Editing Oingo Boingo (section)

===Final years (1993–1995)===
Oingo Boingo continued to regularly perform live, most notably with annual Halloween concerts at Irvine Meadows and the Universal Amphitheatre. Following a short hiatus in 1992, during which time Elfman was busy scoring films, the band returned in 1993 with an increasingly different, hard-rock musical direction, and debuted new material such as "Insanity", "Helpless" and the unreleased song "Did It There". Shows during these years often included the so-called "Sad Clown Orchestra" providing additional accordion and circus percussion.

That same year, Oingo Boingo began recording an eighth studio album for new label [[Giant Records (Warner)|Giant Records]]. The sessions stalled when Elfman became heavily involved writing the music for animated musical ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' with Tim Burton.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/zombdog/6409356299/|title=The Elfman Cometh|last=Poggi|first=Alison|date=July 1994|work=SLAMM, San Diego's Lifestyle and Music Magazine via Flickr|access-date=July 5, 2017|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bluntinstrument.org.uk/elfman/archive/SFChronicle94.htm |title=San Francisco Chronicle article |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403045244/http://www.bluntinstrument.org.uk/elfman/archive/SFChronicle94.htm |archive-date=April 3, 2016 }}</ref> Of this period, Elfman would later reflect that, after over 15 years, he had begun losing his passion for the band.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/danny-elfman-on-oingo-boingo-film-scores-and-the-beat-1798274010 |title=Danny Elfman on Oingo Boingo, film scores, and the Beatles almost ruining Batman |publisher=AV Music |date=October 27, 2014 |access-date=May 13, 2019 }}</ref>

In 1994, the band consolidated their new musical style, and shortened its name to Boingo. Guitarist [[Warren Fitzgerald]] joined while keyboardist Carl Graves and the horn trio were removed. This marked the only year that the band toured without the horn section.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-15-ca-57894-story.html |title=Los Angeles Times interview with Danny Elfman |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=October 22, 1985 |access-date=November 2, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110805113343/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-05-15/entertainment/ca-57894_1_rock-band/4 |archive-date=August 5, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boingo.org/articles/SFChronicle1994.html |title=San Francisco Chronicle Q and A with Danny Elfman | website=Boingo.org |date=June 12, 1994 |access-date= November 2, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111004154524/http://www.boingo.org/articles/SFChronicle1994.html |archive-date=October 4, 2011}}</ref>

The previously shelved album was completed with the new 5-piece line-up, including orchestral instrumentation, and several songs improvised in the studio for the first time in the band's history.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/zombdog/6409356299/|title=The Elfman Cometh| last= Poggi| first= Alison|date=July 1994|work=SLAMM, San Diego's Lifestyle and Music Magazine via Flickr|access-date= July 5, 2017|language=en-us}}</ref> This was released as ''[[Boingo (album)|Boingo]]'' in 1994, and would be the band's final studio album.

In 1995, it was announced that Boingo would be disbanding after 17 years.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-08-29-ca-40178-story.html |title=POP/ROCK The Last Boingo: Oingo Boingo is calling... |last=Linan |first=Steven |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 29, 1995 |access-date=June 2, 2024}}</ref> The band embarked on a farewell tour in 1995, restoring the original horn trio, and reverting its name to Oingo Boingo, ending with a final Halloween performance at the [[Universal Amphitheatre]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-10-23-ca-60298-story.html |title=And Poof! They're Gone |last=Hochman |first=Steve |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 23, 1995 |access-date=June 2, 2024}}</ref> The concert was filmed and released on both VHS and CD in 1996 as ''[[Farewell (Oingo Boingo album)|Farewell]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/farewell-live-from-the-universal-amphitheatre-mw0000186176 |title=Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre |last=Schulte |first=Tom |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=June 2, 2024}}</ref>