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Oingo Boingo

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Danny Elfman, John Avila, Mike Bacich, Steve Bartek, Johnny 'Vatos' Hernandez, Sam Phipps, Leon Schneiderman, Dale Turner, and Oingo Boingo
Oingo Boingo is known for Donnie Darko (2001), Ghostbusters II (1989) and Weird Science (1985).
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Mary McDonnell, Noah Wyle, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, and Stuart Stone in Donnie Darko (2001)
    Donnie Darko
    8.0
    • Soundtrack
    • 2001
    Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson in Ghostbusters II (1989)
    Ghostbusters II
    6.6
    • Soundtrack
    • 1989
    Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, and Ilan Mitchell-Smith in Weird Science (1985)
    Weird Science
    6.6
    • Soundtrack
    • 1985
    John Cena, Hailee Steinfeld, and Dylan O'Brien in Bumblebee (2018)
    Bumblebee
    6.7
    • Soundtrack
    • 2018

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Oingo Boingo: Insanity
      Music Video
      • Oingo Boingo
      • 1994
    • Oingo Boingo: Out of Control
      Music Video
      • Oingo Boingo
      • 1990
    • Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet (1989)
      Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet
      9.0
      Video
      • 1989
    • Oingo Boingo: Dead Man's Party (1986)
      Oingo Boingo: Dead Man's Party
      7.7
      Music Video
      • Oingo Boingo
      • 1986
    • Danny Elfman in Oingo Boingo: Just Another Day (1986)
      Oingo Boingo: Just Another Day
      6.5
      Music Video
      • Oingo Boingo
      • 1986
    • Oingo Boingo: Stay (1986)
      Oingo Boingo: Stay
      7.2
      Music Video
      • Oingo Boingo
      • 1986
    • Back to School (1986)
      Back to School
      6.7
      • Oingo Boingo
      • 1986
    • Danny Elfman in Oingo Boingo: Weird Science (1985)
      Oingo Boingo: Weird Science
      7.3
      Music Video
      • Oingo Boingo
      • 1985
    • Oingo Boingo: Nothing Bad Ever Happens
      Music Video
      • Oingo Boingo
      • 1983
    • Oingo Boingo: Private Life (1982)
      Oingo Boingo: Private Life
      6.8
      Music Video
      • Oingo Boingo
      • 1982
    • Oingo Boingo: Little Girls (1981)
      Oingo Boingo: Little Girls
      6.3
      Music Video
      • Oingo Boingo
      • 1981
    • No Holds Barred (1980)
      No Holds Barred
      TV Series
      • Rock Group
      • 1980

    Music Department

    • Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre Halloween 1995 (1996)
      Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre Halloween 1995
      8.9
      Video
      • music performers
      • 1996
    • Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet (1989)
      Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet
      9.0
      Video
      • music performers
      • 1989
    • Patrick Dempsey, Ray Walston, Wallace Langham, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Dean Cameron, and Claudia Wells in Fast Times (1986)
      Fast Times
      5.6
      TV Series
      • theme music performed by
      • 1986
    • Danny Elfman, Jan Stuart Schwartz, and Susan Tyrrell in Forbidden Zone (1980)
      Forbidden Zone
      6.5
      • music performers (as The Oingo-Boingo)
      • 1980

    Soundtrack

    • Rose McIver, Rebecca Wisocky, Brandon Scott Jones, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Richie Moriarty, Asher Grodman, Sheila Carrasco, Román Zaragoza, Devan Chandler Long, and Danielle Pinnock in Ghosts (2021)
      Ghosts
      7.9
      TV Series
      • performer: "Dead Man's Party" (uncredited)
      • 2024
    • Diminishing Returns (2016)
      Diminishing Returns
      3.2
      Podcast Series
      • performer: "Just Another Day"
      • performer: "Weird Science"
      • 2018–2022
    • Sagan McMahan, Dan Stevens, Mary Mack, Thomas Middleditch, and Sean Giambrone in Solar Opposites (2020)
      Solar Opposites
      7.9
      TV Series
      • performer: "Dead Man's Party" (uncredited)
      • 2022
    • Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, Malia Pyles, Maia Reficco, and Zaria in Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (2022)
      Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin
      7.0
      TV Series
      • performer: "Dead Man's Party"
      • 2022
    • Tony Hawk in Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off (2022)
      Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off
      8.0
      • performer: "Only A Lad"
      • 2022
    • America's Morning Headquarters (2000)
      America's Morning Headquarters
      2.1
      TV Series
      • performer: "Weird Science"
      • 2021–2022
    • The Movies That Made Us (2019)
      The Movies That Made Us
      7.7
      TV Series
      • performer: "Dead Man's Party" (uncredited)
      • 2020
    • Bad Music Video Theatre (2020)
      Bad Music Video Theatre
      7.4
      TV Series
      • performer: "Weird Science"
      • 2020
    • Prop Culture (2020)
      Prop Culture
      8.0
      TV Series
      • performer: "Weird Science", "Stay", "Wild Sex (in the Working Class)" (uncredited)
      • 2020
    • Angela Bassett, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kenneth Choi, Peter Krause, Aisha Hinds, Oliver Stark, and Ryan Guzman in 9-1-1 (2018)
      9-1-1
      7.9
      TV Series
      • performer: "Dead Man's Party" (uncredited)
      • 2019
    • Jay Hernandez and Perdita Weeks in Magnum P.I. (2018)
      Magnum P.I.
      6.3
      TV Series
      • performer: "Dead Man's Party"
      • 2019
    • Karina Fontes in Body at Brighton Rock (2019)
      Body at Brighton Rock
      4.7
      • performer: "Dead Man's Party"
      • 2019
    • John Cena, Hailee Steinfeld, and Dylan O'Brien in Bumblebee (2018)
      Bumblebee
      6.7
      • performer: "Weird Science"
      • 2018
    • For Facts Sake (2018)
      For Facts Sake
      3.4
      TV Series
      • performer: "Weird Science" (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • Seder-Masochism (2018)
      Seder-Masochism
      7.4
      • performer: "Insects"
      • 2018

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boing
    • Other works
      Album: "The Best of Oingo Boingo: 20th Century Masters the Millennium Collection" (2002/MCA Records)

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    • Trivia
      Originally called "The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boing" and first appeared on The Gong Show (1976) in 1976.

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      Weird Science, Ghostbusters II, Donnie Darko, and Bumblebee
    • How many award nominations has Oingo Boingo received?
      1 nomination

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