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- Little Mermaid - Music from the 2023 Motion Picture Soundtrack Easy Piano Souvenir Songbook
- Little Mermaid - Music from the 2023 Motion Picture Soundtrack Piano/Vocal/Guitar Souvenir Songbook
- Disney's Beauty and the Beast
- The Little Mermaid
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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…
Known for
- Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20 — Self2023
- Hollywood in Vienna 2022: A Celebration of Disney Classics - Featuring Alan Menken2022
- The Disney Family Singalong — Self - Performer2020
- An Evening with Alan Menken — Himself2020
- Howard — Self / Various Character Scratch Singing2018
- Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall — Himself - Special Guest2016
- Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — Himself2015
- Hollywood in Vienna — Self2011
- Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast — Self2010
- Waking Sleeping Beauty — Self - Ariel (voice) / Lumiere (voice) (archive footage)2009
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1949
Discography
- Little Shop of Horrors1982
- Little Shop of Horrors1986
- Den Lille Havfrue: Originalt Dansk Soundtrack1989
- La Petite Sirène - Une Bande Sonore Originale de Walt Disney Records1989
- The Little Mermaid1989
- Arielle, die Meerjungfrau1990
- De kleine zeemeermin1990
- Den lilla sjöjungfrun1990
- Den lille havfruen1990
- La Petite Sirène1990
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- 10,929,296
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Alan Menken (born July 22, 1949 in New Rochelle, New York, United States) is an American musical theatre and film composer, and pianist. Menken has collaborated with several renowned lyricists including Howard Ashman (1950-1991), Tim Rice and Stephen Schwartz. For his work he has won eight Academy Awards as well as ten additional nominations. His best known work includes the Disney animated movies, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alan+Menken">
Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 33
- Cited by
- 11
Research areas
Most cited works
- Disney's Beauty and the Beast: A Celebration of the Broadway Musical1995 · 3 cit
- Colors Of The Wind1995 · 3 cit
- Chopin de 星に願いを = "When you wish upon a star" in Chopin style arrangement2010 · 3 cit
- A Whole New World2013 · 1 cit
- If I Can't Love Her2013 · 1 cit
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Quotes
- “Collaboration is being open to each other's ideas and benefiting from each other's perspectives in an open way. Collaboration is all about rewriting and rewriting and rewriting and helping each other to constantly improve a piece. And, it's also about spurring each other on to doing great, hard work — it's easier to do it in a collaboration than on your own.”
- “Having a tradition is a great thing to work within, and maybe today [it] is the only way to land musically dramatic work.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Alan Irwin Menken , ( 1949-07-22 ) July 22, 1949 (age 76) , Manhattan , New York City, U.S.
- Education
- New York University ( BA )
- Genres
- Pop musical theatre film score
- Occupations
- Composer conductor arranger music director music producer
- Years active
- 1972–present
- Label
- Walt Disney
- Spouse
- Janis Roswick ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1972 )
- Website
- www .alanmenken .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.alanmenken.com
- Image
- Alan Menken 2013 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Alan Menken
- date of birth
- 1949-07-22
- start of work period
- 1972-00-00
- name in native language
- Alan Menken
- birth name
- Alan Irwin Menken
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Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American composer and conductor. Over his career he has received numerous accolades including winning eight Academy Awards, a Tony Award, eleven Grammy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, a Daytime Emmy Award, and a Golden Raspberry for worst original song. He is one of 28 recipients to have won the competitive EGOT (Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony).
He is best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Menken's contributions to The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and Pocahontas (1995) won him two Academy Awards for each film. 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), Disenchanted (2022), and Spellbound (2024), among others.