directed by Tim Burton and written by John August. It is loosely based on the novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Daniel Wallace , and stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Steve Buscemi, Helena Bonham Carter, Marion Cotillard and Danny...
(2003)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 in film fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. Based on the 1964 Roald Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the film also stars Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and is the second film adaptation of the book....
(2005) - in which he also provided the voices for the Oompa-Loompas in the musical numbers.
Corpse Bride
Corpse Bride

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride is a 2005 in film stop-motion animation fantasy film based loosely on a 19th century Russian-Jewish folktale version of an older Jewish story and set in a fictional Victorian era village....
(2005) - in which he also performed the role of Bonejangles.

Burton has said of Elfman: "We don't even have to talk about the music. We don't even have to intellectualize – which is good for both of us, we're both similar that way. We're very lucky to connect" (Breskin, 1997).

Musical influences

He recalls that the first time he became aware of film music was in his youth during a screening of The Day the Earth Stood Still (Robert Wise

Robert Wise

'Robert Earl Wise' was an United States sound effects editor, film editor, and Academy Awards-winning United States film producer and director. Among his many famous films are Citizen Kane, The Sand Pebbles , The Sound of Music , West Side Story , The Hindenburg , Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Day the Earth Stood...
, 1951). The music was by Bernard Herrmann

Bernard Herrmann

Bernard Herrmann was an United States composer noted for his work in motion pictures.An Academy Award-winner , Herrmann is particularly known for collaboration with director Alfred Hitchcock, most famously Psycho , North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo ....
, and that, he has said, was where his love of film music began (Russell and Young, 2000). Elfman purposefully nodded towards Herrmann's The Day the Earth Stood Still score in Tim Burton's sci-fi spoof Mars Attacks!
Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks! is a 1996 comedy science fiction movie by Tim Burton based on the popular card series Mars Attacks. It was released in 1996 by Warner Bros....

Other film composers have also proven to be influential, such as Nino Rota

Nino Rota

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Erich Wolfgang Korngold was an Academy Award-winning 20th century film and romantic music composer....
, the former in Elfman's playful music for Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Pee-wee's Big Adventure is a 1985 adventure film comedy film directed by Tim Burton in his full-length film debut. Paul Reubens, Phil Hartman and Michael Varhol wrote the script, starring Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton and Diane Salinger....
, the latter in his much grander work, Batman
Batman (1989 film)

Batman is a 1989 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Tim Burton directed the film, which stars Michael Keaton as Batman, with Jack Nicholson as the Joker, Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale and Robert Wuhl as Alexander Knox....
. Sometimes his music has a distinctly Russian

Music of Russia

Russia is a large and extremely culture diverse country, with dozens of ethnic groups, each with their own forms of music. During the period of Soviet Union domination, music was highly scrutinized and kept within certain boundaries of content and innovation....
feel, inspired by the likes of Prokofiev

Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century....
, Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian-born composer, considered by many to be the most influential composer of 20th century music. He was a quintessentially Cosmopolitanism Russian who was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people of the century....
and Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – ) was a Russian composer of the Romantic music era. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his Piano Concerto No....
’s ballet music

Ballet (music)

Ballet as a musical form is a musical composition intended for Ballet. The same music can be used for several different ballet Choreography....
, while his frequent use of choir

Choir

A choir, chorale, or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral Music, in turn, is the music written specifically for a choir to perform....
s reflects his love of choral music by the likes of Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood in Salzburg. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty; at seventeen he was engaged as a court musician in Salzburg, but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position, always...
and Carl Orff

Carl Orff

Carl Orff was a 20th-century Germany composer, most famous for his composition Carmina Burana . He has also become very influential in the field of music education for his pedagogy methods, which survive through Orff Schulwerk....
. Jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
and rock

Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
influences from his earlier career are evident in such films as Chicago
Chicago (2002 film)

Chicago is a musical film film adaptation of the Satire Musical theatre Chicago , the film explores the themes of celebrity and scandal in Jazz#History##1920s to 1950s Chicago, Illinois....
and To Die For
To Die For

To Die For is a black comedy written by Buck Henry, based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Maynard, and directed by Gus Van Sant. It stars Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon and Joaquin Phoenix....
.

