Editing Danny Elfman (section)

===Film scoring===
As fans of [[Oingo Boingo]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/dark-shadows-composer-danny-elfman-on-his-long-collabor-1798231300|title=Dark Shadows composer Danny Elfman on his long collaboration with Tim Burton|last=Harris|first=Will|date=May 9, 2012|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103130951/https://film.avclub.com/dark-shadows-composer-danny-elfman-on-his-long-collabor-1798231300|archive-date=November 3, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=October 7, 2024}}</ref> [[Tim Burton]] and [[Paul Reubens]] invited Elfman to write the [[Film score|score]] for their first feature film ''[[Pee-wee's Big Adventure]]'' in 1985.<ref name="harrington1990">{{cite news |last=Harrington |first=Richard |date=June 10, 1990 |title=Danny Elfman's Big Score |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1990/06/10/danny-elfmans-big-score/fb856f51-44f2-495c-80b3-029be8aab483/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=October 14, 2019 }}</ref> Elfman was initially apprehensive because of his lack of formal training and having never scored a [[major film studio|studio]] [[feature film|feature]], but after Burton accepted his initial demo of the [[Theme music|title music]], and with [[orchestration]] assistance from [[Oingo Boingo]] guitarist and arranger [[Steve Bartek]], Elfman completed the score to great effect, paying homage to influential film composers [[Nino Rota]] and [[Bernard Herrmann]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/danny-elfman-on-film-scores-simpsons-and-working-with-tim-burton-69932/|title=Danny Elfman on ''The Simpsons'', ''Batman'' and Tim Burton|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=June 29, 2015|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=October 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thedissolve.com/features/movie-of-the-week/362-danny-elfmans-score-tied-pee-wees-big-adventure-to/|title=Danny Elfman's score tied ''Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' together—and launched a career|last=D'Angelo|first=Mike|date=January 16, 2014|website=The Dissolve|publisher=Pitchfork Media, Inc.|access-date=October 17, 2019}}</ref><ref name="multiple">{{cite web|last1=Silber|first1=Frederic|url=http://www.boingo.org/articles/FanfareArticle.html|title=Danny Elfman: Wunderkind of Filmmusic|work=Fanfare|publisher=Boingo|year=1989|access-date=January 2, 2011}}</ref> Elfman described the first time he heard his music played by a full orchestra as one of the most thrilling experiences of his life.<ref name="MCA Records">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Music for a Darkened Theatre: Film & Television Music Volume One |others=Danny Elfman |year=1990 |page=3–9 |type=booklet |publisher=[[MCA Records]] |id=MCD10065 |location=Universal City, CA}}</ref>

Following ''Pee Wee's Big Adventure'', Elfman scored a string of comedies in the late 1980s, including ''[[Back to School]]'' starring [[Rodney Dangerfield]], Burton's ''[[Beetlejuice]]'' and the [[Bill Murray]] film ''[[Scrooged]]''. Non-comedy work included the all-[[Synthesizer|synth]] score to [[Emilio Estevez]]'s [[Crime film|crime drama]] ''[[Wisdom (film)|Wisdom]]'' and the [[big band]], [[blues]]-infused music for [[Martin Brest]]'s [[Buddy cop film|buddy cop]] action film ''[[Midnight Run]]''.

In 1989, Elfman's influential, [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]]-winning score for Burton's ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]'' marked a major stylistic shift to dark, densely orchestrated music in the romantic idiom.<ref name=halfyard2004/> This continued in his scores for [[Warren Beatty]]'s ''[[Dick Tracy (1990 film)|Dick Tracy]]'', [[Sam Raimi]]'s ''[[Darkman]]'' and [[Clive Barker]]'s ''[[Nightbreed]]'', all released in 1990.

With ''Batman'', Elfman firmly established a career-spanning relationship with Burton,<ref>{{cite news |last=Burlingame |first=Jon |date=September 8, 2016 |title=Danny Elfman Looks Back at Tim Burton's Cinematic Adventures in Melody |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/awards/tim-burton-danny-elfman-music-cinematic-adventures-1201854151/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=October 14, 2019 }}</ref> scoring all but three of the director's major studio releases. Highlights include ''[[Edward Scissorhands]]'' (1990), ''[[Batman Returns]]'' (1992), ''[[Sleepy Hollow (film)|Sleepy Hollow]]'' (1999), ''[[Big Fish]]'' (2003) and ''[[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (2010). In 1993, Elfman wrote the score and ten songs for the Burton-produced [[stop motion]] animated film ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'', directed by [[Henry Selick]], and also provided the singing voice for main character [[Jack Skellington]], as well as the voices for secondary characters Barrel, the Clown with the Tear-Away Face and others.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo/18-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-the-nightmare-before |title=18 Things You Probably Didn't Know About ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' |last=Galindo |first=Brian |date=October 14, 2013 |website=[[BuzzFeed]] |access-date=October 14, 2019 |quote=8. Burton's friend and composer Danny Elfman wrote the songs and music for the film without a script or storyboard... 9. Elfman also provided the singing voice for Jack...11. Elfman also provided the voices for Barrel and the Clown with the Tear-Away Face.}}</ref> In 2005, he wrote the score and songs for Burton's ''[[Corpse Bride]]'' and provided the voice of the character of Bonejangles, and provided the score, songs and Oompa-Loompa vocals for Burton's ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' that same year.

