Danny Elfman

Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American composer, singer, songwriter, and record producer. From 1976 to 1995 he was the lead singer and songwriter for the rock band Oingo Boingo.

In 1976 Elfman entered the film industry as an actor. In 1982 he scored his first film, Forbidden Zone, directed by his older brother Richard Elfman. Among his honors are four Academy Award nominations, a Grammy for Batman, an Emmy for Desperate Housewives, the 2002 Richard Kirk Award, and the Disney Legend Award.

Early life and career

Danny Elfman was born in Los Angeles, California, into a Jewish family. He is the son of Blossom Elfman (née Bernstein), a writer and teacher, and Milton Elfman, a teacher who was in the Air Force. He was raised in a racially mixed community in the Baldwin Hills area of Los Angeles. He spent much of his time in the local movie theatre, adoring the music of such film composers as Bernard Herrmann and Franz Waxman. Stating that he hung out with the "band geeks" in high school, he started a ska band. After dropping out of high school, he followed his brother Richard to France, where he performed with Le Grand Magic Circus, an avant-garde musical theater group. Violin in tow, Elfman next journeyed to Africa where he traveled through Ghana, Mali, and Upper Volta, absorbing new musical styles, including the Ghanaian highlife genre which would eventually influence his own music.

Danny!

Danny Swain, better known by his mononymous stage name Danny! (/ˈdæniˈ/ dan-EE), is an American recording artist and record producer.

Danny! is a former student of the Savannah College of Art & Design; he often wears a wool necktie and an Australian rounded crown boss-of-the-plains hat, and has gained notoriety for prank-calling celebrities. Danny! rose to prominence shortly following the proclamation by The Roots drummer Questlove that there was strong interest from JAY Z; he was subsequently signed as the flagship artist to Questlove's re-launched Okayplayer Records after years of being loosely affiliated with the company. In support of the new venture Danny! made his television debut on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, premiering his song "Evil" alongside The Roots.

Danny! would field praise for his concept records Charm and And I Love H.E.R., the latter named by ABC News as one of the best 50 albums released that year, before releasing the "anti-album" Where Is Danny?. After signing to Okayplayer Records in late 2012 Danny! completed his trilogy of conceptual albums with Payback, cited by Allmusic as one of the best hip-hop releases of the year. Ebony Magazine has listed Danny! among other rising artists in their "Leaders of the New School" piece, calling Danny! one of a handful of "innovators";GQ would later reiterate the same regarding Danny!'s music production. Currently Danny! is a songwriter/composer for Extreme Music, the production library music subsidiary of Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

Danny

Danny may refer to:

People

  • A diminutive of Daniel
  • Danny (Finnish singer), stage name of Finnish singer, Ilkka Lipsanen
  • Danny (footballer), born Daniel Miguel Alves Gomes, Portuguese footballer
  • Danny (singer)
  • Danny!, an American recording artist
  • Danny Boy Collins, an English professional wrestler
  • Danny Collins, an English football player
  • Danny Denzongpa, Sikkimese-born Indian actor, known as just "Danny"
  • Danny Elfman, movie music composer
  • Daniel Murillo aka "Danny," the lead vocalist for the band Hollywood Undead and formerly Lorene Drive
  • Danny Pittman, American football player
  • Danny Saucedo aka "Danny," a Swedish singer
  • Daniel Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player, nicknamed Danny
  • "Danny Sexbang", stage name of Leigh Daniel Avidan, singer of musical comedy duo, Ninja Sex Party
  • Art, entertainment, and media

    Fictional characters

  • Danny (Pokémon), a character in the Pokémon universe
  • Danny, the main cat from the movie Cats Don't Dance
  • Danny, from the Just! series of short story collections by Australian author Andy Griffiths
  • Danny (TV series)

    Danny is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS. The series was created, executive produced and starred Daniel Stern.

    It was one of the last comedies to aired to air on CBS's Friday night lineup airing along with The Ellen Show which premiered at the same time. The series premiered on September 28, 2001 and was canceled on October 5, 2001 after only two episodes aired, making it the first series to be canceled in the 2001 Fall TV season.

    Premise

    Danny is recently separated father struggling to raise his two teenage kids. Despite just turning 40, He still wants to pursue his lifelong dreams all while running the town's local community center.

    Cast

  • Daniel Stern as Danny
  • Julia McIlvaine as Sally
  • Jon Foster as Henry
  • Roz Ryan as Chickie
  • Robert Prosky as Lenny
  • Vincent J. Burns as Vince
  • Joely Fisher as Moly
  • Mia Korf as Rachel
  • Episodes

    References

  • The Complete directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
  • External links

    Podcasts:

    Danny Elfman

    ALBUMS

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    Town Meeting Song

    by: Danny Elfman

    [JACK]
    There were object so peculiar
    They were not to be believed
    All around, things to tantalize my brain
    It's a world unlike anything I've ever seen
    And as hard as I try
    I can't seem to describe
    Like a most improbable dream
    But you must believe when I tell you this
    It's as real as my skull and it does exist
    Here, let me show you
    This is a thing called a present
    The whole thing starts with a box
    [DEVIL]
    A box?
    Is it steel?
    [WEREWOLF]
    Are there locks?
    [HARLEQUIN DEMON]
    Is it filled with a pox?
    [DEVIL, WEREWOLF, HARLEQUIN DEMON]
    A pox
    How delightful, a pox
    [JACK]
    If you pleae
    Just a box with bright-colored paper
    And the whole thing's topped with a bow
    [WITCHES]
    A bow?
    But why?
    How ugly
    What's in it?
    What's in it?
    [JACK]
    That's the point of the thing, not to know
    [CLOWN]
    It's a bat
    [CREATURE UNDER THE STAIRS]
    Will it bend?
    [CLOWN]
    It's a rat
    [CREATURE UNDER THE STAIRS]
    Will it break?
    [UNDERSEA GAL]
    Perhaps it's the head that I found in the lake
    [JACK]
    Listen now, you don't understand
    That's not the point of Christmas land
    Now, pay attention
    Now we pick up an over-sized sock
    And hang it like this on the wall
    [MR. HYDE]
    Oh, yes! Does it still have a foot?
    [MEDIUM MR. HYDE]
    Let me see, let me look
    [SMALL MR. HYDE]
    Is it rotted and covered with gook?
    [JACK]
    Hmm, let me explain
    There's no foot inside, but there's candy
    Or sometimes it's filled with small toys
    [MUMMY AND WINGED DEMON]
    Small toys
    [WINGED DEMON]
    Do they bite?
    [MUMMY]
    Do they snap?
    [WINGED DEMON]
    Or explode in a sack?
    [CORPSE KID]
    Or perhaps they just spring out
    And scare girls and boys
    [MAYOR]
    What a splendid idea
    This Christmas sounds fun
    Why, I fully endorse it
    Let's try it at once
    [JACK]
    Everyone, please now, not so fast
    There's sometihng here that you don't quite grasp
    Well, I may as well give them what they want
    And the best, I must confess, I have saved for the last
    For the ruler of this Christmas land
    Is a fearsome King with a deep mighty voice
    Least that's what I've come to understand
    And I've also heard it told
    That's he's something to behold
    Like a lobster, huge and red
    And sets out to slay with his rain gear on
    Carting bulging sacks with his big great arms
    That is, so I've heard it said
    And on a darkm cold night
    Under full moonlight
    He flies into a fog
    Like a vulture in the sky
    And they call him Sandy Claws
    Well, at least they're excited
    Though they don't understand
    That special lind of feeling in Christmas land




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