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Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
The Holiday Movies That Made Us (2020)
Guest starring as Danny Elfman
- Episode 1x02: Nightmare Before Christmas (Dec 1, 2020)
Crew Credits
Wednesday (2022)
Show crew as Music
- Episode 1x01: Chapter I: Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe (Nov 23, 2022)
The Simpsons Shorts (2021)
Show crew as Main Title Theme
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2023-05-04: Rogue Not Quite One (May 4, 2023)
- Episode 2022-04-22: When Billie Met Lisa (Apr 22, 2022)
- Episode 2021-11-12: The Simpsons in Plusaversary (Nov 12, 2021)
- Episode 2021-05-04: Maggie Simpson in The Force Awakens from Its Nap (May 4, 2021)
Point Pleasant (2005)
Show crew as Main Title Theme
(13 episodes)
- Episode 1x13: Let the War Commence ()
- Episode 1x12: Mother's Day ()
- Episode 1x11: Missing ()
- Episode 1x10: Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Choked ()
- Episode 1x09: Waking the Dead ()
- Episode 1x08: Swimming with Boyd (Mar 17, 2005)
- Episode 1x07: Unraveling (Mar 10, 2005)
- Episode 1x06: Secrets and Lies (Feb 17, 2005)
- Episode 1x05: Last Dance (Feb 10, 2005)
- Episode 1x04: The Lonely Hunter (Feb 3, 2005)
- Episode 1x03: Who's Your Daddy? (Jan 27, 2005)
- Episode 1x02: Human Nature (Jan 20, 2005)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jan 19, 2005)
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
Show crew as Main Title Theme
(71 episodes)
- Episode S04 Special: Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (Mar 17, 1998)
- Episode 2x10: Harlequinade (May 23, 1994)
- Episode 2x09: Trial (May 16, 1994)
- Episode 2x08: Avatar (May 9, 1994)
- Episode 2x07: Sideshow (May 3, 1994)
- Episode 2x06: House & Garden (May 2, 1994)
- Episode 2x05: Paging the Crime Doctor (Sep 17, 1993)
- Episode 2x04: The Worry Men (Sep 16, 1993)
- Episode 2x03: Mudslide (Sep 15, 1993)
- Episode 2x02: Shadow of the Bat Part II (Sep 14, 1993)
- Episode 2x01: Shadow of the Bat (Sep 13, 1993)
- Episode 1x60: Fire from Olympus (May 24, 1993)
- Episode 1x59: Read My Lips (May 10, 1993)
- Episode 1x58: The Demon's Quest Part II (May 4, 1993)
- Episode 1x57: The Demon's Quest (May 3, 1993)
- Episode 1x56: See No Evil (Feb 24, 1993)
- Episode 1x55: Day of the Samurai (Feb 23, 1993)
- Episode 1x54: Blind as a Bat (Feb 22, 1993)
- Episode 1x53: Robin's Reckoning Part II (Feb 14, 1993)
- Episode 1x52: Birds of a Feather (Feb 8, 1993)
- Episode 1x51: Robin's Reckoning (Feb 7, 1993)
- Episode 1x50: Zatanna (Feb 2, 1993)
- Episode 1x49: The Man Who Killed Batman (Feb 1, 1993)
- Episode 1x48: The Mechanic (Jan 24, 1993)
- Episode 1x47: Harley and Ivy (Jan 18, 1993)
- Episode 1x46: The Laughing Fish (Jan 10, 1993)
- Episode 1x45: What is Reality? (Nov 24, 1992)
- Episode 1x44: Off Balance (Nov 23, 1992)
- Episode 1x43: His Silicon Soul (Nov 20, 1992)
- Episode 1x42: Joker's Wild (Nov 19, 1992)
- Episode 1x41: If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? (Nov 18, 1992)
- Episode 1x40: Heart of Steel Part II (Nov 17, 1992)
- Episode 1x39: Heart of Steel (Nov 16, 1992)
- Episode 1x38: Christmas with the Joker (Nov 13, 1992)
- Episode 1x37: Terror in the Sky (Nov 12, 1992)
- Episode 1x36: Moon of the Wolf (Nov 11, 1992)
- Episode 1x35: Almost Got 'Im (Nov 10, 1992)
- Episode 1x34: I Am the Night (Nov 9, 1992)
