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This article is about the crew member. For the character, see Danny Elfman (character).

Danny Elfman

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Composer Birth date: May 29, 1953 (1953-05-29) (age 71) Status: Active Number of episodes: 774 First short: The Longest Daycare Most recent short: Rogue Not Quite One First episode: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" Most recent episode: "Women in Shorts" Game: The Simpsons Game First album: Songs in the Key of Springfield Latest album: The Simpsons: Testify

Daniel Robert "Danny" Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American film composer, singer, and songwriter. He composed the theme song for the show which has been used in every single episode.

Recordings

His main and continued connection to the show has been his work on the main title, of which he originally recorded back in 1989, as well as a few unspecific cues for the shows library, which were sparingly used in the first two seasons. He also returned to the show to rerecord and rearranged the song for the updated opening for season 2. Since then, he has not worked on another Simpsons recording session, with his new version of the main title being replaced with a new orchestration by Alf Clausen, which is the current recording of the tune.^[1]

Awards

Credits

Theme by

The Simpsons Theme by

Written by

• Album – Songs in the Key of Springfield ("Theme Song")
• Album – Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons ("Theme Song")
• Album – The Simpsons: Testify ("Theme Song")

Hans Zimmer would like to thank

• Album – The Simpsons Movie: The Music

References

External links

• Danny Elfman at the Internet Movie Database
• Danny Elfman at Wikipedia
• Danny Elfman at MobyGames