Universal Music Publishing Group Signs Worldwide Publishing Agreement with GRAMMY(R) Award-Winning Hollywood Blockbuster Composer and Oingo Boingo Co-Founder Danny Elfman

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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- David Renzer, Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) today announced the signing of GRAMMY award-winning, Hollywood blockbuster composer and Oingo Boingo co-founder Danny Elfman to a worldwide publishing deal. The deal encompasses the entire Oingo Boingo catalogue, as well as all publishing interests Danny Elfman has retained in his film and television compositions, and includes the publishing interests he retains in new works.

Danny and his older brother Richard Elfman started Oingo Boingo (originally called the Mystic Knights of Oingo Boingo) for Richard's directorial debut, Forbidden Zone - now considered a cult classic by Elfman fans. Hit singles from the band included in the publishing deal are, "Weird Science," "Just Another Day," "Winning Side," "Dead Man's Party," "When the Lights Go Out," "Little Girls," and "Only a Lad."

Elfman has composed numerous original scores for films including Pee-Wee's Big Adventure; Beetlejuice; Edward Scissorhands; the re-make of Planet of the Apes, the Grammy-winning Batman; Nightmare Before Christmas; Mission: Impossible; Darkman; Charlotte's Web; Dick Tracy; To Die For; Spider-Man 2; Meet the Robinsons; A Civil Action; Sleepy Hollow; Hulk; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Milk; Men In Black (1997's biggest hit of the summer); Men In Black II; Wanted; The Corpse Bride; Chicago; and Terminator Salvation, to name a few. Among his television work is the theme song to "The Simpsons."

Dubbed by many as "Hollywood's hottest film composer," Elfman has composed for over seventy film projects and his works have been included on nearly fifty soundtrack albums. Currently, Elfman is composing the original score for Tim Burton's 2010 release of Alice in Wonderland starring Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway. He is also composing The Wolfman directed by Joe Johnston, starring Benicio Del Toro, Emily Blunt, and Anthony Hopkins.

Managed by Laura Engel of Kraft-Engel Management, Elfman joins UMPG's impressive roster, which includes U2, Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Coldplay, Prince, Dave Grohl, Paul Simon, Linkin Park, Maroon 5, Beastie Boys, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, and Pete Townshend, amongst many others.

About Universal Music Publishing Group

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) is the industry's leading global music publishing operation and is part of Universal Music Group. UMPG represents music in every genre from many of the world's top songwriters and catalogs including U2, Elton John, Bernie Taupin, 50 Cent, Mariah Carey, R. Kelly, Coldplay, Nelly, Juan Gabriel, Ciara, Dave Grohl, Prince, Justin Timberlake, Maroon 5, Britney Spears, Beastie Boys, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Paul Simon, Henry Mancini, Christina Aguilera and Linkin Park, among many others. For more information, visit: www.umusicpub.com.

SOURCE Universal Music Publishing Group

2009-09-24 09:15:00