Hearing damage

When asked during a 2007 phone-in interview on XETRA-FM

XETRA-FM

XETRA-FM is an English language, Mexican-owned modern rock music radio station broadcasting from Tijuana, Baja California on 91.1 MHz. The studios are located in the Kearny Mesa area of San Diego....
if he ever had any notions of performing in an Oingo Boingo

Oingo Boingo

Oingo Boingo was an United States New Wave music band. They are best known for their influence on other musicians, their soundtrack contributions and their high energy Halloween concerts....
reunion, Elfman immediately rejected the idea and stated that in the last few years with the band he had begun to develop significant and irreversible hearing damage

Hearing impairment

A hearing impairment is a full or partial decrease in the ability to detect or understand sounds.Caused by a wide range of biological and environmental factors, loss of hearing can happen to any organism that perceives sound....
as a result of his continuous exposure to the high noise levels involved in performing in a rock

Rock music

Genetics

Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of heredity and Genetic variation in living organisms. The fact that living things inherit traits from their parents has been used since prehistoric times to improve crop plants and animals through selective breeding....
predisposition to hearing loss, and that he will never return to the stage for fear of worsening the condition.

Filmography

This is a list of films Elfman has done orchestral scores for.

Year	Film	Release Date	Director	Film Score/Soundtrack
1980	Forbidden Zone Forbidden Zone *Forbidden Zone* is a 1982 Musical film comedy film based upon the stage performances of the Oingo Boingo. The film stars Herv? Villechaize, Susan Tyrrell and members of the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, and features appearances by Warhol Superstar Viva , Joe Spinell and The Kipper Kids....	March 21, 1980	Richard Elfman Richard Elfman Richard "Rick" Elfman is an United States film director, writer and actor. Best known amongst cult film fans for his 1980 film Forbidden Zone, he is the son of writer Blossom Elfman, and the late Milton Elfman, an Air Force veteran and teacher, who died in 2001....	Soundtrack Forbidden Zone (soundtrack) The *Forbidden Zone OST* is the soundtrack to Forbidden Zone, the 1980 cult film directed by Richard Elfman. The film's music was composed by Danny Elfman and performed by Oingo Boingo.... (soundtrack with The Mystic Knights of Oingo Boingo)
1982	Fast Times at Ridgemont High Fast Times at Ridgemont High *Fast Times at Ridgemont High* is a 1982 in film Cinema of the United States Coming of age teen film-comedy film written by Cameron Crowe and directed by Amy Heckerling....	August 13, 1982	Amy Heckerling Amy Heckerling Amy Heckerling is an United States film director, one of the few female directors to have produced multiple box-office hits....	Soundtrack Fast Times at Ridgemont High *Fast Times at Ridgemont High* is a 1982 in film Cinema of the United States Coming of age teen film-comedy film written by Cameron Crowe and directed by Amy Heckerling.... (various artists)
1985	Pee-wee's Big Adventure Pee-wee's Big Adventure *Pee-wee's Big Adventure* is a 1985 adventure film comedy film directed by Tim Burton in his full-length film debut. Paul Reubens, Phil Hartman and Michael Varhol wrote the script, starring Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton and Diane Salinger....	August 9, 1985	Tim Burton Tim Burton Tim Burton is an award-winning Film Director and Film Producer. Burton was born in Burbank, California, the first of two sons to Bill Burton and Jean Erickson....	Soundtrack Pee-wee's Big Adventure *Pee-wee's Big Adventure* is a 1985 adventure film comedy film directed by Tim Burton in his full-length film debut. Paul Reubens, Phil Hartman and Michael Varhol wrote the script, starring Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton and Diane Salinger.... (film score)
1986	Back to School Back to School *Back to School* is a 1986 in film comedy film starring Rodney Dangerfield, Keith Gordon, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, William Zabka, Sam Kinison, and Robert Downey, Jr....	June 13, 1986	Alan Metter	Soundtrack Back to School *Back to School* is a 1986 in film comedy film starring Rodney Dangerfield, Keith Gordon, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, William Zabka, Sam Kinison, and Robert Downey, Jr.... (various artists)
1987	Wisdom Wisdom (film) *Wisdom* is a 1987 in film Cinema of the United States crime film film. It was written by its star, Emilio Estevez, who co-directed with executive producer Robert Wise....	January 1, 1987	Emilio Estevez Emilio Estevez 'Emilio Est?vez' is an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He started his career as an actor and is famous for being a member of the acting Brat Pack , appearing in The Breakfast Club and St.... , Robert Wise Robert Wise 'Robert Earl Wise' was an United States sound effects editor, film editor, and Academy Awards-winning United States film producer and director. Among his many famous films are Citizen Kane, The Sand Pebbles , The Sound of Music , West Side Story , The Hindenburg , Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Day the Earth Stood...
