An ongoing list of Danny Elfman’s Musical Influences.

[triton_15]

Hi all,.
I thought it would be cool to begin a list of music, and music artists that Danny has said influenced him throughout his life. I have listened to a handful of interviews, and these are the ones I have caught.

I will start it off, in no particular order. Please add to it, if you know any, I would love to know!

1.Bernard Herrmann
2.Nino Rota
3.Sergei Prokofiev
4.Django Reinhardt
5.Rogers and Hammerstien
6.Kurt Weill
7.Gilbert and Sullivan

[Natrebo]

Erik Satie (Forbidden Zone) & George Gershwin (Dick Tracy) come to mind from the liner notes on the first Music For A Darkened Theater. Also He has mentioned Dimitri Shostakovitch and Philip Glass before.

[Mr. Dantz]

Duke Ellington.

[elfmanguy]

Cab Calloway!

[gordonblu]

He has mentioned Carl Stalling numerous times.

[sajrocks]

He’s mentioned Stravinsky in connection to the strings in BEETLEJUICE, and Jimi Hendrix in relation to the vibe of DEAD PRESIDENTS. He’s also said a few times if he hadn’t gone into filmmusic he would have wanted to follow the path of Harry Partch, which is evident when he uses detuning and modified sampling.

saj

[Monsterhead]

Max Steiner. He wrote the liner notes/introduction to the Rhino soundtrack release a few years back. He also mentions him in the PEE WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE commentary if I’m not mistaken.

This is all good and fun, but what does it mean?

[TenderLumpling]

Franz Waxman

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