Danny Elfman: From Avant-Garde Street Performer to Rock Star Film Composer
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Danny Elfman is a musician best known for fronting the new wave band Oingo Boingo and for his scores on countless Tim Burton films (Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman). He joins Guy to talk about his adventures in a traveling circus, his relentless battle with stage fright, his decision to leave the biggest job of his career, and how he recently did a solo set at Coachella that went viral.
Links from the Show
01. Danny Elfman in The Mystic Knights on The Gong Show (1976)
02. Weird Science by Oingo Boingo
03. Pee Wee's Adventure theme
04. The Simpsons theme song
05. Batman theme song
06. Danny Elfman and Helena Bonham Carter performing Nightmare Before Christmas at Royal Albert Hall
07. Performance of "Only a Lad" at Coachella 2022
08. Music video for Happy
09. Danny's social profiles
