Select commercially released recordings of Danny Elfman's music for film, television, stage and the concert hall. For a full list of Elfman's compositions, see List of compositions by Danny Elfman. For Elfman's recordings as lead singer/songwriter for Oingo Boingo, see the Oingo Boingo discography page.
Solo releases Release date Album Type Label Notes 1984 Gratitude Single MCA Records 1984 So-Lo Album MCA Records Often retrospectively attributed to Oingo Boingo. 2006 Serenada Schizophrana Album Sony Classical First classical work.Commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra, which premiered the piece in 2005.Album features John Mauceri conducting the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra. 2019 Eleven Eleven Album Sony Classical Featuring violinist Sandy Cameron with John Mauceri conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and the Berlin Philharmonic Piano Quartet 2020 Happy Single Anti-Records & Epitaph Records 2021SorrySingle2021Love in the Time of COVIDSingle2021Kick MeSingle2021TrueSingle2021InsectsSingle 2021 Big Mess Album Anti-Records & Epitaph Records 2022Bigger. Messier. Remixes2026TBAAlbumTBA
Original scores
1980s and 1990s
Release date Album Type Label Notes 1983 Forbidden Zone Soundtrack Varèse Sarabande 1986 Pee-wee's Big Adventure/Back to School Re-recording Varèse Sarabande Album features re-recordings of Elfman's scores for 1985's Pee-wee's Big Adventure and 1986's Back to SchoolThe original recording of Pee-wee's Big Adventure was unavailable until the 2011 release of the Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music BoxElfman appears in Back to School as lead singer of Oingo Boingo performing the song "Dead Man's Party", which appears on the MCA song soundtrackBuck, David. "Mystic Knights of the Movie Soundtrack", Tedium, March 14, 2018. Wisdom Soundtrack Varèse Sarabande 1987 Summer School Soundtrack Chrysalis Records Though this remains Elfman's only completely unreleased film score to date, he wrote and performed the pop tune "Happy", which appears on film's song soundtrack 1988 Beetlejuice Soundtrack Geffen Records Midnight Run Soundtrack MCA Big Top Pee-wee Soundtrack Arista The original soundtrack release including dialogue was reissued by PEGAn expanded album without dialogue was released by La-La Land Records in 2014 Scrooged Score 1989 Batman Score Warner Bros. Records Won Elfman's only Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual MediaRe-released with complete remastered score by La-La Land Records in 2010 1990 Nightbreed Soundtrack MCA Dick Tracy Score Sire Records Nominated for 33rd Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for TelevisionComplete score was remastered and released by Intrada Records in 2016 Darkman Soundtrack MCA In 2020, La-La Land Records issued a 2-CD album with the 1990 soundtrack album on CD 1, and an expanded score presentation on CD 2. Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1 Compilation MCA Edward Scissorhands Soundtrack MCA Nominated for 34th Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for TelevisionComplete expanded and remastered score released by Intrada Records in 20151992 Article 99 Soundtrack Varèse Sarabande Batman Returns Soundtrack Warner Bros. Records Expanded, remastered score released from La-La Land Records in 2010 1993 Sommersby Soundtrack Elektra Soundtrack Walt Disney Records Re-released in 2006 with an additional disc featuring covers by Marilyn Manson, Fiona Apple, Fall Out Boy and Panic! at the Disco, as well as several of Elfman's original song demosElfman's first score for an animated film. 1994 Black Beauty Soundtrack Giant Expanded edition released by La-La Land Records in 2013 1995 Dolores Claiborne Soundtrack Varèse Sarabande Expanded edition from the label in 2020. Dead Presidents Soundtrack Capitol Records With one Elfman track: "Dead President's Theme"Score remains unreleased except for a suite included on Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 To Die For Soundtrack Varèse Sarabande 1996 Mission: Impossible Soundtrack Phillips With three Elfman tracks: "Impossible Mission", "Claire" and "Trouble" Score Point Music Expanded and remastered score released by La-La Land Records in 2019Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 Compilation MCA Soundtrack MCA Extreme Measures Soundtrack Varèse Sarabande Mars Attacks! Soundtrack Atlantic First Elfman score to receive an expanded edition, released in 2009 by La-La Land Records1997 Men in Black Soundtrack Sony Music With two Elfman tracks: "M.I.B. Main Theme" and "M.I.B. Closing Theme" Score Columbia Records Nominated for 70th Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score, and for 40th Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television Flubber Soundtrack Walt Disney Records Good Will Hunting Soundtrack with two Elfman tracks Capitol Records Score Music Box Records Nominated for 70th Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score 1998 Soundtrack Compass III A Civil Action Soundtrack Hollywood Records 1999 Instinct Soundtrack Varèse Sarabande Anywhere but Here Soundtrack Atlantic With one Elfman track: "Anywhere But Here Score Suite" Sleepy Hollow Soundtrack Hollywood Records In 2021 Intrada Records issued a 3-CD set featuring the full score and the soundtrack album remastered.
