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Renowned film composer, former Oingo Boingo frontman, and frequent Tim Burton collaborator Danny Elfman recently launched his in-depth , a fascinating must-see for anyone pursuing a career in cinematic music-making. However, there’s one life lesson that Elfman says he’s wary of sharing with his impressionable students, when he discusses what he considers to be “the single biggest, most stressful gamble” of his career.

“This is the tricky area when it gets down to talking to students, because I took a great gamble with Batman that I wouldn’t necessarily recommend to a student that I’m talking to do the same,” Elfman tells Yahoo Entertainment, referring to his landmark film score that turns 30 this year.

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