Danny Elfman discography

Select commercially released recordings of Danny Elfman's music for film, television, stage and the concert hall. For a full list of Elfman's compositions, see List of compositions by Danny Elfman. For Elfman's recordings as lead singer/songwriter for Oingo Boingo, see the Oingo Boingo discography page.

Solo releases

Release Date	Album	Type	Label	Notes
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rowspan="1" \| 1984	Gratitude{{Cite web\|url=https://www.discogs.com/Danny-Elfman-Gratitude/master/84677\|title = Danny Elfman - Gratitude\|website = Discogs}}	Single	MCA Records
rowspan="1" \| 1984	So-Lo	Album	MCA Records	Often retrospectively attributed to Oingo Boingo.
rowspan="1" \| 2006	Serenada Schizophrana	Album	Sony Classical	First classical work. Commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra, which premiered the piece in 2005. Album features John Mauceri conducting the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra.
rowspan="1" \| 2019	Eleven Eleven	Album	Sony Classical	Featuring violinist Sandy Cameron with John Mauceri conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and the Berlin Philharmonic Piano Quartet
rowspan="1" \| 2020	Happy	Single	Anti-Records & Epitaph Records
2021 \|Sorry{{Cite magazine\|last=Grow\|first=Kory\|date=2021-01-11\|title=See Danny Elfman's Creepy Video for Self-Described 'Alien Orchestral Chamber Punk' Song 'Sorry'\|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/see-danny-elfmans-creepy-video-for-self-described-alien-orchestral-chamber-punk-song-sorry-1112539/\|access-date=2021-04-06\|magazine=Rolling Stone\|language=en-US}} \|Single \| \|
2021 \|Love in the Time of COVID{{Cite magazine\|last=Shaffer\|first=Claire\|date=2021-02-11\|title=Danny Elfman Releases Lockdown-Themed Video for 'Love in the Time of Covid'\|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/danny-elfman-love-in-the-time-of-covid-1127102/\|access-date=2021-04-06\|magazine=Rolling Stone\|language=en-US}} \|Single \| \|
2021 \|Kick Me{{Cite magazine\|last=Kreps\|first=Daniel\|date=2021-03-11\|title=See Danny Elfman's Frenzied 'Kick Me' Video\|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/danny-elfman-kick-me-video-1140027/\|access-date=2021-04-06\|magazine=Rolling Stone\|language=en-US}} \|Single \| \|
2021 \|True \|Single \| \|
2021 \|Insects{{Cite web\|last=Doria\|first=Matt\|date=2021-05-26\|title=Danny Elfman drops video for new version of Oingo Boingo's 'Insects'\|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/danny-elfman-drops-video-for-new-version-of-oingo-boingos-insects-2948762\|access-date=2021-05-30\|website=NME\|language=en-US}} \|Single \| \|
rowspan="1" \| 2021	Big Mess{{Cite web\|last=Moore\|first=Sam\|date=2021-04-12\|title=Danny Elfman announces 'Big Mess', his first new solo album in 37 years \|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/danny-elfman-announces-big-mess-his-first-new-solo-album-in-37-years-2918900\|access-date=2021-04-06\|website=NME\|language=en-US}}	Album	Anti-Records & Epitaph Records
2022 \|Bigger. Messier. \|Remixes \| \|

