Personal Info
Known For Sound
Known Credits 24
Gender Male
Birthday December 12, 1961 (63 years old)
Place of Birth Corvallis, Oregon, USA
Also Known As
- David Metzger
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Biography
David Metzger (born December 12, 1960) is an American composer, conductor, arranger, and orchestrator who has worked on many Disney Animation films, including Wish, Frozen, Frozen 2, Moana, Planes, Wreck-It Ralph, Tarzan, and Brother Bear. 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, 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 with Mark Mancina and co-composing the 2013 DisneyToon Studios 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 the Broadway musical The Lion King. 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.
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. He was the arranger for jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson in the late 1980s. From 1992 to 1997, he was the arranger for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
He was a long-time collaborator with film composer Mark Mancina. Beginning in 2008, he has also worked with other notable Hollywood and Broadway composers, including Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Julia Michaels, Benjamin Rice, Alan Menken, John Powell, Alan Silvestri, Christophe Beck, and others.
He currently lives in Oregon with his wife. He has two grown sons.
Description above from the Wikipedia article David Metzger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
David Metzger (born December 12, 1960) is an American composer, conductor, arranger, and orchestrator who has worked on many Disney Animation films, including Wish, Frozen, Frozen 2, Moana, Planes, Wreck-It Ralph, Tarzan, and Brother Bear. 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, 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 with Mark Mancina and co-composing the 2013 DisneyToon Studios 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 the Broadway musical The Lion King. 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.
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. He was the arranger for jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson in the late 1980s. From 1992 to 1997, he was the arranger for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
He was a long-time collaborator with film composer Mark Mancina. Beginning in 2008, he has also worked with other notable Hollywood and Broadway composers, including Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Julia Michaels, Benjamin Rice, Alan Menken, John Powell, Alan Silvestri, Christophe Beck, and others.
He currently lives in Oregon with his wife. He has two grown sons.
Description above from the Wikipedia article David Metzger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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