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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").
Known For
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self / Ariel (voice) / Lumiere (voice) (archive footage)
The Disney Family Singalong
as Self
Howard
as Self / Various Character Scratch Singing
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
as Self
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
as Self
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
as Self
The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World
as Self
Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
as Himself
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
as Self
Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall
as Himself - Special Guest
