Dave Metzger

David Metzger, 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. In addition to his work for Disney, he has done orchestrations for over 50 major films. He has also composed the musical score for Tarzan 2, Brother Bear 2, and Tarzan and Jane. He also has numerous video game, theme park, TV, and commercial credits.
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 in the late 1980s.