Danny Elfman

Q: Has Danny Elfman won any awards?

Elfman has received several awards and nominations throughout his career, including a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) for 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'. He has also been nominated for Oscars and Golden Globes.

Q: What was Danny Elfman's first film score?

Danny Elfman's first film score was for the 1985 film 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure', directed by Tim Burton. This collaboration marked the beginning of a successful partnership in the film industry.

Q: How did Danny Elfman start his career?

Elfman began his career as a musician and songwriter with the band Oingo Boingo. He transitioned to film scoring in the 1980s, quickly establishing himself as a prominent composer.

Q: What is Danny Elfman's estimated net worth?

Danny Elfman's estimated net worth is approximately $50 million. This wealth comes from his extensive career in music composition, particularly in film and television.

Q: What are some notable collaborations in Elfman's career?

Danny Elfman has collaborated with several prominent filmmakers, most notably Tim Burton. Their partnership has resulted in iconic scores for films such as 'Edward Scissorhands' and 'Corpse Bride'.

Q: What is Danny Elfman's musical style?

Elfman's musical style is characterized by its eclectic blend of orchestral and rock elements, often featuring whimsical and dark themes. His compositions are known for their memorable melodies and unique orchestration.

Q: Is Danny Elfman involved in any other projects?

In addition to film scoring, Danny Elfman has been involved in various projects, including live performances and collaborations with other artists. He has also returned to music with new albums and tours.

Known for

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

IMDb 7.3 / 10

2015 / Action, Adventure / 141mins

Parody of Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) made with action figures.

Spider-Man (1994)

IMDb 8.4 / 10

1994 / Action, Adventure / 21mins

Bitten by a neogenetic spider, Peter Parker develops spider-like superpowers. He uses these to fight crime while trying to balance it with the struggles...

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

IMDb 7.5 / 10

2004 / Action, Adventure / 127mins

Tormented Peter Parker battles a sinister scientist, who uses mechanical tentacles for destructive purposes.

Name

Danny Elfman

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Born

29 May 1953, Amarillo, Texas, USA

Spouses

Bridget Fonda (2003–present)

Children

2 (Milo and Oliver)

