Danny Elfman discography
Appearances by Danny Elfman as a composer, or as a member of Oingo Boingo:
| Year | Film | Role/Directed by | Type of recording / Album | Released by | Notes / Accolades |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | I Never Promised You a Rose Garden | Yri drummer | Also featured Richard Elfman | ||
| Hot Tomorrows | Singer / Directed by Martin Brest | ||||
| 1981 | Urgh! A Music War | Himself | Part of Oingo Boingo | ||
| 1982 | Forbidden Zone | Satan / Directed by Richard Elfman | Soundtrack | Varèse Sarabande | |
| 1984 | Good Morning, Mr. Orwell | Himself | Part of Oingo Boingo | ||
| 1985 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | Tim Burton | Original soundtrack released as part of the Elfman/Burton box set | ||
| 1986 | Back to School | Himself / Directed by Alan Metter | Part of Oingo Boingo | ||
| 1987 | Summer School | Carl Reiner | Soundtrack (includes one Elfman song; no score) | Only unreleased Elfman film score to date | |
| Wisdom | Emilio Estevez | Soundtrack | Varèse Sarabande | ||
| 1988 | Beetlejuice | Tim Burton | Soundtrack | Geffen Records | |
| Midnight Run | Martin Brest | Soundtrack | MCA | ||
| Big Top Pee-wee | Randal Kleiser | Soundtrack (including dialogue) | Arista (reissued by PEG); expanded album without dialogue released by La-La Land Records | ||
| Hot to Trot | Michael Dinner | Suite included on Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1 | |||
| Scrooged | Richard Donner | Suite included on Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1; complete score released by La-La Land Records | |||
| 1989 | Batman | Tim Burton | Batman (score) | Soundtrack re-released with complete score from La-La Land Records | Won his only Grammy 32nd Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media |
| 1990 | Nightbreed | Clive Barker | Soundtrack | MCA | |
| Dick Tracy | Warren Beatty | Soundtrack | Sire Records | Nominated for 33rd Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | |
| Darkman | Sam Raimi | Soundtrack | MCA | ||
| Edward Scissorhands | Tim Burton | Soundtrack | MCA | Nominated for 34th Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | |
| 1992 | Article 99 | Howard Deutch | Soundtrack | Varèse Sarabande | |
| Batman Returns | Tim Burton | Soundtrack | Warner Bros. Records; re-released with complete score from La-La Land Records | ||
| 1993 | Sommersby | Jon Amiel | Soundtrack | Elektra | |
| Army of Darkness | Sam Raimi | "March of the Dead" theme by Danny Elfman. Rest of the score by Joseph LoDuca | Varèse Sarabande | ||
| Nightmare Before Christmas, TheThe Nightmare Before Christmas | Henry Selick | Soundtrack | Walt Disney Records | ||
| 1994 | Black Beauty | Caroline Thompson | Soundtrack expanded edition released by La-La Land Records | ||
| 1995 | Dolores Claiborne | Taylor Hackford | Soundtrack | Varèse Sarabande | |
| Dead Presidents | Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Soundtrack (one Elfman track; suite also included on Music for a Darkened Theatre Vol. 2) | |||
| To Die For | Gus Van Sant | Soundtrack | Varèse Sarabande (score + songs) | ||
| 1996 | Mission: Impossible | Brian De Palma | Soundtrack (songs + three brief Elfman suites) | Phillips | |
| Score album | Point Music | ||||
| Frighteners, TheThe Frighteners | Peter Jackson | Soundtrack | MCA | ||
| Freeway | Matthew Bright | Suite included on Music for a Darkened Theatre Vol. 2 | |||
| Extreme Measures | Michael Apted | Soundtrack | Varèse Sarabande | ||
| Mars Attacks! | Tim Burton | Soundtrack | Atlantic; expanded edition released by La-La Land Records |
First Elfman score to get an expanded release | |
| 1997 | Men in Black | Barry Sonnenfeld | Soundtrack (two Elfman cues) | Nominated for 70th Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score & for 40th Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | |
| Score album | Columbia | ||||
| Flubber | Les Mayfield | Soundtrack | Walt Disney Records | ||
