Alan Menken

Age: 76

born July 22, 1949

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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").

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Disney's Little Thumb (2021)

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Alan Menken

Soundtrack Composer

Grandsides (2025) (Reveal known as: The Princess' Grand Adventure)

Soundtrack Composer

Alan Menken

Songs Arranger

Beauty and the Beast (2019; HR Animation and Disney Animation)

Songs Arranger

Alan Menken

Songs Conductor

Beauty and the Beast (2019; HR Animation and Disney Animation)

Songs Conductor

Alan Menken

Songs writer and producer

Disney's Little Thumb (2021)

Songs writer and producer

Alan Menken

Soundtrack Composer

The Kidstopia Movie (2026)

Soundtrack Composer

Alan Menken

Elmer Bernstein

Modern Day Counterparts of Old and Deceased Public Figures

Elmer Bernstein

Alan Menken

Soundtrack Composer

The Little Mermaid (2026)

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Alan Menken

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The Little Mermaid (2026)

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Alan Menken

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Aladdin (2026)

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Alan Menken

Soundtrack Composer

Aladdin (2026)

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Alan Menken

Composer

Rapunzel live action Disney movie

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Alan Menken

Songs Conductor

Disney's Little Thumb (2021)

Songs Conductor

Alan Menken

Songs Arrangements

Grandsides (2025) (Reveal known as: The Princess' Grand Adventure)

Songs Arrangements

Alan Menken

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Moony the Goat Boy (1998)

Original Songs writer

Alan Menken

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Moony the Goat Boy (1998)

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Alan Menken

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Magisoceantops (2014)

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Alan Menken

Bernard Herrmann

Modern Day Counterparts of Old and Deceased Public Figures

Bernard Herrmann

Alan Menken

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Little Shop of Horrors

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Alan Menken

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Disney's The Flintstones (2008 film)

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Alan Menken

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Disney's The Flintstones (2008 film)

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Alan Menken

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Disney's A Snake's Tale (2009)

Soundtrack Composer

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Magisoceantops (2014)

Original Songs Produced by

Alan Menken

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Disney's A Snake's Tale (2009)

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