- Episode 1x33: Cat Scratch Fever (Nov 5, 1992)
- Episode 1x32: Beware the Gray Ghost (Nov 4, 1992)
- Episode 1x31: Dreams in Darkness (Nov 3, 1992)
- Episode 1x30: Tyger Tyger (Oct 30, 1992)
- Episode 1x29: The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne (Oct 29, 1992)
- Episode 1x28: Night of the Ninja (Oct 26, 1992)
- Episode 1x27: The Underdwellers (Oct 21, 1992)
- Episode 1x26: Perchance to Dream (Oct 19, 1992)
- Episode 1x25: The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy (Oct 14, 1992)
- Episode 1x24: Mad as a Hatter (Oct 12, 1992)
- Episode 1x23: The Forgotten (Oct 8, 1992)
- Episode 1x22: Prophecy of Doom (Oct 6, 1992)
- Episode 1x21: Vendetta (Oct 5, 1992)
- Episode 1x20: I've Got Batman in My Basement (Sep 30, 1992)
- Episode 1x19: Fear of Victory (Sep 29, 1992)
- Episode 1x18: Two-Face Part II (Sep 28, 1992)
- Episode 1x17: Two-Face (Sep 25, 1992)
- Episode 1x16: Eternal Youth (Sep 23, 1992)
- Episode 1x15: The Last Laugh (Sep 22, 1992)
- Episode 1x14: The Clock King (Sep 21, 1992)
- Episode 1x13: P.O.V. (Sep 18, 1992)
- Episode 1x12: Appointment in Crime Alley (Sep 17, 1992)
- Episode 1x11: Be a Clown (Sep 16, 1992)
- Episode 1x10: Nothing to Fear (Sep 15, 1992)
- Episode 1x09: Pretty Poison (Sep 14, 1992)
- Episode 1x08: The Cat and the Claw Part II (Sep 12, 1992)
- Episode 1x07: Joker's Favor (Sep 11, 1992)
- Episode 1x06: It's Never Too Late (Sep 10, 1992)
- Episode 1x05: Feat of Clay Part II (Sep 9, 1992)
- Episode 1x04: Feat of Clay (Sep 8, 1992)
- Episode 1x03: Heart of Ice (Sep 7, 1992)
- Episode 1x02: On Leather Wings (Sep 6, 1992)
- Episode 1x01: The Cat and the Claw (Sep 5, 1992)
The Flash (1990)
Show crew as Main Title Theme
(12 episodes)
- Episode 1x22: The Trial of the Trickster (May 18, 1991)
- Episode 1x17: Captain Cold (Apr 6, 1991)
- Episode 1x13: Tina, Is That You? (Feb 14, 1991)
- Episode 1x12: The Trickster (Feb 7, 1991)
- Episode 1x11: Beat the Clock (Jan 31, 1991)
- Episode 1x10: Sight Unseen (Jan 10, 1991)
- Episode 1x08: Shroud of Death (Nov 29, 1990)
- Episode 1x07: Child's Play (Nov 15, 1990)
- Episode 1x06: Sins of the Father (Nov 8, 1990)
- Episode 1x05: Double Vision (Nov 1, 1990)
- Episode 1x04: Honor Among Thieves (Oct 25, 1990)
- Episode 1x02: Out of Control (Sep 27, 1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
Show crew as Main Title Theme
(192 episodes)
- Episode 34x22: Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass (May 21, 2023)
- Episode 34x21: Clown V. Board of Education (May 14, 2023)
- Episode 34x20: The Very Hungry Caterpillars (May 7, 2023)
- Episode 34x19: Write Off This Episode (Apr 30, 2023)
- Episode 34x18: Fan-ily Feud (Apr 23, 2023)
- Episode 34x17: Pin Gal (Mar 19, 2023)
- Episode 34x16: Hostile Kirk Place (Mar 12, 2023)
- Episode 34x15: Bartless (Mar 5, 2023)
- Episode 34x14: Carl Carlson Rides Again (Feb 26, 2023)
- Episode 34x13: The Many Saints of Springfield (Feb 19, 2023)
- Episode 34x12: My Life as a Vlog (Jan 1, 2023)
- Episode 34x11: Top Goon (Dec 11, 2022)
- Episode 34x10: Game Done Changed (Dec 4, 2022)
- Episode 34x09: When Nelson Met Lisa (Nov 27, 2022)
- Episode 34x08: Step Brother from the Same Planet (Nov 20, 2022)
- Episode 34x07: From Beer to Paternity (Nov 13, 2022)
- Episode 34x06: Treehouse of Horror XXXIII (Oct 30, 2022)
- Episode 34x05: Treehouse of Horror Presents Not It (Oct 23, 2022)
