Danny Troob
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Danny Troob is an American arranger and orchestrator, best known for his close association as orchestrator to Alan Menken's earliest Broadway and movie musicals since his earliest works. Troob's most popular movie credits include as "Beauty and the Beast
", "Pocahontas
", "Aladdin
", "Hercules
", "Enchanted
", "Tangled", and Broadway's '"The Little Mermaid
, The Pajama Game
", and "Shrek
". He won the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations
for "Big River
" in 1985 and has been nominated for the Tony Award in 2009 for Shrek: The Musical, 2006 for The Pajama Game
, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations
two times. He was nominated for an Annie Award in 2001 for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music Score an Animated Feature Production for The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
.
He majored in Music Composition at Harvard University
and graduated in 1970. He lives in New York City. He served as mentor to Nathan Kelly
and Doug Besterman.
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale. The first published version of the fairy tale was a rendition by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in La jeune américaine, et les contes marins in 1740...
", "Pocahontas
Pocahontas
Pocahontas was a Virginia Indian notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter of Chief Powhatan, the head of a network of tributary tribal nations in Tidewater Virginia...
", "Aladdin
Aladdin
Aladdin is a Middle Eastern folk tale. It is one of the tales in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights , and one of the most famous, although it was actually added to the collection by Antoine Galland ....
", "Hercules
Hercules
Hercules is the Roman name for Greek demigod Heracles, son of Zeus , and the mortal Alcmene...
", "Enchanted
Enchanted
Enchanted may refer to:* Under the influence of an incantation* Enchanted , a 2007 Disney film** Enchanted , the soundtrack album from the film** Enchanted , a Nintendo DS game based on the film...
", "Tangled", and Broadway's '"The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid
"The Little Mermaid" is a popular fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince...
, The Pajama Game
The Pajama Game
The Pajama Game is a musical based on the novel 7½ Cents by Richard Bissell. It features a score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story deals with labor troubles in a pajama factory, where worker demands for a seven-and-a-half cents raise are going unheeded...
", and "Shrek
Shrek
Shrek is a 2001 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, featuring the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow. Loosely based on William Steig's 1990 fairy tale picture book Shrek!...
". He won the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations
Tony Award for Best Orchestrations
-1990s:1997*Jonathan Tunick – Titanic**Michael Gibson - Steel Pier**Luther Henderson - Play On!**Don Sebesky and Harold Wheeler - The Life1998*William David Brohn – Ragtime**Robert Elhai, David Metzger and Bruce Fowler - The Lion King...
for "Big River
Big River (musical)
Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a musical with a book by William Hauptman and music and lyrics by Roger Miller.Based on Mark Twain's classic 1884 novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, it features music in the bluegrass and country styles in keeping with the setting of the novel...
" in 1985 and has been nominated for the Tony Award in 2009 for Shrek: The Musical, 2006 for The Pajama Game
The Pajama Game
The Pajama Game is a musical based on the novel 7½ Cents by Richard Bissell. It features a score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story deals with labor troubles in a pajama factory, where worker demands for a seven-and-a-half cents raise are going unheeded...
, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations is presented by the Drama Desk, a committee of New York City theatre critics, writers, and editors...
two times. He was nominated for an Annie Award in 2001 for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music Score an Animated Feature Production for The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
The film's official soundtrack was released on September 19, 2000. The soundtrack was released internationally on October 31, 2000 in a special edition double pack with the original film's soundtrack...
.
He majored in Music Composition at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and graduated in 1970. He lives in New York City. He served as mentor to Nathan Kelly
Nathan Kelly
Nathan Kelly is an American composer in Los Angeles, best known for working as an orchestrator for Broadway productions such as Gypsy, Curtains, The Tony Awards, and Séance on a Wet Afternoon. His work has been eclectic, orchestrating many different styles of music...
and Doug Besterman.
Stage Work
- 2010 - The Addams Family (additional orchestrations)
- 2009 - 101 Dalmatians
- 2008 - Shrek: The Musical
- 2008 - Gypsy (Revival) (special keyboard arrangements)
- 2008 - The Little Mermaid
- 2006 - The Pajama Game
- 2005 - Chita Rivera
- 2003 - Little Shop of Horrors
- 1998 - Footloose
- 1997 - King David (additional orchestrations)
- 1995 - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (revival)
- 1994 - Beauty and the Beast
- 1992 - My Favorite Year (Orchestration for "Manhattan")
- 1988 - Legs Diamond (additional orchestrations)
- 1988 - Romance / Romance (additional orchestrations)
- 1985 - Big River (orchestrated and music supervised)
- 1984 - The Three Musketeers (Revival) (additional orchestrations)
- 1981 - Bring Back Birdie (music and dance arrangements)
- 1980 - Happy New Year (additional orchestrations)
- 1979 - Saravà
- 1977 - Side by Side by Sondheim (revue)
- 1976 - Pacific Overtures (dance music)
- 1975 - Goodtime Charley (dance arrangements)
Filmography
- 2009 - Tangled (additional orchestrations)
- 2009 - The 63rd Annual Tony Awards (TV special) (orchestrator)
- 2007 - Enchanted (orchestrator, all songs and animated score)
- 2005 - Once Upon a Mattress (TV movie) (lead orchestrator)
- 2005 - The Producers (additional orchestrator: score)
- 2004 - Noel (conductor, music arranger, orchestrator)
- 2004 - Home on the Range (additional orchestrator)
- 2001 - South Pacific (TV movie) (song orchestrator)
- 2001 - Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (video) (conductor: score, orchestrator)
- 2000 - The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea (video) (conductor: score, orchestrator: score)
- 2000 - Geppetto (TV movie) (song orchestrator)
- 1999 - Annie (TV movie) (musical underscore, orchestrator)
- 1998 - Cousin Bette (music adaptor, music arranger: songs, musician: piano, orchestrator)
- 1997 - Cinderella (TV movie) (composer: additional music, music adaptor, music arranger: songs)
- 1997 - Hercules (music arranger, orchestrator)
- 1996 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (additional score orchestrator)
- 1995 - Pocahontas (conductor: score, music arranger: songs, orchestrator)
- 1995 - A Goofy Movie (arranger: "After Today")
- 1994 - The Lion King (additional arrangement: song)
- 1992 - Aladdin (orchestrations: song and score, songs arranged by)
- 1992 - Newsies (music arranger: vocal arrangements, songs orchestrated & conducted)
- 1992 - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (arranger: "My Christmas Tree")
- 1992 - Shining Through (orchestrator)
- 1991 - Beauty and the Beast (orchestrator, songs arranger)
Film Composer
- 2001 - Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's AdventureLady and the Tramp II: Scamp's AdventureLady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure is a 2001 direct-to-video animated film which was released on February 27, 2001 by The Walt Disney Company as a sequel to the 1955 feature film Lady and the Tramp. The story centers around Lady and Tramp's anthropomorphic puppy, Scamp, and his desire to...
- 2000 - The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea (video)
- 1997 - Boys Life 2 (segment "Trevor")
- 1994 - Trevor (short)
- 1998 - Cousin Bette (music: "The Other Side of Heaven", "The Tiger Song", "The Devil Song", "Farewell, My Friends", "Le Carilloneur" / lyrics: "The Other Side of Heaven", "The Tiger Song", "The Devil Song", "Farewell, My Friends", "Le Carilloneur" / performer: "Spera O'Marinar", "Nelly's Air" / "Wedding Polka", "Wedding Waltz", "Can Can")
- 1997 - Cinderella (TV movie) (music: "Transformation")