Parents

Richard Elfman, Blossom Elfman

Estimated Net Worth

$50 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	Movie A Danny Elfman Christmas Story Danny Elfman narrates a darkly whimsical Christmas tale.	Narrator	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2025	TV Tim Burton: Life in the Line Features never-before-seen footage, interviews and artwork, spanning Burton's early career at Disney to the makings of his films Batman (1989),...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2024	Movie Tim Burton: Life in the Line Features never-before-seen footage, interviews and artwork, spanning Burton's early career at Disney to the makings of his films Batman (1989),...	Self	Not rated
2020	TV The Holiday Movies That Made Us Unwrap the real stories behind these iconic Christmas blockbusters, thanks to insider interviews and behind-the-scenes peeks.	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2017	Movie 78/52 The most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the shower scene in Alfred...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2017	Movie Hollywood in Vienna 2017 - Fairytales Not every fairytale starts with the usual formula of “Once upon a time…”. However, all fairytales touch us with the...	Self	Not rated
2017	Movie Score: A Film Music Documentary Music is an integral part of most films, adding emotion and nuance while often remaining invisible to audiences. Matt Schrader...	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2015	Movie Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton Composer and performer Danny Elfman, Tim Burton’s prolific musical collaborator, descends on Lincoln Center with an 88-piece orchestra, 44-voice choir...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2011	TV Hollywood in Vienna Hollywood in Vienna is an annual film music gala hosted in the Vienna Concert Hall where the Max Steiner Film...	Self	Not rated
2011	Movie A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton An extended conversation between Danny Elfman and Tim Burton as they discuss their quarter-century collaboration.	Unknown character	Not rated
2011	Movie Oingo Boingo: 1983 US Festival Filmed at Glen Helen Park in Devore, CA on May 18, 1983 between 2:40 and 3:40 PM.	Unknown character	Not rated
2010	Movie DemiUrge Emesis A mummified cat is tormented by the skeletons of past meals in this stop-motion short by MTV and Sci Fi...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2008	Movie Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight A 6 part documentary of making of Batman franchise.	Self	Not rated
2008	Movie Proud Iza Fresh look at a classic… Great writers have left us with characters that still exist today, it is simply their...	Narrator	Not rated
2005	Movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds Discover information from Burton, Elfman, Roy, and Jaynes. This one focuses on the movie’s Oompa-Loompa songs and offers one of...	Himself	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2005	Movie Corpse Bride In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed...	Bonejangles (voice)	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2005	Movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most...	Oompa Loompa (voice) (uncredited)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2004	Movie Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing A comprehensive 12-part documentary on the making of "Spider-Man 2," covering everything from pre-production to premiere.	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2004	Movie Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man' Explores the making of 'Spider-Man' (2002).	Self	Not rated
2003	Movie The Incredible Ang Lee A look at director Ang Lee's work on 'Hulk' (2003).	Self	Not rated
2003	Movie The Making of 'Hulk' Documentary on the cast and crew, stunts, special effects, and score of 'Hulk' (2003).	Self	Not rated
2002	Movie Cosmic Symphonies: Elfman in Space Portrait of composer Danny Elfman. Produced for the “Men in Black II” DVD.	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2000	Movie The Gift Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures⁠—though her own has become cloudier than...	Tommy Lee Ballard	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2000	Movie Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend A behind the scenes look at the making of Sleepy Hollow.	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2000	Movie Fantasporto – Carnaval no Porto A look into the Porto Fantastic Film Festival at Portugal.	Unknown character	Not rated
1999	Movie Psycho Path Documentary on the making of Gus Van Sant's "Psycho." Featured at the Berlin Film Festival, 2000.	Self - Arranger	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1998	Movie The Making of 'The Frighteners' Documentary about the making of the 1996 horror-comedy.	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1996	Movie Oingo Boingo: Farewell (Live from the Universal Amphitheatre) Oingo Boingo's Farewell Concert at the Universal Amphitheatre.	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1995	Movie The Hollywood Soundtrack Story Explores the art and history of writing music for motion pictures.	Self	Not rated
1994	Movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition Phil Hartman hosts this retrospective look back at the legacy and making of the classic 1966 holiday special 'How the...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1993	Movie The Nightmare Before Christmas Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of...	Jack Skellington (singing) / Barrel / Clown with the Tear away Face (voice)	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1993	Movie The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' Cast and crew take viewers behind the scenes into the production and creation of his 1993 stop-motion classic The Nightmare...	Self - Composer	Not rated
1992	Movie The Magical World of Chuck Jones Documentary on animator Chuck Jones.	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1990	Movie Oingo Boingo: October 25th, 1990 Oingo Boingo concert at Irvine Meadows, from 25th October 1990.	Unknown character	Not rated
1989	TV Prisoners of Gravity Prisoners of Gravity was a Canadian public broadcasting television news magazine program that explored speculative fiction — science fiction, fantasy,...	Self	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1989	Movie Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet A music video compilation was also released by A&M Records alongside the album. It contained (in order) music videos for...	Himself, Waiter	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1987	Movie Oingo Boingo: Halloween '87 Danny Elfman and Co.’s run of multi-night Halloween stands at Irivne Meadows from 1986 to 1991 were the stuff of...	Himself	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1986	Movie Back to School Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries...	Oingo Boingo Band Member	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1985	Movie Oingo Boingo: Live at the Ritz An MTV special featuring new wave band Oingo Boingo performing live at the Ritz rock club in New York City.	Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1984	Movie Good Morning, Mr. Orwell In his book "1984", George Orwell saw the television of the future as a control instrument in the hands of...	Self	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1982	Movie Forbidden Zone A mysterious door in the basement of the Hercules house leads to the Sixth Dimension by way of a gigantic...	Satan	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1981	Movie Urgh! A Music War Urgh! A Music War is a British film released in 1982 featuring performances by punk rock, new wave, and post-punk...	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1977	Movie Annie Hall New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.	Lacey Party Guest (uncredited)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1977	Movie Hot Tomorrows A portrait of Michael, a man 'intrigued' by death and drawn to it. Late one Christmas Eve, Michael's closest buddy...	Singer	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
