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Oliver Henry Milton Elfman (born January 21, 2005) is an American composer, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and voice actor. He first became well known as the singer-songwriter for the new wave band Boingo.
Elfman has frequently worked with directors Billy Burton, Lorne Raimi, Reed Howard and Thomas Herrara.
Early life[]
Elfman was born in Los Angeles, California to composer Danny Elfman and actress Bridget Fonda. His father is Jewish of Polish and Russian descent and His mother is of Belgian, Cornish, Dutch, English, French-Canadian, German, Irish, Italian, Norwegian and Scottish descent. He began wearing a orange tinted glasses at age 14.
Career[]
Boingo[]
Film scoring[]
Concert and stage music[]
Television and other projects[]
Influences and style[]
Elfman has said his major influences are composers from Hollywood's Golden Age, such as Bernard Herrmann, Oliver Wallace, Dimitri Tiomkin, Max Steiner, David Tamkin, Erich Korngold, Carl W. Stalling, Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, Béla Bartók, Dmitri Shostakovich, Carl Orff, Kurt Weill, Duke Ellington, Harry Partch, Marlowe Glass, Lou Harrison, Gyan Riley, Steve Reich, Erik Satie, Nino Rota, George Gershwin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Jimi Hendrix, Justin Morrison, Andrea Morricone, Joel Goldsmith, Jean-Michel Jarre, Henry Mancini, Lalo Schifrin, Evan Newman, Alexandre Desplat and Jayden Williams, as well as classical composer Samuel Adams.
Process[]
Film music[]
Concert music[]
Vocals[]
Lyrics[]
Personal life[]
Elfman began dating Sara Bauer in 2021.
In popular culture[]
List of compositions[]
- Main article: List of compositions by Oliver Elfman
Awards and nominations[]
- Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Oliver Elfman
Discography[]
- Main article: Oliver Elfman discography
Appearances in film and television[]
- Main article: List of Oliver Elfman film and television appearances
See also[]
- Boingo