Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) was a singer-songwriter with rock band Oingo Boingo throughout the 1980s, who has since gone on to become one of the most sought-after film composers working in Hollywood today.

Early Career

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As a teenager Danny Elfman loved film but never thought he’d end up composing for the medium. In the 1970s, after realising that taking lessons with music teachers wasn’t working for him, he started playing violin in a theatrical troupe in France called Le Grande Magic Circus, of which his elder brother Richard was already a member. The two of them later joined another troupe in Los Angeles called The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, and it was in this setting that he learned to write original compositions, as well as transcribing and arranging music from the likes of Duke Ellington and Django Reinhart.

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@Leary717 I KNOW!! Haha. I love Tim Burton and Phil Hartman and Danny Elfman and I don't know how I had never thought to watch it!
caraghbrooks (caraghbrooks) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:51:24 -0000
@Leary717 I KNOW!! Haha. I love Tim Burton and Phil Hartman and Danny Elfman and I don't know how I had never thought to watch it!
RT @srm1138: ... what Danny Elfman has attached to his guitar headstock. it looks like a monkey's paw! >>> hmm, bottle opener would b nice
LinwoodStudios (Jonathan Jones) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:04:59 -0000
RT @srm1138: ... what Danny Elfman has attached to his guitar headstock. it looks like a monkey's paw! >>> hmm, bottle opener would b nice
Still trying to figure out what Danny Elfman has attached to his guitar headstock. I swear, it looks like a monkey's paw!
srm1138 (Steve Morton) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:45:18 -0000
Still trying to figure out what Danny Elfman has attached to his guitar headstock. I swear, it looks like a monkey's paw!
♫ #nowplaying Danny Elfman - Kidnap the Sandy Claws -- http://bit.ly/3wwNiH
tony_ray (TØNY RAY) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:31:15 -0000
♫ #nowplaying Danny Elfman - Kidnap the Sandy Claws -- http://bit.ly/3wwNiH
Danny Elfman é genial pqp! um dia ele fara a trilha de algo meu! eu sinto!(chei)
Juaoak (João Paulo Querino) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:30:15 -0000
Danny Elfman é genial pqp! um dia ele fara a trilha de algo meu! eu sinto!(chei)
@LyingDelilaah I love Danny Elfman! I even love Oingo Boingo.
cantinera (Amanda) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:10:42 -0000
@LyingDelilaah I love Danny Elfman! I even love Oingo Boingo.

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