Alan Menken

Alan Menken

Known for: Sound

Born: July 21, 1949 in New Rochelle, New York, USA

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").

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Listen to Her Heart: The Life and Music of Laurie Beechman

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Listen to Her Heart: The Life and Music of Laurie Beechman

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2003 Documentary
Waking Sleeping Beauty

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Waking Sleeping Beauty

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

2009 Documentary
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20

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

Self

2023 Documentary
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin

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Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin

Self

2004 Documentary
Hollywood in Vienna 2022: A Celebration of Disney Classics - Featuring Alan Menken

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

2022 Music
Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall

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

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2016 Music
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast

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Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast

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2010 Documentary
The Disney Family Singalong

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The Disney Family Singalong

Self - Performer

2020 Family
The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World

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The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World

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1992 Documentary
Howard

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Howard

Self / Various Character Scratch Singing

2018 Documentary
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

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The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

Self

2009 Documentary
Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Himself

2015 Animation
An Evening with Alan Menken

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An Evening with Alan Menken

Himself

2020 Drama
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

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Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

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2006 Documentary
Hollywood in Vienna

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Hollywood in Vienna

Self

2011 Drama
Tony Awards

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Tony Awards

Self - Nominee

1956 Drama
Aladdin

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Aladdin

Original Music Composer

1992 Animation
The Shaggy Dog

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The Shaggy Dog

Original Music Composer

2006 Comedy
The Little Mermaid

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The Little Mermaid

Original Music Composer

1989 Animation
Pocahontas

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Pocahontas

Original Music Composer

1995 Adventure
Enchanted

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Enchanted

Songs

2007 Comedy
Mirror Mirror

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Mirror Mirror

Original Music Composer

2012 Adventure
Tangled

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Tangled

Original Music Composer

2010 Animation
Newsies

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Newsies

Musical

2017 Music