Danny Elfman
American composer
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| 2025 | Announced a further solo album through his social media pages. |
| 2025 | Scored the music for the Dark Universe section of Universal Epic Universe. |
| 2025 | Scheduled to compose the score for 'Dracula: A Love Tale', directed by Luc Besson for LBP Productions and EuropaCorp. |
| 2024 | Abadi sued Elfman for the full settlement amount of $830,000, alleging missed payments and defamation. |
| 2024 | Composed the soundtrack for 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice', released by WaterTower Music |
| June 2024 | Announced as the composer for the Dark Universe section of Universal Epic Universe. |
| 2023 | Elfman made statements to Rolling Stone magazine regarding the harassment allegations, which Abadi claims were defamatory. |
| December 2023 | West Coast premiere of his Suite for Chamber Orchestra by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California. |
| July 2023 | New York premiere of his Suite for Chamber Orchestra by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at 92NY's inaugural MidSummer Music Fest. |
| May 4 2023 | Premiered his Suite for Chamber Orchestra with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at St Mark's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. |
| 2022 | Danny Elfman composed the theme music for the television series 'Wednesday', collaborating with Chris Bacon. The composition won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music. |
| 2022 | Composed the film score for 'White Noise', directed by Noah Baumbach and produced by Netflix. |
| 2022 | Awarded the Society of Composers & Lyricists Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrating his extensive career in music composition. |
| 2022 | Composed the soundtrack for 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' for Marvel Music and Hollywood Records, featuring themes originally by Michael Giacchino |
| 2022 | Released remix album 'Bigger. Messier.' |
| October 2022 | Expanded Coachella concert for two shows at the Hollywood Bowl during Halloween weekend. |
| August 3 2022 | World premiere of 'Wunderkammer' by National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester |
| July 2022 | His commission Wunderkammer toured the UK, culminating in a performance at London's Royal Albert Hall during the BBC Proms. |
| April 16 2022 | Made Coachella debut with 'Danny Elfman: From Boingo to Batman to Big Mess to Beyond!' concert, featuring film and television music, solo album songs, and Oingo Boingo catalogue arrangements. |
| March 25 2022 | Premiered his Percussion Concerto for Colin Currie at London's Royal Festival Hall with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. |
| March 18 2022 | Premiered his Cello Concerto for Gautier Capuçon with the Vienna Symphony. |
| 2021 | Composed the soundtrack for 'The Woman in the Window', replacing composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross |
| 2021 | Released multiple singles: 'Sorry', 'Love in the Time of COVID', 'Kick Me', 'True', and 'Insects' |
| 2021 | Released album 'Big Mess' through Anti-Records & Epitaph Records |
| November 16 2021 | Disney Branded Television announced Elfman would compose score and songs for the stop-motion animated comedy series 'Rhona Who Lives by the River', with Elfman also serving as executive producer. |
| August 11 2021 | Released a remix of 'True' with lead vocals shared between Elfman and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. |
| 2020 | Scored the 10-minute video 'Joe Biden' which introduced Biden's presidential candidacy nomination at the Democratic National Convention. |
| 2020 | Composed the soundtrack for the film 'Dolittle', released by Back Lot Music |
| 2020 | Released single 'Happy' through Anti-Records & Epitaph Records |
| 2020 | Appeared in Disney+ series 'Prop Culture', in the episode focused on 'Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas'. |
| 2019 | Composed 'Aliens, Clowns & Geeks' with Ego Plum, directed by Richard Elfman. |
| 2019 | Composed music for Tim Burton's 'Dumbo', incorporating themes from the original 1941 animated film. Nominated for Saturn Award for Best Music. |
| 2019 | Created score for 'Men in Black: International', collaborating with Chris Bacon and directed by F. Gary Gray. |
| 2019 | Composed incidental music for the Broadway production of Taylor Mac's Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus. |
| 2019 | Selections from his Midnight Run score were used in the third season of Netflix's Stranger Things, including tracks 'Stairway Chase', 'Wild Ride', and 'Package Deal'. |
| 2019 | Released album 'Eleven Eleven' through Sony Classical, featuring violinist Sandy Cameron, conducted by John Mauceri with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Berlin Philharmonic Piano Quartet |
| 2019 | Featured in Disney+ documentary 'The Imagineering Story', specifically in episode 5 'A Carousel of Progress', discussing his compositions for Hong Kong Disneyland's Mystic Manor. |
| October 31 2019 | Featured in MasterClass online educational series 'Making Music out of Chaos', presenting 21 compositional and career lessons from his four decades of experience. |
| October 10 2019 | Premiered his Percussion Quartet at the Philip Glass Days And Nights Festival in Big Sur, commissioned by Third Coast Percussion. |
| 2018 | Danny Elfman composed music for 'Fifty Shades Freed', directed by James Foley and produced by Universal Pictures. |
| 2018 | Elfman created the score for 'Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot', directed by Gus Van Sant for Amazon Studios. |
| 2018 | Composed music for 'The Grinch', collaborating with Tyler the Creator on a cover of 'You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch'. Nominated for Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production. |
| February 6 2018 | Premiered his Piano Quartet in Lincoln, Nebraska, co-commissioned by the Lied Center for Performing Arts University of Nebraska and the Berlin Philharmonic Piano Quartet. |
| 2017 | Received the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award, further cementing his status in film music. |
| 2017 | Composed tracks for two soundtracks: "Sean", "Christmas", and "Defeated" for Before I Wake, and co-composed the "When We Rise Suite" with Chris Bacon for the When We Rise soundtrack. |
| June 21 2017 | Premiered his first Violin Concerto 'Eleven Eleven' at Smetana Hall in Prague, performed by Sandy Cameron on violin and conducted by John Mauceri with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. |
| 2016 | Scored the 'Making of an Oscar' animation which opened the 88th Academy Awards. |
| 2016 | Last alleged instances of sexual harassment involving Nomi Abadi reported. |
| 2016 | Last alleged instance of sexual harassment by composer Nomi Abadi. |
| 2016 | First commercial release of "Cassandra Aria" and "Cassandra Reprise" in the expanded Scream 2: The Deluxe Edition soundtrack by Varèse Sarabande. |
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