A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
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").
Emmy | Grammy | Oscar | Tony | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | 1991 | 1989 | 2012 | ||
(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
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