Year

Film

Role/Directed by

Notes

1977

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Yri drummer

Also featured Richard Elfman

Hot Tomorrows

Singer

Directed by Martin Brest

1981

Urgh! A Music War Himself

Part of Oingo Boingo

1982

Forbidden Zone

Satan

Directed by Richard Elfman

1984

Good Morning, Mr. Himself Orwell

Part of Oingo Boingo

1985

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Tim Burton

Original soundtrack released as part of the Elfman/Burton box set

1986

Back to School

Himself

Part of Oingo Boingo Original soundtrack released as part of the Elfman/Burton box set

Summer School

Carl Reiner

Soundtrack (includes one Elfman song; no score)

1987 Wisdom

Emilio Estevez,Robert Wise

Soundtrack released by Varse Sarabande

Beetlejuice 1988 Midnight Run

Tim Burton

Soundtrack

Martin Brest

Soundtrack released by MCA

Year

Film

Role/Directed by

Notes

Big Top Pee-wee

Randal Kleiser

Soundtrack (including dialogue) released by Arista, reissued by PEG

Hot to Trot

Michael Dinner

Suite included on Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1

Scrooged

Richard Donner

Suite included on Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1; complete score released by La-La Land Records

Batman 1989

Tim Burton

Soundtrack (re-released with complete score from La-La Land Records); Nominated for32nd Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

Nightbreed

Clive Barker

Soundtrack released by MCA

Dick Tracy

Warren Beatty

Soundtrack; Nominated for 33rd Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television

1990

Darkman

Sam Raimi

Soundtrack

Edward Scissorhands

Tim Burton

Soundtrack; Nominated for 34th Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television

Article 99 1992 Batman Returns

Howard Deutch

Soundtrack released by Varse Sarabande

Tim Burton

Soundtrack released by Warner Bros. Records; rereleased with complete score from La-La Land Records

Year

Film

Role/Directed by

Notes

Sommersby

Jon Amiel

Soundtrack released by Elektra

1993

Army of Darkness

Sam Raimi

"March of the Dead" theme by Danny Elfman, rest of the score by Joseph LoDuca

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Tim Burton

Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records

1994

Black Beauty

Caroline Thompson

Soundtrack

Dolores Claiborne

Taylor Hackford

Soundtrack released by Varse Sarabande

1995

Dead Presidents

Albert Hughes,Allen Hughes

Soundtrack (one Elfman track; suite also included on Music for a Darkened Theatre Vol. 2)

To Die For

Gus Van Sant

Soundtrack released by Varse Sarabande (score + songs)

Mission: Impossible

Brian De Palma

Soundtrack (songs + three brief Elfman suites); Score album

The Frighteners 1996 Freeway

Peter Jackson

Soundtrack

Matthew Bright

Suite included on Music for a Darkened Theatre Vol. 2

Extreme Measures Michael Apted

Soundtrack released by Varse Sarabande

Year

Film

Role/Directed by

Notes

Mars Attacks!

Tim Burton

Soundtrack released by Atlantic; expanded edition released by La-La Land Records

Men in Black

Barry Sonnenfeld

Soundtrack (two Elfman cues); Score album; Nominated for 70th Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score & for 40th Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television

1997 Flubber Les Mayfield Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records

Good Will Hunting Gus Van Sant

Soundtrack (two Elfman cues); Nominated for 70th Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score

A Simple Plan 1998 A Civil Action

Sam Raimi

Soundtrack released by Compass III

Steven Zaillian

Soundtrack

Instinct

Jon Turteltaub

Soundtrack

1999

Anywhere But Here

Wayne Wang

Soundtrack released by Atlantic (includes one score suite)

Sleepy Hollow

Tim Burton

Soundtrack released by Hollywood Records

Proof of Life 2000 The Gift

Taylor Hackford

Soundtrack released by Varse Sarabande

Sam Raimi

Cameo appearance

Year

Film

Role/Directed by

Notes

The Family Man

Brett Ratner

Soundtrack released by Sire Records (two Elfman cues)

2001

Planet of the Apes Tim Burton

Soundtrack released by SME; complete score released by La-La Land

Spider-Man

Sam Raimi

Score album; Song album; Nominated for 45th Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

2002

Men in Black II

Barry Sonnenfeld

Soundtrack released by Columbia Records

Red Dragon

Brett Ratner

Soundtrack released by Decca Records

Chicago

Rob Marshall

Soundtrack (two Elfman tracks)

Hulk

Ang Lee

Soundtrack released by Columbia Records

2003 Big Fish Tim Burton

Soundtrack; Nominated for 76th Academy Award for Best Original Score, for 61st Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score & for 47th Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

2004

Spider-Man 2

Sam Raimi

Soundtrack; Score album

2005

Charlie and the Tim Burton Chocolate Factory

Soundtrack; Nominated for 48th Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (Wonka's Welcome Song)

Year

Film

Role/Directed by

Notes

Corpse Bride

Tim Burton

Soundtrack

Deep Sea 3D

Howard Hall

Serenada Schizophrana

2006

Nacho Libre

Jared Hess

Soundtrack (score suite)

Charlotte's Web

Gary Winick

Soundtrack

Meet the Robinsons 2007 The Kingdom

Stephen Anderson Soundtrack

Peter Berg

Soundtrack released by Varse Sarabande

Standard Operating Procedure

Errol Morris

Soundtrack

Wanted

Timur Bekmambetov

Soundtrack

2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army Guillermo del Toro Soundtrack released by Varse Sarabande

Milk

Gus Van Sant

Soundtrack released by Decca Records; Nominated for 81st Academy Award for Best Original Score & for 52nd Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

Year

Film

Role/Directed by

Notes

2009

9 (2009 film)

Composer

Directed by Shane Acker

Notorious

George Tillman, Jr. Soundtrack (one Elfman track)

2009

Terminator Salvation

McG

Soundtrack released by Warner Bros. Records

Taking Woodstock Ang Lee

Song soundtrack on Rhino Records with four Elfman cues; score album on La-La Land Records

The Wolfman

Joe Johnston

Soundtrack released by Varse Sarabande

2010

Alice in Wonderland

Tim Burton

Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records; Nominated for 68th Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score & for 53rd Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

The Next Three Days

Paul Haggis

Soundtrack released by Lionsgate

Restless 2011 Real Steel

Gus Van Sant

Shawn Levy

Song album on Interscope with one Elfman cut; score album released by Varse Sarabande

2012

Dark Shadows

Tim Burton

Song album with two Elfman cuts and score album released by WaterTower Music

Year

Film

Role/Directed by

Notes

Men in Black 3

Barry Sonnenfeld

Soundtrack released by Sony Classical

Frankenweenie

Tim Burton

Soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records

Silver Linings Playbook

David O. Russell

Song album with two Elfman cuts and score album released by Sony Classical

Hitchcock

Sacha Gervasi

Soundtrack released by Sony Masterworks

Promised Land

Gus Van Sant

Oz, The Great and Sam Raimi Powerful 2013 Epic Chris Wedge

Soundtrack

Soundtrack

2014

Deep

Shane Acker

Soundtrack and produced by Tim Burton released by Focus Features