TBA	Movie A Look Into 'The Forbidden Zone' This film chronicles the bizzare story behind the making of the all time cult classic "Forbidden Zone", as well as...	Himself	TMDB 7.5 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2026	Movie Send Help Two colleagues become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash. On the island, they must...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2026	Movie Dead Man's Wire In 1977, former real estate developer Tony Kiritsis puts a dead man's switch on himself and the mortgage banker who...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2025	Movie Wednesday: Fireplace Woe to all seeking cheer — for at Nevermore, Yuletide flames cast shadows, the decor whispers doom and a hand...	Main Title Theme Composer Sound	Not rated
2025	Movie A Danny Elfman Christmas Story Danny Elfman narrates a darkly whimsical Christmas tale.	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2025	Movie Dracula In late 15th-century Eastern Europe, Prince Vlad II’s bride is brutally murdered. As a result, he renounces God and damns...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2025	Movie Bullet Time Bullet, an emotionally unstable bull terrier, battles his way through a bizarre digital gaming universe.	Music Sound	Not rated
2025	Movie Remember To Enjoy The Light Before It’s Gone In this reflective short film, the Weeknd speaks to his younger self, encouraging him to ask questions about the future...	Original Music Composer Sound	Not rated
2024	Movie The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful The residents of Springfield search for Christmas cheer.	Main Title Theme Composer Sound	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2024	Movie Edward Scissorhands: Matthew Bourne’s Dance Version In a castle high on a hill lives Edward; a boy created by an eccentric inventor. When his creator dies...	Music Sound	Not rated
2024	Movie Beetlejuice Beetlejuice After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2024	Movie May the 12th Be with You It's Mother's Day and Marge Simpson joins the moms of Disney+ on a special holiday outing that turns into an...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2023	Movie Bloody Bridget Voodoo deity transforms burlesque dancer into a "Valentine Vampire." Blood only whets her appetite--she must eat her victim's beating hearts....	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2022	Movie White Noise Jack Gladney, professor of Hitler studies at The-College-on-the-Hill, husband to Babette, and father to four children/stepchildren, is torn asunder by...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2022	TV Wednesday Smart, sarcastic and a little dead inside, Wednesday Addams investigates twisted mysteries while making new friends — and foes —...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2022	TV Wednesday Smart, sarcastic and a little dead inside, Wednesday Addams investigates twisted mysteries while making new friends — and foes —...	Main Title Theme Composer Sound	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2022	Movie Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2021	Movie The Woman in the Window An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors only to witness a disturbing act...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2021	Movie Aliens, Clowns & Geeks An out-of-work actor stumbles upon key to the universe, is drawn into intergalactic war between clowns and aliens.	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2020	Movie The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert A concert of the Danny Elfman's music of Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" by Broadway artists.	Music Sound	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2020	Movie Dolittle After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria’s England,...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2019	Movie Men in Black: International The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2019	Movie Dumbo A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2018	Movie The Grinch The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration. But a...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2018	Movie Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2018	Movie Fifty Shades Freed Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2017	Movie Justice League Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2017	Movie Tulip Fever An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2017	Movie Urge	Music Sound	Not rated
2017	Movie The Circle A young tech worker takes a job at a powerful Internet corporation, quickly rises up the company's ranks, and soon...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2017	TV When We Rise The personal and political struggles, setbacks and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBT men and women who helped pioneer...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2017	Movie Fifty Shades Darker When a wounded Christian Grey tries to entice a cautious Ana Steele back into his life, she demands a new...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2016	Movie The Girl on the Train Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2016	Movie Vengadores Chiflados: La Era de Pultrón Parody of Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) made with action figures.	Music Sound	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2016	Movie Alice Through the Looking Glass Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2016	Movie Before I Wake An orphaned child's dreams—and nightmares—manifest physically as he sleeps.	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2015	Movie Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness" An in-depth, feature length documentary on the surprisingly tumultuous creation of cult classic Army of Darkness.	Music Sound	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2015	Movie Goosebumps After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2015	Movie The End of the Tour The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2015	Movie Avengers: Age of Ultron When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2015	Movie Fifty Shades of Grey When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey for their campus...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2014	Movie Big Eyes In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs....	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2014	Movie Mr. Peabody & Sherman A young boy and his dog, who happens to have a genius-level IQ, spring into action when their time-machine is...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2013	Movie American Hustle A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2013	Movie The Unknown Known Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman...	Music Sound	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2013	Movie Epic A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2013	Movie Oz the Great and Powerful Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2013	Movie Cirque du Soleil: IRIS This production from Cirque du Soleil is a lyrical, fanciful, kinetic foray into the seventh art. Bringing together dance, acrobatics,...	