Danny Troob

Danny Troob (born February 28, 1949, Queens, New York) 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.[1][2][3] 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.[4]

He majored in Music Composition at Harvard University and graduated in 1970.[5] He lives in New York City. He served as mentor to Nathan Kelly and Doug Besterman.[6]

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Stage Work

  • 2010 - The Addams Family (additional orchestrations)
  • 2009 - 101 Dalmatians [7]
  • 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 [8]
  • 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) [9]
  • 1975 - Goodtime Charley (dance arrangements)[3][5]

Filmography

Film Composer

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