Alan Menken (b. 1949)

Alias:
Alan Irwin Menken

Birthplace:
New Rochelle, New York, USA

Born:
July 22, 1949

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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E*G*O*T (First Awards)

EmmyGrammyOscarTony
1990199119892012
(EGOTs may include competitive and noncompetitive awards.)

Additional Music:
2021  Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook

Lyricist:
2021  Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook
2024  Spellbound

Music:
1990  Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
1992  Lincoln
1995  Aladdin on Ice
1996  The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1999  Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits
2004  Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
2016  God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
2020  Tangled: The Musical
2021  Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook
2022  Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
2024  Spellbound
????  Hunchback

Musical:
1986  Little Shop of Horrors
1990  Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
1992  Lincoln
1995  Aladdin on Ice
1996  The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1999  Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits
2004  A Christmas Carol
2004  Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
2016  God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
2017  Newsies
2020  Tangled: The Musical
2021  Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook
2022  Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
2024  Spellbound
????  Hunchback

Original Music Composer:
1986  Little Shop of Horrors
1989  The Little Mermaid
1990  Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
1991  Beauty and the Beast
1992  Aladdin
1992  Lincoln
1993  Life with Mikey
1995  Aladdin on Ice
1995  Pocahontas
1996  Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice
1996  The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1997  Hercules
1999  Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits
2004  A Christmas Carol
2004  Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
2004  Home on the Range
2004  Noel
2006  The Shaggy Dog
2007  Enchanted
2010  Tangled
2012  Mirror Mirror
2012  Voyage of the Little Mermaid
2016  God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
2016  Sausage Party
2017  Beauty and the Beast
2017  Newsies
2018  Howard
2019  Aladdin
2019  The Little Mermaid Live!
2020  Tangled: The Musical
2021  Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook
2022  Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
2022  Disenchanted
2023  The Little Mermaid
2024  Spellbound
????  Hunchback

Songs:
1986  Little Shop of Horrors
1989  The Little Mermaid
1990  Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
1991  Beauty and the Beast
1992  Aladdin
1992  Lincoln
1992  Newsies
1993  Life with Mikey
1995  Aladdin on Ice
1995  Pocahontas
1996  Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice
1996  The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1997  Hercules
1999  Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits
2004  A Christmas Carol
2004  Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
2004  Home on the Range
2004  Noel
2006  The Shaggy Dog
2007  Enchanted
2010  Tangled
2012  Mirror Mirror
2012  Voyage of the Little Mermaid
2016  God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
2016  Sausage Party
2017  Beauty and the Beast
2017  Newsies
2017  Tangled: Before Ever After
2018  Howard
2019  Aladdin
2019  The Little Mermaid Live!
2020  Tangled: The Musical
2021  Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook
2022  Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
2022  Disenchanted
2023  The Little Mermaid
2024  Spellbound
????  Hunchback

Executive Producer:
2015  Galavant

Music:
2015  Galavant

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