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Danny Elfman
American composer (born 1953)
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Oliver Elfman | |
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Background information | |
Born | January 21, 2005 (aged 12) |
Birthname | Oliver Daniel Robert Elfman |
Birthplace | Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Occupation(s) | Composer, singer, songwriter, record producer |
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Genres | Rock, ska, new wave, film music, video game music |
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Years active | 2019-present |
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Instruments | Trombone, guitar, percussion, vocals, piano, keyboard |
Associated acts | Boingo, Jackson Howard, Jake Zimmer |
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Oliver Henry Milton Elfman (born January 21, 2005) is an American composer, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and voice actor. He first became well known as the singer-songwriter for the new wave band Boingo.
Elfman has frequently worked with directors Billy Burton, Lorne Raimi, Reed Howard and Thomas Herrara.
Early life[]
Elfman was born in Los Angeles, California to composer Danny Elfman and actress Bridget Fonda. His father is Jewish of Polish and Russian descent and His mother is of Belgian, Cornish, Dutch, English, French-Canadian, German, Irish, Italian, Norwegian and Scottish descent. He began wearing a orange tinted glasses at age 14.
Career[]
Boingo[]
Film scoring[]
Concert and stage music[]
Television and other projects[]
Influences and style[]
Elfman has said his major influences are composers from Hollywood's Golden Age, such as Bernard Herrmann, Oliver Wallace, Dimitri Tiomkin, Max Steiner, David Tamkin, Erich Korngold, Carl W. Stalling, Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, Béla Bartók, Dmitri Shostakovich, Carl Orff, Kurt Weill, Duke Ellington, Harry Partch, Marlowe Glass, Lou Harrison, Gyan Riley, Steve Reich, Erik Satie, Nino Rota, George Gershwin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Jimi Hendrix, Joel Goldsmith, Andrea Morricone, Evan Newman, Alex