1988	Beetlejuice Beetlejuice *Beetle Juice* is a 1988 comedy horror film directed by Tim Burton. The film stars Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones and Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice....	March 30, 1988	Tim Burton	Soundtrack Beetlejuice (soundtrack) The *Beetlejuice* soundtrack, first released in 1988 , features most of the score from the 1988 film *Beetlejuice. The soundtrack features two songs which appeared in the film, performed by Harry Belafonte; Day-O* and Jump In The Line .... (film score with Harry Belafonte Harry Belafonte Harold George Belafonte, Jr. is a Jamaican American musician, actor and social activist. One of the most successful popular singers in history, he was dubbed the "King of Calypso music" a title which he was very reluctant to accept for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s.... )
	Midnight Run Midnight Run *Midnight Run* is a 1988 in film Cinema of the United States action film/comedy film/buddy film film starring Robert De Niro as a bounty hunter and Charles Grodin as his prisoner....	July 11, 1988	Martin Brest Martin Brest Martin Brest is an United States filmmaker, Film producer, screenwriter, film editor, and actor....
	Big Top Pee-wee Big Top Pee-wee *Big Top Pee-wee* is the 1988 in film family comedy sequel to the 1985 in film film, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, and stars Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman, Penelope Ann Miller, Valeria Golino, and Kris Kristofferson....	July 22, 1988	Randal Kleiser Randal Kleiser Randal Kleiser is an United States film director and Film producer.Randal Kleiser has directed several feature films, including Grease , The Blue Lagoon with Brooke Shields, Summer Lovers with Daryl Hannah, Grandview, U.S.A. with Jamie Lee Curtis, Flight of the Navigator , featuring the first use of digital morphin...
	Scrooged Scrooged *Scrooged* is a 1988 in film comedy film, a modernization of Charles Dickens' novella, A Christmas Carol. The film was produced and directed by Richard Donner, and the cinematography was by Michael Chapman ....	November 23, 1988	Richard Donner Richard Donner Richard Donner is an United States film director, film producer, and comic book writer. The production company, The Donners' Company, is owned by Donner and his wife, producer Lauren Shuler Donner....
1989	Batman Batman (1989 film) *Batman* is a 1989 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Tim Burton directed the film, which stars Michael Keaton as Batman, with Jack Nicholson as the Joker, Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale and Robert Wuhl as Alexander Knox....	June 23, 1989	Tim Burton	Soundtrack Batman (score) *Batman: Original Motion Picture Score* is the score album for the 1989 film Batman by Danny Elfman.... (film score)
1990	Nightbreed Nightbreed *Nightbreed* is a 1990 horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, based on his novella Cabal . To this day, Barker expresses disappointment with the final cut and longs for the recovery of the reels so it might be freshly edited....	February 16, 1990	Clive Barker Clive Barker Clive Barker is an England author, film director and visual artist best known for his work in both metaphysical fantasy and horror fiction.Barker came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories which established him as a leading young horror writer....
	Dick Tracy Dick Tracy (film) *Dick Tracy* is a 1990 film adaptation of the comic strip Dick Tracy created by Chester Gould. Warren Beatty directed, produced and starred. The supporting cast included Al Pacino, Madonna , Glenne Headly, Charlie Korsmo, Dick Van Dyke and Dustin Hoffman....	June 15, 1990	Warren Beatty Warren Beatty Warren Beatty is an United States Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning actor, film producer, screenwriter and film director....	Soundtrack Dick Tracy (orchestral score) The *Dick Tracy Original Score* is the 1990 score album for the film Dick Tracy , composed by Danny Elfman, and conducted by Shirley Walker.... (film score)
	Darkman Darkman *Darkman* is a 1990 in film superhero film action film directed by Sam Raimi that was based on a short story he wrote that paid homage to Universal Studios horror films of the 1930s in film....	August 24, 1990	Sam Raimi Sam Raimi Samuel Marshall "Sam" Raimi is an American film director, film producer, actor and screenwriter.He is best known for directing the cult classic horror film The Evil Dead and the Blockbuster Spider-Man film series....	Soundtrack Darkman *Darkman* is a 1990 in film superhero film action film directed by Sam Raimi that was based on a short story he wrote that paid homage to Universal Studios horror films of the 1930s in film.... (film score)
	Edward Scissorhands Edward Scissorhands *Edward Scissorhands* is a 1990 comedy-drama fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. The film tells the story of a man named Edward, an unfinished creation, who has scissors for hands....	December 7, 1990	Tim Burton	Soundtrack Edward Scissorhands *Edward Scissorhands* is a 1990 comedy-drama fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. The film tells the story of a man named Edward, an unfinished creation, who has scissors for hands....
