Danny Elfman
- MatchDanny Elfman
- 100%Alan Silvestri
- 96%James Newton Howard
- 94%Michael Giacchino
- 91%James Horner
- 88%John Williams
- 88%John Williams
- 80%Jerry Goldsmith
- 73%Michael Kamen
- 70%Hans Zimmer
- 66%Patrick Doyle
Biography
Daniel Robert Elfman, 29 May 1953, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Elfman quit school in his late teens and with his older brother, Richard Elfman, spent time in France, then moved to West Africa. Back in the USA in the late 70s, he joined rock band Oingo Boingo, led by his brother, and also worked in 1980 on music for Richards 1980 film, Forbidden Zone, in which he also appeared. Attracted to film music, Elfman admired composers Bernard Herrmann, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Nino Rota... Read more