Dave Metzger

Dave Metzger

  • Birthday: 1961-12-12
  • Place of birth: Corvallis, Oregon, USA
  • Also know as: David Metzger

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 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.

Production

Brother Bear 2

2006

As Original Music Composer

Bad Boys II

2003

As Orchestrator

Bolt

2008

As Orchestrator

Brother Bear

2003

As Orchestrator

Ant-Man

2015

As Orchestrator

Frozen

2013

As Orchestrator

Wreck-It Ralph

2012

As Orchestrator

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2014

As Orchestrator

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

2009

As Orchestrator

Moana

2016

As Orchestrator

Olaf's Frozen Adventure

2017

As Music Score Producer

Rio

2011

As Orchestrator

Rio 2

2014

As Orchestrator

The Raven

2012

As Orchestrator

Tarzan & Jane

2002

As Music

Wish

2023

As Original Music Composer

Once Upon a Studio

2023

As Original Music Composer

Tarzan II

2005

As Original Music Composer

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