
Alan Menken
Born: 1949-07-22
Place of birth: New Rochelle, New York, USA
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").
Filmography

God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
2016

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
2004

The Disney Family Singalong
2020

Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice
1996

Hollywood in Vienna 2022: A Celebration of Disney Classics - Featuring Alan Menken
2022

Newsies
2017

Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall
2016

Listen to Her Heart: The Life and Music of Laurie Beechman
2003

Beauty and the Beast
1991

Aladdin
1992

Tangled
2010

Tangled: The Musical
2020

Hercules
1997

The Little Mermaid
1989

Galavant
2015

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009