- Episode 34x04: The King of Nice (Oct 16, 2022)
- Episode 34x03: Lisa the Boy Scout (Oct 9, 2022)
- Episode 34x02: One Angry Lisa (Oct 2, 2022)
- Episode 34x01: Habeas Tortoise (Sep 25, 2022)
- Episode 33x22: Poorhouse Rock (May 22, 2022)
- Episode 33x21: Meat Is Murder (May 15, 2022)
- Episode 33x20: Marge the Meanie (May 8, 2022)
- Episode 33x19: Girls Just Shauna Have Fun (May 1, 2022)
- Episode 33x18: My Octopus and a Teacher (Apr 24, 2022)
- Episode 33x17: The Sound of Bleeding Gums (Apr 10, 2022)
- Episode 33x16: Pretty Whittle Liar (Mar 27, 2022)
- Episode 33x15: Bart the Cool Kid (Mar 20, 2022)
- Episode 33x14: You Won't Believe What This Episode is About - Act Three Will Shock You! (Mar 13, 2022)
- Episode 33x13: Boyz N The Highlands (Mar 6, 2022)
- Episode 33x12: Pixelated and Afraid (Feb 27, 2022)
- Episode 33x11: The Longest Marge (Jan 2, 2022)
- Episode 33x10: A Made Maggie (Dec 19, 2021)
- Episode 33x09: Mothers and Other Strangers (Nov 28, 2021)
- Episode 33x08: Portrait of a Lackey on Fire (Nov 21, 2021)
- Episode 33x07: A Serious Flanders Part Two (Nov 14, 2021)
- Episode 33x06: A Serious Flanders Part One (Nov 7, 2021)
- Episode 33x05: Lisa's Belly (Oct 24, 2021)
- Episode 33x04: The Wayz We Were (Oct 17, 2021)
- Episode 33x03: Treehouse of Horror XXXII (Oct 10, 2021)
- Episode 33x02: Bart's in Jail (Oct 3, 2021)
- Episode 33x01: The Star of the Backstage (Sep 26, 2021)
- Episode 32x22: The Last Barfighter (May 23, 2021)
- Episode 32x21: The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A. (May 16, 2021)
- Episode 32x20: Mother and Child Reunion (May 9, 2021)
- Episode 32x19: Panic On The Streets Of Springfield (Apr 18, 2021)
- Episode 32x18: Burger Kings (Apr 11, 2021)
- Episode 32x17: Uncut Femmes (Mar 28, 2021)
- Episode 32x16: Manger Things (Mar 21, 2021)
- Episode 32x15: Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars? (Mar 14, 2021)
- Episode 32x14: Yokel Hero (Mar 7, 2021)
- Episode 32x13: Wad Goals (Feb 28, 2021)
- Episode 32x12: Diary Queen (Feb 21, 2021)
- Episode 32x11: The Dad-Feelings Limited (Jan 3, 2021)
- Episode 32x10: A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas (Dec 13, 2020)
- Episode 32x09: Sorry Not Sorry (Dec 6, 2020)
- Episode 32x08: The Road To Cincinnati (Nov 29, 2020)
- Episode 32x07: Three Dreams Denied (Nov 22, 2020)
- Episode 32x06: Podcast News (Nov 15, 2020)
- Episode 32x05: The 7 Beer Itch (Nov 8, 2020)
- Episode 32x04: Treehouse of Horror XXXI (Nov 1, 2020)
- Episode 32x03: Now Museum, Now You Don't (Oct 11, 2020)
- Episode 32x02: I, Carumbus (Oct 4, 2020)
- Episode 32x01: Undercover Burns (Sep 27, 2020)
- Episode 31x22: The Way of the Dog (May 17, 2020)
- Episode 31x21: The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds (May 10, 2020)
- Episode 31x20: Warrin' Priests Part Two (May 3, 2020)
- Episode 31x19: Warrin' Priests (Apr 26, 2020)
- Episode 31x18: The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby (Apr 19, 2020)
- Episode 31x17: Highway to Well (Mar 22, 2020)
- Episode 31x16: Better Off Ned (Mar 15, 2020)
- Episode 31x15: Screenless (Mar 8, 2020)
- Episode 31x14: Bart the Bad Guy (Mar 1, 2020)
- Episode 31x13: Frinkcoin (Feb 23, 2020)
- Episode 31x12: The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson (Feb 16, 2020)
- Episode 31x11: Hail to the Teeth (Jan 5, 2020)