1992	Batman Returns Batman Returns *Batman Returns* is a 1992 superhero film directed by Tim Burton. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is a sequel to 1989's Batman , with Michael Keaton reprising the lead role....	June 19, 1992	Tim Burton
1993	Sommersby Sommersby *Sommersby* is a 1993 romance film drama film directed by Jon Amiel and starring Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, Bill Pullman and James Earl Jones....	February 5, 1993	Jon Amiel Jon Amiel Jon Amiel is an England film director who has since the early 1980s#Film worked in film and television in both the UK and the US....
	Army of Darkness Army of Darkness *Army of Darkness* is an Cinema of the United States comedy horror / adventure film, released in 1993 in film. This movie is rated R and is a sequel to The Evil Dead and Evil Dead II....	February 19, 1993	Sam Raimi	Soundtrack Army of Darkness *Army of Darkness* is an Cinema of the United States comedy horror / adventure film, released in 1993 in film. This movie is rated R and is a sequel to The Evil Dead and Evil Dead II.... (theme only)
	The Nightmare Before Christmas The Nightmare Before Christmas *Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas* is a 1993 stop motion fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and produced/co-written by Tim Burton....	October 29, 1993	Henry Selick	Soundtrack The Nightmare Before Christmas (soundtrack) *The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack* is the 1993 soundtrack to the The Nightmare Before Christmas. Composed by Danny Elfman, the soundtrack was nominated for the 1993 Golden Globe for best original score.... (film score with various artists)
1994	Black Beauty Black Beauty (1994 film) *Black Beauty* is a 1994 film adaptation of Anna Sewell's novel by the Black Beauty, directed by Caroline Thompson in her directorial debut . It was released in 1994 and stars Sean Bean and David Thewlis....	July 29, 1994	Caroline Thompson Caroline Thompson Caroline Thompson is a novelist, screenwriter, film director and Film producer . She has written the screenplay for three of Tim Burton films, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas and most recently Corpse Bride....	Soundtrack Black Beauty (1994 film) *Black Beauty* is a 1994 film adaptation of Anna Sewell's novel by the Black Beauty, directed by Caroline Thompson in her directorial debut . It was released in 1994 and stars Sean Bean and David Thewlis.... (film score)
1995	Dolores Claiborne Dolores Claiborne (film) *Dolores Claiborne* is a 1995 film based on the Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King, starring Kathy Bates and Jennifer Jason Leigh. It was directed by Taylor Hackford....	March 24, 1995	Taylor Hackford Taylor Hackford Taylor Edwin Hackford is an Academy Award-winning United States film director....
	Dead Presidents Dead Presidents *Dead Presidents* is a 1995 in film crime drama film screenwriter by Michael Henry Brown and film director by the Hughes Brothers , and stars Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker, Freddy Rodriguez, N'Bushe Wright and Bokeem Woodbine....	October 4, 1995	Alberl Hughes Hughes Brothers The Hughes Brothers is the collective name for United States fraternal twin brothers and film directors, film producers and writers Albert and Allen Hughes....	Soundtrack Dead Presidents *Dead Presidents* is a 1995 in film crime drama film screenwriter by Michael Henry Brown and film director by the Hughes Brothers , and stars Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker, Freddy Rodriguez, N'Bushe Wright and Bokeem Woodbine.... (soundtrack with various artists)
	To Die For To Die For *To Die For* is a black comedy written by Buck Henry, based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Maynard, and directed by Gus Van Sant. It stars Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon and Joaquin Phoenix....	October 6, 1995	Gus Van Sant Gus Van Sant Gus Green Van Sant, Jr. is an United States film director, screenwriter, photographer, musician, and author. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Director for his 1997 film Good Will Hunting and his 2008 film Milk , and won the Palme d'Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival for his film Elephant ....
1996	Mission:Impossible Mission: Impossible (film) *Mission: Impossible* is an action movie released in 1996 in film. It was directed by Brian De Palma and starred Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt. The plot follows Ethan Hunt?s mission to uncover the mole within CIA who has framed him for the murders of his entire IMF team....	May 22, 1996	Brian De Palma Brian De Palma Brian De Palma is an US film director. In a career spanning over forty years, he is probably best known for his suspense and thriller films, including such box office successes as Carrie , Dressed to Kill , Scarface , The Untouchables , and Mission: Impossible ....	Soundtrack Mission: Impossible (soundtrack) *Mission Impossible: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture* is the official soundtrack for the movie Mission: Impossible .... (soundtrack with various artists)
	The Frighteners The Frighteners *The Frighteners* is a 1996 comedy horror film directed by Peter Jackson and co-written with his wife, Fran Walsh. The film's cast includesMichael J....	July 19, 1996	Peter Jackson Peter Jackson Peter Robert Jackson, New Zealand Order of Merit is a three-time Academy Award-winning New Zealand filmmaker, film producer and screenwriter, best known for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy trilogy adapted from the The Lord of the Rings by J....
