Alan Menken

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").

Filmografi

The Disney Family Singalong2020 · Self - PerformerAn Evening with Alan Menken2020 · HimselfWaking Sleeping Beauty2010 · Self - Ariel (voice) / Lumiere (voice) (archive footage)Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/202023 · SelfThe Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story2009 · SelfHoward2018 · Self / Various Character Scratch SingingBehind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs2015 · HimselfDisney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall2016 · Himself - Special GuestDiamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin2004 · SelfTreasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'2006 · SelfHollywood in Vienna 2022: A Celebration of Disney Classics - Featuring Alan Menken2022 · Listen to Her Heart: The Life and Music of Laurie Beechman2003 · SelfThe Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World1992 · SelfBeyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast2010 · Self