- Episode 31x10: Bobby, It's Cold Outside (Dec 15, 2019)
- Episode 31x09: Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (Dec 1, 2019)
- Episode 31x08: Thanksgiving of Horror (Nov 24, 2019)
- Episode 31x07: Livin La Pura Vida (Nov 17, 2019)
- Episode 31x06: Marge the Lumberjill (Nov 10, 2019)
- Episode 31x05: Gorillas on the Mast (Nov 3, 2019)
- Episode 31x04: Treehouse of Horror XXX (Oct 20, 2019)
- Episode 31x03: The Fat Blue Line (Oct 13, 2019)
- Episode 31x02: Go Big or Go Homer (Oct 6, 2019)
- Episode 31x01: The Winter of Our Monetized Content (Sep 29, 2019)
- Episode 30x23: Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion (May 12, 2019)
- Episode 30x22: Woo-Hoo Dunnit (May 5, 2019)
- Episode 30x21: D'oh Canada (Apr 28, 2019)
- Episode 30x20: I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh (Apr 7, 2019)
- Episode 30x19: Girl's in the Band (Mar 31, 2019)
- Episode 30x18: Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy (Mar 24, 2019)
- Episode 30x17: E My Sports (Mar 17, 2019)
- Episode 30x16: I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Mar 10, 2019)
- Episode 30x15: 101 Mitigations (Mar 3, 2019)
- Episode 30x14: The Clown Stays in the Picture (Feb 17, 2019)
- Episode 30x13: I'm Dancing as Fat as I Can (Feb 10, 2019)
- Episode 30x12: The Girl on the Bus (Jan 13, 2019)
- Episode 30x11: Mad About the Toy (Jan 6, 2019)
- Episode 30x10: 'Tis the 30th Season (Dec 9, 2018)
- Episode 30x09: Daddicus Finch (Dec 2, 2018)
- Episode 30x08: Krusty the Clown (Nov 25, 2018)
- Episode 30x07: Werking Mom (Nov 18, 2018)
- Episode 30x06: From Russia Without Love (Nov 11, 2018)
- Episode 30x05: Baby You Can't Drive My Car (Nov 4, 2018)
- Episode 30x04: Treehouse of Horror XXIX (Oct 21, 2018)
- Episode 30x03: My Way or the Highway to Heaven (Oct 14, 2018)
- Episode 30x02: Heartbreak Hotel (Oct 7, 2018)
- Episode 30x01: Bart's Not Dead (Sep 30, 2018)
- Episode 4x22: Krusty Gets Kancelled (May 13, 1993)
- Episode 4x21: Marge in Chains (May 6, 1993)
- Episode 4x20: Whacking Day (Apr 29, 1993)
- Episode 4x19: The Front (Apr 15, 1993)
- Episode 4x18: So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show (Apr 1, 1993)
- Episode 4x17: Last Exit to Springfield (Mar 11, 1993)
- Episode 4x16: Duffless (Feb 18, 1993)
- Episode 4x15: I Love Lisa (Feb 11, 1993)
- Episode 4x14: Brother from the Same Planet (Feb 4, 1993)
- Episode 4x13: Selma's Choice (Jan 21, 1993)
- Episode 4x12: Marge vs. the Monorail (Jan 14, 1993)
- Episode 4x11: Homer's Triple Bypass (Dec 17, 1992)
- Episode 4x10: Lisa's First Word (Dec 3, 1992)
- Episode 4x09: Mr. Plow (Nov 19, 1992)
- Episode 4x08: The New Kid on the Block (Nov 12, 1992)
- Episode 4x07: Marge Gets a Job (Nov 5, 1992)
- Episode 4x06: Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie (Nov 3, 1992)
- Episode 4x05: Treehouse of Horror III (Oct 29, 1992)
- Episode 4x04: Lisa the Beauty Queen (Oct 15, 1992)
- Episode 4x03: Homer the Heretic (Oct 8, 1992)
- Episode 4x02: A Streetcar Named Marge (Oct 1, 1992)
- Episode 4x01: Kamp Krusty (Sep 24, 1992)
- Episode 3x24: Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes? (Aug 27, 1992)
- Episode 3x23: Bart's Friend Falls in Love (May 7, 1992)
- Episode 3x22: The Otto Show (Apr 23, 1992)
- Episode 3x21: Black Widower (Apr 9, 1992)
- Episode 3x20: Colonel Homer (Mar 26, 1992)
- Episode 3x19: Dog of Death (Mar 12, 1992)
