Danny Elfman, who composed the score for Darkman, wrote the " March of the Dead " theme for Army of Darkness.

Daniel Robert " Danny " Elfman ( born May 29, 1953 ) is an American composer, best known for scoring music for television and film and creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the 1989 Batman movie theme.

Danny Elfman was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Blossom Elfman ( née Bernstein ), a writer and teacher, and Milton Elfman, a teacher who was in the Air Force.

Danny Elfman composed his first score for the film and played the role of Satan.

From 1976 and on it was led by Danny Elfman, until 1995 when they suddenly retired.

In this way, Ackerman provided inspiration to many who would later become successful artists, including Joe Dante, Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton, Stephen King, Donald F. Glut, Penn & Teller, Billy Bob Thornton, Gene Simmons ( of the band Kiss ), Rick Baker, George Lucas, Danny Elfman, Frank Darabont, John Landis and countless other writers, directors, artists and craftsmen.

* 1953 – Danny Elfman, American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor ( Oingo Boingo )

Burton is known for using recurring collaborators on his works ; among them are Johnny Depp, who has become a close friend of Burton since their first film together ; musician Danny Elfman, who has composed scores for all but five of the films Burton has directed and / or produced ; and domestic partner Helena Bonham Carter.

Burton, a fan of the eccentric musical group Oingo Boingo, asked songwriter Danny Elfman to provide the music for the film.

Owing to creative squabbles during the making of The Nightmare Before Christmas, Danny Elfman declined to score Ed Wood, and the assignment went to Howard Shore.

** Danny Elfman, American composer

Poe lends vocals to two songs on the Real Steel Original Motion Picture Score (" Why We're Here " and " Parkway Motel ") composed by Danny Elfman, released November 1st, 2011.

Smith recorded an orchestral version of " Between the Bars " with composer Danny Elfman for the movie.

* Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman frequently cites Nino Rota as a major influence.

This was also the year the cult movie Forbidden Zone was released, which included rearrangements of, and homages to, Calloway songs written by Danny Elfman, a Calloway fan.

From 1976 it was led by songwriter / vocalist Danny Elfman, who has since achieved success as a composer for film and television.

As Richard Elfman's interest shifted to filmmaking, he passed leadership of the band to younger brother Danny Elfman, who had recently returned from spending time in Africa playing violin and studying percussion instruments.

By this time, Richard was no longer a group member, and the band had coalesced into an octet: Danny Elfman on lead vocals ; Steve Bartek on guitars ; Richard Gibbs on keyboards ; Kerry Hatch on bass ; Johnny " Vatos " Hernandez on drums ; and Leon Schneiderman, Sam " Sluggo " Phipps and Dale Turner on horns.

The first release was officially a Danny Elfman solo record in 1984 ( titled So-Lo ); it was actually a group effort released under Elfman's name.

Then, starting with 1985's Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Danny Elfman began scoring major films with increasing frequency, including almost all of Tim Burton's films.

However, Danny Elfman insists that the name change was virtually meaningless, and " kind of an afterthought.

Following the band's dissolution, frontman Danny Elfman turned full-time to writing film scores, having composed several scores through the 1980s and early 1990s while the band was active.

The squad featured a variety of newly acquired three-point shooters, including Stephen Jackson, Danny Ferry, Bruce Bowen, Steve Kerr, Steve Smith and Argentina product Manu Ginóbili, a 1999 second-round draft choice playing in his first NBA season.

According to her, Mostel is " overacting grotesquely " while co-star Wilder is " wonderful " playing his part " as though he were Dustin Hoffman being played by Danny Kaye.

Their adopted son, James MacArthur, was also an actor, best known for playing " Danny Williams " on the American television series Hawaii Five-O.

* Danny Lewis ( born 1936 ), NFL running back from 1958 – 66, playing for the Detroit Lions, the Washington Redskins, and the New York Giants.

