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Alan Menken‌

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Alan Menken

New Rochelle, New York, USA

Alan Menken

New Rochelle, New York, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1949-07-22

Popularity

star5.0

Biography

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").

Movie Credits

Listen to Her Heart: The Life and Music of Laurie Beechman

Listen to Her Heart: The Life and Music of Laurie Beechman‌
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calendar 2003

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty‌
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calendar 2009

Disney 100: A Century of Dreams - A Special Edition of 20/20

Disney 100: A Century of Dreams - A Special Edition of 20/20‌
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calendar 2023

Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin

Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin‌
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calendar 2004

Hollywood in Vienna 2022: A Celebration of Disney Classics - Featuring Alan Menken

Hollywood in Vienna 2022: A Celebration of Disney Classics - Featuring Alan Menken‌
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calendar 2022

Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall

Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall‌
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calendar 2016

Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast

Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast‌
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calendar 2010

The Disney Family Singalong

The Disney Family Singalong‌
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calendar 2020

The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World

The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World‌
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calendar 1992

Howard

Howard‌
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calendar 2018

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story‌
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calendar 2009

Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs‌
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calendar 2015

An Evening with Alan Menken

An Evening with Alan Menken‌
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calendar 2020

Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'‌
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calendar 2006

Tv Credits

Tony Awards

Tony Awards‌
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calendar 1956

Hollywood in Vienna

Hollywood in Vienna‌
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calendar 2011