David "Dave" Metzger (born December 12, 1960) is an American orchestrator and composer who has orchestrated many Disney feature animation films, including '' Frozen'', '' Moana'', '' Planes'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. 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 and Jane ''Tarzan & Jane'' is a 2002 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, Released on July 23, 2002, it is a direct-to-video sequel to the Disney's 1999 animated feature ''Tarzan'', and uses three then-unair ...

'', 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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, written and composed by

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. Metzger received a Tony and a Drama Desk nomination in 1998 for his orchestration of 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 in Commercial Music 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 Walter Maynard Ferguson CM (May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006) was a Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader. He came to prominence in Stan Kenton's orchestra before forming his own big band in 1957. He was noted for his bands, which often served ...

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

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''. He has a longtime collaboration with Grammy award-winning film composer

. More recently he has also worked with other notable Hollywood and Broadway composers including

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, John Powell,

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, and others. He currently lives in Oregon with his wife. He has two grown sons.

Discography

Film Orchestrations

1990s

2000s

2010s

Broadway Orchestrations

Film and TV Composer

Video Games

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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.

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