Danny Troob

Daniel Troob (born February 28, 1949, in Forest Hills, New York) is an American arranger and orchestrator best known for his contributions to the Disney blockbusters of the 1990s & 2000s. He won Drama Desk awards for Big River and Rodgers & Hammersteins' "Cinderella" (2013).

Troob made his debut at Carnegie Hall at age 12 with an orchestral work orchestrated by himself and conducted by Leopold Stokowski. It was the first time he attended a concert at Carnegie Hall. He graduated from Forest Hills High School, Class of '66 and graduated with Honors in Music Composition at Harvard University in 1970.

Troob's most popular Disney feature film credits include Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Newsies, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Hercules, Enchanted and Tangled.

His Broadway credits start with dance music to Pacific Overtures (1976), Baker's Wife (1977), and orchestrations include How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Matthew Broderick (1996), The Pajama Game (2006) with Harry Connick, Jr., as well as the Disney movie musical adaptions and Shrek The Musical (2008) for Broadway.

He was nominated for an Annie Award in 2001 for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Musical Score for an Animated Feature Production for The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea.

He currently lives in New York City.

Stage work Year Production Role Notes 2021 Beauty and the Beast (musical) Orchestrator 2015 69th Tony Awards 2015 Doctor Zhivago (musical) 2014 Aladdin (2011 musical) 2013 Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella 2012 66th Tony Awards 2011 Newsies 2010 The Addams Family Additional orchestrations 2009 The 101 Dalmatians Musical 2009 63rd Tony Awards 2008 Shrek the Musical 2008 Gypsy Revival; special keyboard arrangements 2008 The Little Mermaid 2006 The Pajama Game 2005 Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life Revue 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 Saravá 1977 Side by Side by Sondheim Revue 1976 Pacific Overtures Dance music 1975 Goodtime Charley Dance arrangements

Filmography Year Title Role/Notes 2024 Spellbound additional song orchestrator 2018 Mary Poppins Returns additional orchestrations 2010 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 The Producers additional orchestrator: score 2004 Noel conductor, music arranger, orchestrator Home on the Range additional orchestrator 2001 South Pacific (TV movie) song orchestrator 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 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 Hercules music arranger, orchestrator 1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame additional score orchestrator 1995 Pocahontas conductor: score, music arranger: songs, orchestrator A Goofy Movie arranger & orchestrator: "After Today" 1994 The Lion King additional arrangement: song 1993 Last Action Hero orchestrator 1992 Aladdin orchestrations: song and score, songs arranged by Newsies music arranger: vocal arrangements, songs orchestrated & conducted Home Alone 2: Lost in New York arranger: "My Christmas Tree"

Film composer Year Title Notes 2001 Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure Film 2000 The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea Film 1998 Cousin Bette music and lyrics for multiple songs; performer of several cues1997 Boys Life 2 (segment "Trevor") Cinderella TV Movie, music: "Transformation" 1994 Trevor Short film

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result 1985 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations Big River 1994 Beauty and the Beast 2006 Tony Award Best Orchestrations The Pajama Game Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations 2009 Tony Award Best Orchestrations Shrek The Musical Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations 2012 Tony Award Best Orchestrations Newsies Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations 2013 Tony Award Best Orchestrations Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations 2020 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations Soft Power