Alan Menken
Personal Info
Know For
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-07-22 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
New Rochelle, New York, USA
Also known As
Alan Irwin Menken
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 — becomin...
Acting
2009
as Self - Ariel (voice) / Lumiere (voice) (archive footage)
2004
2016
as Himself - Special Guest
2020
as Self
1992
2018
as Self / Various Character Scratch Singing
2009
2015
2020
as Himself
Production
1992
as Original Music Composer
2006
as Original Music Composer
1989
as Original Music Composer
1995
as Original Music Composer
2007
as Original Music Composer
2007
as Songs
2012
as Original Music Composer
2010
as Original Music Composer
2017
as Musical
2024
as Lyricist
2022
as Songs
2022
as Original Music Composer
1986
as Original Music Composer
2012
as Original Music Composer
1995
as Songs
1989
as Songs
1991
as Original Music Composer
1991
as Songs
2010
as Songs
2022
2016
as Music
2016
as Original Music Composer
1992
as Music
1992
as Songs
2004
as Songs
2004
as Original Music Composer
2017
as Songs
1997
as Original Music Composer
1986
as Songs
2004
as Original Music Composer
2016
as Songs
1997
as Songs
2019
as Songs
2004
as Musical
1992
as Songs
2017
as Songs
2017
as Original Music Composer
1993
as Original Music Composer
2019
as Original Music Composer
-
as Music
1986
as Musical
2018
as Original Music Composer
2024
as Original Music Composer
1990
as Music
2020
as Music
2019
as Original Music Composer
2023
as Original Music Composer
2023
as Songs
1996
as Original Music Composer
1999
1995
as Music
2021
as Additional Music
2021
as Lyricist
1996
as Music
1996
as Songs
-
as Music
2024
as Music
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