In addition to contributing scores to over 100 feature films and themes to television series, Danny Elfman has made a number of appearances in film and on television, typically as himself, in a singing role or as the lead singer of Oingo Boingo. For a full list of Elfman's compositions and discographies, see the List of compositions by Danny Elfman page, his film and concert music discography page and the Oingo Boingo discography page.
Year Film/show Role Director Studio/distributor Notes/accolades 1976 The Gong Show Himself (uncredited) Chuck Barris (Host/Producer) NBC Performed trombone with The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo; the group won the episode, scoring 24 points out of 30 1977 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Drummer (uncredited) Anthony Page Shout! Factory Drummer, uncredited Hot Tomorrows Singer Martin Brest American Film Institute Appeared with The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo performing the song "St. James Infirmary Blues" 1981 Urgh! A Music War Himself Derek Burbidge Lorimar As lead singer/songwriter of Oingo Boingo Longshot (aka Long Shot Kids) E.W. Swackhamer Greentree Productions As lead singer/songwriter of Oingo Boingo 1982 Forbidden Zone Satan Richard Elfman Fantoma 1984 Good Morning, Mr. Orwell Himself Nam June Paik WNET TV, NYC / Centre Pompidou, Paris As lead singer/songwriter for Oingo Boingo 1986 Back to School Alan Metter Orion Pictures As lead singer/songwriter for Oingo BoingoBuck, David. "Mystic Knights of the Movie Soundtrack", Tedium, March 14, 2018. 1993 The Nightmare Before Christmas Jack Skellington (singing voice), Barrel, Clown with the Tear Away Face (voices) Henry Selick Touchstone Pictures In addition to writing and producing the score and ten original songs, Elfman provided the singing voice of main character Jack Skellington, among others First score for an animated film 1996 Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre, Halloween 1995 Himself Danny Elfman, Steve Bartek, Ellen Engel (producers) A&M Records Appears as lead singer of Oingo Boingo in live concert recording of their final shows as a bandReleased on VHS concurrent with the album and in 2001 on DVD; currently out-of-printIncludes ten minutes of footage of Elfman performing with The Mystic Knight of the Oingo Boingo in the 1970s 1997 Flubber Les Mayfield Walt Disney Pictures, Great Oaks 2000 The Gift Tommy Lee Ballard Sam Raimi Paramount Classics 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Oompa-Loompas (voices, uncredited) Tim Burton Warner Bros. In addition to composing the film's score and songs, Elfman provided the singing voices for all Oompa Loompa characters. Corpse Bride Bonejangles (voice) 2006The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonHimselfTim Mancinelli, Brian McAloonCBS Television StudiosAppears as the second guest on December 19, season three, episode 64Discusses early career, scoring Charlotte's Web and his brother Richard, who gave Ferguson his first film role 2008 Proud Iza Narrator (voice) Anna Condo Fern Films In addition to providing narration, Elfman's music from Standard Operating Procedure was used for this short film 2010 DemiUrge Emesis Aurelio Voltaire Self produced by Voltaire Part of Voltaire's stop motion short film series "Chimerascope" featuring voice-overs by music icons including Deborah Harry, Richard Butler and Gerard Way 2015 Live from Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton Himself Andrew Carl Wilk, Jim Fagan PBS Performed songs from The Nightmare Before ChristmasWon Outstanding Music Direction at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, Elfman's second Emmy Award 2016 Score Matt Schrader Gravitas Ventures Appeared among over 50 film composers discussing the craft of writing music for movies and influential figures in the business 2019 The Imagineering Story Leslie Iwerks Disney+ Appears in episode 5, "A Carousel of Progress", to discuss his compositions for Hong Kong Disneyland's Mystic Manor2020 Prop Culture Jason C. Henry Episode: "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas"
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