Known For
Sound
Born
Jul 22, 1949
Place of Birth
New Rochelle, New York, USA
Credits
57 titles
Alan Menken
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
Filmography
Spellbound
Lyricist
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
The Little Mermaid
Original Music Composer
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
Music
Disenchanted
Songs
Hollywood in Vienna 2022: A Celebration of Disney Classics - Featuring Alan Menken
Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook
Additional Music
An Evening with Alan Menken
Himself
Tangled: The Musical
Music
Central Park
Songs
The Disney Family Singalong
Self - Performer
The Little Mermaid Live!
Original Music Composer
Aladdin
Songs
Howard
Self / Various Character Scratch Singing
Beauty and the Beast
Songs
Tangled: Before Ever After
Songs
Newsies
Musical
Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall
Himself - Special Guest
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
Music
Sausage Party
Original Music Composer
Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Himself
Aria for a Cow
Songs
Galavant
Executive Producer
Mirror Mirror
Original Music Composer
Hollywood in Vienna
Self
Tangled
Original Music Composer
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self - Ariel (voice) / Lumiere (voice) (archive footage)
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Self
Enchanted
Original Music Composer
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
Self
The Shaggy Dog
Original Music Composer
A Christmas Carol
Musical
Noel
Original Music Composer
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
Self
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
Music
Home on the Range
Songs
Listen to Her Heart: The Life and Music of Laurie Beechman
Self
Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits
Music
Hercules
Original Music Composer
Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice
Original Music Composer
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Songs
Aladdin on Ice
Original Music Composer
Pocahontas
Original Music Composer
Life with Mikey
Original Music Composer
Lincoln
Music
Aladdin
Original Music Composer
The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World
Self
Newsies
Songs
Beauty the Beast - Live on Stage
Songs