	Freeway	August 23, 1996	Matthew Bright Matthew Bright Matthew Bright is an United States film director, writer and actor.His first noted credits were as writer and actor in the 1980 in film film Forbidden Zone, portraying the twins Squeezit and Ren? Henderson....
	Mars Attacks! Mars Attacks! *Mars Attacks!* is a 1996 comedy science fiction movie by Tim Burton based on the popular card series Mars Attacks. It was released in 1996 by Warner Bros....	December 13, 1996	Tim Burton
1997	Men in Black Men in Black (film) *Men in Black* is a 1997 in film science fiction film comedy film action film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith and Vincent D'Onofrio....	July 2, 1997	Barry Sonnenfeld Barry Sonnenfeld Barry Sonnenfeld is an Emmy Award-winning United States filmmaker and television director. He worked as cinematographer for the Coen Brothers, then later he directed and produced big budget films such as Men in Black ....	Soundtrack Men in Black (film) *Men in Black* is a 1997 in film science fiction film comedy film action film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith and Vincent D'Onofrio.... (film score) Soundtrack Men in Black (film) *Men in Black* is a 1997 in film science fiction film comedy film action film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith and Vincent D'Onofrio.... (soundtrack with various artists)
1997	Good Will Hunting Good Will Hunting *Good Will Hunting* is a 1997 in film drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, both of whom star in the film....	December 5, 1997	Gus Van Sant	Soundtrack Good Will Hunting *Good Will Hunting* is a 1997 in film drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, both of whom star in the film.... (soundtrack with various artists)
1998	A Simple Plan A Simple Plan (film) *A Simple Plan* is a 1998 drama film based on the A Simple Plan by Scott Smith , who also wrote the screenplay of the movie.It was shot in Delano, Minnesota, Ashland, Wisconsin and Saxon, Wisconsin....	December 11, 1998	Sam Raimi
1999	Instinct Instinct (film) *Instinct* was a film produced in 1999 starring Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding, Jr., George Dzundza, Donald Sutherland, and Maura Tierney. It was inspired by Ishmael , a novel by Daniel Quinn....	June 4, 1999	Jon Turteltaub Jon Turteltaub Jonathan Charles Turteltaub is an United States film director and film producer. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the USC School of Cinematic Arts....	Soundtrack Instinct (film) *Instinct* was a film produced in 1999 starring Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding, Jr., George Dzundza, Donald Sutherland, and Maura Tierney. It was inspired by Ishmael , a novel by Daniel Quinn.... (film score)
1999	Sleepy Hollow Sleepy Hollow (film) *Sleepy Hollow* is a 1999 in film period piece horror film directed by Tim Burton, interpreting the legend of The Headless Horseman and based upon the Washington Irving story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow....	November 19, 1999	Tim Burton	Soundtrack Sleepy Hollow (soundtrack) *Sleepy Hollow* is the official soundtrack album of the 1999 in film Academy Award-winning film Sleepy Hollow . The original score was written by Danny Elfman.... (film score)
2000	Proof of Life Proof of Life *Proof of Life* is an United States film released in 2000 in film, directed by Taylor Hackford. The film's screenplay was authored by Tony Gilroy, who also was a co-executive producer, and was inspired by William Prochnau's Vanity Fair magazine article "Adventures in the Ransom Trade," and the book The Long March To Freedom by Thom...	December 8, 2000	Taylor Hackford
2000	The Family Man The Family Man *The Family Man* is a 2000 in film Cinema of the United States comedy-drama, directed by Brett Ratner and starring Nicolas Cage and T?a Leoni....	December 22, 2000	Brett Ratner Brett Ratner Brett Ratner is an United States film director and music-video director. He is best known as the director of The Family Man, After the Sunset, Red Dragon , the Rush Hour series, and X-Men: The Last Stand....
2001	Planet of the Apes Planet of the Apes (2001 film) *Planet of the Apes* is a 2001 science fiction film and remake of the 1968 Planet of the Apes . Tim Burton directed the film, which stars Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti and Estella Warren....	July 27, 2001	Tim Burton
2002	Spider-Man Spider-Man (film) *Spider-Man* is a 2002 in film American superhero film based on the fictional character Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. The film is the first in the Spider-Man ....	May 3, 2002	Sam Raimi	Soundtrack Spider-Man (soundtrack) *Spider-Man Original Motion Picture Score, based on the film Spider-Man* was released June 4, 2002. It features a score composed by Danny Elfman, which combines traditional orchestration, ethnic percussion and electronic elements.... (film score) Soundtrack Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man *Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man* is a 2002 soundtrack album for the film Spider-Man . Although it contains a portion of the film score by Danny Elfman, a more complete album of Elfman's work was released as Spider-Man .... (soundtrack with various artists)
