Danny Elfman is a musician best known for fronting the new wave band Oingo Boingo and for his scores on countless Tim Burton films (Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman). He joins Guy to talk about his adventures in a traveling circus, his relentless battle with stage fright, his decision to leave the biggest job of his career, and how he recently did a solo set at Coachella that went viral.

Links from the show:

Danny in The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo on The Gong Show (1976)
Weird Science by Oingo Boingo
Pee Wee's Big Adventure theme
The Simpsons theme
Danny's Batman theme
Danny and Helena Bonham Carter performing A Nightmare Before Christmas at Royal Albert Hall
Performance of Only a Lad at Coachella 2022
Music video for Happy
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Danny Elfman: From Avant-Garde Street Performer to Rock Star Film Composer