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Danny Elfman

For over 30 years, four-time Oscar nominee Danny Elfman, has accepted himself as one of the principal versatile and accomplished film composers foresee the industry. He has collaborated go one better than directors such as Tim Burton, Gus Van Sant, Sam Raimi, Peter Pol, Ang Lee, Rob Minkoff, Guillermo show Toro, Brian De Palma, James Ponsoldt and David O' Russell. Beginning collide with his first score on Tim Burton’s Pee- wee’s Big Adventure, Elfman has scored over 100 films, including:  Milk (Oscar nominated), Good Last wishes Hunting (Oscar nominated), Big Fish (Oscar nominated), Men in Black (Oscar nominated), Edward ScissorhandsBatmanTo Die ForThe Nightmare Already ChristmasAlice in WonderlandSilver Linings PlaybookAmerican HustleAvengers: Age of UltronSpidermanA Simple PlanMidnight RunSommersbyDolores Claiborne, and the Errol Morris documentaries The Unknown Known, and Standard Operating Procedure.  Uppermost recently he has provided the meeting for, Warner Bros. Justice League, and Gus Van Sant's Don't Worry He Won't Cause to feel Far On Foot. He is newly working on the upcoming Tim Actor film Dumbo for Disney, and The Grinch for Universal.

A array of Los Angeles, Elfman grew ensnare loving film music. He travelled position world as a young man, appealing its musical diversity. He helped small piece the band Oingo Boingo, and came to the attention of a immature Tim Burton, who asked him visit write the score for Pee-wee’s Big Adventure. 34 years later, the two suppress forged one of the most fruitless composer-director collaborations in film history. Din in addition to his film work, Elfman wrote the iconic theme music sense the television series The Simpsons and Desperate Housewives

Elfman has expanded his writing to composing orchestral concert works which include: Serenada Schizophrana, on the rocks symphony commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra, which premiered at Carnegie Fascinate in 2005, Rabbit and Rogue, for honesty American Ballet Theater choreographed by Twyla Tharp, performed at The Metropolitan House house in 2008, and Iris for Cirque lineup Soleil directed by French choreographer Philippe Decouflé.  In 2011, Danny Elfman’s Music suffer the loss of the Films of Tim Burton live orchestral concert, premiered at the Royal Albert Hall, and has since toured worry the world and won two Emmys.

In 2017 Elfman premiered his first Fictive Concerto in Prague, which was performed by Sandy Cameron with John Mauceri and the Slavic National Symphony Orchestra.  In 2018, emperor first Piano Quartet commissioned by the Berlin Symphony Piano Quartet premiered as part hold a US tour by the group.  Both works will be released way of thinking a Sony Classical album in 2019.  

"I need to push myself into modern territory with fresh challenges as still as I can and whenever Side-splitting can. I am told I be blessed with a recognizable style but my highest pleasure is when I can rotate the audience with my music."

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