| Good Will Hunting | Gus Van Sant | Soundtrack (two Elfman cues); score album released by Music Box | Nominated for 70th Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score | ||
| 1998 | Simple Plan, AA Simple Plan | Sam Raimi | Soundtrack | Compass III | |
| A Civil Action | Steven Zaillian | Soundtrack | |||
| 1999 | Instinct | Jon Turteltaub | Soundtrack | ||
| Anywhere But Here | Wayne Wang | Soundtrack (includes one score suite) | Atlantic | ||
| Sleepy Hollow | Tim Burton | Soundtrack | Hollywood Records | ||
| 2000 | Proof of Life | Taylor Hackford | Soundtrack | Varèse Sarabande | |
| The Gift | Sam Raimi | Cameo appearance | |||
| Family Man, TheThe Family Man | Brett Ratner | Soundtrack (two Elfman cues) | Sire Records | ||
| 2001 | Planet of the Apes | Tim Burton | Soundtrack | SME; complete score released by La-La Land | |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | Sam Raimi | Song album | Nominated for 45th Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | |
| Score album | |||||
| Men in Black II | Barry Sonnenfeld | Soundtrack | Columbia Records | ||
| Red Dragon | Brett Ratner | Soundtrack | Decca Records | ||
| Chicago | Rob Marshall | Soundtrack (two Elfman tracks) | |||
| 2003 | Hulk | Ang Lee | Soundtrack | Columbia Records | |
| Big Fish | Tim Burton | Soundtrack | Nominated for 76th Academy Award for Best Original Score, for 61st Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score & for 47th Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | ||
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Sam Raimi | Soundtrack | ||
| Score album | |||||
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Tim Burton | Soundtrack | Nominated for 48th Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (Wonka's Welcome Song) | |
| Corpse Bride | Tim Burton | Soundtrack | |||
| 2006 | Deep Sea 3D | Howard Hall | Serenada Schizophrana | ||
| Nacho Libre | Jared Hess | Soundtrack (score suite) | |||
| Charlotte's Web | Gary Winick | Soundtrack | |||
| 2007 | Meet the Robinsons | Stephen Anderson | Soundtrack | ||
| Kingdom, TheThe Kingdom | Peter Berg | Soundtrack | Varèse Sarabande | ||
| 2008 | Standard Operating Procedure | Errol Morris | Soundtrack | ||
| Wanted | Timur Bekmambetov | Soundtrack | |||
| Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Guillermo del Toro | Soundtrack | Varèse Sarabande | ||
| Milk | Gus Van Sant | Soundtrack | Decca Records | Nominated for 81st Academy Award for Best Original Score & for 52nd Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | |
| 2009 | Notorious | George Tillman, Jr. | Soundtrack (one Elfman track) | Universal Music Group | |
| Terminator Salvation | McG | Soundtrack | Warner Bros. Records | ||
| 9 | Shane Acker | Soundtrack. Elfman's music themes only, score composed by Deborah Lurie. | Rhino Records | ||
| score album | Lakeshore Records | ||||
| Taking Woodstock | Ang Lee | Song soundtrack with four Elfman cues | Rhino Records | ||
| score album | La-La Land Records | ||||
| 2010 | Wolfman, TheThe Wolfman | Joe Johnston | Soundtrack | Varèse Sarabande | |
| Alice in Wonderland | Tim Burton | Soundtrack | Walt Disney Records | Nominated for 68th Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score & for 53rd Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | |
| Next Three Days, TheThe Next Three Days | Paul Haggis | Soundtrack | Lionsgate | ||
| 2011 | Restless | Gus Van Sant | Soundtrack | La-La Land Records | |
| Real Steel | Shawn Levy | Song album with one Elfman cut | Interscope | ||
| score album | Varèse Sarabande | ||||
| 2012 | Dark Shadows | Tim Burton | Song album with two Elfman cuts | ||
| score album | WaterTower Music | ||||
| Men in Black 3 | Barry Sonnenfeld | Soundtrack | Sony Classical | ||
| Frankenweenie | Tim Burton | Soundtrack | Walt Disney Records | ||
| Silver Linings Playbook | David O. Russell | Song album with two Elfman cuts | |||
| score album | Sony Classical | ||||
| Hitchcock | Sacha Gervasi | Soundtrack | Sony Masterworks | ||
