Daniel M. Stroobants, known as Danny Troob, is an American arranger, orchestrator, musician, and composer, who worked on many Disney productions ranging from film and theatre.
Troob was born in 1949 and made his debut at Carnegie Hall at age 12 with an orchestral work orchestrated by himself and conducted by Leopold Stokowski. He graduated in 1966 from Forest Hills High School in Forest Hills, Queens, New York and majored in Music at Harvard (Class of 1970). He began his career on and off Broadway as an orchestrator and arranger for shows, like Side by Side by Sondheim, Pacific Overtures, Goodtime Charley, Bring Back Birdie, Footloose, The 101 Dalmatians Musical, Shrek The Musical, and Rodgers + Hammerstien's Cinderella were he won a Drama Desk Award. He also worked on revivals of Little Shop of Horrors, The Pajama Game, Gypsy, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
Along with fellow associates Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, and David Friedman, Troob worked on Disney Renaissance films, like Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Outside of Disney, he contributed to Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Shining Through, Last Action Hero, Cousin Bette, and The Producers.
Career[]
Filmography[]
| Year | Film | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | Orchestrator Song Arranger |
| 1992 | Newsies | Music Arranger: Vocal arrangements Songs Orchestrator Conductor |
| 1992 | Aladdin | Orchestrations: song and score Song Arranger |
| 1994 | The Lion King | Additional Arrangements |
| 1995 | A Goofy Movie | Arranger Orchestrator: "After Today" |
| 1995 | Pocahontas | Conductor: score Music Arranger: songs Orchestrator |
| 1996 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Additional score orchestrator |
| 1997 | Hercules | Music Arranger Orchestrator |
| 1997 | Cinderella (1997) | Composer: additional music Music arranger: songs Music Adapter |
| 1997 | Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas | Additional orchestrator |
| 1999 | Annie | Musical Underscore Orchestrator |
| 2000 | Geppetto | Song Orchestrator |
| 2000 | The Tigger Movie | Orchestrator - uncredited |
| 2000 | The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | Conductor Orchestrator: score Composer |
| 2001 | Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure | Conductor: score Orchestrator Composer |
| 2001 | Cinderella II: Dreams Come True | Orchestrator |
| 2003 | Piglet's Big Movie | Orchestrator |
| 2004 | Home on the Range | Additional Orchestrator |
| 2004 | Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers | Musical Director - uncredited |
| 2005 | Once Upon a Mattress | Lead Orchestrator |
| 2007 | Enchanted | Orchestrator: all songs and animated score |
| 2010 | Tangled | Additional Orchestrations |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Orchestrator: Songs |
| 2018 | Mary Poppins Returns | Additional Orchestrator |
Stage Credits[]
| Year | Film | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Beauty and the Beast | Orchestrator |
| 1997 | King David | Additional Orchestrations |
| 2008 | The Little Mermaid | Orchestrator |
| 2011 | Newsies | Orchestrator |
| 2014 | Aladdin | Orchestrator |
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