Daniel Robert Elfman was born on 29 May 1953, in Los Angeles, California USA into a Jewish family, and is a singer, composer, music producer and also an actor, probably best known as the creator of the 1989 “Batman” movie’s theme song as well as “The Simpsons” theme song. What is more, Danny was a member of rock band, called Oingo Boingo. During his career as a musician Danny has won many awards and nominations including Grammy Award, Emmy Award and Richard Kirk Award.
You might think how rich is Danny Elfman? Authoritative sources estimate that Elfman’s net worth is over $75 million, accumulated from his career in the music industry now spanning almost 40 years. As Danny is still active as a composer, there is a strong chance that the amount of his wealth will grow in the future.
Danny Elfman Net Worth $75 Million
From the very young age, Danny enjoyed the music of Franz Waxman and Bernard Herrmann. Elfman didn’t finish high school as he and his brother became a part of Le Grand Magic Circus, and during this experience Danny learned more about music and its different styles. Later Danny joined the group Oingo Bongo. The group was successful, and it added a lot to Danny Elfman’s net worth.
What is more, during this time, Danny acted in the movie entitled “Forbidden Zone”, directed by Richard Elfman, aiding his rising net worth.
In addition to this, Danny became more and more successful as a composer, composing music for “Sweeney Todd”. What is more, Danny was one of the singing voices in “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and later he also was the voice of Bonejangles in “Corpse Bride”. This made Danny even more popular and of course positively effected Elfman’s net worth. Other movies, to which Danny created music include “Wisdom”, “Summer School”, “Beetlejuice”, “Scrooged”, “Batman”, “Dick Tracy”, “Black Beauty”, “To Die For”, “Men in Black” and many others. The success of these movies shows that Danny is a really talented composer, not to mention the fact that popularity of these movies made Danny Elfman’s net worth grow considerably.
Recently Danny continues to create music, for IRIS, Cirque du Soleil’s show, and wrote Serenada Schizophrana, which was performed by American Composers Orchestra, and also added to Danny’s net worth.
As it was mentioned before, Danny has won many awards during his career. Some of them include: Annie Award, BMI Film & Television Awards, Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Saturn Awards and Satellite Award, as well as a lot of different nominations. This shows that he is acclaimed by many as a composer.
As Danny is still very active as a composer there is a high possibility that Danny Elfman’s net worth will become even higher in the future.
In his personal life, Danny Elfman has been married to Bridget Fonda since 2003, and they have three children.
