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There isn’t any one “correct” way to score a film

Danny Elfman fights back

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Shaun Usher
Mar 15, 2021
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In the 40+ years since his composing debut on Forbidden Zone, Danny Elfman has written the scores for a long line of films that includes such gems as Batman, Mission: Impossible, Good Will Hunting, and Beetlejuice. I haven’t counted, but apparently more than 100 movies feature his music; he also, in 1989, composed the theme tune for The Simpsons. At the…

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