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Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American film composer, singer, songwriter, and musician. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter for the new wave band Oingo Boingo in the early 1980s. Since scoring his first studio film in 1985, Elfman has garnered international recognition for composing over 100 feature film scores, as well as compositions for television, stage productions, and the concert hall. Elfman has frequently worked with directors Tim Burton, Sam Raimi, and Gus Van Sant, contributing music to nearly 20 Burton projects, including Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Mars Attacks!, Sleepy Hollow, Big Fish, and Alice in Wonderland, as well as scoring Raimi's Darkman, A Simple Plan, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Oz the Great and Powerful, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Van Sant's Academy Award-winning films Good Will Hunting and Milk. He wrote music for all of the Men in Black and Fifty Shades of Grey franchise films, the songs and score for Henry Selick's animated musical The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the themes for the popular television series Desperate Housewives and The Simpsons. Among his honours are four Oscar nominations, three Emmy Awards, a Grammy, seven Saturn Awards for Best Music, the 2002 Richard Kirk Award, the 2015 Disney Legend Award, the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award in 2017, and the Society of Composers & Lyricists Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danny Elfman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Danny Elfman
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In the year 2039, Gotham City has been plunged into a dark and dystopian future, where technology and crime intertwine in a deadly dance. Bruce Wayne, the aging Dark Knight (played by Michael Keaton), has led a life of struggle and sacrifice as Batman, but the passage of time has taken its toll. Haunted by the ghosts of his past and wounds that have not healed, Wayne has retired from crime fighting, leaving behind the cape and the symbol. In the middle of the darkness, a young and reckless criminal named Terry McGinnis crosses Bruce's path. Driven by personal circumstances and a sense of justice, Terry discovers the true identity of Bruce Wayne and unearths the legendary history of Batman. Convinced that Gotham needs a new protector, Terry convinces Wayne to train him as his successor. However, this relationship is not without friction: the cynical and worn-out Wayne is skeptical of returning to the fight and confronted with his own legacy. Together, veteran Bruce Wayne and fledgling Terry McGinnis will forge an unlikely alliance, exploring the complexity of crime in the 21st century while battling technologically advanced enemies. However, a dark and enigmatic adversary known as "The Controller" emerges from the shadows, threatening to plunge Gotham into eternal night.
