Happy Birthday: Danny Elfman

Happy Birthday composer Danny Elfman

Born: Daniel Robert Elfman
May 29, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Nominated for 4 Oscars for Best Musical Score: Milk, Big Fish, Good Will Hunting, Men in Black.

Quote:

I get drawn to things that don’t make any sense, and I learned early on not to resist that.

I’ve known Sam [Raimi] for almost 15 years. Spider-Man 2 was my fifth movie with him and all I can say is that the person who was there at the end of Spider-Man 2 was not Sam. I don’t know who it was, but it wasn’t Sam. It was as close to living out Invasion of the Body Snatchers as I’ve ever experienced. To see such a profound negative change in a human being was almost enough to make me feel like I didn’t want to make films anymore. It was really disheartening and sad to…