Alan Menken
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
![Spellbound](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fdmPmd39r8nXTE9hjxOhv5o0LXM.jpg)
Spellbound
![Disney 100: A Century of Dreams - A Special Edition of 20/20](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tPEJK7pxe05oKenyHQTXE5UbkCN.jpg)
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams - A Special Edition of 20/20
![The Little Mermaid](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ym1dxyOk4jFcSl4Q2zmRrA5BEEN.jpg)
The Little Mermaid
![Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xWpahhg9ETkiPPsG10RtxecjK0v.jpg)
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
![Disenchanted](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uyNLq2Dc3s4IOdcYTU8ZtM2lTjb.jpg)
Disenchanted
![Hollywood in Vienna 2022: A Celebration of Disney Classics - Featuring Alan Menken](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5XNg7ankD4e272W4nxlYp0fSbgL.jpg)
Hollywood in Vienna 2022: A Celebration of Disney Classics - Featuring Alan Menken
![Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pRj2Jw0UxcE8cALE2AwR1LV6Skj.jpg)
Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook
![An Evening with Alan Menken](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7BlcAEMQYPkChJpUAwUVZcDNKFC.jpg)
An Evening with Alan Menken
![Tangled: The Musical](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pwKFyav6nNI4ONzv3tBTn3jzOU7.jpg)
Tangled: The Musical
![The Disney Family Singalong](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/CNQF4cQVVSFixkERbh3rLJGqQr.jpg)
The Disney Family Singalong
![The Little Mermaid Live!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mVZklqsmbbkOgTG4o0nVtM8rJ82.jpg)
The Little Mermaid Live!
![Aladdin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ykUEbfpkf8d0w49pHh0AD2KrT52.jpg)
Aladdin
![Howard](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kTMIYVGKeXsIcVumZvyapkhvQiY.jpg)
Howard
![Beauty and the Beast](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hKegSKIDep2ewJWPUQD7u0KqFIp.jpg)
Beauty and the Beast
![Tangled: Before Ever After](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zj82L9maBSW6CAVZltBoFBSuTk1.jpg)
Tangled: Before Ever After
![Newsies](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3Gw7WM8xZ5xrJp1KniSbrbY9DMI.jpg)
Newsies
![Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1b5DD2dz9CqLrG5v6pFtaaVNxRY.jpg)
Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall
![God Bless You, Mr Rosewater](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eJLZ5IwhfQvkNw3GSN7yAPGSAbE.jpg)
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
![Sausage Party](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vNgdPJQ5CI60oEiiHLKRNrsDhMy.jpg)
Sausage Party
![Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1G0uqjLGwSjdXSasiX4HygLmF2w.jpg)
Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
![Galavant](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3q9a5WFsf08v8RQYVfI2DzNd7B4.jpg)
Galavant
![Voyage of the Little Mermaid](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/f3wIPI2k5Q4s72Sin2aahwQGzIn.jpg)
Voyage of the Little Mermaid
![Mirror Mirror](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pys6zIJN8Sxlk2Ss2GZuYuXPbtw.jpg)
Mirror Mirror
![Hollywood in Vienna](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mcd8G6ituTNCPq2JlAeEQQyNwXt.jpg)
Hollywood in Vienna
![Tangled](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ym7Kst6a4uodryxqbGOxmewF235.jpg)
Tangled
![Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tjjFLkFMFOWCPkOFpIderuhHMRS.jpg)
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
![Waking Sleeping Beauty](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hywGLq5tMOuKwXfOhYUzoqNNAnU.jpg)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
![The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oA5eXc6fefFxlKAxKEJWqACEu2V.jpg)
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
![Enchanted](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8KCNzCArLlvLdQoHx6npua2VSVc.jpg)
Enchanted
![The Shaggy Dog](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tGX3YyPaYMbjiRwR5PjRsJW7GtM.jpg)
The Shaggy Dog
![A Christmas Carol](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2KMxnbPZilgwF5N1rs6zmpwyVyG.jpg)
A Christmas Carol
![Noel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pPYlVwLF8mRFxCiXFxHeFN0d4ON.jpg)
Noel
![Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/j7XVJvvLZ4UioCJuPuQzrAwKStO.jpg)
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
![Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uAOruW63pVq2bNosnU1gybqlMK5.jpg)
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
![Home on the Range](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9xIIo4FMquy5SRqn8hppyr2QadR.jpg)
Home on the Range
![Listen to Her Heart: The Life and Music of Laurie Beechman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sBLDDtCxiQIZ5TtLBnsL5Brk0vp.jpg)
Listen to Her Heart: The Life and Music of Laurie Beechman
![Hercules](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dK9rNoC97tgX3xXg5zdxFisdfcp.jpg)
Hercules
![Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aGsX6A4t0ZPUoN6dEkXGwu7Cw0m.jpg)
Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice
![The Hunchback of Notre Dame](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dNhZjiQ5jblNwhxrrXDt3ai9KXC.jpg)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
![Aladdin on Ice](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/f6oi3tNP93Sc4OfflnAfletcKyh.jpg)
Aladdin on Ice
![Pocahontas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kZ1ft0QZ4e3zDUPMBftEkwI9ftd.jpg)
Pocahontas
![Life with Mikey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dKsvF5t5xsm17HG3GJzQQGJpJzP.jpg)
Life with Mikey
![Aladdin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oakAd8syy7jNQ4ZoaAGCQkTqcOV.jpg)
Aladdin
![Beauty and the Beast](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hUJ0UvQ5tgE2Z9WpfuduVSdiCiU.jpg)
Beauty and the Beast
![Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9fF73VGKlJ8OY0pAIIPf8EKymi7.jpg)
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
![The Little Mermaid](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/plcZXvI310FkbwIptvd6rqk63LP.jpg)
The Little Mermaid
![Madeline](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kh1xdNqCYj4plWOyYjSIrPzzUvI.jpg)
Madeline
![Little Shop of Horrors](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iKkbN17OmFosaW6asCNZTTsyvpu.jpg)
Little Shop of Horrors
![Tony Awards](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6pxoHfywO6bFDOQa9bmWZ1hyKBt.jpg)
Tony Awards