Alan Menken
Sound
1949-07-22 · 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
Spellbound
2024 · Movie
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
2023 · Movie
The Little Mermaid
2023 · Movie
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
2022 · Movie
Disenchanted
2022 · Movie
Hollywood in Vienna 2022: A Celebration of Disney Classics - Featuring Alan Menken
2022 · Movie
Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook
2021 · Movie
An Evening with Alan Menken
2020 · Movie
Tangled: The Musical
2020 · Movie
Central Park
2020 · Series
The Disney Family Singalong
2020 · Movie
The Little Mermaid Live!
2019 · Movie
Aladdin
2019 · Movie
Howard
2018 · Movie
Beauty and the Beast
2017 · Movie
Tangled: Before Ever After
2017 · Movie
Newsies
2017 · Movie
Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall
2016 · Movie
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
2016 · Movie
Sausage Party
2016 · Movie
Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2015 · Movie
Aria for a Cow
2015 · Movie
Galavant
2015 · Series
Mirror Mirror
2012 · Movie
Hollywood in Vienna
2011 · Series
Tangled
2010 · Movie
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
2010 · Movie
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009 · Movie
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009 · Movie
Enchanted
2007 · Movie
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
2006 · Movie
The Shaggy Dog
2006 · Movie
A Christmas Carol
2004 · Movie
Noel
2004 · Movie
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
2004 · Movie
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
2004 · Movie
Home on the Range
2004 · Movie
Listen to Her Heart: The Life and Music of Laurie Beechman
2003 · Movie
Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits
1999 · Movie
Hercules
1997 · Movie
Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice
1996 · Movie
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996 · Movie
Aladdin on Ice
1995 · Movie
Pocahontas
1995 · Movie
Life with Mikey
1993 · Movie
Lincoln
1992 · Movie
Aladdin
1992 · Movie
The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World
1992 · Movie
Newsies
1992 · Movie
Beauty the Beast - Live on Stage
1991 · Movie
Beauty and the Beast
1991 · Movie
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
1990 · Movie
The Little Mermaid
1989 · Movie
Little Shop of Horrors
1986 · Movie
Tony Awards
1956 · Series
Aladdin: Live from the West End
Movie
Hunchback
Movie