and Danny Elfman Song Appearances
on Motion Picture Soundtracks and Other Compilations
(see also: Danny Elfman movie music)
Entries containing a (?) are releases I have been unable to verify myself.
Please send me e-mail if you have useful information on these entries.
| Year | Project Title | Project Type | Song(s) Title or Misc. |
| 1978 | Hot Tomorrows | Motion picture | Marie Elfman sings "Johnny" Danny Elfman sings "St.James Infirmiry Blues" ( some of this is seen on the "Farewell" Video. ) |
| "Face Like A Frog" ( A Sally Cruikshank cartoon ) |
Animated short | songs performed: "Face Like A Frog" & "Don't Go In The Basement" Danny Elfman appears as a lizard. ( Sally Cruikshank later supplied the animation seen in concert during "Elevator Man" ) |
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| 1979 | L.A. In | Compilation | "I'm Afraid" |
| 1980 | Forbidden Zone | Soundtrack | Songs performed by The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo |
| 1981 | IRS Compilation #1 | Compilation | "Ain't This The Life" |
| IRS Greatest Hits Vols. 2 & 3 |
Compilation | "Only A Lad" | |
| Longshot | Motion picture | Oingo Boingo performs "I've Got to Be Entertained" live in the film | |
| Urgh! A Music War | Live Concert Movie and Compilation |
"Ain't This The Life" | |
| 1982? | Longshot | soundtrack? | "I've Got to Be Entertained" Boingo performs the song in the movie |
| 1982 | Fast Times At Ridgemont High | Soundtrack | "Goodbye Goodbye" |
| The Last American Virgin | soundtrack | "Better Luck Next Time" | |
| Tempest | Soundtrack | 1 OB song? | |
| 1983 | The 1983 US Festival | Live Concert Cable TV Special | "Goodbye Goodbye" "Nothing To Fear" |
| Surf II | soundtrack (unreleased) | "Only A Lad" "Hold Me Back" |
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| 1984 | Bachelor Party | soundtrack |
"Bachelor Party" As of July 2003, available on CD through Superfecta Recordings!! |
| Beverly Hills Cop | soundtrack | "Gratitude" | |
| Sixteen Candles | soundtrack | "Wild Sex (In the Working Class)" | |
| 1985 | Weird Science | soundtrack | "Weird Science" |
| These People are Nuts | compilation | "Only A Lad" | |
| 1986 | Back To School | soundtrack | "Dead Man's Party" Boingo performs the song in the movie |
| Live! For Life | compilation | "Take Your Medicine" | |
| Something Wild | soundtrack | "Not My Slave" | |
| Soundtrack Hits | compilation | "Weird Science" | |
| Teen Wolf Too | soundtrack | "Outrageous" "Who Do You Want To Be" |
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| Texas Chainsaw Massacre | soundtrack | "No One Lives Forever" | |
| That Was Then, This Is Now | soundtrack | "Just Another Day" | |
| Wisdom | soundtrack | "Home Again" | |
| 1987 | Summer School | soundtrack | "Happy" |
| 1988 | Elvira Presents Haunting Hits | compilation | "Dead Man's Party" |
| Midnight Run | soundtrack | "Try To Believe" (OB performing as 'Mosley and the B-Men') |
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| My Best Friend is a Vampire | soundtrack | "Same Man I Was Before" | |
| 1989 | Ghostbusters II | soundtrack | "Flesh 'N Blood" |
| She's Out of Control | soundtrack | "Winning Side" | |
| Soundtrack Smashes | compilation | "Weird Science" | |
| Late '80s | Stingray | TV show | from edwoodca@yahoo.com: "Private Life" was played during a scene of the late 80's show "StingRay" starring Ray Mancuso [if I'm recalling correctly.] No clue as to the episode, but the main character is working out in his home gym and Private Life is playing clearly and a good volume... not faint in the backround. |
| 1990 | Nightbreed | soundtrack | "Country Skin" (reworking of "Skin" with guest vocalist) |
| 1992 | Batman Returns | soundtrack | "Face to Face" words and music by Danny Elfman and Siouxsie and the Banshees |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | soundtrack |
"We Close Our Eyes"
covered by Suzanna Hoffs
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| Soundtrack Smashes | compilation | "Dead Man's Party" | |
| 1993 | Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas | soundtrack | Music and songs by Danny Elfman who also sings on numerous tracks |
| 1996 | Modern Rock: Hang the DJ, 1986 |
compilation | "Weird Science" |
| 1997 |
Casper:
A Spirited Beginning
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soundtrack | "No One Lives Forever" |
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Home Alone 3
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soundtrack | "Home Again" | |
| 1999 |
Why? 2K: Anti-Millennium Party Collection
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compilation |
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Ghouls, Goblins & Demons
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compilation |
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