Original scores

=1980s and 1990s=

Release Date	Album	Type	Label	Notes
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1983	Forbidden Zone	Soundtrack	Varèse Sarabande
rowspan="2" \| 1986	Pee-wee's Big Adventure/Back to School	Re-recording	Varèse Sarabande	Album features re-recordings of Elfman's scores for 1985's Pee-wee's Big Adventure and 1986's Back to School The original recording of Pee-wee's Big Adventure was unavailable until the 2011 release of the Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box Elfman appears in Back to School as lead singer of Oingo Boingo performing the song "Dead Man's Party", which appears on the MCA song soundtrackBuck, David. [https://tedium.co/2018/03/14/oingo-boingo-pop-culture-appearances/ "Mystic Knights of the Movie Soundtrack"], Tedium, March 14, 2018.
Wisdom	Soundtrack	Varèse Sarabande
1987	Summer School	Soundtrack	Chrysalis Records	Though this remains Elfman's only completely unreleased film score to date, he wrote and performed the pop tune "Happy", which appears on film's song soundtrack
rowspan="4" \| 1988	Beetlejuice	Soundtrack	Geffen Records
Midnight Run	Soundtrack	MCA
Big Top Pee-wee	Soundtrack	Arista	The original soundtrack release including dialogue was reissued by PEG An expanded album without dialogue was released by La-La Land Records in 2014
Scrooged	Score
1989	Batman	Score	Warner Bros. Records	Won Elfman's only Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Re-released with complete remastered score by La-La Land Records in 2010
rowspan="5" \| 1990	Nightbreed	Soundtrack	MCA
Dick Tracy	Score	Sire Records	Nominated for 33rd Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television Complete score was remastered and released by Intrada Records in 2016
Darkman	Soundtrack	MCA	In 2020, La-La Land Records issued a 2-CD album with the 1990 soundtrack album on CD 1, and an expanded score presentation on CD 2.
Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1	Compilation	MCA
Edward Scissorhands	Soundtrack	MCA	Nominated for 34th Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television Complete expanded and remastered score released by Intrada Records in 2015
rowspan="2" \|1992	Article 99	Soundtrack	Varèse Sarabande
Batman Returns	Soundtrack	Warner Bros. Records	Expanded, remastered score released from La-La Land Records in 2010
rowspan="2" \| 1993	Sommersby	Soundtrack	Elektra
{{sortname\|The\|Nightmare Before Christmas}}	Soundtrack	Walt Disney Records	Re-released in 2006 with an additional disc featuring covers by Marilyn Manson, Fiona Apple, Fall Out Boy and Panic! at the Disco, as well as several of Elfman's original song demos Elfman's first score for an animated film.
1994	Black Beauty	Soundtrack	Giant	Expanded edition released by La-La Land Records in 2013
rowspan="3" \| 1995	Dolores Claiborne	Soundtrack	Varèse Sarabande	Expanded edition from the label in 2020.
Dead Presidents	Soundtrack	Capitol Records	With one Elfman track: "Dead President's Theme" Score remains unreleased except for a suite included on Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2
To Die For	Soundtrack	Varèse Sarabande
rowspan="6" \| 1996 \| rowspan="2" \| Mission: Impossible \| Soundtrack	Phillips	With three Elfman tracks: "Impossible Mission", "Claire" and "Trouble"
Score	Point Music	Expanded and remastered score released by La-La Land Records in 2019
Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2	Compilation	MCA
{{sortname\|The\|Frighteners}}	Soundtrack	MCA
Extreme Measures	Soundtrack	Varèse Sarabande
Mars Attacks!	Soundtrack	Atlantic	First Elfman score to receive an expanded edition, released in 2009 by La-La Land Records
rowspan="5" \|1997 \| rowspan="2" \| Men in Black \| Soundtrack	Sony Music	With two Elfman tracks: "M.I.B. Main Theme" and "M.I.B. Closing Theme"
Score	Columbia Records	\| Nominated for 70th Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score, and for 40th Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
Flubber	Soundtrack	Walt Disney Records
rowspan="2" \| Good Will Hunting \| Soundtrack with two Elfman tracks	Capitol Records
Score	Music Box Records	Nominated for 70th Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
rowspan="2" \| 1998	{{sortname\|A\|Simple Plan\|dab=film}}	Soundtrack	Compass III
A Civil Action	Soundtrack	Hollywood Records
rowspan="3" \| 1999	Instinct	Soundtrack	Varèse Sarabande
Anywhere but Here	Soundtrack	Atlantic	With one Elfman track: "Anywhere But Here Score Suite"
Sleepy Hollow	Soundtrack	Hollywood Records	In 2021 Intrada Records issued a 3-CD set featuring the full score and the soundtrack album remastered.

