Danny Elfman Quotes

A collection of quotes by Danny Elfman.

Danny Elfman is an American composer, singer, and songwriter, born on May 29, 1953. He is best known for his collaborations with director Tim Burton, composing the scores for films like "Batman," "Edward Scissorhands," and "The Nightmare Before Christmas." Elfman was also the lead singer and songwriter for the band Oingo Boingo. With his distinctive style and versatility, he has become one of the most celebrated film composers of his generation.

It's hard to get a film, you know, you need a very special f

It's hard to get a film, you know, you need a very special film to be able to get that experimental. But, I would love to see that happen. I would love the opportunity to be more experimental than I am.

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There's kind of a cool feel that happens every now and then.

There's kind of a cool feel that happens every now and then. I guess that feel is the thing that makes the score its own score. But, I don't know exactly what that is. So, it's hard for me to answer that question.

I had to do this very aggressive, big score in a very short

I had to do this very aggressive, big score in a very short time, and knowing that in the beginning, middle, and end would be this very, very famous theme, but I still had to weave a score around it and make it work as a score was really challenging.

The beauty of a main title is that you establish your main t

The beauty of a main title is that you establish your main theme and maybe a bit of your secondary theme. You plant the seed that you're going to go water later in the score. And so, having that removed just made it so much more difficult.