Danny Elfman
Danny Elfman
Daniel Robert "Danny" Elfman is an American composer, singer, songwriter, and record producer. From 1976 to 1995 he was the lead singer and songwriter for the band Oingo Boingo...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth29 May 1953
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
american-musician composer drive
Sometimes you get real close, sometimes you don't. Sometimes they drive you crazy. I think every composer does that. That's a big part of the job.
breathe learned musician pass street
It was a ragtag street ensemble, ... Literally, we'd pass the hat. I learned how to breathe fire. I learned to play the trombone. I was a street musician for years.
davis looks
He looks like Sammy Davis Jr. -- but he's a skeleton,
catchy expect quickly slightly strange
I'll do it very quickly and spontaneously. I expect that it will be slightly strange and bizarre, but catchy at the same time.
coached singing sings spider
I coached her through her singing debut, and she did great, ... And, she sings with a spider and worm.
blank head possible strictly tastes unprepared until
I try to keep myself as blank and as unprepared as possible until that moment, ... I have to get my head into his head because it's not strictly about my own tastes and instincts. It's a collaboration.
hope people process quite realize sets talking using
The whole process we're talking about is quite easy, ... I just hope people realize this was done using real sets and real lights.
american-musician huge melodies ten three
Having ten melodies was also a huge challenge, because I usually have three - sometimes just one or two, but often three that I'm using.
sad-music ifs one-thing
If there's one thing I really love... it's sad music.
psychics trying directors
I'm trying to interpret the film through the director's head, but it all comes out through me. So, a composer is kind of like a psychic medium.
taken support facts
Sometimes on a film you just become taken with the fact that, all right this is as rough as it gets, but I'm going to support my general and I'm going to do the very best I can for him because he's a good general and I like him.
feelings path kind
You hear the beginning of a melody, you should kind of know it's going to lead down this path. It should start feeling like a friend, like familiar.
drawing special mars
Doing Tim's film is always going to be the most pleasure. Let me just put it that way. So, without drawing favorites one way or the other, getting back with him and doing Mars Attacks! was certainly a special treat.
wall moving ideas
It often feels like a tremendous amount of work is required to get an idea moving forward, like pushing a train uphill. But at a certain point, the thing takes on its own momentum, and takes unexpected turns. So it's that feeling of holding on, rather than pushing it, that is the most exciting thing. It's that need to occasionally bounce off the walls, letting anything happen for any reason, and having nothing to guide you that is the joy.