Danny Elfman

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q193338: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Forbidden Zone. Count them as composer (8 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

John Williams: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · them, directly: John Williams ⇒ Danny Elfman (the host's read). Elfman's score for the theatrical cut of Justice League reuses his own Batman theme and Williams's Superman theme; the speaker can't tell if it's clever or fan service.
    “I'm going to use my Batman theme. I'm going to use the Williams Superman theme.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Marvel Nerdfest · 0:19:39 · unidentified host (0.30 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Music (12) everyone in music

Acting (1) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (4)

  1. career (career): Danny Elfman → Henry Selick. Elfman singing Jack while Sarandon speaks caused a long rift between Selick and Elfman.
    “this like caused a rift between Selleck and Elfman that like lasted for forever.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 1:03:06 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Danny Elfman → Tim Burton. Elfman and Burton's working relationship is called very up and down.
    “I feel like Elfman and Burton have had a very up and down relationship in general, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 1:03:39 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Danny Elfman → Forbidden Zone. Elfman had been the on-camera lead of Forbidden Zone, playing a jazzy demon like Oogie Boogie.
    “he did like Forbidden Zone, where he's, you know, the main on camera performance”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 1:05:42 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Danny Elfman → The Nightmare Before Christmas. Elfman, said to have been bored at the height of Oingo Boingo, found film composing exciting again through this film.
    “it was like him at the height of Oingo, Boingo, like he became a rock star.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 1:57:01 · Michael Rianda (0.45 sure it was them)

craft (4)

  1. craft (score): Danny Elfman → Planet of the Apes. Elfman's opening theme is exciting but the rest of the score is boring.
    “The Elfman score.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:51:44 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Danny Elfman → The Nightmare Before Christmas. Elfman wrote songs off Burton's story beats with no script, and the script came after.
    “Burton is basically describing the story beats, and Elfman is writing songs off of the story beats”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 0:31:42 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Danny Elfman → The Nightmare Before Christmas. Elfman was the main driving force in writing the film during development.
    “Elfman is basically the main driving force and writing this film for a bulk of the development.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 1:04:24 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. craft (craft): Danny Elfman → John Williams. Elfman's score for the theatrical cut of Justice League reuses his own Batman theme and Williams's Superman theme; the speaker can't tell if it's clever or fan service.
    “I'm going to use my Batman theme. I'm going to use the Williams Superman theme.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Marvel Nerdfest · 0:19:39 · unidentified host (0.30 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (people): Send Help → Danny Elfman. Elfman scores Send Help as one of Raimi's longtime collaborators.
    “Danny Elfman, the composer, and it does star Rachel McAdams, and Dylan O'Brien”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 0:47:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. people (composer comparison): Elliot Goldenthal → Danny Elfman. In the 90s Goldenthal was becoming an unconventional blockbuster composer, Elfman style.
    “becoming sort of Alfman style, an unconventional blockbuster composer”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 2:00:17 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Danny Elfman → Ed Wood. The speaking-voice dispute is why Elfman did not score Ed Wood.
    “It's why Elfman didn't do Ed Wood.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 1:03:21 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (verdict): Danny Elfman → Weird Science. Elfman is not a fan of the title song and is dismissive of it in interviews, though the speaker likes it.
    “So Elfman, like not a fan. He's kind of dis about it, which is really annoying.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:45:35 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (apex pick): Danny Elfman → Batman. Elfman's apex is Beetlejuice or Batman, though Sean prefers Midnight Run's score.
    “I also really like the Midnight Run soundtrack, but nobody asked me.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:02:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Danny Elfman: The opening theme and credit sequence are great; he seems to have run out of energy afterward.
    “I think he just worked so hard on that.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:52:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)