Music Sound	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2013	Movie Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers Victor and his beloved dog Sparky watch one of their favorite home movies.	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2012	Movie Hitchcock Following his great success with "North by Northwest," director Alfred Hitchcock makes a daring choice for his next project: an...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2012	Movie Silver Linings Playbook After losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2012	Movie Frankenweenie When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2012	Movie Promised Land A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2012	Movie Men in Black 3 Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2012	Movie Dark Shadows Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2011	Movie Real Steel Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After his robot...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2011	Movie Restless Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2011	Movie A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton An extended conversation between Danny Elfman and Tim Burton as they discuss their quarter-century collaboration.	Producer Production	Not rated
2010	Movie The Next Three Days Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a murder she says she didn’t commit....	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2010	Movie Alice in Wonderland Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2010	Movie The Wolfman Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged father, gets bitten...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2010	Movie Do Not Disturb Five directors tackle five short stories playfully tied together in one dark, twisted, humorous film about what goes on behind...	Music Sound	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2009	Movie Taking Woodstock The story of Elliot Tiber and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2009	Movie 9 When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2009	Movie 9 When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is...	Songs Sound	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2009	Movie Terminator Salvation All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots....	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2009	Movie Notorious "Notorious" is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2008	Movie Milk The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2008	Movie Hellboy II: The Golden Army Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2008	Movie Wanted Doormat Wesley Gibson is an office worker whose life is going nowhere. He meets an attractive woman named Fox and...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2008	Movie Standard Operating Procedure Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2008	Movie Proud Iza Fresh look at a classic… Great writers have left us with characters that still exist today, it is simply their...	Music Sound	Not rated
2007	Movie The Kingdom A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2007	Movie The Simpsons Movie After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the...	Main Title Theme Composer Sound	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2007	Movie Paranoid Park A teenage skateboarder becomes suspected of being connected with a security guard who suffered a brutal death in a skate...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2007	Movie Sicko A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States whose main goal is to make profit even...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2007	Movie Meet the Robinsons Lewis, a brilliant young inventor, is keen on creating a time machine to find his mother, who abandoned him in...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2006	Movie Charlotte's Web Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2006	Movie Nacho Libre Ignacio, a disrespected cook at a Mexican monastery, can barely afford to feed the orphans who live there. Inspired by...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2006	Movie Deep Sea 3D Sea life in a whole new way. Deep Sea 3D, an underwater adventure from the filmmakers behind the successful IMAX®...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2005	Movie Corpse Bride In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2005	Movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2004	Movie Spider-Man 2 Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2003	Movie Big Fish Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2003	Movie Hulk Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2002	Movie Chicago Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2002	Movie Red Dragon Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2002	Movie Men in Black II Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2002	Movie Spider-Man After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2001	Movie Novocaine A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs.	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2001	Movie Planet of the Apes After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2001	Movie Heartbreakers Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2001	Movie Spy Kids Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez...	Songs Sound	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2001	Movie Spy Kids Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2000	Movie The Family Man Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman....	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2000	Movie Proof of Life When Peter Bowman, an American engineer working in a South American country, is captured by anti-government forces, the rebels learn...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2000	TV The World of Stainboy Local superhero Stainboy hunts down oddball villains harnessing bizarre powers.	Music Sound	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2000	Movie The World of Stainboy Local superhero Stainboy hunts down a series of oddball villains harnessing bizarre powers.	Music Sound	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1999	Movie Sleepy Hollow Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1999	Movie Anywhere but Here Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter,...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1999	Movie Psycho Path Documentary on the making of Gus Van Sant's "Psycho." Featured at the Berlin Film Festival, 2000.	Music Producer Sound	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1999	Movie Instinct In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1998	Movie A Civil Action Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1998	Movie A Simple Plan Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1998	Movie Psycho A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.	Music Producer Sound	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1998	Movie Modern Vampires A vampire hunter in southern California discovers that his son has been murdered by a gang of the undead and...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1997	Movie Good Will Hunting Will Hunting is a headstrong, working-class genius who is failing the lessons of life. After one too many run-ins with...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 8.2 / 10
