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

Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Self / Ariel (voice) / Lumiere (voice) (archive footage)

Howard

as Self / Various Character Scratch Singing

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

as Self

The Disney Family Singalong

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20

as Self

Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall

as Himself - Special Guest

Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

as Himself

Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin

as Alan Menken

Hollywood in Vienna 2022: A Celebration of Disney Classics - Featuring Alan Menken