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His name has become synonymous with dark shadows and strange beauty, and American composer Danny Elfman<\/a> has had a hell of a time on screen over the last four decades. From the low-budget, childish hijinx of\u00a0Pee-wee\u2019s Big Adventure<\/em> (1985) to the big-budget, high-octane comic book fantasy of\u00a0Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness<\/em> (2022), Elfman has really done it all.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> But what have been the benchmark moments in his colourful career as a film composer so far? Here\u2019s ten of the best\u2026<\/p>\n Elfman\u2019s 12th feature score for director Tim Burton saw the composer use a large orchestral palette to support the wide-eyed, blindingly technicolour world of Wonderland. It\u2019s a robust, colourful score full of action set pieces that are \u2013 dare I say it \u2013 rather forgettable. Elfman\u2019s trump card, though, is his his main theme and that\u2019s why it\u2019s in the list \u2013 \u2018Alice\u2019 is up there as one of the very best things he has ever written. At once haunting and exciting, it features a girls choir singing atop Elfman\u2019s typically topsy-turvy harmonies and rhythms.<\/p>\n10\u00a0 best film scores by Danny Elfman<\/h2>\n
Alice in Wonderland<\/strong> (2010)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>