Filmography
Appearances by Elfman as a composer, or as a member of Oingo Boingo:
| Year | Film | Role/Directed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | I Never Promised You a Rose Garden | Yri drummer | Also featured Richard Elfman |
| Hot Tomorrows | Singer | Directed by Martin Brest | |
| 1980 | Forbidden Zone | Satan | Directed by Richard Elfman |
| 1981 | Urgh! A Music War | Himself | Part of Oingo Boingo |
| 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 | Part of Oingo Boingo Original soundtrack released as part of the Elfman/Burton box set |
| 1987 | Summer School | Carl Reiner | Soundtrack (includes one Elfman song; no score) |
| Wisdom | Emilio Estevez, Robert Wise | Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande | |
| 1988 | Beetlejuice | Tim Burton | Soundtrack |
| Midnight Run | Martin Brest | Soundtrack released by MCA | |
| Big Top Pee-wee | Randal Kleiser | Soundtrack (including dialogue) released by Arista, reissued by PEG | |
| 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 | Soundtrack (re-released with complete score from La-La Land Records); Nominated for 32nd Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media |
| Nightbreed | Clive Barker | Soundtrack released by MCA | |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy | Warren Beatty | Soundtrack; Nominated for 33rd Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television |
| Darkman | Sam Raimi | Soundtrack | |
| Edward Scissorhands | Tim Burton | Soundtrack; Nominated for 34th Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | |
| 1992 | Article 99 | Howard Deutch | Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande |
| Batman Returns | Tim Burton | Soundtrack released by Warner Bros. Records; re-released with complete score from La-La Land Records | |
| 1993 | Sommersby | Jon Amiel | Soundtrack released by Elektra |
| Army of Darkness | Sam Raimi | "March of the Dead" theme by Danny Elfman, rest of the score by Joseph LoDuca | |
| Nightmare Before Christmas, TheThe Nightmare Before Christmas | Henry Selick | Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records | |
| 1994 | Black Beauty | Caroline Thompson | Soundtrack |
| 1995 | Dolores Claiborne | Taylor Hackford | Soundtrack released by 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 released by Varèse Sarabande (score + songs) | |
| 1996 | Mission: Impossible | Brian De Palma | Soundtrack (songs + three brief Elfman suites); Score album |
| Frighteners, TheThe Frighteners | Peter Jackson | Soundtrack | |
| Freeway | Matthew Bright | Suite included on Music for a Darkened Theatre Vol. 2 | |
| Extreme Measures | Michael Apted | Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande | |
| Mars Attacks! | Tim Burton | Soundtrack released by Atlantic; expanded edition released by La-La Land Records | |
| 1997 | Men in Black | Barry Sonnenfeld | Soundtrack (two Elfman cues); Score album; 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 |
| Flubber | Les Mayfield | Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records | |
| Good Will Hunting | Gus Van Sant | Soundtrack (two Elfman cues); Nominated for 70th Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score | |
| 1998 | Simple Plan, AA Simple Plan | Sam Raimi | Soundtrack released by Compass III |
| A Civil Action | Steven Zaillian | Soundtrack | |
| 1999 | Instinct | Jon Turteltaub | Soundtrack |
| Anywhere But Here | Wayne Wang | Soundtrack released by Atlantic (includes one score suite) | |
| Sleepy Hollow | Tim Burton | Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records | |
| 2000 | Proof of Life | Taylor Hackford | Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande |
| The Gift | Sam Raimi | Cameo appearance | |
| Family Man, TheThe Family Man | Brett Ratner | Soundtrack released by Sire Records (two Elfman cues) | |
| 2001 | Planet of the Apes | Tim Burton | Soundtrack released by SME; complete score released by La-La Land |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | Sam Raimi | Score album; Song album; Nominated for 45th Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media |
| Men in Black II | Barry Sonnenfeld | Soundtrack released by Columbia Records | |
| Red Dragon | Brett Ratner | Soundtrack released by Decca Records | |
| Chicago | Rob Marshall | Soundtrack (two Elfman tracks) | |
| 2003 | Hulk | Ang Lee | Soundtrack released by 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 released by Varèse Sarabande | |
| 2008 | Standard Operating Procedure | Errol Morris | Soundtrack |
| Wanted | Timur Bekmambetov | Soundtrack | |
| Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Guillermo del Toro | Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande | |
| Milk | Gus Van Sant | Soundtrack released by 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) |
| Terminator Salvation | McG | Soundtrack released by Warner Bros. Records | |
| Taking Woodstock | Ang Lee | Song soundtrack on Rhino Records with four Elfman cues; score album on La-La Land Records | |
| 2010 | Wolfman, TheThe Wolfman | Joe Johnston | Soundtrack released by Varèse Sarabande |
| Alice in Wonderland | Tim Burton | Soundtrack released by 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 released by Lionsgate | |
| 2011 | Restless | Gus Van Sant | |
| Real Steel | Shawn Levy | Song album on Interscope with one Elfman cut; score album released by Varèse Sarabande | |
| 2012 | Dark Shadows | Tim Burton | Song album with two Elfman cuts and score album released by WaterTower Music |
| Men in Black 3 | Barry Sonnenfeld | Soundtrack released by Sony Classical | |
| Frankenweenie | Tim Burton | Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records | |
| Silver Linings Playbook | David O. Russell | Song album with two Elfman cuts and score album released by Sony Classical | |
| Hitchcock | Sacha Gervasi | Soundtrack released by Sony Masterworks | |
| Promised Land | Gus Van Sant | ||
| 2013 | Oz, The Great and Powerful | Sam Raimi | Soundtrack |
| Epic | Chris Wedge | Soundtrack | |
| 2014 | Deep | Shane Acker | Soundtrack and produced by Tim Burton released by Focus Features |
In addition, he has supplied thematic material - except where noted - for movies 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)
- 2009: 9 (Deborah Lurie)
- 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: The New 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 movie: 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 movies: Batman and "Batman Returns").
- 2013: Music for the upcoming Hong Kong Disneyland attraction Mystic Manor.
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