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Alan Menken
1949-07-22 · New Rochelle, New York, USA
Alan Irwin Menken (born July 12, 1949) is an American composer, pianist, music director, and record producer, best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Menken's music for The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and Pocahontas (1995) has each won him two Academy Awards. He also composed the scores and songs for Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Newsies (1992), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Hercules (1997), Home on the Range (2004), Enchanted (2007), Tangled (2010), and Disenchanted (2022), among others. His accolades include winning eight Academy Awards — becoming the second most prolific Oscar winner in the music categories after Alfred Newman (who has 9 Oscars), a Tony Award, eleven Grammy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, and a Daytime Emmy Award. Menken is one of nineteen people to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony ("an EGOT").
Known for
Beauty and the Beast
Tangled
Aladdin
Beauty and the Beast
Aladdin
The Little Mermaid
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Hercules
Sausage Party
Pocahontas
Enchanted
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Little Mermaid
Mirror Mirror
Home on the Range
Little Shop of Horrors
Movie credits · 53
Spellbound
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
The Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
Disenchanted
Hollywood in Vienna 2022: A Celebration of Disney Classics - Featuring Alan Menken
Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook
An Evening with Alan Menken
Tangled: The Musical
The Disney Family Singalong
The Little Mermaid Live!
Aladdin: Live from the West End
Aladdin
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Howard
Beauty and the Beast
Tangled: Before Ever After
Newsies
Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall
Sausage Party
Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Aria for a Cow
Mirror Mirror
Tangled
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
Waking Sleeping Beauty
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Enchanted
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
The Shaggy Dog
A Christmas Carol
Noel
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
Home on the Range
Listen to Her Heart: The Life and Music of Laurie Beechman
Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits
Hercules
Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
TV credits · 4
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