Danny Elfman

Daniel Robert Elfman (lahir 29 Mei 1953) ialah seorang komposer, penyanyi, dan penulis lagu Amerika. Dia menjadi terkenal sebagai penyanyi-penulis lagu untuk band new wave  Oingo Boingo pada awal 1980-an. Sejak 1990-an, Elfman telah mendapat pengiktirafan antarabangsa kerana mengarang lebih 100  Skor Muzik Untuk filem, serta gubahan untuk televisyen, produksi pentas dan konsert.

Elfman telah kerap bekerja dengan pengarah Tim Burton, Sam Raimi, dan Gus Van Sant, dengan pencapaian ketara termasuk markah 16 filem arahan Burton termasuk Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Alice in Wonderland, dan Dumbo; dan juga filem Raimi: Darkman (1990), A Simple Plan (1998), Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Oz the Great and Powerful, dan Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness; dan filem yang dicalonkan Anugerah Akademi oleh Van Sant  Good Will Hunting dan Milk. ia menulis muzik untuk semua filem Men in Black dan Fifty Shades of Grey,ia juga mengubah lagu dan skor untuk Henry Selick animasi muzik The Nightmare Before Christmas, dan lagu tema untuk siri televisyen popular Desperate Housewives dan The Simpsons.

Antara anugerah yang ia dapati ialah empat pencalonan Oscar, dua Anugerah Emmy, Grammy, enam Anugerah Saturn untuk Muzik Terbaik, Anugerah Richard Kirk 2002, 2015 Anugerah Disney Legend, dan Anugerah Pencapaian Muzik Filem Max Steiner pada 2017.

 Awal hidup dan pendidikan 
Daniel lahir pada 29 Mei 1953 di Los Angeles, California. Beliau anak kedua dan bongsu dalam sebuah keluarga berketurunan Yahudi dari imigran Poland dan Rusia; ibunya Claire Blossom Elfman (nama keluarga asal: Bernstein) seorang penulis novel dan guru manakala ayahnya Milton Elfman seorang pengajar dalam Tentera Udara Amerika Syarikat. Beliau dibesarkan dalam sebuah kejiranan majmuk kaum yang kaya di Baldwin Hills, California, di sanalah beliau mula didedahkan kepada seni wayang di panggung wayang gambar setempatnya terutamanya penggubahan beberapa komposer utama seperti Bernard Herrmann dan Franz Waxman.

Beliau sering berkawan dengan banyak rakan sebaya yang berada dalam panacaragam sekolahnya. Malah pada usia ini juga beliau memulakan suatu kugiran ska. Beliau berhenti sekolah untuk mengikuti abangnya Richard ke Perancis menganggotai sebuah kugiran teater muzikal di sana iaitu Le Grand Magic Circus. 

 Kerjaya permuzikan 

 Dalam kugiran Oingo Boingo 
In 1972, Richard Elfman mengasaskan suatu kugiran genre new wave bernama The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo; mereka melakukan seberapa persembahan sepanjang tahun dekad 1970-an 

 Dalam bidang perfileman dan televisyen 
In 1985, beliau mula menceburi penggubahan lagu setelah mendapat tawaran dari Tim Burton dan Paul Reubens menggubah skor muzik filem Pee-wee's Big Adventure; beliau mendapat bantuan daripada rakan sekugirannya Steve Bartek untuk melaksanakan tugas ini..

 Filemografi 

 Filem 
TahunFilemCatatan1977I Never Promised You a Rose GardenAlso featured Richard ElfmanHot Tomorrows1981Urgh! A Music WarDalam Oingo Boingo1982Forbidden Zone1984Good Morning, Mr. OrwellDalam Oingo Boingo1985Pee-wee's Big Adventure1986Back to SchoolDalam Oingo BoingoWisdom1987Summer School1988BeetlejuiceMidnight RunBig Top Pee-weeHot to TrotScrooged1989BatmanWon his only Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Credited as composer. Score conducted by Shirley Walker.Tales from the Crypt1990NightbreedDick TracyNominated for 33rd Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for TelevisionDarkmanEdward ScissorhandsNominated for 34th Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television. Credited as composer and score producer. Score conducted by Shirley Walker.1992Article 99Batman ReturnsCredited as composer. Score conducted by Jonathan Sheffer.Army of Darkness1993SommersbySinging voice of Jack Skellington1994Black Beauty1995Dolores ClaiborneDead PresidentsFirst Elfman score to be credited as conductorTo Die For1996Mission: ImpossibleReplacing Alan SilvestriFreewayExtreme MeasuresMars Attacks!First Elfman score to get an expanded release1997Men in BlackNominated 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 TelevisionFlubberGood Will HuntingNominated for 70th Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score1998A Civil Action1999InstinctAnywhere but HereSleepy Hollow2000Proof of LifeHow the Grinch Stole Christmaswith  James HornerThe GiftThe Family Man2001Planet of the Apes2002Spider-ManNominated for 45th Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual MediaMen in Black IIRed DragonChicago2003HulkBig FishNominated 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 Media2004Spider-Man 22005Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryNominated for 48th Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (Wonka's Welcome Song)Corpse Bride2006Deep Sea 3DAdditional music by Elfman and composer Deborah Lurie are unreleased.Nacho LibreCharlotte's Web2007Meet the Robinsons2008Standard Operating ProcedureTwo tracks ("Main Titles: Vacation in Iraq" and "A Bad Feeling") adapted from Elfman's Serenada Schizophrana concert work.WantedHellboy II: The Golden ArmyMilkNominated 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 Media2009NotoriousTerminator Salvation9Taking Woodstock2010Alice in WonderlandNominated 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 Media2011RestlessReal Steel2012Dark ShadowsMen in Black 3FrankenweenieSilver Linings PlaybookHitchcockPromised Land2013Oz the Great and PowerfulEpicAmerican Hustle2014Mr. Peabody & ShermanThe Unknown KnownBig Eyes2015The End of the TourFifty Shades of GreyAdditional music by David BuckleyAvengers: Age of UltronGoosebumps2016Alice Through the Looking GlassBefore I WakeThe Girl on the Train2017Tulip FeverFifty Shades DarkerAdditional music by David BuckleyWhen We RiseThe CircleJustice League2018Fifty Shades FreedDon't Worry, He Won't Get Far on FootThe Grinch2019DumboViolin Concerto 'Eleven Eleven' & Piano QuartetMen in Black: International2020Dolittle

 Televisyen 
 1985: Alfred Hitchcock Presents: filem "The Jar"
 1985: Amazing Stories - episod "Mummy, Daddy" dan "The Family Dog" (bersama Steve Bartek)
 1986: Pee-wee's Playhouse - episod: "Moster", "Cowboy and Cowtess", "Store" dan "Pee-Wee Catches A Cold"
 1986: Sledge Hammer! - lagu tema sahaja
 1989: Tales from the Crypt - lagu tema sahaja
 1989: Beetlejuice: The Animated Series (- lagu tema sahaja
 1989: The Simpsons - lagu tema sahaja
 1990: The Flash - lagu tema sahaja
 1992: Batman: The Animated Series(- lagu tema sahaja
 1997: Perversions of Science - lagu tema sahaja)
 1999: Dilbert - lagu tema sahaja, gubahan semula dari Forbidden Zone
 2004: Desperate Housewives - lagu tema sahaja
 2005: Point Pleasant - lagu tema sahaja

 Rujukan 

 Pautan luar 
 Laman web persendirian rasmi

 Danny Elfman page at his classical publishers, Faber Music Ltd


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