David Metzger (born December 12, 1960) is an American composer, conductor, arranger, and orchestrator who has worked on many Disney Animation films, including ''

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'', '' Moana'', '' Planes'', ''

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'', and '' Mufasa: The Lion King''. In addition to his work for Disney, he has done orchestrations for over 50 major films, composed the musical scores for '' Tarzan 2'', ''

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'', and '' Tarzan & Jane'', and has numerous video game, theme park, television, and commercial credits, as well as co-arranging and orchestrating " When You Wish Upon a Star" for the 2006

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with

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, and co-composing the 2013

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logo with Mancina. He was nominated for a Grammy Award for his producing work on ''Frozen 2''. Metzger received a Tony and a Drama Desk nomination in 1998 for his orchestration of Broadway musical ''

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''. He won a DVDX award for best original score in a DVD premiere movie for ''Tarzan 2'' in 2006. He has orchestrated the Broadway musical ''Frozen'' and is also orchestrating the musical ''August Rush''.

Career

Metzger was the arranger for jazz trumpeter

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in the late 1980s. From 1992 to 1997, he was the arranger for ''

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''. Metzger was a longtime collaborator with film composer

. Beginning in 2008 he has also worked with other notable Hollywood and Broadway composers including

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, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul,

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, Benjamin Rice,

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, John Powell,

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, and others.

Personal life

Metzger grew up in Corvallis, Oregon. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from California State University, Long Beach. He also did graduate work at UCLA. He began composing for choir and jazz band in junior high school. In his young adult years, he wrote many jazz band charts that are still played today. Metzger currently lives in Oregon with his wife. He has two grown sons.

Discography

Film orchestrations

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Broadway orchestrations

Film and TV composer

Video games

* '' You Don't Know Jack'' (1999). * ''

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'' (2012). Arranger, additional music. Sony Computer Entertainment * '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2'' (2009). Additional music, 3 levels. Activision

Miscellaneous

Disney Castle Logo. Orchestrator and Arranger.

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, 2006.

References

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