- Known For
- Sound
- Born
- July 22, 1949
- Place of Birth
- New Rochelle, New York, USA
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 G…
Filmography
movieSpellbound
2024 · Lyricist, Original Music Composer
movieDisney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
2023 · Self
movieThe Little Mermaid
2023 · Songs, Original Music Composer
movieBeauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
2022 · Music
movieDisenchanted
2022 · Songs, Original Music Composer
movieHollywood in Vienna 2022: A Celebration of Disney Classics - Featuring Alan Menken
2022
movieSnapshots: A Musical Scrapbook
2021 · Additional Music, Lyricist
movieAn Evening with Alan Menken
2020 · Himself
movieTangled: The Musical
2020 · Music
movieThe Disney Family Singalong
2020 · Self - Performer
movieThe Little Mermaid Live!
2019 · Original Music Composer
movieAladdin
2019 · Songs, Original Music Composer
movieHoward
2018 · Self / Various Character Scratch Singing, Original Music Composer
movieBeauty and the Beast
2017 · Songs, Original Music Composer
movieTangled: Before Ever After
2017 · Songs
movieNewsies
2017 · Musical
movieDisney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall
2016 · Himself - Special Guest
movieGod Bless You, Mr Rosewater
2016 · Music, Songs
movieSausage Party
2016 · Original Music Composer
movieBehind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2015 · Himself
movieAria for a Cow
2015 · Songs, Executive Producer
tvGalavant
2015 · Executive Producer, Music
movieMirror Mirror
2012 · Original Music Composer
tvHollywood in Vienna
2011 · Self
movieTangled
2010 · Original Music Composer, Songs
movieBeyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
2010 · Self
movieWaking Sleeping Beauty
2009 · Self - Ariel (voice) / Lumiere (voice) (archive footage)
movieThe Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009 · Self
movieEnchanted
2007 · Original Music Composer, Songs
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
2006 · Self
movieThe Shaggy Dog
2006 · Original Music Composer
movieA Christmas Carol
2004 · Musical
movieNoel
2004 · Original Music Composer
movieDiamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
2004 · Self
movieDisney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
2004 · Music
movieHome on the Range
2004 · Original Music Composer, Songs
movieListen to Her Heart: The Life and Music of Laurie Beechman
2003 · Self
movieMichelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits
1999 · Music
movieHercules
1997 · Original Music Composer, Songs
movieBeauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice
1996 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996 · Songs, Original Music Composer
movieAladdin on Ice
1995 · Original Music Composer
moviePocahontas
1995 · Original Music Composer, Songs
movieLife with Mikey
1993 · Original Music Composer
Lincoln
1992 · Music
movieThe Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World
1992 · Self
movieAladdin
1992 · Original Music Composer, Songs
movieNewsies
1992 · Songs
movieBeauty the Beast - Live on Stage
1991 · Songs
movieBeauty and the Beast
1991 · Original Music Composer, Songs
movieCartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
1990 · Music
movieThe Little Mermaid
1989 · Original Music Composer, Songs
movieLittle Shop of Horrors
1986 · Original Music Composer, Songs, Musical
tvTony Awards
1956 · Self - Nominee
movieHunchback
— · Music
movieAladdin: Live from the West End
— · Music