1997	Movie Flubber Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1997	Movie Men in Black After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1997	TV Perversions of Science Perversions of Science is a science fiction/horror television series that ran on the cable channel HBO for one season in...	Theme Song Performance Sound	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1996	Movie Mars Attacks! A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1996	Movie Extreme Measures Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1996	Movie Freeway Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1996	Movie Bordello of Blood Private eye Rafe Guttman is hired by repressed, born-again Katherine to find her missing bad-boy brother. The trail leads him...	Main Title Theme Composer Sound	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1996	Movie The Frighteners Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1996	Movie Mission: Impossible When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1996	Movie Darkman III: Die Darkman Die Darkman, needing money to continue his experiments on synthetic skin, steals a crate of cash from drug lord Peter Rooker...	Music Sound	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1995	Movie Dead Presidents On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns...	Music Sound	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1995	Movie Dead Presidents On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1995	Movie To Die For Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1995	Movie Darkman II: The Return of Durant Darkman and Durant return and they hate each other as much as ever. This time, Durant has plans to take...	Music Sound	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1995	Movie Dolores Claiborne Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1995	Movie Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister Collector is a...	Main Title Theme Composer Sound	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1994	Movie Black Beauty The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1994	Movie Shrunken Heads Three teens killed by a local crime boss return for revenge after a witch doctor revives them through voodoo magic.	Music Sound	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1993	Movie The Nightmare Before Christmas Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1993	Movie The Nightmare Before Christmas Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of...	Songs Sound	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1993	Movie Sommersby Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1992	Movie The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade The Scarlet Speedster teams up with the city's previous superhero, The Nightshade, in two adventures.	Music Sound	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1992	TV Batman: The Animated Series Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City...	Main Title Theme Composer Sound	TMDB 8.6 / 10
1992	Movie Batman Returns The monstrous Penguin, who dwells in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with corrupt mayoral candidate Max Shreck to topple...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1992	Movie Article 99 Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1990	Movie Edward Scissorhands A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1990	Movie The Flash A laboratory accident endows a police scientist with the ability to move at superhuman speed which he uses to battle...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1990	Movie Darkman Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1990	Movie Dick Tracy The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1990	Movie Nightbreed A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	Main Title Theme Composer Sound	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1989	Movie Oh No, Not Them The untransmitted pilot of the failed American remake of The Young Ones	Music Sound	Not rated
1989	Movie Batman Having witnessed his parents' brutal murder as a child, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne fights crime in Gotham City disguised as...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1989	TV Tales from the Crypt Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the...	Theme Song Performance Sound	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1989	TV Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton Animator Bill Plympton first received widespread public attention when his outré "Your Face" (1987) was nominated for an Academy Award...	Music Sound	Not rated
1988	Movie Scrooged Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1988	Movie Face Like a Frog A frog is driving his alligator-shaped car when he is stopped by a shapely she-frog who steps into the road....	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1988	Movie Face Like a Frog A frog is driving his alligator-shaped car when he is stopped by a shapely she-frog who steps into the road....	Music Sound	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1988	Movie Hot to Trot Fred P. Chaney receives as inheritance after the death of his mother a speaking horse that also has good knowledge...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1988	Movie Big Top Pee-wee Paul Reubens stars as Pee-wee Herman in his second full-length film about a farmer who joins the circus after a...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1988	Movie Midnight Run A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I.,...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1988	Movie Beetlejuice A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1987	Movie Summer School A high-school gym teacher has big plans for the summer, but is forced to cancel them to teach a "bonehead"...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1986	Movie Wisdom Unable to find work after a past felony, graduate John Wisdom and his girlfriend embark on a cross-country bank-robbing spree...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1986	Movie Amazing Stories A feature film edited from three episodes of Amazing Stories (1985): The Mission, Mummy Daddy, and Go to the Head...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1986	Movie Back to School Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1985	TV The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on...	Music Sound	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1985	TV Amazing Stories A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven...	Music Sound	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1985	Movie Pee-wee's Big Adventure The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1982	Movie Forbidden Zone A mysterious door in the basement of the Hercules house leads to the Sixth Dimension by way of a gigantic...	Original Music Composer Sound	TMDB 6.2 / 10
TBA	TV Rhona Who Lives by the River Follows Rhona #3, the third-most-interesting Rhona in town, whose life is utterly dull. After an accident, she receives the ability...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
TBA	TV Rhona Who Lives by the River Follows Rhona #3, the third-most-interesting Rhona in town, whose life is utterly dull. After an accident, she receives the ability...	Music Sound	Not rated
TBA	Movie Hodja Nasreddin Khodzha Nasreddin saves the donkey from the heat. Now he is in the service of Khodzha, from which all his...	Original Music Composer Sound	Not rated

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2017 / TMDB 7.1

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Spider-Man (1994)

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

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