Danny Elfman
Soundtrack
History
He was born in Los Angeles in May 29, 1953. He spent most of his time in the movie theater, then dropped out of high school to become a Le Grande Magic Circus actor, a music type group. The influence of music came around the world. He traveled to Africa with his violin to see musical styles. His brother Richard was making a band and Danny joined. After a while Richard left and started film making. Richard made the movie Forbidden Zone and Danny was an actor in it. He was in the band Omingo Boingo from 1976 to 1995. He worked as a composer later creating The Simpsons main title theme and Tim Burton's 1989 Batman film theme. Danny has almost done all of Tim Burton's movies with Batman. They work well together.
Starting his career
Started has an actor for Forbidden Zone with his brother, the director.
Top Films/ Shows
The Night Before Christmas
Batman
Batman Returns
Pee-wee's Big Adventures
Big Fish
Awards
1 Annie Award
24 BMI Film & Television Awards
1 Emmy Award
1 Grammy Award
1 Satellite Award
5 Saturn Awards
1 Sierra Award
Charateristics of Soundtrack music
Becomes popular
Sticks in your head
Makes you think of the movie when it is heard
Batman(1989)
S- strings, percussion, brass, woodwind
H-percusion, woodwind
M-strings, woodwinds
R-slow-fast-slow-fast, 4
G-soft-loud-soft-loud-soft-loud
2 themes
soundtrack
Batman (1989)
Plot: Batman deals with the rising criminal character the Joker.
Characters: Batman, Joker, Viki the mayor, police officer, and Batman's butler.
Setting: At night on a catherdal and in the factory.
Batman Theme 1989 (720p HQ Telarc)
Citations
Basile, Nancy. "10 Best Danny Elfman Soundtracks." N.p., n.d. Web. 08 June 2015.
"Danny Elfman." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 08 June 2015.