And now the best part ... in his research for the new book on The Cain's Ballroom, author, music historian, and Western swing expert John Wooley has discovered that Danny Cain ( he had dropped the last " e " by the time Kwai Chang arrived in America ) had settled in Skedee, Oklahoma, and was what we would think of now as an " old time fiddler " playing jigs and dance tunes popular at the time.

* Danny Swanson, footballer currently playing for Peterborough United

A West End production of the play, starring Danny DeVito ( in his West End debut )) and Richard Griffiths, will preview at the Savoy Theatre from 27 April 2012, opening on 17 May and playing a limited 12-week season until 28 July.

Some of Hoskins ' other notable appearances include playing opposite Cher in Mermaids ( 1990 ), boatswain Smee to Captain Hook in Hook ( 1991 ), and as the same character in Neverland ( 2011 ), and Uncle Bart, the psychopathic and violent " owner " of Jet Li in Unleashed aka Danny The Dog.

In the completely undubbed soundtrack, available on the Warner Japanese R2 DVD release, Jackie Chan actually speaks his native Cantonese while Françoise Yip and Morgan Lam ( the actors playing Nancy and Danny ) speak English.

She appeared in nearly all of Allen's films during this period, including leading roles in Zelig, Broadway Danny Rose, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Hannah and Her Sisters ( playing the principal title role ), Radio Days and Alice ( 1990 ), again as the title character.

In Nick Gomez's dark comedy Drowning Mona, Midler appeared along with Danny DeVito and Jamie Lee Curtis, playing title character Mona Dearly, a spiteful, loud-mouthed, cruel and highly unpopular woman, whose mysterious death is investigated.

The team's on-field struggles caused Capozzi to fire Clem Crowe as the head coach and replace him with Danny Edwards, who returned after playing with the club during the 1957 season.

There are numerous cameos related to Star Wars and other science-fiction / cult-hit films including Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Seth Rogen ( playing three different roles ), Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Jaime King, Danny R. McBride, Ray Park, Craig Robinson, Ethan Suplee, Joe Lo Truglio, Lou Taylor Pucci, Will Forte, Danny Trejo and William Shatner.

1954 – 55: With the NBA struggling financially and down to just 8 teams Nationals owner Danny Biasone suggested the league limit the amount of time taken for a shot thus speeding up a game that often ended with long periods of teams just holding the ball and playing keep away.

He appears in two scenes, the most memorable of which is one in which John Travolta's character, Danny, hits Biehn's uncredited character in the stomach while playing basketball.

He then starred as a replacement playing the role of Danny Zuko in the long-running Broadway production of Grease before his debut film role as " Ace " in Skatetown, U. S. A ..

Now playing as the " Ducks ", they fight to a tie in the next game and recruit three new players: figure-skating siblings Tommy ( Danny Tamberelli ) and Tammy Duncan ( Jane Plank ) and slap shot specialist and enforcer Fulton Reed ( Elden Henson ).

Released by Connacht at the end of the 2008-09 season, Danny moved south and whilst playing for UL Bohs RFC Danny also played Rugby within the Munster provincial structure appearing for their A side.

Singing their greatest hits as part of their act, they were also featured performing specialty numbers like the frantic " I Love a Violin ," the a cappella " Danny Boy ," and a segment during which Phyllis retired backstage as Christine and Dorothy shared the spotlight playing a concert arrangement of " The Way We Were " on twin pianos.

He may be best known for playing the co-lead Danny Madigan in the Arnold Schwarzenegger-movie Last Action Hero, followed by his turn into romance as Nick Zsigmond in My Girl 2, a part in both The Lawnmower Man and its sequel.

* After the house explosion, a dying cop paraphrases a line used by Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon 3 and a short piece of music from that film's soundtrack can be heard playing in the background.

In 2003, Duhamel landed a prime time role on the NBC show Las Vegas, playing the head of security as Danny McCoy for the Montecito Casino.