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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 31 quotes by Danny Elfman Daniel Robert "Danny" Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American composer, record producer, and actor. He is known as the lead singer and songwriter for the rock band Oingo Boingo, from 1976 to 1995 and later for scoring music for television and film and creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the 1989 Batman movie theme. He has scored the majority of his long-time friend Tim Burton's movies. Elfman re-entered the film industry in 1976,... Read full biography of Danny Elfman → 1 2 3 Ctrl → I think that's one of the things that has always put me in kind of an odd niche. It's that all of my understanding of orchestral music is via... → 0 In some types of music I'm working out all the chords one bar at a time - the whole structure, because it's about that. And there are other... → 0 I like creating these rhythmic patterns. These interlocking rhythmic things are really fun. 0 So, it becomes an exercise in futility if you write something that does not express the film as the director wishes. It's still their ball game.... → 0 I don't see myself necessarily having a burning desire to write a symphony. 0 I'm trying to interpret the film through the director's head, but it all comes out through me. So, a composer is kind of like a psychic... → 0 In Tim's films, more than most, if you miss the tone, you don't get the film. 0 It sounds really stupid, I hate making cosmic comments like this but, I just let it do what it wants to do. 0 I can't get that live and I don't have the time to take the tape, after I've finished recording it, into a little studio somewhere else... → 0 I would have to say I might do some stuff, but it's the film that's appealing. I was raised on film. My musical experience is all via film... → 0 I'll just start laying out the melody exactly where I want it to fall. And then I'll go back and fill it out. Whereas, in other pieces... → 0 I'll look back and I'd be better to answer that in about three months from now. Or when the movie comes out and I see it. I don't even... → 0 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... → 0 1 2 3 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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