Danny Elfman’s Net Worth

Danny Elfman’s Net Worth?

Daniel Robert Elfman, prominently known as “Danny” Elfman in front of an audience, is an American writer, maker, and entertainer with a $50 million dollar fortune. He is renowned for having written some of the most well-known songs in American film, such as the main titles themes for hugely successful shows like “The Simpsons” and “Desperate Housewives,” as well as the soundtrack to the 1989 Tim Burton Batman Movie.

Elfman is famous for his work as the lead entertainer and lyricist for the stone gathering Oingo Boingo (1979-1995) as well with respect to composing the music for different films and TV programs.

Early Life and Education

On May 29, 1953, in Los Angeles, California, Danny Robert Elfman was conceived. He was raised in a Jewish home by his mother Blossom, a writer and teacher, his father Milton, also a teacher, and his brother Richard, an actor, journalist, and musician. Elfman grew up spending time at the Baldwin Hills neighborhood movie theater, where he viewed horror, science fiction, and fantasy films and first encountered the music of Franz Waxman and Bernard Herrmann. Danny was excluded from joining the school ensemble in grade school for “having no inclination for music,” yet in secondary school, he warmed up to other people who shared that interest, who acquainted him with jazz and Stravinsky.

Elfman went with the choice to take a globe visit in the wake of graduating early. He invested energy playing violin with the melodic theater troupe Le Grand Magic Circus in France subsequent to following his sibling Richard there. He then endured 10 months going through Africa, where he two times contracted jungle fever. 

Elfman spent a few years performing and taking seminars at CalArts’ department of Indonesian music, but he never formally enrolled there. 

Career

Up until Richard left the gathering in the last part of the 1970s to seek after a profession as a movie producer, the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo gave exhibitions in clubs and in the city of Los Angeles. Danny wrote the music and the score for Richard’s movie “Forbidden Zone,” which was based on the band’s live performances. After Richard left and Danny took over, the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo changed their name to Oingo Boingo and became a new wave band. There were eight studio albums released by the group between 1981 and 1994. The theme music for the related film and television programme was “Weird Science,” a single from the album “Dead Man’s Party,” released in 1985. 

Danny Elfman was hired to write the music for the 1985 movie “Pee-Big wee’s Adventure” by Tim Burton and Paul Reubens, who were fans of Oingo Boingo. Elfman later wrote the music for the following films: “Back to School” (1986), “Wisdom” (1986), “Summer School” (1987), “Beetlejuice” (1988), “Midnight Run” (1988), and “Big Top Pee-wee (1988). He received a Grammy for his work on the soundtracks to “Batman” (1989) and “Batman Returns” (1992).

Beginning in 1985 with a Tim Burton-directed episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” Danny has written theme tunes and scored numerous television shows. In addition to scoring four episodes of “Pee-Playhouse” in 1986, he also wrote the themes for “Sledge Hammer!” (1986), “Tales from the Crypt” (1989), and “Beetlejuice: The Animated Series.” (1989). Elfman wrote the theme for “The Simpsons” in 1989, and he won a Primetime Emmy for the song he composed for “Desperate Housewives” in 2005. In the 1990s, he composed the themes for “The Flash” (1990), “Family Dog” (1993), “Perversions of Science” (1997), “Dilbert” (1999), as well as the main title and end credits for “Batman: The Animated Series” (1992).

Individual Life

In his adolescence, Danny dated Kim Gordon, who would go on to become the vocalist, guitarist, and bassist for Sonic Youth. He later wed Geri Eisenmenger and the couple had two girls, Lola (brought into the world in 1979) and Mali (brought into the world in 1984). Elfman and Eisenmenger split after which he married Bridget Fonda on November 29, 2003, and on January 21, 2005, their child Oliver was conceived. Entertainer Bodhi Elfman, the life partner of “Dharma and Greg” star Jenna Elfman, is Danny’s nephew. In a 2015 interview, Danny referred to himself as a “cynic-ologist” and claimed that he became an atheist at the age of 11 or 12. 

He dealt with a video about Joe Biden that was displayed at the 2020 Democratic National Convention just before Biden acknowledged the designation for president. He upheld Barack Obama in the 2008 official political race. During his time in Oingo Boingo, Elfman’s hearing suffered substantial impairment, which contributed to his decision to leave the group. A privileged doctorate was granted to Danny by the North Carolina School of the Arts in 2007.

Acknowledgment and Nominations

Elfman is up for four Academy Awards, including Best Original Dramatic Score for “Kindness Hunting,” Best Music, and Best Original Song. “Men dressed in Black” won for best music, unique melodic or parody score. Best Original Score for a Motion Picture (Big Fish) and Best Original Score for a Motion Picture (Milk). He has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, and his achievements include Outstanding Main Title Theme Music for “Desperate Housewives” and Outstanding Music Direction for the “Live from Lincoln Center” episode “Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton.” 

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films has nominated Danny for 15 Saturn Awards, and he has won for Best Music in “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Mars Attacks!” “Men in Black,” “Sleepy Hollow,” “Spider-Man,” and “Frankenweenie.” 

He has received four 20/20 Awards, seven International Film Music Critics Awards, and more than 40 BMI Film Music Awards, including the Richard Kirk Career Achievement Award (2002).

In 1999, Elfman received a nomination for the Online Film & Television Association Film Hall of Fame. 13 Grammy Awards have been nominated for him, and “Batman Theme” won Best Instrumental Composition. He has received three “Fangoria Chainsaw Awards,” including Best Score for “The Frighteners,” Best Soundtrack for “Army of Darkness,” and Best Score for “Sleepy Hollow.” Danny received a Special Career Award from Fantasporto in 2000, and the Hollywood Film Awards awarded him Composer of the Year in 2008. 

Additionally, he has been recognised by the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the International Cinephile Society Awards, the GoldSpirit Awards (for “Corpse Bride’s” Best Horror Theme), the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards (for “A Simple Plan’s” Best Score), the International Cinephile Society Awards (for “Milk’s” Best Original Score), the Satellite Awards, and the Phoenix Film Critics Society (for “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s” Best Original Score) (Best Original Score for “Sleepy Hollow”).

Real Estate

In 2000, Danny paid $2.13 million for a house in Los Angeles’s Hancock Park district. The 1920s-era house was renovated by Danny and Bridget over the course of three years and around $3 million; in 2015, they paid $3.6 million to buy the neighboring property. Elfman and Fonda listed their combined estate for $14.6 million in October 2020. The price of the larger original home, if sold individually, was $8.8 million, while the price of the smaller home was $5.8 million. 

In the end, the houses were split up, with the bigger one selling for the $8.8 million asking price and the smaller one fetching a lower price of $4.2 million. Danny and Bridget spent a total of $8 million on two adjacent properties in Encino, California in 2021, over the course of two transactions spaced by a few months. The total area of the land is 2.2 acres. Danny bought a ranch for them in Santa Barbara in the middle of the 1990s. 

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