Danny Elfman
Born: 29 May 1953, Amarillo, Texas (USA)
Died:
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Sheet music
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[details ←] Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Selections from orchestra,
[details ←] Danny Elfman: Selections form Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride , string or full orchestra (2 - flute, 2 - oboe, 1 - 1st clarinet, 1 - 2nd clarinet, 1 - bass clarinet, 2 - bassoon, 4 - horn in F, 1 - 1st trumpet, 1 - 2nd trumpet, 3 - trombone, 1 - tuba, 2 - mallet percussion, 3 - percussion, 1 - harpsichord, 8 - 1st v
[details ←] Danny Elfman: Wonka’s Welcome Song , string orchestra (8 - 1st violin, 8 - 2nd violin, 5 - 3rd violin/viola (treble clef), 5 - viola, 5 - cello, 5 - string bass, 1 - piano accompaniment, 4 - percussion), orchestra,
[details ←] Danny Elfman: Suite from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , string orchestra (8 - 1st violin, 8 - 2nd violin, 5 - 3rd violin/viola (treble clef), 5 - viola, 5 - cello, 5 - string bass, 1 - optional piano, 1 - optional percussion), orchestra,
[details ←] Augustus Gloop jazz band,
[details ←] Corpse Bride, Selections from (featuring ’Corpse Bride (Main Title),’ ’Remains of the Day,’ and ’The Wedding’) ,concert band,
[details ←] Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Suite from (I. Wonka’s Welcome Song, II. Mike Teavee, III. Violet Beauregarde, IV. Veruca Salt, V. Augustus Gloop) ,concert band,
[details ←] Wonka’s Welcome Song (from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) ,concert band,
[details ←] Theme from The Simpsons Piano,
[details ←] Danny Elfman: Remains of the Day , voice, piano and guitar (chords only),
[details ←] Wonka’s Welcome Song , 2-Part choir, piano accompaniment and kazoos, choral, choral
[details ←] Wonka’s Welcome Song (from ’Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’) , voice and easy piano,
[details ←] Danny Elfman: Corpse Bride (Main Title) , easy solo piano,
[details ←] Danny Elfman: Corpse Bride (Main Title) , easy piano,
[details ←] Danny Elfman: Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Selections from , voice, piano and guitar (chords only),
[details ←] Danny Elfman: Corpse Bride (Main Title) , solo piano,
[details ←] Danny Elfman: Victor’s Piano Solo , solo piano,
Music
Danny carries a most impressive and extensive film score resume. He has composed for numerous films, ranging from full-blown blockbusters like The ‘Batman’ Series, ‘Men in Black’ and ‘Mission: Impossible’ all the way to cult favorites such as ‘Beetlejuice’, The ‘Forbidden Zone’ and ‘Pee Wee’s Big Adventure’. Danny also spent several years as the frontman and prime creative force for the multi-talented band/theatrical performance troupe, Oingo Boingo.
Danny has accomplished all of this without any real formal music training, making his list of achievements that much more impressive; especially upon listening to his rich, often complex and eccentric musical style.
- Tangento, AMPTech Recordings, 2003
Biography
Quoted from "Filmtracks":
Elfman spent his childhood in Los Angeles. When he turned 18, he moved with his brother, Richard, to France. There, he joined a theater group and became acquainted with the many different instruments of the orchestra. After spending a few years in France, he moved to Africa. He moved back to the U.S. after contracting malaria. He still considers his time in Africa a great benefit to himself.
In 1980, Elfman worked with his brother, director Richard Elfman, on the film Forbidden Zone. He formed a group known as "The Mystic Knights of Oingo Boingo." They performed the score that Elfman wrote for Forbidden Zone. Oingo Boingo, as it became known, blossomed into a permanent group and drew a large cult following (in 1995, however, they broke up).
In 1985 Elfman met Tim Burton, who asked Elfman to score the music for Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure. This was Tim’s first time directing and Elfman’s first time composing for a big-budget film. Elfman called in his friend and fellow Oingo Boingo member, Steve Bartek, to orchestrate for him and Pee-Wee was a success. Thus began the friendship between Elfman and Burton. Elfman first became known by soundtrack fans in general with his funky, light-hearted score for Beetlejuice. Combined with Harry Belafonte’s songs, the album was an enormous cult success.
Today, they are still working together as a team. Elfman has scored the music for every single movie that Tim has directed, with the exception of Ed Wood. He won his only Grammy in 1989 for his theme to Batman. Elfman considers Batman to be one of his best scores, and believes that it should receive far more recognition. He has never been nominated for an academy award. Elfman, along with his fans, believe that the Academy doesn’t like him because of the fact that he is completely self-taught. He keeps his distance from the rest of the composer community, which he considers "elitist."
- http://www.filmtracks.com/composers/elfman_bio.html
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Links
- http://elfman.filmmusic.com/
- http://www.tangento.net/boingo.html
- http://www.bluntinstrument.org.uk/elfman
- http://www.filmtracks.com/composers/elfman_bio.html