In addition to frequent collaborations with Burton, Raimi and [[Gus Van Sant]], Elfman has worked with directors such as [[Brian De Palma]], [[Peter Jackson]], [[Joss Whedon]], [[Errol Morris]], [[Ang Lee]], [[Richard Donner]], [[Guillermo del Toro]], [[David O. Russell]], [[Taylor Hackford]], [[Jon Amiel]], [[Joe Johnston]], and [[Barry Sonnenfeld]]. His scores for Sonnenfeld's ''[[Men in Black (1997 film)|Men in Black]]'', Van Sant's ''[[Good Will Hunting]]'' and ''[[Milk (2008 American film)|Milk]]'', and Burton's ''[[Big Fish]]'' all received [[Academy Award]] nominations.<ref name="Kraft-Engle"/>

Since the mid-1990s, Elfman expanded his craft to a range of genres, including [[thriller film|thriller]]s (''[[Dolores Claiborne (film)|Dolores Claiborne]]'', ''[[A Simple Plan (film)|A Simple Plan]]'', ''[[The Kingdom (2007 film)|The Kingdom]], [[The Girl on the Train (2016 film)|The Girl on the Train]], [[The Woman in the Window (2021 film)|The Woman in the Window]]''), [[drama (film and television)|drama]]s (''[[Sommersby]]'', ''[[A Civil Action (film)|A Civil Action]]'', ''[[Hitchcock (film)|Hitchcock]]''), [[independent film|indie]]s (''[[Freeway (1996 film)|Freeway]]'', ''[[Silver Linings Playbook]]'', ''[[Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot]], [[White Noise (2022 film)|White Noise]]''), [[Children's film|family]] (''[[Flubber (film)|Flubber]]'', ''[[Charlotte's Web (2006 film)|Charlotte's Web]]'', ''[[Frankenweenie (2012 film)|Frankenweenie]]'', ''[[Goosebumps (film)|Goosebumps]], [[Dolittle (film)|Dolittle]]''), documentary (''[[Standard Operating Procedure (film)|Standard Operating Procedure]]'', ''[[The Unknown Known]]''), and horror (''[[Red Dragon (2002 film)|Red Dragon]]'', ''[[The Wolfman (2010 film)|The Wolfman]]''), as well as entries in his well-established areas of [[horror comedy]] (''[[The Frighteners]]'', ''[[Mars Attacks!]]'', ''[[Dark Shadows (film)|Dark Shadows]]'') and comic book-inspired action films (''[[Hulk (film)|Hulk]]'', ''[[Wanted (2008 film)|Wanted]]'', ''[[Hellboy II: The Golden Army]]'').

Among his franchise work, Elfman composed the scores for four ''[[Men in Black (franchise)#Film series|Men in Black]]'' films (1997–2019)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/men-in-black-international-walter-f-parkes-laurie-macdonald-interview/ |title=''Men in Black: International'' Producers on the Genesis of the Project and Casting Chris and Tessa |last=Weintraub |first=Steve |date=June 17, 2019 |website=Collider |access-date=October 8, 2019 |quote=The only people from the original franchise that are involved in this movie are me and Laurie, Emma and Danny Elfman, who did the music for all of them.}}</ref> and three ''[[Fifty Shades (film series)|Fifty Shades]]'' films (2015–2018).<ref>{{cite news |last=Kis |first=Eva |date=February 8, 2019 |title=Wait, Danny Elfman wrote the music for ''50 Shades of Grey''? |url=https://www.metro.us/entertainment/movies/danny-elfman-composer-fifty-shades-of-grey |work=[[Metro (U.S. newspaper)|Metro]] |access-date=October 11, 2019 |quote=We ask Danny Elfman, better known as Tim Burton's collaborator on spooky fairy tales, about composing the music for all three Fifty Shades of Grey movies. }}</ref> In 1996, he scored the first film in the [[Mission: Impossible (film series)|''Mission: Impossible'' series]], adapting themes for the original television series by [[Lalo Schifrin]] as well as composing his own.<ref name="Bond 2019 5-6">{{Cite AV media notes |title=''Mission: Impossible – Limited Edition'' |others=Danny Elfman |year=2019 |first=Jeff|last=Bond |pages=5–6 |type=booklet |publisher=La-La Land Records, Inc. |id=LLLCD1411 |location=Los Angeles, CA}}</ref> Elfman scored Raimi's ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]'' in 2002 and ''[[Spider-Man 2]]'' in 2004, themes and selections from which were used for Raimi's ''[[Spider-Man 3]]'', scored by [[Christopher Young]]. Elfman's ''Spider-Man'' theme was incorporated into the MCU film ''[[Spider-Man: No Way Home]]'' composed by [[Michael Giacchino]].

