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
	Wisdom	Emilio Estevez	Soundtrack	Varèse Sarabande
1987	Summer School	Carl Reiner	Soundtrack (includes one Elfman song; no score)		Only unreleased Elfman film score to date
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	The End of the Tour	James Ponsoldt	Soundtrack	Lakeshore Records
	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
	Goosebumps	Rob Letterman	Soundtrack	Sony Classical
2016	Before I Wake	Mike Flanagan	Soundtrack
	Tulip Fever	Justin Chadwick	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*.