Danny Elfman

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) Status: Active Number of episodes: 765 First episode: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" Most recent episode: "Cremains of the Day" Game: The Simpsons Game

Daniel Robert "Danny" Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American composer. 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.

Credits

The Simpsons Theme Written by

• Video game – The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants
• Video game – The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World
• Video game – The Simpsons: Bart's House of Weirdness
• Video game – Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly
• Video game – The Simpsons Cartoon Studio
• Video game – The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield
• Video game – The Simpsons Bowling
• Video game – The Simpsons Wrestling
• Video game – The Simpsons Road Rage
• Video game – The Simpsons Skateboarding
• Video game – The Simpsons: Hit & Run
• Video game – The Simpsons Game

External links

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

References

Music crew

Composers Ryeland Allison • Ryan Baer • Lorne Balfe • Marc Baril • Jim Beanz • Belle and Sebastian • Michele Bertoldi • Bleeding Fingers Music • Sylvain Chomet • Alf Clausen • Scott Clausen • Jemaine Clement • Ray Colcord • The Decemberists • Jack Dolgen • James Dooley • Clay Duncan • Ryan Elder • Danny Elfman • Mark Ganus • Michael Giacchino • Mick Giacchino • Richard Gibbs • Norio Hanzawa • James Hebdon • Henry Jackman • Brian Langsbard • Ruggero Leoncavallo • Michael A. Levine • Alex Mauer • Maureen McElheron • Bret McKenzie • Mark Mothersbaugh • John E. Nordstrom • Eric Nunamaker • Laurence O'Keefe • Atli Örvarsson • Gregory Prechel • Kira Randolph • Arthur B. Rubinstein • Allen Simpson • Stephen Sondheim • Jon Spurney • Matthew Sweet • Asa Taccone • Kara Talve • Kingsley Thurber • Jeffrey Townsend • Christopher Tyng • Patrick Williams • Davin Wood • Hans Zimmer Music editors Bob Beecher • Stan Jones • Chris Ledesma • Daniel Pinder • Ryan Rubin • Jake Schaefer • Erich Stratmann • Derek Syverud • Tom Trafalski Music engineers Bryant Arnett • Thomas Broderick • Mark Chalecki • Richard Cottrell • Guy DeFazio • Robert Gatley • Paul Grupp • Mick Guzauski • Richard Joseph • Jesse Kanner • Acar S. Key • Judy Kirschner • Tod Lemkuhl • Bryan Loren • Scott Mabuchi • Tony Maserati • John Moyer • Ernie Rose • Pete Oso Snell • Geoff Sykes • Greg Vines • Matt Ward Music producers Bob Beecher • John Boylan • James L. Brooks • George Clinton • Robert Clivillés • David Cole • Oliver Davis • David Dorn • Derek Dressler • Russell Emanuel • Robert L. Emmer • Alan Friedman • Greg Haver • DJ Jazzy Jeff • Steve Kofsky • Chris Ledesma • Bryan Loren • Mickey Petralia • Steven Schnur • Gary Stewart • Jai Winding • Hans Zimmer Orchestrators Steve Bartek • Alf Clausen • Scott Clausen • Tim Davies • Brad Dechter • Elizabeth Finch • Bruce Fowler • Walt Fowler • Dell Hake • Andrew Kinney • Ken Kugler • Suzette Moriarty • Dana Niu • Gregory Prechel • Larry Rench • Brandon Roberts • Geoff Stradling • Marcus Trumpp Singers and vocalists Lisa Angelle • Kaylee Arellano • Baha Men • George Balmeseda • Tony Battaglia • Peter Beckett • Gerry Beckley • Josh Bedlion • Karen Bernod • Ben Bledsoe • Eric Bradley • Alexandra Brown • Jackson Browne • Rosemary Butler • Amick Byram • David Byrne • Marie Cain • James Campbell • Mark Campbell • Elin Carlson • Carmen Carter • Dawn Halloran Charouhas • Emily Charouhas • Patty Chayefsky • Alvin Chea • Alf Clausen • John Coggins • Deborah Cooper • Randy Crenshaw • J.C. 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Chapman • Chuck Choi • Al Clay • Victor Cooke • Sandy De Crescent • Carol Farhat • Nick Glennie-Smith • Kevin Globerman • Leslie Ann Jones • Juliani Music • Chris King • Paul Klingberg • Mike Knobloch • Robert Kraft • Julie Last • Dan Light • Mike Long • Matthew Margeson • George Massenburg • Alan Meyerson • Michael John Mollo • Rebecca Morellato • Blake Neely • Christina Paakkari • Francesco Perlangeli • Jacquie Perryman • Rick Riccio • Peter Rotter • Mike Rubin • Czarina Russell • Jacob Shea • Scott Michael Smith • Sonic Fuel Studios • Noah Sorota • Brian Sperber • Tom Steel • Armin Steiner • Patricia Sullivan • Brett Swain • Dolph Taylor • Mark Wherry • Booker White • Andrew Zack