Elfman entered the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] by providing additional music in 2015's ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]'', receiving composer credit with [[Brian Tyler]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mendelson |first=Scott |date=March 4, 2015 |title=Final ''Avengers: Age of Ultron'' Trailer Teases Without Spoiling |work=[[Forbes]] |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/03/04/avengers-age-of-ultron-final-trailer-is-unlocked/?sh=4a0283426154 |access-date=November 27, 2022}}</ref> Elfman also scored MCU's ''[[Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness]]'' in 2022, utilizing Giacchino's theme to the original [[Doctor Strange (2016 film)|''Doctor Strange'']] film, as well as themes from [[WandaVision]] and [[X-Men: The Animated Series]], and music from [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s [[Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Fifth Symphony]] and [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s [[Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565|Toccata and Fugue]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Hood |date=May 5, 2022 |title=The Marvel Movie Music Secretly Hidden in ''Doctor Strange 2'' |url=https://screenrant.com/doctor-strange-2-soundtrack-marvel-movie-music-scores/ |access-date=November 27, 2022 |website=Screen Rant}}</ref>

For several high-profile sequel and [[Reboot (fiction)|reboot]] projects in the 2010s, Elfman incorporated established musical themes with his own original thematic material, including the [[DC Extended Universe]]'s ''[[Justice League (film)|Justice League]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Burton |first=Byron |date=November 18, 2017 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/justice-league-danny-elfman-hates-reboots-scrap-classic-themes-1059632|title=Danny Elfman Hates When Reboots Scrap Classic Themes|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=October 14, 2019}}</ref> ''[[The Grinch (film)|The Grinch]],''<ref name="Lenker">{{cite magazine |last=Lenker |first=Maureen Lee |date=November 9, 2019 |title=Danny Elfman talks reinventing "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" with Tyler the Creator |url=https://ew.com/movies/2018/11/09/danny-elfman-the-grinch-tyler-the-creator/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=October 12, 2019 |quote=...once Elfman felt his own heart grow two sizes when it came to Christmas, incorporating the original songs become one of the highlights of writing his score for The Grinch. "The 'Welcome' song was easy," he says. "We were playing the song twice in the film, so it was just how to score it and then pick up the melody and have it kind of lift up and explode when his heart does." When it came to the other hit song, "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch," Elfman had a slightly more complex task, collaborating with rapper Tyler the Creator on the iconic tune first recorded by Thurl Ravenscroft. }}</ref> ''[[Dumbo (2019 film)|Dumbo]]''<ref name="burlingame2019">{{cite news |last=Burlingame |first=Jon |date=March 28, 2019 |title=Danny Elfman Broke His Cardinal Rule for ''Dumbo''{{'}}s Bittersweet Score |url=https://variety.com/2019/artisans/production/danny-elfman-disney-dumbo-1203173252/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=October 12, 2019 |quote="This is a cultural icon," the composer says, "and I was happy to pay homage." So "Pink Elephants on Parade," "When I See an Elephant Fly" and the train motif "Casey Junior" all make appearances... }}</ref> and [[Men in Black: International|''Men in Black International'']].

Elfman was featured in the 2016 documentary ''[[Score: A Film Music Documentary|Score]]'', in which he appeared among over 50 film composers to discuss the craft of movie music and influential figures in the business.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.score-movie.com/the-interviews |title=The Interviews  |website=Score-Movie.com |access-date=September 20, 2019}}</ref><ref name=goldstein2017>{{cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Gary |date=June 22, 2017 |title=Review: ''Score: A Film Music Documentary'' explores composers' art |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-score-documentary-review-20170622-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=September 20, 2019 |quote=Matt Schrader's "Score: A Film Music Documentary" spotlights such a rich and fascinating topic — the craft of motion picture scoring — that its mere presence proves a feast for the eyes and ears...the film is largely devoted to feting some of Hollywood's most influential composers...}}</ref>