cake Danny Elfman celebrates 70th birthday with madcap sacrifice Rusty Blazenhoff

danny elfman Watch Phoebe Bridgers and Danny Elfman perform "The Nightmare Before Christmas" live Thom Dunn

danny elfman Phoebe Bridgers and Danny Elfman to perform in Nightmare Before Christmas live show Thom Dunn

music Watch a shirtless Danny Elfman perform the most hardcore Simpsons theme at Coachella Thom Dunn

Weird Al 'Nightmare Before Christmas' live: Oingo Boingo, Paul Reubens, Weird Al, Danny Elfman AND Billie Eilish Rusty Blazenhoff

danny elfman Creepy collab: Danny Elfman and Trent Reznor on "True" Rusty Blazenhoff

danny elfman "Sorry," Danny Elfman's latest evokes "alien orchestral chamber punk" Rusty Blazenhoff

halloween "Happy" is Danny Elfman's first solo song in 36 years and it'll give you chills Rusty Blazenhoff

batman I chatted with Danny Elfman about his new MasterClass, and his ventriloquist dummy "Buddy" Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutant Danny Elfman is teaching a MasterClass: "It's okay to fail" Rusty Blazenhoff

metal Metal cover of Nightmare Before Christmas' 'This is Halloween' Rusty Blazenhoff

trump Danny Elfman scores 'Trump stalks Hillary' Jason Weisberger

Entertainment First look: Epic Universe's Dark Universe, featuring classic Universal monsters, is a theme park masterpiece Ruben Bolling

Entertainment MTV's 1985 premiere party for "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" (video) Ruben Bolling

soundtracks How a first-time composer's chilling score made "Poor Things" unforgettable Natalie Dressed

Danny Elfman discusses some of his more well-known film scores Gareth Branwyn

music John Williams believes Indiana Jones 5 will be his last movie score Devin Nealy

cartoons Face Like A Frog is a surreal, psychedelic cartoon by Sesame Street cartoonist Sally Cruikshank Popkin

1980s This TV commercial for Cherry Coke is peak 1980s Mark Frauenfelder