	Men in Black II Men in Black II *Men in Black II* is a 2002 in film science fiction comedy film action film starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith. The movie also stars Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson and Rip Torn....	July 3, 2002	Barry Sonnenfeld
	Red Dragon Red Dragon (film) *Red Dragon* is a 2002 Thriller film, based on the Red Dragon written by Thomas Harris featuring psychiatrist and menacing serial killer Dr....	October 4, 2002	Brett Ratner
	Chicago Chicago (2002 film) *Chicago* is a musical film film adaptation of the Satire Musical theatre Chicago , the film explores the themes of celebrity and scandal in Jazz#History##1920s to 1950s Chicago, Illinois....	December 27, 2002	Rob Marshall Rob Marshall Rob Marshall is an United States theater director, film director and choreographer. He is a six-time Tony Award nominee, Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe nominee and Emmy winner whose most noted work includes the 2002 film Chicago and the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret ....	Soundtrack Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture *Chicago: Music From the Miramax Motion Picture* is a soundtrack album featuring all of the original songs of the 2002 Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award-winning musical film Chicago starring Ren?e Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C.... (soundtrack with various artists)
2003	Hulk Hulk (film) *Hulk* is a 2003 superhero film based on the fictional character Marvel Comics Hulk . Ang Lee directed the film, which stars Eric Bana as Dr....	June 20, 2003	Ang Lee Ang Lee Ang Lee is an Academy Award-winning Taiwanese American film director....
2003	Big Fish Big Fish *Big Fish* is a 2003 fantasy film drama film, directed by Tim Burton and written by John August. It is loosely based on the novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Daniel Wallace , and stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Steve Buscemi, Helena Bonham Carter, Marion Cotillard and Danny...	December 10, 2003	Tim Burton
2004	Spider-Man 2 Spider-Man 2 *Spider-Man 2* is a 2004 in film Cinema of the United States superhero film directed by Sam Raimi, written by Alvin Sargent and developed by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Michael Chabon....	June 30, 2004	Sam Raimi	Soundtrack Spider-Man 2 soundtrack *Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man 2* reached the top 10 of the United States album charts and also reached the top 40 of the Australian album charts.... (soundtrack with various artists)
2005	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film) *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* is a 2005 in film fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. Based on the 1964 Roald Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the film also stars Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and is the second film adaptation of the book....	July 15, 2005	Tim Burton	Soundtrack Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film) *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* is a 2005 in film fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. Based on the 1964 Roald Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the film also stars Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and is the second film adaptation of the book.... (film score)
2005	Corpse Bride	September 23, 2005	Tim Burton	Soundtrack (film score with various artists)
2006	Deep Sea 3D Deep Sea 3D *Deep Sea 3D* is a 3-D film IMAX film about sea life. The documentary film is directed by Howard Hall who has also directed other undersea films such as Into the Deep and Island of the Sharks....	March 6, 2006	Howard Hall	Serenada Schizophrana Serenada Schizophrana *Serenada Schizophrana* is a series of compositions by American film composer Danny Elfman that he wrote for the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York City on 23 February 2005....
	Nacho Libre Nacho Libre *Nacho Libre* is an United States comedy film that was released on June 16, 2006, by Paramount Pictures, though it was released in select theaters earlier....	June 16, 2006	Jared Hess Jared and Jerusha Hess Jared Lawrence Hess and Jerusha Elizabeth Hess are husband-and-wife United States filmmakers known for their work Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre , both of which they co-wrote and directed ....	Soundtrack Nacho Libre *Nacho Libre* is an United States comedy film that was released on June 16, 2006, by Paramount Pictures, though it was released in select theaters earlier.... (soundtrack with various artists)
