Alan Menken
Age: N/A | From: New Rochelle, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Alan Irwin Menken
Gender: Male
Place of birth: New Rochelle, New York, USA
Homepage: https://www.alanmenken.com
Movie Involvements: 66
TV Involvements: 5
Most Famous Work
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 — 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").
Most Famous Work
The Little Mermaid
(1989) Songs
Tangled
(2010) Songs
The Little Mermaid
(2023) Songs
Beauty and the Beast
(1991) Original Music Composer
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1996) Songs
Beauty and the Beast
(2017) Songs
Madeline
(1988) Songs
Sausage Party
(2016) Original Music ComposerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Self | |
| 2022 | N/A | |
| 2020 | Himself | |
| Self | ||
| 2018 | Self / Various character scratch singing | |
| 2016 | Himself - Special Guest | |
| 2015 | Himself | |
| 2011 | Self | |
| 2010 | Himself | |
| 2009 | Self / Ariel (voice) / Lumiere (voice) (archive footage) | |
| Self | ||
| 2006 | Self | |
| 2004 | Alan Menken | |
| 2003 | Self | |
| 1992 | Self | |
| 1956 | Self - Nominee | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Original Music Composer | |
| 2023 | Original Music Composer | |
| Songs | ||
| 2022 | Music | |
| Songs | ||
| Original Music Composer | ||
| 2020 | Music | |
| 2019 | Original Music Composer | |
| Original Music Composer | ||
| Songs | ||
| 2018 | Original Music Composer | |
| 2017 | Original Music Composer | |
| Songs | ||
| Songs | ||
| 2016 | Music | |
| Songs | ||
| Original Music Composer | ||
| 2015 | Music | |
| 2012 | Original Music Composer | |
| Original Music Composer | ||
| 2010 | Original Music Composer | |
| Songs | ||
| 2007 | Songs | |
| Original Music Composer | ||
| 2006 | Original Music Composer | |
| 2004 | Original Music Composer | |
| Music | ||
| Songs | ||
| Original Music Composer | ||
| 1999 | Music | |
| 1997 | Original Music Composer | |
| Songs | ||
| 1996 | Original Music Composer | |
| Music | ||
| Songs | ||
| 1995 | Music | |
| Original Music Composer | ||
| Songs | ||
| 1993 | Original Music Composer | |
| 1992 | Music | |
| Original Music Composer | ||
| Songs | ||
| Songs | ||
| 1991 | Songs | |
| Original Music Composer | ||
| 1990 | Music | |
| 1989 | Original Music Composer | |
| Songs | ||
| 1988 | Songs | |
| 1986 | Original Music Composer | |
| Songs | ||
| Music | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Lyricist | |
| 2021 | Lyricist | |
| 2017 | Musical | |
| 2004 | Musical | |
| 1986 | Musical | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Additional Music | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Executive Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |