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Daniel Robert Elfman is an American composer, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Elfman is best known for his work scoring films and television shows, in particular his frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton, and for being the lead singer and songwriter for the band Oingo Boingo from 1974 to 1995.

In 1976 Elfman entered the film industry as an actor. In 1980 he scored his first film, Forbidden Zone, directed by his older brother Richard Elfman. Among his honours are four Academy Award nominations, a Grammy for Batman, an Emmy for Desperate Housewives, the 2002 Richard Kirk Award, and the Disney Legend Award.

✵ 29. May 1953
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Famous Danny Elfman Quotes

“We don't wanna leave you, but…but we got to…wish this point right here, wish it could last forever right now! Yeah…it's kinda like one big orgasm!”

Danny Elfman

Spoken before the performance of Only A Lad from Oingo Boingo's farewell concert on October 31, 1995 (which was released on CD, VHS and DVD).

“It'll say, 'Danny Elfman, who wrote the theme to 'The Simpsons,' etcetera…That's what I'll be remembered for.”

Danny Elfman

On what he believes will be his obituary, from the Los Angeles Times cover story, "A Different Beat", 1999.

“You'll never get me into a tux. Not until I'm dead and I have no choice because that's what the undertaker put me in.”

Danny Elfman

From an interview in Entertainment Weekly #422, March 13, 1998.

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