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Alan Menken

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Known For

75 Years Old

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").

Born

New Rochelle, New York, USA on 22nd July 1949

All Credits

Tony Awards Image
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
Hollywood in Vienna Image
Hollywood in Vienna
Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty Image
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self - Ariel (voice) / Lumiere (voice) (archive footage)
Howard Image
Howard
Self / Various Character Scratch Singing
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20 Image
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story Image
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Self
The Disney Family Singalong Image
The Disney Family Singalong
Self
Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Image
Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Himself
Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall Image
Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall
Himself - Special Guest
The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World Image
The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World
Self
Listen to Her Heart: The Life and Music of Laurie Beechman Image
Listen to Her Heart: The Life and Music of Laurie Beechman
Self
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast Image
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
Self
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Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
Self
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin Image
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
Self
An Evening with Alan Menken Image
An Evening with Alan Menken
Himself
Hollywood in Vienna 2022: A Celebration of Disney Classics - Featuring Alan Menken Image
Hollywood in Vienna 2022: A Celebration of Disney Classics - Featuring Alan Menken