Danny Jacob is an American songwriter and musician. His credits include composing the score for the television series Phineas and Ferb, and co-producing the music for the series Sofia The First. He is a three-time Emmy-nominated composer. He also wrote the theme songs for Lilo & Stitch: The Series, The Emperor's New School, Kim Possible, Sonny with a Chance, and Jackie Chan Adventures. As a featured guitarist, Jacob has performed on Shrek, the Bette Midler HBO concert Diva Las Vegas, and on Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin's "Heaven Help Us".
Career Jacob started playing guitar at 13 years old, honing his skills in acoustic, electric, R&B, and jazz playing styles. At 16 years old he formed his own bands, performing in local bars and clubs in Los Angeles. Jacob has played and toured with recording artists: Bette Midler, George Michael, and Tower of Power, and said he has been inspired by Hans Zimmer, John Powell, and Harry Gregson-Williams. During DreamWorks' founding years, Zimmer and Jacob worked together on the soundtracks for The Road to El Dorado and Antz. This led to his work as a featured guitarist with score composers Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell on Shrek. Jacob arranged and co-produced the musical DVD sequence "Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party" along with Eddie Murphy's cover of "I'm a Believer" from the soundtrack album. He also composed the instrumental score for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus presents Zing Zang Zoom in 2009.
He began working on various Disney TV Animation series, producing and writing theme songs for Lilo & Stitch: The Series and The Emperor's New School. Ultimately, he was brought on to revamp the theme song for Phineas and Ferb before being hired as the show's composer and song producer. He continued to work with creators Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh on their next series, Milo Murphy's Law, two Phineas and Ferb feature films (Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension and Phineas and Ferb: Candace Against the Universe) and various specials, and again with Povenmire on the new series Hamster & Gretel. He co-composed the score for the Amazon Kids+ series ARPO: Robot Babysitter with his son, Aaron.
Personal life He was married to Grammy-nominated film music producer Marylata Elton. They have one child: composer, musician, and filmmaker Aaron Daniel Jacob.
In 2011, Jacob and Marylata established an endowment for the Teenage Drama Workshop at California State University, Northridge. He is a native of San Fernando Valley, California.
Discography Year Artist Title Notes 1984 Matthew Wilder Bouncin' Off the Walls guitarist 1987 Tuesday Knight Tuesday Knight guitarist 1988 Sheena Easton The Lover in Me guitarist 1989 Signal Loud & Clear guitarist/arranger 1990 George Michael Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 guitarist 1993 Elton John Duets guitarist 1995 Sheena Easton My Cherie guitarist Carlene Carter Little Acts of Treason guitarist Bette Midler Bette of Roses guitarist 1996 George Michael Older guitarist 1997 Sheena Easton Freedom producer/arranger/guitarist 2006 various Lilo & Stitch Hawaiian Album composer 2009 various Phineas and Ferb composer/performer2010variousPhineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs To Youcomposer/performer2010variousPhineas and Ferb Holiday Favoritescomposer2011variousPhineas and Ferb: Across the 1st and 2nd Dimensionscomposer/performer2011variousPhineas and Ferb-ulous: The Ultimate Albumcomposer/performer2013variousPhineas and Ferb: Rockin' and Rollincomposer/performer2014variousPhineas and Ferb: Star Wars (Music From The TV Series)composer 2014 Laura Dickinson One For My Baby - To Frank Sinatra With Love guitarist/arranger2015variousPhineas and Ferb: Last Day of Summercomposer2020variousPhineas and Ferb: Candace Against the Universecomposer2022variousHamster & Gretelcomposer
Filmography
Film Year Title Notes 1998 Antz arranger: I Can See Clearly Now 2000 The Road to El Dorado arranger: El Dorado Almost Famous guitar coach 2001 Shrek musician: guitars 2003 Stitch! The Movie co-writer: "Aloha, E Komo Mai" 2006 Brother Bear 2 arranger: "Welcome to This Day" Leroy & Stitch co-writer: "Aloha, E Komo Mai", arranger: "Aloha Oe" 2011 Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension composer/singing voice of Ferb 2013 Planes producer: Love Machine 2014 Planes: Fire & Rescue co-writer: Runaway Romance 2020 Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe composer
Television Year Title Notes 2003-06 Lilo & Stitch: The Series theme music composer/songwriter 2006–08 The Emperor's New School theme music composer/songwriter 2007–15, 2025–present Phineas and Ferb composer/songwriter/performer/singing voice of Ferb 2008–13 Sid the Science Kid songwriter 2009–11 Sonny with a Chance composer 2013 Sofia the First co-music producer 2016–19 Milo Murphy's Law composer 2018–19 Beyblade Burst Turbo composer2019 The Lion Guard singing Voice 2021, 2024 Monsters at Work songwriter ("I'm Not Gonna Sing You a Song")2022–24Alice's Wonderland Bakery song producer2022–25Hamster & Gretel composer/song producer
Internet +YearTitleNotes2021–22ARPO: Robot Babysitterco-composer (with Aaron Daniel Jacob)
References
External links
Danny Jacob's Credits and Awards