David Metzger (born in 1960 in Corvallis, Oregon) is an American orchestrator and composer who has orchestrated many Disney feature animation films, including Frozen, Moana, Planes, Wreck-It Ralph, Tarzan, Haunted Mansion, and Brother Bear.[1][2][3] In addition to his work for Disney, he has done orchestrations for over 50 major films, composed the musical scores for Tarzan 2, Brother Bear 2, and Tarzan and Jane,[2][3] 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 Walt Disney Pictures logo, written and composed by Mark Mancina.
David Metzger | |
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Born | Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America |
Occupation | Film score orchestrator |
Metzger received a Tony and a Drama Desk nomination in 1998 for his orchestration of Broadway musical The Lion King.[citation needed] 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[4] and is also orchestrating the musical August Rush.[5]
Metzger grew up in Corvallis, Oregon. He received his Bachelor of Music in Commercial Music from California State University, Long Beach.[6][7] 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. He was the arranger for jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson in the late 1980s.[8] From 1992–1997, he was the arranger for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
He has a longtime collaboration with Grammy award-winning film composer Mark Mancina.[9] More recently he has also worked with other notable Hollywood and Broadway composers including Robert Lopez, John Powell, Alan Silvestri, Christophe Beck, and others.[10][11][12]
He currently lives in Oregon with his wife. He has two grown sons.
Year | Title | Studio(s) | Notes |
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1997 | Speed 2: Cruise Control | 20th Century Fox | |
1998 | Armageddon | Touchstone | |
Return to Paradise | MCA/Universal | ||
1999 | Tarzan | Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
Year | Title | Studio(s) | Notes |
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2000 | Bait | Warner Bros. | Composer of Additional Music |
2001 | Training Day | Warner Bros. | Composer of Additional Music |
Domestic Disturbance | Paramount Pictures | Composer of Additional Music | |
2003 | Brother Bear | Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
Composer of Additional Music |
The Haunted Mansion | Walt Disney Pictures | Composer of Additional Music | |
2005 | Asylum | Paramount Classics | |
2006 | Flyboys | MGM | Composer of Additional Music |
2007 | Camille | Ruddy Morgan Productions | |
August Rush | Warner Bros. | Composer of Additional Music | |
Shooter | Paramount Pictures | Composer of Additional Music | |
Live Free or Die Hard | 20th Century Fox | ||
The Simpsons Movie | 20th Century Fox | ||
2008 | Horton Hears a Who | 20th Century Fox | |
Kung Fu Panda | Dreamworks Animation | ||
Hancock | Columbia Pictures | ||
Bolt | Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
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2009 | Imagine That | Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies |
Composer of Additional Music |
Night at the Museum 2 | 20th Century Fox | ||
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | 20th Century Fox | ||
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Paramount Pictures |
Year | Title | Studio(s) | Notes |
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2010 | Hurricane Season | The Weinstein Company Dimension Films |
Composer of Additional Music |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid | 20th Century Fox | ||
Knight and Day | 20th Century Fox | ||
How to Train Your Dragon | Dreamworks Animation | ||
2011 | Mars Needs Moms | Walt Disney Pictures | |
Winnie The Pooh | Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
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Rio | 20th Century Fox | ||
Kung Fu Panda 2 | Dreamworks Animation | ||
X-Men: First Class | 20th Century Fox | ||
Captain America: The First Avenger | Paramount Pictures | ||
Happy Feet Two | Warner Bros. | ||
2012 | The Raven | Intrepid Pictures | |
The Pirates: Band of Misfits | Sony Pictures Animation | ||
Emperor | Krasnoff Foster Productions | ||
The Lorax | Universal Pictures | ||
Ice Age: Continental Drift | 20th Century Fox | ||
Wreck-It Ralph | Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | Lionsgate | ||
The Avengers | Marvel Studios | ||
2013 | Escape Plan | Emmett/Furla Films | |
Planes | Walt Disney Pictures Disneytoon Studios |
Composer of Additional Music | |
Frozen | Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
Additional Work as Song Arranger | |
2014 | Planes: Fire and Rescue | Walt Disney Pictures Disneytoon Studios |
Composer of Additional Music |
Muppets Most Wanted | Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
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Rio 2 | 20th Century Fox | ||
How to Train Your Dragon 2 | DreamWorks Animation | ||
2015 | Frozen Fever | Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
Additional Work as Song Arranger and Conductor |
Ant-Man | Marvel Studios | ||
2016 | Moana | Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
Additional work as Song, Score, and Vocal Arranger, Additional Music Composer |
2017 | Olaf's Frozen Adventure | Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
Additional work as Music Song Producer and Song and Score Arranger |
2018 | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
Song Arranger and Orchestrator of "A Place Called Slaughter Race" |
2019 | The Lion King | Walt Disney Pictures Fairview Entertainment |
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Frozen II | Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
Song Arranger and Orchestrator of all songs; Score Orchestrator; Co-Producer of all songs |
Year | Title | Notes |
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1997 | The Lion King | Nominated for Tony Award for Best Orchestrations Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Orchestrations |
2016 | Up Here | La Jolla Playhouse |
2018 | Frozen | |
August Rush | Upcoming |
Years | Title | Notes |
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1992–1997 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | TV, NBC |
1998–2000 | The Magnificent Seven | TV, CBS |
2001–2003 | The Legend of Tarzan | TV, Disney |
2002 | Tarzan and Jane | Disney, DVDX Nomination for Best Original Score in a DVD Premiere Movie |
2005 | Blood + | Aniplex, Production I.G. |
2005 | Tarzan II | Disney, DVDX Winner for Best Original Score in a DVD Premiere Movie |
2006 | Criminal Minds | TV, CBS |
Brother Bear 2 | Disney | |
2021 | WandaVision | Disney+ |
Sorcery (2012). Arranger, additional music. Sony Computer Entertainment
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009). Additional music, 3 levels. Activision
Disney Castle Logo. Orchestrator and Arranger. Disney, 2006.
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