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 Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony ("an EGOT").

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Beauty and the Beast 2017Movie Composer

Tangled 2010Movie Composer

Disenchanted 2022Movie Composer

The Little Mermaid 2023Movie Composer

The Little Mermaid 1989Movie Composer

Enchanted 2007Movie Composer

Aladdin 2019Movie Composer

The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996Movie Composer

Hercules 1997Movie Composer

Sausage Party 2016Movie Composer

Home on the Range 2004Movie Composer

Mirror Mirror 2012Movie Composer

Noel 2004Movie Composer

Spellbound 2024Movie Composer

The Shaggy Dog 2006Movie Composer

Life with Mikey 1993Movie Composer

The Little Mermaid Live! 2019Movie Composer

Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20 2023Movie as Self

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story 2009Movie as Self

Howard 2018Movie as Self / Various Character Scratch Singing

Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall 2016Movie as Himself - Special Guest