Got a few questions for anyone in the know. Might sound weird. Lol.
Is he actually a Scientologist or is it just the rest of his family?
Why did his wife Bridget Fonda suddenly disappear from the spotlight, her career, and pretty much everywhere pretty much immediately after they married?
Has anyone here ever met or worked with him?
Or know anyone that has?
And what exactly was the extent of his association with Harvey Weinstein? Only the fact some of the movies he scored were made at the Weinstein studios or? Were they friends at all?
I am looking forward to see the responses as I was a huuuuuge Boingo / Elfman fan. Except for noting his many credits for scoring movies and tv shows I really haven’t followed him over the years. I did not know he was married to Bridget Fonda, for instance. And I would be very surprised (and somewhat saddened) if he is, indeed, a Scientologist. His Wiki entry entry says he’s a cynicologist(?)
Since you asked, I’m going to stealth brag that I have met him several times( I worked with Boingo member Johnny Hernandez’s wife and got lots of tickets to events) but I in no way know / knew him. They as a group and he as the lead are by far the best live performers I have ever seen.
I don’t know if she’s ever spoken publicly about it, but I suspect she decided to retire and be a stay-at-home wife and mom. Elfman makes millions of dollars a year from film scoring, so there’s no need for her to work if she doesn’t want to.
Ah. I was definitely more New Wave than Hair Band. Got some nice Psychobilly on now (The Cramps).
ETA: And now The Catholics Are Attacking. Always loved that one. What really makes me feel old is that the newest albums on my iPod (yes, iPod) are from… 1997? A Green Day album, I think.
Are you thinking about Scientologist Jenna Elfman? She is married to Danny’s nephew, but he converted as an adult according to wiki - I don’t think its a family thing.
Wow, I was not aware that Richard Elfman was a Scientologist. Upon reflection, one can see how the creator of Forbidden Zone might be taken in by the consistent internal logic of the Xenu origin story.
One of my faves. I have at least a couple of copies on VHS, and one or two DVDs. (Seems like I kept buying better versions as they were available.)
‘The Queen said she was going to ream us with a 20-inch cattle prod, and I’m still waiting!’
♫ Give 'er all the juice! Give 'er all the juice! Twenty-thousand volts in her caboose will make her see the errors of her ways! ♫ (Frenchy is going to tell. Frenchy is going to tell…)
‘Johnny just shot Billy!’
‘Well, the man was cheating so I just had to do away with him. And that’s all there was to it.’
Turns out its just the weinstein studio only that Tim Burton , who danny was scoring for, used and weinstein owned it but nobody was directly involved. Its supposedly used by almost everyone. Freaked me out at first.
