Alan Menken

About

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...

Known for

TangledMovie • 2010Beauty and the BeastMovie • 1991The Little MermaidMovie • 1989AladdinMovie • 1992Beauty and the BeastMovie • 2017Central ParkSeries • 2020The Little MermaidMovie • 2023Home on the RangeMovie • 2004Ralph Breaks the InternetMovie • 2018HerculesMovie • 1997AladdinMovie • 2019EnchantedMovie • 2007The Hunchback of Notre DameMovie • 1996Sausage PartyMovie • 2016PocahontasMovie • 1995SpellboundMovie • 2024GalavantSeries • 2015Little Shop of HorrorsMovie • 1986DisenchantedMovie • 2022Mirror MirrorMovie • 2012Beauty and the Beast: A 30th CelebrationMovie • 2022NewsiesMovie • 1992Tangled: Before Ever AfterMovie • 2017The Shaggy DogMovie • 2006