Alan Menken

Alan Menken

Alan Menken is a pianist and composer of American musical theatre and film. Menken is best known for his scores for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Pocahontas have each won him two Academy Awards. He also composed the scores for The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Home on the Range, The Shaggy Dog, Enchanted, and most recently, Tangled. Menken has collaborated on several occasions with lyricists including Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, Glenn Slater, and Stephen Schwartz. With nineteen nominations and eight...
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Birthdate:July 22, 1949
Birthplace:New Rochelle, New York
Age:62
Also known as:Alan Menken & Howard Ashman, Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz , Menken, Alan

Honors and Awards

YearAwardWork
1989 Academy Award for Best Original Song Under the Sea
1991 Academy Award for Best Original Song Beauty and the Beast
1992 Academy Award for Best Original Song A Whole New World
1995 Academy Award for Best Original Song Colors of the Wind
1993 Grammy Award for Song of the Year A Whole New World
1992 Academy Award for Original Music Score Aladdin
1989 Academy Award for Original Music Score The Little Mermaid
1991 Academy Award for Original Music Score Beauty and the Beast
1993 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Aladdin
1992 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Beauty and the Beast
1990 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score The Little Mermaid
1992 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Beauty and the Beast
1996 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Colors of the Wind
1993 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song A Whole New World
1992 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Beauty and the Beast
1990 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Under the Sea
1997 BMI Film Music Award The Hunchback of Notre Dame
2011 Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media I See The Light
2008 Nominated - Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Ever Ever After
2008 Nominated - Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media That's How You Know
2008 Nominated - Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album The Little Mermaid
2007 Nominated - BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Composer Enchanted
1997 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Pocahontas
1993 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Aladdin
1992 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Beauty and the Beast
1990 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score The Little Mermaid
1996 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Colors of the Wind
1993 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song A Whole New World
1993 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Friend Like Me
1993 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Prince Ali
1992 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Beauty and the Beast
1992 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Be Our Guest
1990 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Under the Sea
1990 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Kiss The Girl
1993 Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Aladdin
1992 Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Beauty and the Beast
2011 Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song I See the Light
2010 Nominated - Academy Award for Best Original Song I See the Light
1996 Nominated - Academy Award for Best Music, Score The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1997 Nominated - BMI Film Music Award The Hunchback of Notre Dame
2011 Nominated - Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Tangled
2011 Nominated - Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media I See The Light
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Written works by Alan Menken

  • dream on Royal Street
    dream on Royal Street
  • Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame
    Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • Out there
    Out there
  • Little shop of horrors
    Little shop of horrors
  • E.Z. Play Today Pocahontas
    E.Z. Play Today Pocahontas
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dream on Royal Street
Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame
Out there
Little shop of horrors
E.Z. Play Today Pocahontas
Alan Menken Songbook
Aladdin
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Pocahontas
3. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
A Christmas Carol
Disney Movie Favorites
The Lion King
Disney's Pocahontas Illustrated Songbook
Home on the Range
Hercules
The Little Mermaid
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Personal relationships of Alan Menken

Janis Menken
Janis Menken
Relationship type:Marriage
Together since:November 1972

Janis Menken is the spouse of American composer Alan Menken.

Alan Menken
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