Danny Elfman thrilling experiences of his life. Elfman immediately developed a rapport with Burton and has gone on to score all but three of Burton's major studio releases: "Ed Wood", which was under production while Elfman and Burton were having a serious disagreement, "" and, most recently, "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children". Elfman also provided the singing voice for Jack Skellington in Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and the voices of both Barrel and the "Clown with the Tear-Away Face". In 1990, Elfman composed the iconic orchestra piece, "Ice Dance", for the Tim Burton film "Edward Scissorhands". Years later he
Tim Burton's unrealized projects Tim Burton's unrealized projects The following is a list of unproduced Tim Burton projects, in roughly chronological order. During a career that has spanned over 30 years, Tim Burton has worked on a number of projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction. Burton was originally attached to direct the 1985 film "After Hours", but Martin Scorsese read the script at a time when he was unable to get financial backing to complete "The Last Temptation of Christ", which was finally completed in 1988; Burton gladly stepped aside when Scorsese expressed interest in directing "After Hours". After