	Charlotte's Web Charlotte's Web (2006 film) *Charlotte's Web* is a live-action/computer-animated feature film, based on the popular book Charlotte's Web by E.B. White. It is directed by Gary Winick and produced by Paramount Pictures, Walden Media, The Kerner Entertainment Company, and Nickelodeon Movies....	December 15, 2006	Gary Winick Gary Winick Gary Winick is an United States film film director and film producer who has dirrected films such as Tadpole and 13 Going on 30 . He has also produced films including Pieces of April for which Patricia Clarkson was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and November through his New York City-based...	Soundtrack Charlotte's Web (2006 film) *Charlotte's Web* is a live-action/computer-animated feature film, based on the popular book Charlotte's Web by E.B. White. It is directed by Gary Winick and produced by Paramount Pictures, Walden Media, The Kerner Entertainment Company, and Nickelodeon Movies.... (film score)
2007	Meet the Robinsons Meet the Robinsons *Meet the Robinsons* is a computer-animated 2007 film and the Disney animated features canon animated feature produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures....	March 30, 2007	Steve Anderson Stephen J. Anderson Stephen John Anderson is a Disney storyboard artist and Film director of some noted Disney direct-to-video sequels. His first Movie theater directorial debut came with the animated film Meet the Robinsons....	Soundtrack Meet the Robinsons (soundtrack) Meet the Robinsons is a soundtrack for the 2007 The Walt Disney Company animated film Meet The Robinsons. The album was released on March 27, 2007 and contained songs by Rufus Wainwright and Rob Thomas , among others, with the film's score by Danny Elfman.... (soundtrack with various artists)
2007	The Kingdom The Kingdom (film) *The Kingdom* is a 2007 in film directed by Peter Berg and starring Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper , Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Ashraf Barhom, with Kyle Chandler, Jeremy Piven and Ali Suliman....	September 28, 2007	Peter Berg Peter Berg Peter Berg is an American actor, film director, Film producer and writer. He is known for directing films such as Friday Night Lights , The Kingdom , and Hancock ....
2008	Standard Operating Procedure Standard Operating Procedure (film) *Standard Operating Procedure* is a 2008 in film documentary film which explores the meaning of the photographs taken by U.S. military police at the Abu Ghraib prison in late 2003 and which resulted in the subsequent Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal....	April 25, 2008	Errol Morris Errol Morris Errol Morris is an United States Academy Awards winning documentary film director. In 2003 The Guardian listed him as number seven in their of the world's 40 best directors....	Soundtrack Standard Operating Procedure (film) *Standard Operating Procedure* is a 2008 in film documentary film which explores the meaning of the photographs taken by U.S. military police at the Abu Ghraib prison in late 2003 and which resulted in the subsequent Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal.... (film score)
	Wanted	June 27, 2008	Timur Bekmambetov Timur Bekmambetov Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov is a Kazakhstan and Cinema of Russia film director and television commercial director....	Soundtrack (film score)
	Hellboy II: The Golden Army	July 11, 2008	Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro G?mez is an Academy Award-nominated Mexican filmmaker. He is one of the film directors known as the Three Amigos that include Alfonso Cuar?n and Alejandro Gonz?lez I??rritu....
	Milk Milk (film) *Milk* is a 2008 in film biographical film on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors....	November 26, 2008	Gus Van Sant
2009	Notorious Notorious (2009 film) *Notorious* is a 2009 in film Biographical film about the life of hip hop star The Notorious B.I.G., who is played by Jamal Woolard. The film co-stars Angela Bassett as his mother Voletta Wallace, Derek Luke as Sean Combs, and Anthony Mackie as Tupac Shakur....	January 16, 2009	George Tillman, Jr. George Tillman, Jr. George Tillman, Jr. is an United States film director and film producer. He attended John Marshall High School in Milwaukee, WI, where he took Mass Communications Magnet Classes....	Soundtrack Notorious (soundtrack) *Notorious* is the soundtrack to the 2009 biopic film Notorious based on rapper The Notorious B.I.G.. It features mostly his previously heard songs, inclusively the ones harder to find such as "Party and Bullshit" and "One More Chance ".... (soundtrack with various artists)
	Terminator Salvation Terminator Salvation *Terminator Salvation* is an upcoming Cinema of the United States Science fiction film post-apocalyptic war film set for release on May 21, 2009....	May 22, 2009	McG McG Joseph "McG" McGinty Nichol is an American film and television Film producer and Film director. He was nicknamed McG from birth to differentiate him from his uncle and grandfather, both of whom are also named Joe....	Soundtrack Terminator Salvation *Terminator Salvation* is an upcoming Cinema of the United States Science fiction film post-apocalyptic war film set for release on May 21, 2009....
	9	September 9, 2009	Shane Acker
	The Wolfman	November 6, 2009	Joe Johnston Joe Johnston Joseph Eggleston "Joe" Johnston III is an United States film director, responsible for such films as Hidalgo , Jurassic Park III, October Sky, and Jumanji , amongst others....
2010	Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland (2010 film) *Alice in Wonderland* is a 2010 fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and based on the Lewis Carroll novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass....	March 19, 2010	Tim Burton

