Alan Menken
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
SoundBirthday
July 22, 1949Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
51Place of birth
New Rochelle, New York, USAAlso known as
Alan Irwin Menken
Cast credits
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
Alan Menken
Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall
Himself - Special Guest
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
The Disney Family Singalong
Self
The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World
Self
Howard
Self / Various character scratch singing
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Self
Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Himself
An Evening with Alan Menken
Himself
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self / Ariel (voice) / Lumiere (voice) (archive footage)
Hollywood in Vienna 2022: A Celebration of Disney Classics - Featuring Alan Menken
Listen to Her Heart: The Life and Music of Laurie Beechman
Self
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams - A Special Edition of 20/20
SelfCrew credits
Aladdin
Original Music Composer, Songs
The Shaggy Dog
Original Music Composer
The Little Mermaid
Original Music Composer, Songs
Pocahontas
Original Music Composer, Songs
Enchanted
Songs, Original Music Composer
Mirror Mirror
Original Music Composer
Tangled
Original Music Composer, Songs
Sausage Party
Original Music Composer
Beauty and the Beast
Songs, Original Music Composer
Home on the Range
Original Music Composer, Songs
Tangled: Before Ever After
Songs
Hercules
Original Music Composer, Songs
A Christmas Carol
Musical
Life with Mikey
Original Music Composer
Aladdin
Original Music Composer, Songs
Hunchback
Music
Little Shop of Horrors
Musical, Original Music Composer, Songs
Howard
Original Music Composer
Spellbound
Original Music Composer, Lyricist
Tangled: The Musical
Music
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
MusicImages