=2000s=

Release Date	Album	Type	Label	Notes
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rowspan="1" \|2000 \|The Family Man \|Soundtrack \| \|
rowspan="1" \| 2000	Proof of Life	Soundtrack	Varèse Sarabande
rowspan="1" \| 2001	Planet of the Apes	Soundtrack	Sony Music	Complete score released by La-La Land Records in 2012
rowspan="6" \| 2002 \| rowspan="2" \| Spider-Man \| Soundtrack	Columbia Records	With two Elfman tracks: "Main Titles" and "Farewell"
Score	Sony Music Soundtrax	Nominated for 45th Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Men in Black II	Soundtrack	Columbia Records
Red Dragon	Soundtrack	Decca Records
Chicago	Soundtrack	Sony Legacy	With two Elfman tracks: "After Midnight" and "Roxie’s Suite"
Starz	Channel Rebrand Soundtrack
rowspan="2" \| 2003	Hulk	Soundtrack	Decca Records
Big Fish	Soundtrack	Sony Classical \|Nominated for 76th Academy Award for Best Original Score; for 61st Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, and for 47th Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
rowspan="2" \| 2004 \| rowspan="2" \| Spider-Man 2 \| Soundtrack	Columbia Records	With two Elfman tracks: "Spidey Suite" and "Doc Ock Suite"
Score	Sony Masterworks
rowspan="2" \| 2005	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Soundtrack	Abbey Road Studios \|Nominated for 48th Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (Wonka's Welcome Song)
Corpse Bride	Soundtrack	Warner Bros. Records
rowspan="2" \| 2006	Nacho Libre	Soundtrack	Lakeshore Records	With one Elfman track: "Ramses Suite"
Charlotte's Web	Soundtrack	Sony Classical
rowspan="2" \| 2007	Meet the Robinsons	Soundtrack	Columbia Records
{{sortname\|The\|Kingdom\|dab=2007 film}}	Soundtrack	Varèse Sarabande
rowspan="4" \| 2008	Standard Operating Procedure	Soundtrack	Varèse Sarabande
Wanted	Soundtrack	Lakeshore Records
Hellboy II: The Golden Army	Soundtrack	Varèse Sarabande
Milk	Soundtrack	Decca Records \|Nominated for 81st Academy Award for Best Original Score, and for 52nd Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
rowspan="4" \| 2009	Notorious	Soundtrack	Universal Music Group	With one Elfman track: "The Notorious Theme"
Terminator Salvation	Soundtrack	Warner Bros. Records
rowspan="2" \| Taking Woodstock \| Soundtrack	Rhino Records	With four Elfman tracks: "Taking Woodstock Titles", Elliot's Place, "Happening (Office #2)" and "Perspective Extended"
Score	La-La Land Records

