Happy Birthday, Danny Elfman!

Edit (5/29/15): All right, NOW it's his birthday; can you believe that the genius is 64 years of age?

I know, his birthday is next month, but I couldn't resist putting this up! Anyway, singer/composer/actor Danny Elfman turns 64, this year, and I thought, what better way to celebrate, than to draw a lovely tribute to him, and all the film scores he's composed?

For those of you who don't know what the little images represent, they represent the themes for the films and TV shows he's composed for: "The Simpsons" (donut), "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (curling hill), "Batman" (Bat-signal), "Mars Attacks!" (flying saucer), and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (Wonka bar).

Anyway, here are my picks for favorite Danny Elfman scores and songs:

1. Danny Elfman/Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box Suite: www.youtube.com/watch?v=88ADet…
2. Pee Wee's Big Adventure Main Title/Bike Race: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBeFEz…
3. Breakfast Machine: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyCDLW…
4. Beetlejuice Main Titles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHreSg…
5. Beetlejuice TV show intro: (ver. 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_A8RV…)(ver. 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfmypN…)
6. Batman Main Theme: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXgoB1…
7. Edward Scissorhands Main Titles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vr3Ah…
8. Ice Dance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMfs1r…
9. Remains of the Day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY-FVR…
10. This is Halloween: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpvdAJ…
11. Jack's Lament: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oREK5p…
12. What's This?: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2K4wJ…
13. The Town Meeting Song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7ftU2…
14. Jack's Obsession: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTtZ1c…
15. Kidnap the Sandy Claws: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry7PcY…
16. Making Christmas: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyeHlZ…
17. Oogie Boogie's Song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PvT05…
18. Sally's Song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rivTG…
19. Poor Jack: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdM2pD…
20. Simply Meant to Be: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bmec1…
21. The Nightmare Before Christmas End Titles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqwo_v…
22. Haunted Mansion Holiday Background Music: (Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5_DuL…)(Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2hy_N…)
23. Mars Attacks! Main Titles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCs__j…
24. Mars Attacks! End Credits: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACLSj1…
25. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Main Titles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2rjaK…
26. Mike Teavee: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcyyDY…

! Quite a long list, isn't it? I have a lot of Danny Elfman's songs to make up this list! Well, what do you think? Elfman's scores are wacky, eerie, powerful, and yet, beautiful, all at the same time! Happy 64th Birthday, you musical genius!  

"The Simpsons" belongs to: Matt Groening/Fox
"The Nightmare Before Christmas" belongs to: Tim Burton 
"Batman" belongs to: DC Comics/Tim Burton
"Mars Attacks!" belongs to: TOPPS Trading Card Co./Tim Burton
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" belongs to: Roald Dahl/Tim Burton