Alan Menken
Sound
Born July 22, 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").
Filmography
Hunchback
Aladdin: Live from the West End
Spellbound
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
The Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
Disenchanted
Hollywood in Vienna 2022: A Celebration of Disney Classics - Featuring Alan Menken
Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook
An Evening with Alan Menken
Himself
Tangled: The Musical
The Disney Family Singalong
Self - Performer
The Little Mermaid Live!
Aladdin
Howard
Self / Various Character Scratch Singing
Beauty and the Beast
Tangled: Before Ever After
Newsies
Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall
Himself - Special Guest
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
Sausage Party
Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Himself
Aria for a Cow
Galavant
Mirror Mirror
Hollywood in Vienna
Self
Tangled
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
The Shaggy Dog
A Christmas Carol
Noel
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
Self
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
Home on the Range
Listen to Her Heart: The Life and Music of Laurie Beechman
Self
Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits
Hercules
Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Aladdin on Ice
Pocahontas
Life with Mikey
The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World
Self
Aladdin
Newsies
Beauty the Beast - Live on Stage
Beauty and the Beast
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
The Little Mermaid
Little Shop of Horrors
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee