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Danny Elfman

Career: Active from 1982 to 2026, with up to 6 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 3
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: The Nightmare Before Christmas
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 135 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Danny Elfman Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
4.2, average 5.4
Historical
2.0, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Visual Spectacle 11
Character-Driven 10
Psychological Thriller 8
Social Commentary 7
Danny Elfman Score 6
Tim Burton Aesthetic 6
Darkly Humorous 6
Emotional Catharsis 5
Fast-Paced 5
Biographical Drama 5
Dark Comedy 4
Nostalgic 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

147

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

21 titles · average score 58

Send Help

75

Original Music Composer

Dead Man's Wire

73

Original Music Composer

Dracula

57

Original Music Composer

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

68

Original Music Composer

May the 12th Be with You

44

Original Music Composer

44

Music

Bloody Bridget

Original Music Composer

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

66

Original Music Composer

White Noise

58

Original Music Composer

The Woman in the Window

41

Original Music Composer

Aliens, Clowns & Geeks

Original Music Composer

Dolittle

39

Original Music Composer

2010s

41 titles · average score 58

The Grinch

58

Original Music Composer

Fifty Shades Freed

33

Original Music Composer

Justice League

49

Original Music Composer

Alice Through the Looking Glass

45

Original Music Composer

Avengers: Age of Ultron

71

Original Music Composer

Fifty Shades of Grey

38

Original Music Composer

Goosebumps

65

Original Music Composer

Men in Black 3

64

Original Music Composer

Frankenweenie

75

Original Music Composer

Silver Linings Playbook

82

Original Music Composer

Real Steel

64

Original Music Composer

Alice in Wonderland

57

Original Music Composer

2000s

34 titles · average score 66

Terminator Salvation

49

Original Music Composer

63

Original Music Composer, Songs

Wanted

66

Original Music Composer

Meet the Robinsons

67

Original Music Composer

Corpse Bride

79

as Bonejangles (voice)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

71

as Oompa Loompa (voice) (uncredited)

Spider-Man 2

83

Original Music Composer

Hulk

54

Original Music Composer

Big Fish

74

Original Music Composer

Spider-Man

78

Original Music Composer

Men in Black II

51

Original Music Composer

Planet of the Apes

46

Original Music Composer

1990s

35 titles · average score 62

Sleepy Hollow

71

Original Music Composer

A Simple Plan

81

Original Music Composer

Good Will Hunting

85

Original Music Composer

Men in Black

78

Original Music Composer

Flubber

40

Original Music Composer

Mission: Impossible

66

Original Music Composer

Mars Attacks!

58

Original Music Composer

The Frighteners

64

Original Music Composer

The Nightmare Before Christmas

85

as Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice)

Batman Returns

73

Original Music Composer

Edward Scissorhands

82

Original Music Composer

Nightbreed

56

Original Music Composer

1980s

14 titles · average score 59

Batman

74

Original Music Composer

Beetlejuice

76

Original Music Composer

Scrooged

61

Original Music Composer

Midnight Run

82

Original Music Composer

Big Top Pee-wee

42

Original Music Composer

Hot to Trot

22

Original Music Composer

Summer School

49

Original Music Composer

Back to School

71

as Oingo Boingo Band Member

Wisdom

39

Original Music Composer

Amazing Stories

65

Original Music Composer

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

67

Original Music Composer

Forbidden Zone

53

as Satan

1970s

2 titles · average score 77

Annie Hall

87

as Lacey Party Guest (uncredited)

Hot Tomorrows

67

as Singer