=2010s=

Release Date	Album	Type	Label	Notes
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rowspan="3" \| 2010	{{sortname\|The\|Wolfman\|dab=2010 film}}	Soundtrack	Varèse Sarabande
Alice in Wonderland	Soundtrack	Walt Disney Records \|Nominated for 68th Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, and for 53rd Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
{{sortname\|The\|Next Three Days}}	Soundtrack	Lionsgate
rowspan="6" \| 2011 \| Restless	Soundtrack	La-La Land Records
Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box	Compilation	Warner Records	17-disc box set of expanded and remastered presentations of the scores Elfman wrote for 13 of Tim Burton's films from 1985 to 2010, as well as music from television and special projects.Weintraub, Steve. [https://collider.com/the-danny-elfman-tim-burton-25-anniversary-music-box-set/ "WB Announces the Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box; 16 CD Limited Edition That You Must See!], Collider, October 1, 2010 Accompanied by a 263-page illustrated book chronicling the creative partnership between Elfman and Burton, the set included much previously unreleased music, and marked the first time the score to Elfman's first film Pee-wee's Big Adventure was made available.
rowspan="2" \| Real Steel \| Soundtrack	Interscope	With one Elfman track: "Kenton"
Score	Varèse Sarabande
Iris	Soundtrack	Cirque Du Soleil Musique
Scrooged	Score	La-La-Land Records	The full score for this 1988 film remained unavailable until this La-La Land's 2011 release,{{cite web \|url=https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/scrooged.html \|title=Editorial Reviews: Scrooged \|author= \|date=n.d. \|website=FilmTracks.com \|publisher=Filmtracks Publications \|access-date=October 10, 2019 \|quote=In 2011, La-La Land Records finally released Scrooged properly, including the half hour of finished original score and nearly twenty minutes of the extensive traditional and classical material recorded (but not frequently used) for the picture.}} though a short suite of music was included on the 1990 compilation Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol 1
rowspan="8" \| 2012 \| rowspan="2" \| Dark Shadows \| Soundtrack	Sony Music	With two Elfman tracks: "Dark Shadows – Prologue" and "The End?"
Score	WaterTower Music
Men in Black 3	Soundtrack	Sony Classical
Frankenweenie	Soundtrack	Walt Disney Records
rowspan="2" \| Silver Linings Playbook \| Soundtrack	Sony Classical	With two Elfman tracks: "Silver Lining Titles" and "Walking Home"
Score	Sony Music
Hitchcock	Soundtrack	Sony Masterworks
Promised Land	Soundtrack	Relativity Music Group
rowspan="3" \| 2013	Oz the Great and Powerful	Soundtrack	Walt Disney Records
Epic	Soundtrack	Columbia Records
American Hustle	Soundtrack	Madison Gate Records	With one Elfman track: "Irving Montage"
rowspan="3" \| 2014	Mr. Peabody & Sherman	Soundtrack	Relativity Music Group	Replaced Alan Silvestri
The Unknown Known	Soundtrack	La La Land Records
Big Eyes	Soundtrack	Interscope	With six Elfman tracks: "Opening", "Who's the Artist?", "Margaret", "Walter", "Victory" and "End Credits"
rowspan="5" \| 2015 \| The End of the Tour	Soundtrack	Lakeshore Records
rowspan="2" \| Fifty Shades of Grey \| Soundtrack	Republic Records	With two Elfman tracks: "Ana and Christian" and "Did That Hurt?"
Score	Republic Records	Additional music by David Buckley {{cite web \|url=http://davidbuckleymusic.com/credits/ \|title=David Buckley: Credits \|author= \|date=n.d. \|website=DavidBuckleyMusic.com \|publisher=Firefly Music \|access-date=September 27, 2019}}
Avengers: Age of Ultron	Soundtrack	Hollywood Records	With music of co-composer Brian Tyler Themes by Alan Silvestri
Goosebumps	Soundtrack	Sony Classical
rowspan="3" \| 2016 \| Alice Through the Looking Glass	Soundtrack	Walt Disney Records
Rabbit & Rogue	Soundtrack	Sony Classical	Composed for the ballet Rabbit and Rogue choreographed by Twyla Tharp in 2008 for the American Ballet Theatre
The Girl on the Train	Soundtrack	Sony Classical
rowspan="5" \| 2017 \| Tulip Fever	Soundtrack	Sony Classical
rowspan="2" \| Fifty Shades Darker \| Soundtrack	Republic Records	With two Elfman tracks: "On His Knees" and "Making It Real"
Score	Back Lot Music	Additional music by David Buckley
The Circle	Soundtrack	Sony Classical
Justice League	Soundtrack	WaterTower Music	Replaced Tom Holkenborg
rowspan="5"\| 2018 \| rowspan="2" \|Fifty Shades Freed \| Soundtrack	Republic Records	With two tracks by Elfman: "Freed" and "Seeing Red"
Score	Back Lot Music	Additional music by David Buckley
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot	Soundtrack	Sony Classical
rowspan="2" \| The Grinch \| Soundtrack	Columbia Records	With two Elfman tracks: "A Wonderful Awful Idea" and "Stealing Christmas"
Score	Columbia Records
rowspan="2" \| 2019 \| Dumbo	Soundtrack	Walt Disney Records
Men in Black: International	Soundtrack	Columbia Records	Co-composed with Chris Bacon{{cite magazine \|last=Kaufman \|first=Gil \|date=June 6, 2019 \|title=Danny Elfman on Composing Score for 'Men in Black: International': 'I Get to Visit a World I Love' \|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/movies/8514821/danny-elfman-talks-score-men-in-black-international \|magazine=Billboard \|access-date=October 11, 2019 \|quote=Working with co-composer Chris Bacon, Elfman says he stuck to his trusty playbook when it comes to return trips to previously explored cinematic universes. }}

=2020s=

Release Date	Album	Type	Label	Notes
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rowspan="1" \| 2020	Dolittle	Soundtrack	Back Lot Music
rowspan="1" \| 2021	The Woman in the Window	Soundtrack		Replaced Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
rowspan="1" \| 2022	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	Soundtrack	Hollywood Records Marvel Music	Themes by Michael Giacchino
rowspan="1" \| 2024	Beetlejuice Beetlejuice	Soundtrack	WaterTower Music	{{Cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/beetlejuice-2-danny-elfman-on-sequel-wednesday-score-in-concert-1235355363/\|title=Danny Elfman Talks "Very Exciting" Return For 'Beetlejuice' Sequel, Drive To Perform 'Wednesday' Music In Concert\|website=Deadline\|first=Matt\|last=Grobar\|date=May 3, 2023\|access-date=May 24, 2023}}
rowspan="1" \| 2026	Send Help	Soundtrack	TBA

