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Danny Elfman

Ska
Ska

Danny Elfman is a Ska act. Their sound grew out of Locust, Junkie XL, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Taraf de Haïdouks and Cab Calloway. Those roots explain a lot about how Danny Elfman arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jerry Goldsmith, Patrick Doyle, John Powell, Harry Gregson-Williams and Klaus Badelt, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bear McCreary, Epica, Atlas Sound, Chicha Libre and Boston Pops Orchestra, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Danny Elfman, reaching back through Locust and forward to Bear McCreary. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Danny ElfmanLocustJunkie XLStrawberry Alarm ClockTaraf de HaïdouksCab CallowayDuke EllingtonDjango ReinhardtNino RotaBear McCrearyEpicaAtlas SoundChicha LibreBoston Pops OrchestraMajesticaPınar ToprakIce on the DuneJerry GoldsmithPatrick DoyleJohn PowellHarry Gregson-WilliamsKlaus BadeltRamin Djawadi

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Danny Elfman connections

Danny Elfman grew out of Locust, Junkie XL, Strawberry Alarm Clock and Taraf de Haïdouks, shares an orbit with Jerry Goldsmith, Patrick Doyle, John Powell and Harry Gregson-Williams, went on to shape Bear McCreary, Epica, Atlas Sound and Chicha Libre. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Danny Elfman

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