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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, Brother Bear, and . 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 & 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 Disney 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. 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 was a longtime 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.
Metzger currently lives in Oregon with his wife. He has two grown sons.
| 1994 ! The Lion King | Walt Disney Pictures | Hans Zimmer | |
| 1997 ! | 20th Century Fox | Mark Mancina | |
| 1998 ! Armageddon | Touchstone | Trevor Rabin | |
| 1999 ! Tarzan | Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios | Mark Mancina |
| 2000 ! Bait | Warner Bros. | Mark Mancina | |
| 2001 ! Training Day | Warner Bros. | Mark Mancina | Composer of Additional Music |
| 2003 ! | Walt Disney Home Entertainment Disneytoon Studios | Don L. Harper | |
| 2004 ! The Lion King 1½ | Walt Disney Home Entertainment Disneytoon Studios | Don L. Harper | |
| 2005 ! Asylum | Paramount Classics | Mark Mancina | Additional Music Arranger |
| 2006 ! Glory Road | Walt Disney Pictures | Trevor Rabin | Additional Orchestrations |
| 2007 ! August Rush | Warner Bros. | Mark Mancina | |
| 2008 ! Camille | Ruddy Morgan Productions | Mark Mancina | Composer of Additional Music |
| 2009 ! Imagine That | Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies | Mark Mancina | Composer of Additional Music |
| 2010 ! Diary of a Wimpy Kid | 20th Century Fox | Theodore Shapiro | |
| 2011 ! Mars Needs Moms | Walt Disney Pictures | John Powell | |
| 2012 ! The Raven | Intrepid Pictures | Lucas Vidal | |
| 2013 ! | Freestyle Releasing | Marc Fantini Steffan Fantini | |
| 2014 ! | Walt Disney Pictures Disneytoon Studios | Mark Mancina | Composer of Additional Music |
| 2015 ! Strange Magic | Touchstone Pictures Lucasfilm | Marius de Vries | Choir Contractor |
| 2016 ! | 20th Century Fox | John Debney | |
| 2017 ! | DreamWorks Animation | Theodore Shapiro | |
| 2018 ! Ralph Breaks the Internet | Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios | Henry Jackman | Song Arranger and Orchestrator of "A Place Called Slaughter Race" |
| 2019 ! The Lion King | Walt Disney Pictures Jon Favreau | Hans Zimmer | |
| 2022 ! Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Releasing | Matthew Margeson Benj Pasek and Justin Paul | Song Arranger, Producer, and Orchestrator of "Take A Look At Us Now" |
| 2024 ! | Walt Disney Pictures | Nicholas Britell | Producer and Orchestrator |
| 2025 ! How to Train Your Dragon | Universal Pictures DreamWorks Animation | John Powell | Legacy Orchestrator |
| 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 |
| 1992–1997 ! The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | TV, NBC 23 episodes |
| 1998–2000 ! The Magnificent Seven | TV, CBS 12 episodes |
| 2001–2003 ! The Legend of Tarzan | TV, Disney 9 episodes |
| 2002 ! Tarzan & Jane | Disney DVDX Nomination for Best Original Score in a DVD Premiere Movie Co-composed with Patrick Griffin and Don L. Harper |
| 2005 ! Blood+ | Aniplex, Production I.G. Co-composed with Mark Mancina |
| 2006 ! Brother Bear 2 | Disney |
| 2023 ! Once Upon a Studio | |
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