| Promised Land | Gus Van Sant | Soundtrack | Relativity Music Group | ||
| 2013 | Oz the Great and Powerful | Sam Raimi | Soundtrack | Walt Disney Records | |
| Epic | Chris Wedge | Soundtrack | Columbia Records | ||
| American Hustle | David O. Russell | Song album with one Elfman cut | Madison Gate Records | ||
| 2014 | Mr. Peabody & Sherman | Rob Minkoff | Soundtrack | Relativity Music Group | |
| The Unknown Known | Errol Morris | Soundtrack | La La Land Records | ||
| Big Eyes | Tim Burton | Song/score album with six Elfman cuts | Interscope | ||
| 2015 | Fifty Shades of Grey | Sam Taylor-Wood | Soundtrack (two score cuts) | Republic Records | |
| score album | Republic Records | ||||
| Avengers: Age of Ultron | Joss Whedon | Soundtrack (composed with Brian Tyler) | Hollywood Records | ||
| The End of the Tour | James Ponsoldt | Soundtrack | |||
| Sea of Trees | Gus Van Sant | Soundtrack | |||
| Tulip Fever | Justin Chadwick | Soundtrack | |||
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Soundtrack | |||
| Alice Through the Looking Glass | James Bobin | Soundtrack | Walt Disney Records | ||
- When sorted by "Type of recording / Album", some of the rows are duplicated if each contains more data; score albums are an example of this, and are in addition formatted with text aligned right.
In addition, Elfman has supplied thematic material - except where noted - for films scored by others (names in brackets):
- 1985: Weird Science: title song (Ira Newborn)
- 1991: Pure Luck (Jonathan Sheffer)
- 1992: Army of Darkness: "March Of The Dead" (Joseph LoDuca)
- 1994: Shrunken Heads (Richard Band)
- 1997: Scream 2: "Cassandra Aria" and "Cassandra Aria Reprise" (Marco Beltrami)
- 1998: Modern Vampires (Michael Wandmacher)
- 1999: My Favorite Martian: "Uncle Martin's Theme" (John Debney)
- 2001: Heartbreakers (John Debney)
- 2001: Spy Kids (Chris Boardman, John Debney, Gavin Greenaway, Harry Gregson-Williams, Heitor Pereira, Marcel Rodriguez and Robert Rodriguez)
- 2001: Novocaine (Steve Bartek)
- 2007: Spider-Man 3 (Christopher Young, John Debney and Deborah Lurie; also includes material composed by Elfman for the first two films)
- 2010: Kick-Ass: "Walk to Rasul's" (John Murphy, Henry Jackman, Marius de Vries, and Ilan Eshkeri)
Elfman also composed the music for the Hollywood Pictures logo (an excerpt from his main title for Sommersby was subsequently used as the logo music for Regency, the company that made it).
He has also written the theme music and occasional episodic scores for several television series, including:
- 1985: Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "The Jar" (directed by Tim Burton)
- 1985: Amazing Stories: "Mummy, Daddy" and "The Family Dog" (with Steve Bartek)
- 1986: Pee-wee's Playhouse (episodes: "Moster", "Cowboy and Cowtess", "Store", and "Pee-Wee Catches A Cold")
- 1986: Sledge Hammer! (theme only)
- 1989: Tales from the Crypt (theme only)
- 1989: Beetlejuice (theme only)
- 1989: The Simpsons (theme only)
- 1990: The Flash (theme only)
- 1992: Batman: The Animated Series (theme only)
- 1997: Perversions of Science (theme only)
- 1999: Dilbert (theme only, rearrangement of Forbidden Zone)
- 2004: Desperate Housewives (theme only)
- 2005: Point Pleasant (theme only)
His other work includes:
- 2004: The opening title theme of the 2004 video game Fable.
- 2008: Soundtrack to the 2008 video game Lego Batman: The Videogame (various tracks from the soundtrack of the film: Batman).
- 2008: The opening title theme as well as major themes of the 2008 video game Fable II.
- 2009: The opening title theme as well as major themes and soundtrack of the 2009 video game Wanted: Weapons of Fate.
- 2010: The opening title theme as well as major themes of the 2010 video game Fable III.
- 2012: Soundtrack to the 2012 video game Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (various tracks from the soundtracks of the films: Batman and Batman Returns).
- 2013: Music and some vocals for Hong Kong Disneyland attraction Mystic Manor*.