Short Biography

Daniel Robert "Danny" Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American musician, who is famous for composing scores and songs for Tim Burton`s films, composing "The Simpsons Theme," and leading the rock band Oingo Boingo as singer/songwriter from 1976 until its breakup in 1995. He`s been composing film scores extensively since 1985`s Pee-wee`s Big Adventure. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards and won a Grammy Award for Tim Burton`s Batman and an Emmy Award for his Desperate Housewives theme. Elfman also wrote the theme for the video game Fable.

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