Other

Albums that include themes or music written by Elfman where he did not compose the full score:

Release Date	Album	Type	Label	Tracks composed by Elfman
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1984	Bachelor Party	Soundtrack	I.R.S. Records	"Bachelor Party" and "Something Isn't Right" with Oingo Boingo{{cite web \|url=https://tedium.co/2018/03/14/oingo-boingo-pop-culture-appearances/ \|title=Mystic Knights of the Movie Soundtrack \|last=Buck \|first=David \|date=March 14, 2019 \|website=Tedium \|access-date=October 8, 2019 \|quote=Bachelor Party... has not one, but two (possibly three) Boingo songs. The title track—written and performed by Oingo Boingo specifically for the film—recaps the plot in the band’s inimitable style. “Something Isn’t Right” is an earlier song that only saw a release with this soundtrack album.}}
1985	Weird Science	Soundtrack	MCA Records	"Weird Science" title song with Oingo Boingo{{cite web\|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/danny-elfman-oingo-boingo-film-scores-and-beatles--210856\|title=Danny Elfman on Oingo Boingo, film scores, and the Beatles almost ruining Batman\|date=October 27, 2014\|author=Sean O'Neal\|publisher=AV Music\|accessdate=May 13, 2017}}
1991	Pure Luck	Soundtrack	Varèse Sarabande	"Main Title" and "We Found Her"
rowspan="2" \| 1992	Tales from the Crypt	Soundtrack	Big Screen Records	"Tales from the Crypt (Main Title)"
Army of Darkness	Soundtrack	Varèse Sarabande	"March of the Dead"
1994	Shrunken Heads	Soundtrack	Full Moon Records	"Main Title"
1997	Songs in the Key of Springfield	Compilation	Rhino Records	"The Simpsons Theme"
1998	Psycho	Soundtrack	Geffen Records	"Intro", based on themes by Bernard Herrmann{{cite web \|url=https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/psycho98.html \|title=Review: Psycho (1998) (Bernard Herrmann/Danny Elfman/Steve Bartek) \|author= \|date=November 27, 2009 \|website=FilmTracks \|access-date=October 7, 2019 \|quote=So loyal is Elfman (and cohort Steve Bartek) to Herrmann's original intent that he succeeded better than anyone else at re-recording the work.}}
rowspan="3" \| 2001	Heartbreakers	Soundtrack	RCA Victor	"Heart Breakers Suite 1 & 2", with music by John Debney
Spy Kids	Soundtrack	Chapter III Records	"My Parents Are Spies", "Buddy Pack Escape", "Floop's Song (Cruel World)" and "Sneaking Around Machetes"{{cite web \|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Spy-Kids-Music-From-The-Dimension-Motion-Picture/release/12425926 \|title=Various – Spy Kids • Music From The Dimension Motion Picture \|author= \|date=n.d. \|website=Discogs \|access-date=October 8, 2019 }}
Novocaine	Soundtrack	TVT Soundtrax	"Main Titles" and "I Wish"
2005	Music from and Inspired by Desperate Housewives	Compilation	Hollywood Records	"Desperate Housewives Theme"
2008	Batman: The Animated Series	Soundtrack	La-La Land Records	"Main Title" and "End Title"
2009	9	Soundtrack	E1 Music	Themes only. Score composed by Deborah Lurie.
2016	Scream 2: The Deluxe Edition	Soundtrack	Varèse Sarabande	Expanded score album for this 1997 film contained the first commercial release of Elfman's "Cassandra Aria" and "Cassandra Reprise"{{cite web \|url=https://www.varesesarabande.com/products/scream-2-the-deluxe-edition \|title=Scream 2: The Deluxe Edition \|author= \|date=n.d. \|website=varesesarabande.com \|publisher=Varèse Sarabande \|access-date=March 1, 2020}}
rowspan="2" \| 2017	Before I Wake	Soundtrack	Varèse Sarabande	"Sean", "Christmas" and "Defeated"
When We Rise	Soundtrack	Hollywood Records	"When We Rise Suite", co-composed with Chris Bacon{{cite web \|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2017/02/09/soundtrack-album-for-abcs-when-we-rise-announced/ \|title=Soundtrack Album for ABC's 'When We Rise' Announced \|author= \|date=February 9, 2017 \|website=Film Music Reporter \|access-date=September 27, 2019}}

References

Elfman, Danny

Discography

Elfman, Danny