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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 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").
Alan Menken
Composer
for Composer in The Little Mermaid (Live-action) 2023
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This movie follows the same simple storyline of the original film. Ariel lives under the sea with her princess sisters and her father, King Triton. She loves collecting bits and bobs used by humans up on the land, and one night her and Flounder, her fish, witness a hug ship with a human prince onboard crash. Ariel saves the handsome prince, and then swims away. Meanwhile, Ursula the witch is plotting to steal Ariel's voice and take it for herself. She sends her two eels to catch the little mermaid and bring her to the witch. Ursula offers Ariel legs in exchange for her voice, but she says that if Ariel doesn't kiss the prince before three days are up, she will be bound to Ursula forever. Ariel goes up to the prince's palace, and finds out that his name is Eric. She tries desperately to kiss him, but it is almost too late. Ursula transforms into a beautiful young lady, and tries to marry Prince Eric. But in the end, Ariel and Eric get married and live happily ever after.