He has also written the theme music for several television series, including:

1986: Pee-wee's Playhouse
Pee-wee's Playhouse

Pee-wee's Playhouse is a children's television program starring Paul Reubens as the child-like Pee-wee Herman. The show was developed from Reubens' popular stage show and the one-off TV special The Pee-wee Herman Show, produced for HBO, which was similar in style but featured much more "adult" humor....
(some episodes)
1986: Sledge Hammer!
Sledge Hammer!

Sledge Hammer! was a satire police situation comedy produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on American Broadcasting Company from 1986 to 1988....
1989: Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt (TV series)

Tales from the Crypt is a Horror film anthology series United States TV series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable television Television channel Home Box Office....
1989: Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice (TV series)

Beetlejuice is an animated television series loosely based on the Beetlejuice film; it aired from September 9, 1989 to December 6, 1991. The television series was produced by Ellipse Programme and Nelvana for The Geffen Film Company, with distribution handled by Warner Bros....
1989: The Simpsons
The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an Television in the United States animated cartoon Situation comedy created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
1990: The Flash
The Flash (TV series)

The Flash is a 1990 United States television series that starred John Wesley Shipp as the superhero, Flash , and co-starred Amanda Pays. The series was developed from the DC Comics characters by the writing team of Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo, who called their company Pet Fly Productions....
1992: Batman: The Animated Series
Batman: The Animated Series

Batman: The Animated Series is an United States, two time Emmy Award winning animated series adaptation of the comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero, Batman....
1997: Perversions of Science
Perversions of Science

Perversions of Science is a science fiction/horror film television program that ran on the cable television television station HBO for one season....
1997: The New Batman/Superman Adventures
The New Batman/Superman Adventures

The New Batman/Superman Adventures was the title given to an anthology series that combined Superman: The Animated Series with The New Batman Adventures ....
1999: Dilbert
Dilbert (TV series)

Dilbert is an animated television series spin-off of the Dilbert. The first episode was broadcast on January 25, 1999 and was UPN's highest rated series premiere to that point of the network's history; it lasted two seasons on UPN and won a Golden Globe before its cancellation....
2004: Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series, created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as show runner, and produced by ABC Studios and Marc Cherry....
2005: Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant (TV series)

Point Pleasant was a television series that first aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company in January 2005. It was cancelled in March 2005 due to poor ratings....

His other work includes:

2004: The opening title theme of the 2004 video game Fable
Fable (video game)

Fable is an role playing game video game for Xbox, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows platforms. It was developed by Big Blue Box, a satellite developer of Lionhead Studios, and was published by Microsoft....
.
2008: Soundtrack to the 2008 video game Lego Batman: The Video Game
Lego Batman: The Video Game

Lego Batman: The Video Game is a computer and video games developed by Traveller's Tales. It was released on September 23, 2008 for the PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable and Microsoft Windows....
(various tracks from the soundtrack of the movie: Batman (1989 film)
Batman (1989 film)

Batman is a 1989 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Tim Burton directed the film, which stars Michael Keaton as Batman, with Jack Nicholson as the Joker, Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale and Robert Wuhl as Alexander Knox....
)
2008: The opening title theme as well as major themes of the 2008 video game "Fable II"
Elfman was in Finding Kraftland
Finding Kraftland

Finding Kraftland is a 2006 independent documentary from Richard Kraft productions staring Stacey J. Aswad, Richard Kraft, and Nicky Kraft. It was released on June 17, 2006 in many film festivals all over the United States....
for his agent Richard Kraft.

Serenada Schizophrana and concert works

Elfman has recently started working in the classical world, beginning with Serenada Schizophrana

Serenada Schizophrana

Serenada Schizophrana is a series of compositions by American film composer Danny Elfman that he wrote for the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York City on 23 February 2005....
for the American Composers Orchestra

American Composers Orchestra

The American Composers Orchestra is an American orchestra based in New York City. It is the only orchestra in the world dedicated solely to the creation, performance, preservation, and promulgation of music by American composers....
. It was conducted by John Mauceri

John Mauceri

John Mauceri is an American conductor. In 2006, Mauceri was appointed Chancellor of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He was a protege of Leonard Bernstein....
on its recording and by Steven Sloane at its premiere at Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue , occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street , two blocks south of Central Park....
in New York City

New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
on February 23, 2005. After its premiere, it was recorded in studio and released onto SACD

Super Audio CD

Super Audio CD is a read-only optical disc audio storage format that can provide higher accuracy as well as surround sound compared to the Red Book ....
on October 3, 2006. The meeting with Mauceri proved fruitful as the composer was encouraged then to write a new concert piece for Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Elfman composed an "overture to a nonexistent musical" and called the piece "The Overeager Overture."

Awards and nominations

External links

from Synthesis (magazine)
Synthesis (magazine)

Synthesis is a website, weekly newspaper, and a national magazine that deals with popular music, movies, technology, and other interests of pop culture....