2000s Release date Album Type Label Notes 2000The Family ManSoundtrack 2000 Proof of Life Soundtrack Varèse Sarabande 2001 Planet of the Apes Soundtrack Sony Music Complete score released by La-La Land Records in 2012 2002 Spider-Man Soundtrack Columbia Records With two Elfman tracks: "Main Titles" and "Farewell" Score Sony Music Soundtrax Nominated for 45th Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Men in Black II Soundtrack Columbia Records Red Dragon Soundtrack Decca Records Chicago Soundtrack Sony Legacy With two Elfman tracks: "After Midnight" and "Roxie’s Suite" 2003 Hulk Soundtrack Decca Records Big Fish Soundtrack Sony ClassicalNominated for 76th Academy Award for Best Original Score; for 61st Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, and for 47th Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media 2004 Spider-Man 2 Soundtrack Columbia Records With two Elfman tracks: "Spidey Suite" and "Doc Ock Suite" Score Sony Masterworks 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Soundtrack Abbey Road StudiosNominated for 48th Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (Wonka's Welcome Song) Corpse Bride Soundtrack Warner Bros. Records 2006 Nacho Libre Soundtrack Lakeshore Records With one Elfman track: "Ramses Suite" Charlotte's Web Soundtrack Sony Classical 2007 Meet the Robinsons Soundtrack Columbia Records Soundtrack Varèse Sarabande 2008 Standard Operating Procedure Soundtrack Varèse Sarabande Wanted Soundtrack Lakeshore Records Hellboy II: The Golden Army Soundtrack Varèse Sarabande Milk Soundtrack Decca Records Nominated for 81st Academy Award for Best Original Score, and for 52nd Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media 2009 Notorious Soundtrack Universal Music Group With one Elfman track: "The Notorious Theme" Terminator Salvation Soundtrack Warner Bros. Records Taking Woodstock Soundtrack Rhino Records With four Elfman tracks: "Taking Woodstock Titles", Elliot's Place, "Happening (Office #2)" and "Perspective Extended" Score La-La Land Records
2010s Release date Album Type Label Notes 2010 Soundtrack Varèse Sarabande Alice in Wonderland Soundtrack Walt Disney Records Nominated for 68th Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, and for 53rd Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Soundtrack Lionsgate 2011 Restless Soundtrack La-La Land Records Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box Compilation Warner Records 17-disc box set of expanded and remastered presentations of the scores Elfman wrote for 13 of Tim Burton's films from 1985 to 2010, as well as music from television and special projects.Weintraub, Steve. "WB Announces the Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box; 16 CD Limited Edition That You Must See!, Collider, October 1, 2010 Accompanied by a 263-page illustrated book chronicling the creative partnership between Elfman and Burton, the set included much previously unreleased music, and marked the first time the score to Elfman's first film Pee-wee's Big Adventure was made available. Real Steel Soundtrack Interscope With one Elfman track: "Kenton" Score Varèse Sarabande Iris Soundtrack Cirque Du Soleil Musique Scrooged Score La-La-Land Records The full score for this 1988 film remained unavailable until this La-La Land's 2011 release, though a short suite of music was included on the 1990 compilation Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol 1 2012 Dark Shadows Soundtrack Sony Music With two Elfman tracks: "Dark Shadows – Prologue" and "The End?" Score WaterTower Music Men in Black 3 Soundtrack Sony Classical Frankenweenie Soundtrack Walt Disney Records Silver Linings Playbook Soundtrack Sony Classical With two Elfman tracks: "Silver Lining Titles" and "Walking Home" Score Sony Music Hitchcock Soundtrack Sony Masterworks Promised Land Soundtrack Relativity Music Group 2013 Oz the Great and Powerful Soundtrack Walt Disney Records Epic Soundtrack Columbia Records American Hustle Soundtrack Madison Gate Records With one Elfman track: "Irving Montage" 2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman Soundtrack Relativity Music Group Replaced Alan Silvestri The Unknown Known Soundtrack La La Land Records Big Eyes Soundtrack Interscope With six Elfman tracks: "Opening", "Who's the Artist?", "Margaret", "Walter", "Victory" and "End Credits" 2015 The End of the Tour Soundtrack Lakeshore Records Fifty Shades of Grey Soundtrack Republic Records With two Elfman tracks: "Ana and Christian" and "Did That Hurt?" Score Republic Records Additional music by David Buckley Avengers: Age of Ultron Soundtrack Hollywood Records With music of co-composer Brian TylerThemes by Alan Silvestri Goosebumps Soundtrack Sony Classical 2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass Soundtrack Walt Disney Records Rabbit & Rogue Soundtrack Sony Classical Composed for the ballet Rabbit and Rogue choreographed by Twyla Tharp in 2008 for the American Ballet Theatre The Girl on the Train Soundtrack Sony Classical 2017 Tulip Fever Soundtrack Sony Classical Fifty Shades Darker Soundtrack Republic Records With two Elfman tracks: "On His Knees" and "Making It Real" Score Back Lot Music Additional music by David BuckleyThe Circle Soundtrack Sony Classical Justice League Soundtrack WaterTower Music Replaced Tom Holkenborg 2018 Fifty Shades Freed Soundtrack Republic Records With two tracks by Elfman: "Freed" and "Seeing Red" Score Back Lot Music Additional music by David BuckleyDon't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot Soundtrack Sony Classical The Grinch Soundtrack Columbia Records With two Elfman tracks: "A Wonderful Awful Idea" and "Stealing Christmas" Score Columbia Records 2019 Dumbo Soundtrack Walt Disney Records Men in Black: International Soundtrack Columbia Records Co-composed with Chris Bacon
2020s Release date Album Type Label Notes 2020 Dolittle Soundtrack Back Lot Music 2021 The Woman in the Window Soundtrack Replaced Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross 2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Soundtrack Hollywood RecordsMarvel Music Themes by Michael Giacchino 2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Soundtrack WaterTower Music 2025Dark Universe SoundtrackUniversal Destinations & ExperiencesUsed for the Dark Universe land at Universal Epic Universe Dracula Soundtrack TBA 2026 Send Help Soundtrack Hollywood Records 2026Deadman's WireSoundtrack
Other Albums that include themes or music written by Elfman where he did not compose the full score: