Danny Elfman

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 23 August 2022

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Danny Elfman has made some of the most iconic, recognizable music over the last half a century. He fronted Oingo Boingo in the early 80s. He scored his first film in 1985: Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, followed soon by other iconic movies like Batman, Beetlejuice, and Mission Impossible. Last year, he released his first rock album in over 3 decades: Big Mess. And this year, he's followed it up with another album: Bigger, Messier. The album features remixes of songs from Big Mess from artists like Trent Reznor, Xiu Xiu, and Iggy Pop. He talks with our correspondent Brian Heater about all that and more. Also, crustaceans.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:21.8	It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:23.9	Jenny Elfman has made some of the most iconic and recognizable music of the last 50 years.
0:30.4	He began his career as the band leader and eventually the frontman of the Mystic Knights
0:35.5	of the Oingo Boingo, an avant-garde performance troupe in Los Angeles, the Mystic Knights turned
0:42.1	into just Oingo Boingo, a new wave band that was as distinctive and unusual as it was
0:48.3	popular, which is to say very, very popular.
1:19.3	In 1985, he scored his first film, Peewee's Big Adventure, followed by other iconic movies
1:25.4	like Batman, Beetlejuice, Mission Impossible and The Nightmare before Christmas.
1:55.4	Oh, and I mean, we don't want to forget this one.
2:17.7	All in all, Elfman has scored over 100 movies and TV shows. He's won a bunch of awards
2:23.3	and the respect of film and music fans alike. The man has done a lot. He could just kick
2:29.1	up his heels for a while. But Danny Elfman isn't taking it easy. Last year, he released
2:35.4	his first solo rock album in over three decades. Big mess. This year, he's followed it up
3:05.2	with another project, Bigger Messier. The album features remixes of the songs from Big
3:11.6	Mess by artists like Trent Rezner, Shushu and Igui Pop.
3:16.7	Conducting today's interview with Elfman is our correspondent Brian Header, Brian's
3:20.5	a longtime friend of our program, an editor at TechCrunch, and the host of the podcast
3:25.8	recommended if you like, or just R.I.Y.L., where he interviews musicians, cartoonists, and
3:32.2	more. Before we get into Brian and Danny, let's kick things off with a track from Bigger
3:36.8	Messier. This is a remix of Elfman's song We Belong, produced by the electronic musician
3:43.0	Square Pusher.
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