- Episode 3x18: Separate Vocations (Feb 27, 1992)
- Episode 3x17: Homer at the Bat (Feb 20, 1992)
- Episode 3x16: Bart the Lover (Feb 13, 1992)
- Episode 3x15: Homer Alone (Feb 6, 1992)
- Episode 3x14: Lisa the Greek (Jan 23, 1992)
- Episode 3x13: Radio Bart (Jan 9, 1992)
- Episode 3x12: I Married Marge (Dec 26, 1991)
- Episode 3x11: Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk (Dec 5, 1991)
- Episode 3x10: Flaming Moe's (Nov 21, 1991)
- Episode 3x09: Saturdays of Thunder (Nov 14, 1991)
- Episode 3x08: Lisa's Pony (Nov 7, 1991)
- Episode 3x07: Treehouse of Horror II (Oct 31, 1991)
- Episode 3x06: Like Father Like Clown (Oct 24, 1991)
- Episode 3x05: Homer Defined (Oct 17, 1991)
- Episode 3x04: Bart the Murderer (Oct 10, 1991)
- Episode 3x03: When Flanders Failed (Oct 3, 1991)
- Episode 3x02: Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington (Sep 26, 1991)
- Episode 3x01: Stark Raving Dad (Sep 19, 1991)
- Episode 2x22: Blood Feud (Jul 11, 1991)
- Episode 2x21: Three Men and a Comic Book (May 9, 1991)
- Episode 2x20: The War of the Simpsons (May 2, 1991)
- Episode 2x19: Lisa's Substitute (Apr 25, 1991)
- Episode 2x18: Brush with Greatness (Apr 11, 1991)
- Episode 2x17: Old Money (Mar 28, 1991)
- Episode 2x16: Bart's Dog Gets an F (Mar 7, 1991)
- Episode 2x15: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (Feb 21, 1991)
- Episode 2x14: Principal Charming (Feb 14, 1991)
- Episode 2x13: Homer vs. Lisa and the Eighth Commandment (Feb 7, 1991)
- Episode 2x12: The Way We Was (Jan 31, 1991)
- Episode 2x11: One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish (Jan 24, 1991)
- Episode 2x10: Bart Gets Hit by a Car (Jan 10, 1991)
- Episode 2x09: Itchy & Scratchy & Marge (Dec 20, 1990)
- Episode 2x08: Bart the Daredevil (Dec 6, 1990)
- Episode 2x07: Bart vs. Thanksgiving (Nov 22, 1990)
- Episode 2x06: Dead Putting Society (Nov 15, 1990)
- Episode 2x05: Dancin' Homer (Nov 8, 1990)
- Episode 2x04: Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish (Nov 1, 1990)
- Episode 2x03: Treehouse of Horror (Oct 25, 1990)
- Episode 2x02: Simpson and Delilah (Oct 18, 1990)
- Episode 2x01: Bart Gets an F (Oct 11, 1990)
- Episode 1x13: Some Enchanted Evening (May 13, 1990)
- Episode 1x12: Krusty Gets Busted (Apr 29, 1990)
- Episode 1x11: The Crepes of Wrath (Apr 15, 1990)
- Episode 1x10: Homer's Night Out (Mar 25, 1990)
- Episode 1x09: Life on the Fast Lane (Mar 18, 1990)
- Episode 1x08: The Telltale Head (Feb 25, 1990)
- Episode 1x07: The Call of the Simpsons (Feb 18, 1990)
- Episode 1x06: Moaning Lisa (Feb 11, 1990)
- Episode 1x05: Bart the General (Feb 4, 1990)
- Episode 1x04: There's No Disgrace Like Home (Jan 28, 1990)
- Episode 1x03: Homer's Odyssey (Jan 21, 1990)
- Episode 1x02: Bart the Genius (Jan 14, 1990)
- Episode 1x01: Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire (Dec 17, 1989)
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Show crew as Main Title Theme
- Episode 4x03: On a Deadman's Chest (Jun 27, 1992)
Sledge Hammer! (1986)
Show crew as Main Title Theme
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x01: A Clockwork Hammer (Sep 17, 1987)
- Episode 1x03: Witless (Oct 3, 1986)
- Episode 1x02: Hammer Gets Nailed (Sep 26, 1986)
- Episode 1x01: Under the Gun (Sep 23, 1986)
Show crew as Music Supervisor
- Episode 1x02: Hammer Gets Nailed (Sep 26, 1986)