
Danny Elfman
Sound · b. 1953 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American film composer, singer, songwriter, and musician. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter for the new wave band Oingo Boingo in the early 1980s. Since scoring his first studio film in 1985, Elfman has garnered international recognition for composing over 100 feature film scores, as well as compositions for television, stage productions, and the concert hall. Elfman has frequently worked with directors Tim Burton, Sam Raimi, and Gus Van Sant, contributing music to nearly 20 Burton projects, including Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Mars Attacks!, Sleepy Hollow, Big Fish, and Alice in Wonderland, as well as scoring Raimi's Darkman, A Simple Plan, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Oz the Great and Powerful, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Van Sant's Academy Award-winning films Good Will Hunting and Milk. He wrote music for all of the Men in Black and Fifty Shades of Grey franchise films, the songs and score for Henry Selick's animated musical The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the themes for the popular television series Desperate Housewives and The Simpsons. Among his honours are four Oscar nominations, three Emmy Awards, a Grammy, seven Saturn Awards for Best Music, the 2002 Richard Kirk Award, the 2015 Disney Legend Award, the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award in 2017, and the Society of Composers & Lyricists Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danny Elfman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movie7.6RomanceFantasyIn a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.
Corpse Bride
2005 · 10K votes
Movie7.8FantasyAnimationTired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993 · 10K votes
Movie7.0AdventureComedyA young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005 · 16K votes
Movie7.7ComedyDramaNew York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
Annie Hall
1977 · 4.3K votes
Movie6.5HorrorDramaAnnie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.
The Gift
2000 · 1.4K votes
Movie6.3ComedySelf-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fellow students, Thornton struggles to gain his son's respect, giving way to hilarious antics.
Back to School
1986 · 517 votes
Movie7.2MusicDocumentaryMusic is an integral part of most films, adding emotion and nuance while often remaining invisible to audiences. Matt Schrader shines a spotlight on the overlooked craft of film composing, gathering many of the art form’s most influential practitioners, from Hans Zimmer and Danny Elfman to Quincy Jones and Randy Newman, to uncover their creative process. Tracing key developments in the evolution of music in film, and exploring some of cinema’s most iconic soundtracks, 'Score' is an aural valentine for film lovers.
Score: A Film Music Documentary
2017 · 128 votes
Movie7.1DocumentaryThe most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. 78/52 tells the story of the man behind the curtain and his greatest obsession.
78/52
2017 · 153 votes
Movie7.1DocumentaryA behind the scenes look at the making of Sleepy Hollow.
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000 · 36 votes
Movie6.2MusicComedyA mysterious door in the basement of the Hercules house leads to the Sixth Dimension by way of a gigantic set of intestine. When lovely exchange student Frenchy slips through the door, the diminuitive King Fausto falls in love with her. The jealous Queen Doris takes Frenchy prisoner, and it is up to the Hercules family and friend Squeezit Henderson to rescue her.
Forbidden Zone
1982 · 113 votes
Movie6.7ActionAdventureA comprehensive 12-part documentary on the making of "Spider-Man 2," covering everything from pre-production to premiere.
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
2004 · 84 votes
Movie7.5DramaMusicA portrait of Michael, a man 'intrigued' by death and drawn to it. Late one Christmas Eve, Michael's closest buddy Louis joins him for an adventure in Hollywood.
Hot Tomorrows
1977 · 2 votes
Movie8.0DocumentaryDocumentary on animator Chuck Jones.
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992 · 3 votes
Movie7.5MusicDocumentaryUrgh! A Music War is a British film released in 1982 featuring performances by punk rock, new wave, and post-punk acts, filmed in 1980. Among the artists featured in the movie are Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Magazine, The Go-Go's, Toyah Willcox, The Fleshtones, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, X, XTC, Devo, The Cramps, Oingo Boingo, Dead Kennedys, Gary Numan, Klaus Nomi, Wall of Voodoo, Pere Ubu, Steel Pulse, Surf Punks, 999, UB40, Echo & the Bunnymen and The Police. These were many of the most popular groups on the New Wave scene; in keeping with the spirit of the scene, the film also features several less famous acts, and one completely obscure group, Invisible Sex, in what appears to be their only public performance.
Urgh! A Music War
1981 · 21 votes
Movie8.5DocumentaryDocumentary about the making of the 1996 horror-comedy.
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
1998 · 10 votes
Movie7.2DocumentaryTV MoviePhil Hartman hosts this retrospective look back at the legacy and making of the classic 1966 holiday special 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
1994 · 7 votes
- MovieDocumentary
Documentary on the cast and crew, stunts, special effects, and score of 'Hulk' (2003).
Movie8.1ComedyMusicIn his book "1984", George Orwell saw the television of the future as a control instrument in the hands of Big Brother. Right at the start of the much-anticipated Orwellian year, Paik and Co. were keen to demonstrate satellite TV's ability to serve positive ends-- Namely, the intercontinental exchange of culture, combining both highbrow and entertainment elements. A live broadcast shared between WNET TV in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, linked up with broadcasters in Germany and South Korea, reached a worldwide audience of over 10 or even 25 million (including the later repeat transmissions).
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1984 · 4 votes
MovieDramaFresh look at a classic… Great writers have left us with characters that still exist today, it is simply their backdrop that has changed. PROUD IZA is a contemporary retelling set in New York City of "The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant. First published in 1884, the stirring story of greed, pride, and vanity has become one of the author’s most popular works and is notorious for its surprise ending.
Proud Iza
2008
MovieDocumentaryExplores the making of 'Spider-Man' (2002).
- MovieDocumentary
A look at director Ang Lee's work on 'Hulk' (2003).
Movie8.0DocumentaryCast and crew take viewers behind the scenes into the production and creation of his 1993 stop-motion classic The Nightmare Before Christmas
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TV6.9ComedyNewsA late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
Saturday Night Live
1975 · 527 votes
TV5.9DocumentaryPrisoners of Gravity was a Canadian public broadcasting television news magazine program that explored speculative fiction — science fiction, fantasy, horror, comic books — and its relation to various thematic and social issues. Produced by TVOntario, the show was the brainchild of former comic retail manager Mark Askwith and writer Daniel Richler, and was hosted by Rick Green. The series aired 139 episodes over 5 seasons from 1989 to 1994.
Prisoners of Gravity
1989 · 7 votes
TV10.0DocumentaryFeatures never-before-seen footage, interviews and artwork, spanning Burton's early career at Disney to the makings of his films Batman (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990) and The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), as well as Netflix’s Addams Family spin-off series Wednesday.
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2025 · 1 votes
TV8.0Hollywood in Vienna is an annual film music gala hosted in the Vienna Concert Hall where the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award is presented.
Hollywood in Vienna
2011 · 1 votes