Alan Menken
Personal Info
- Gender
- Male
- Known for
- Sound
- Birthday
- 1949
- Place of birth
- New Rochelle, New York, USA
- Also known as
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Alan Irwin 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").
Movies (5)
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Disenchanted
- Original Music Composer
Title: Disenchanted
Tagline: Happily never after.
Genre: Comedy,Family,Fantasy
Director: Adam Shankman
Runtime: 119
Status: Released
Release: 2022-11-18
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The Little Mermaid
- Songs
Title: The Little Mermaid
Tagline: Watch and you'll see, some day I'll be, part of your world!
Genre: Adventure,Family,Fantasy,Romance
Director: Rob Marshall
Runtime: 135
Status: Released
Release: 2023-05-18
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The Disney Family Singalong
- Self
Title: The Disney Family Singalong
Genre: Family,Fantasy
Director: Hamish Hamilton
Runtime: 60
Status: Released
Release: 2020-04-16
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The Shaggy Dog
- Original Music Composer
Title: The Shaggy Dog
Tagline: It's going to be a ruff day.
Genre: Comedy,Family
Director: Brian Robbins
Runtime: 98
Status: Released
Release: 2006-03-09
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