About
Alan Menken
Overview
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
Acting |
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| 2023 | Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20 | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2022 | Hollywood in Vienna 2022: A Celebration of Disney Classics - Featuring Alan Menken | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2020 | An Evening with Alan Menken | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 2020 | The Disney Family Singalong | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Howard | Actor | Self / Various Character Scratch Singing | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall | Actor | Himself - Special Guest | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2009 | Waking Sleeping Beauty | Actor | Self / Ariel (voice) / Lumiere (voice) (archive footage) | 61 Fair |
| 2009 | The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin | Actor | Alan Menken | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Listen to Her Heart: The Life and Music of Laurie Beechman | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1992 | The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
Writing |
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| 2024 | Spellbound | Writing | Lyricist | 61 Fair |
| 2021 | Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook | Writing | Lyricist | N/A N/A |
| 2017 | Newsies | Writing | Musical | 61 Fair |
| 2004 | A Christmas Carol | Writing | Musical | 59 Average |
| 1986 | Little Shop of Horrors | Writing | Musical | 66 Fair |
Sound |
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| 2024 | Spellbound | Sound | Original Music Composer | 61 Fair |
| 2023 | The Little Mermaid | Sound | Songs | 62 Fair |
| 2023 | The Little Mermaid | Sound | Original Music Composer | 62 Fair |
| 2022 | Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Disenchanted | Sound | Songs | 64 Fair |
| 2022 | Disenchanted | Sound | Original Music Composer | 64 Fair |
| 2020 | Tangled: The Musical | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
| 2019 | The Little Mermaid Live! | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Aladdin | Sound | Original Music Composer | 70 Good |
| 2019 | Aladdin | Sound | Songs | 70 Good |
| 2018 | Howard | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Sound | Original Music Composer | 69 Fair |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Sound | Songs | 69 Fair |
| 2017 | Tangled: Before Ever After | Sound | Songs | 62 Fair |
| 2016 | God Bless You, Mr Rosewater | Sound | Songs | 59 Average |
| 2016 | God Bless You, Mr Rosewater | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Sausage Party | Sound | Original Music Composer | 57 Average |
| 2012 | Voyage of the Little Mermaid | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Mirror Mirror | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 2010 | Tangled | Sound | Songs | 75 Good |
| 2010 | Tangled | Sound | Original Music Composer | 75 Good |
| 2007 | Enchanted | Sound | Original Music Composer | 67 Fair |
| 2007 | Enchanted | Sound | Songs | 67 Fair |
| 2006 | The Shaggy Dog | Sound | Original Music Composer | 53 Average |
| 2004 | Noel | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Home on the Range | Sound | Songs | 60 Fair |
| 2004 | Home on the Range | Sound | Original Music Composer | 60 Fair |
| 1999 | Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
| 1997 | Hercules | Sound | Songs | 73 Good |
| 1997 | Hercules | Sound | Original Music Composer | 73 Good |
| 1996 | Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 1996 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Sound | Music | 69 Fair |
| 1996 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Sound | Songs | 69 Fair |
| 1995 | Aladdin on Ice | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Pocahontas | Sound | Songs | 68 Fair |
| 1995 | Pocahontas | Sound | Original Music Composer | 68 Fair |
| 1993 | Life with Mikey | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Lincoln | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
| 1992 | Aladdin | Sound | Songs | 75 Good |
| 1992 | Aladdin | Sound | Original Music Composer | 75 Good |
| 1992 | Newsies | Sound | Songs | 62 Fair |
| 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | Sound | Original Music Composer | 76 Good |
| 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | Sound | Songs | 76 Good |
| 1990 | Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid | Sound | Original Music Composer | 73 Good |
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid | Sound | Songs | 73 Good |
| 1986 | Little Shop of Horrors | Sound | Original Music Composer | 66 Fair |
| 1986 | Little Shop of Horrors | Sound | Songs | 66 Fair |
| Aladdin: Live from the West End | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
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| Hunchback | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
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Crew |
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| 2021 | Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook | Crew | Additional Music | N/A N/A |