Alan Menken
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- July 22, 1949 (age 77)
- Birthplace
- New Rochelle, New York, USA
Biography
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
Photos
Filmography
Hunchback
Movie · Music
Spellbound
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Little Mermaid
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
Disenchanted
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
Movie · Music
Tangled: The Musical
Movie · Music
Central Park
TV · Songs · 1 ep
Aladdin
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
The Little Mermaid Live!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Aladdin: Live from the West End
Movie · Music
Howard
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Movie · Songs
Tangled: Before Ever After
Movie · Songs
Beauty and the Beast
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
Sausage Party
Movie · Original Music Composer
Aria for a Cow
Movie · Songs
Galavant
TV · Music · 18 eps
Mirror Mirror
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tangled
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
Enchanted
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
The Shaggy Dog
Movie · Original Music Composer
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
Movie · Music
Home on the Range
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
Noel
Movie · Original Music Composer
Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits
Movie · Music
Hercules
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
Pocahontas
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
Aladdin on Ice
Movie · Original Music Composer
Life with Mikey
Movie · Original Music Composer
Aladdin
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
Lincoln
Movie · Music
Newsies
Movie · Songs
Beauty and the Beast
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
Beauty the Beast - Live on Stage
Movie · Songs
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
Movie · Music
The Little Mermaid
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
Little Shop of Horrors
Movie · Songs, Music