Editing Danny Elfman (section)

===Television and other projects===
In addition to his music for film, Elfman also penned themes for the television series ''[[The Simpsons]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elfman.filmmusic.com/elfman_la_times.html |title=Danny Elfman in the ''L.A. Times'' |access-date=July 3, 2006 |author=Glionna, John M. |year=1999 |publisher=Danny Elfman's Music for a Darkened People |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060228033204/http://elfman.filmmusic.com/elfman_la_times.html |archive-date=February 28, 2006 }}</ref> ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]'', ''[[The Flash (1990 TV series)|The Flash]]'' and ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', which won Elfman his first Emmy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/234561|title=Composer Danny Elfman Scores First Emmy Award|website=BMI.com |publisher=[[Broadcast Music, Inc.]] |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=September 21, 2005 |access-date=September 20, 2019 }}</ref> He also adapted his original themes for the animated versions of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman]]'' and ''[[Beetlejuice (TV series)|Beetlejuice]]''. Occasional forays into serial television include episodes of ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985 TV series)|Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'', ''[[Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)|Amazing Stories]]'' and [[Pee-wee's Playhouse]], the [[miniseries]] ''[[When We Rise]]'' co-composed with [[Chris Bacon (composer)|Chris Bacon]], and themes for the [[Netflix]] series [[Wednesday (TV series)|Wednesday]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2017/02/09/soundtrack-album-for-abcs-when-we-rise-announced/ |title=Soundtrack Album for ABC's ''When We Rise'' Announced |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=February 9, 2017 |website=Film Music Reporter |access-date=September 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gomes |first=Dessi |date=November 23, 2022 |title=Here Are All the Songs in Netflix's ''Wednesday'' |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/songs-netflix-wednesday-010000713.html |access-date=November 27, 2022 |website=Yahoo}}</ref>

He has composed music for animated shorts, including [[Sally Cruikshank]]'s ''Face Like A Frog''<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Music for a Darkened Theatre: Film & Television Music Volume One |others=Danny Elfman |year=1990 |page=2 |type=booklet |publisher=[[MCA Records]] |id=MCD10065 |location=Universal City, CA}}</ref> and Tim Burton's "Stainboy" internet series.<ref>{{cite news |last=Zahed |first=Ramin |date=November 2, 2000 |title=Stainboy |url=https://variety.com/2000/digital/reviews/stainboy-1200465679/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |location=Los Angeles, CA |access-date=October 7, 2019 |quote=Also effective is Burton's frequent music collaborator Danny Elfman, who offers a grandiose, orchestral score to the Stainboy's adventures.}}</ref>

Elfman provided background music for [[Luigi Serafini (artist)|Luigi Serafini]]'s solo exhibition ''il Teatro della Pittura'' at the Fondazione Mudima di Milano in [[Milan|Milan, Italy]] in 1998<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dannyelfman.com/wacky-tracks |title=Wacky Tracks |website=DannyElfman.com |access-date=October 14, 2019 |quote=In the mid 90s my friend Luigi Serafini, who's an amazing artist, asked me to write something to play for his gallery show in Milan, Italy. I put this together as a semi-composed, semi-DJ'd experiment for him. |archive-date=October 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008030500/https://www.dannyelfman.com/wacky-tracks |url-status=dead }}</ref> and for the ''Tim Burton'' exhibition at [[Museum of Modern Art|MoMA]] in 2009.

In the 1990s, Elfman composed music for advertising campaigns for [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]], [[Nissan]] and [[Mercury (automobile)|Lincoln-Mercury]], and in 2002 wrote the music for [[Honda]]'s "Power of Dreams" advertising campaign, which was the first cinema commercial to be shot in the [[IMAX]] format.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/gallery-22-best-us---honda/175957|title=Gallery 22: Best of the US – Honda|date=November 30, 2002|website=[[Campaign (magazine)|Campaign]]|location=London|access-date=October 24, 2019}}</ref>

In 2013 he composed the music and provided the English-language vocals for the [[Hong Kong Disneyland]] attraction [[Mystic Manor]].<ref name=napolitano2013 >{{cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2013/06/14/danny-elfman-on-scoring-for-a-disney-ride/|title=Danny Elfman on Scoring for a Disney Ride|last=Napolitano|first=Dean|date=June 14, 2013|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=September 19, 2019|quote=...the film composer Danny Elfman jumped at the chance to try something new: creating the music for Mystic Manor, a new Disneyland ride in Hong Kong...Figures in Chinese art leap off the walls, Roman frescos come alive, musical instruments play themselves, and floating headgear from armored suits sing in three languages: Mandarin, Cantonese and English. ("It's me singing in English, by the way," Mr. Elfman says.)}}</ref>

On October 31, 2019, the [[MasterClass]] online educational series released "Making Music out of Chaos," presenting 21 compositional and career lessons from Elfman's four decades of experience primarily in the [[film industry]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/10/30/nightmare-before-christmas-composer-its-halloween-movie/2505238001/|title=''Nightmare Before Christmas'' composer confirms it is, in fact, a Halloween movie|last=Ryan|first=Patrick|date=October 30, 2019|website=[[USA Today]]|access-date=November 6, 2019}}</ref>

Elfman scored the 10-minute video "Joe Biden," which introduced [[Joe Biden]]'s acceptance of the presidential candidacy nomination at the [[2020 Democratic National Convention]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tangcay|first=Jazz|date=August 21, 2020|title=Joe Biden's DNC Videos Were Shot by an Oscar-Winning Documentarian|url=https://variety.com/2020/politics/news/short-films-dnc-davis-guggenheim-1234743807/|access-date=August 23, 2020|website=Variety|language=en}}</ref>

On November 16, 2021, [[Disney Branded Television]] announced that Elfman would compose score and songs of the upcoming [[Disney Television Animation]] and [[20th Television Animation]] [[Stop motion|stop-motion]] animated comedy series ''Rhona Who Lives by the River'' created by [[Emily Kapnek]], Elfman also serves as executive producer for the series.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Petski |first1=Nellie Andreeva,Denise |last2=Andreeva |first2=Nellie |last3=Petski |first3=Denise |date=2021-11-16 |title=Karen Gillan to Star in Emily Kapnek's ''Rhona Who Lives by the River'' Animated Musical Series With Danny Elfman in Works at Disney+ |url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/karen-gillan-emily-kapnek-rhona-who-lives-by-the-river-animated-musical-disney-plus-danny-elfman-1234875074/ |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

In June 2024, it was announced that Elfman would compose the music for the [[Dark Universe (Universal Epic Universe)|Dark Universe]] section of [[Universal Epic Universe]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/theme-parks/danny-elfman-message-confirms-involved-universal-orlando-epic-universe |title=See Danny Elfman's Sweet Message After He Confirms He's Involved With Universal Orlando's Epic Universe |website=CinemaBlend |first=Dirk |last=Libbey |date=June 24, 2024 |access-date=March 24, 2025}}</ref>