Best known for his work with director
Tim Burton,
Danny Elfman first scored the soundtrack to
"The Forbidden Zone", a film directed by his brother. The band he assembled for the project,
Oingo Boingo, later earned a significant cult following during the new wave era. In 1985
Elfman met fledgling filmmaker
Burton; after collaborating on the score to
"Pee-Wee's Big Adventure", they frequently reunited, with
Elfman composing the music to
"Beetlejuice",
"Edward Scissorhands",
"Batman", and
"The Nightmare Before Christmas".
Elfman also scored a number of other features, most of them strange fables such as
"Darkman" and
"Dick Tracy". Among his television work is the theme song to
"The Simpsons". ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
![Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] , Danny Elfman](http://image.allmusic.com/13/amg/cov150/drg900/g917/g91778ttqzw.jpg "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] , Danny Elfman")
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