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Alan Menken
Alan Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American Broadway and film music composer. He has collaborated with several renowned lyricists including Howard Ashman (1951-1991), Tim Rice, and Stephen Schwartz. Menken is best known for his work on several Disney animated features, including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin. His first successful work was the 1982 Off-Broadway musical Little Shop of Horrors. To date, Menken has received eight Academy Awards.
Academy Award Nominations and Wins
- 1986 - nominated for Best Original Song for Little Shop of Horrors along with Howard Ashman. The song nominated was Mean Green Mother from Outer Space.
- 1989 - nominated & won for both Best Original Score & Best Original Song for The Little Mermaid along with[Howard Ashman. The song that won was Under the Sea. Kiss the Girl was also nominated.
- 1991 - nominated & won for both Best Original Score & Best Original Song for Beauty and the Beast along with Howard Ashman. The song that won was Beauty and the Beast. Belle and Be our Guest also were nominated.
- 1992 - nominated & won for both Best Original Score & Best Original Song for Aladdin along with Howard Ashman and Tim Rice. A Whole New World was the song that won. Friend Like Me was also nominated.
- 1994 - nominated & won for both Best Original Score & Best Original Song for Pocahontas, along with Stephen Schwartz. The song that won was Colors of the Wind
- 1996 - nominated for Best Original Score for The Hunchback of Notre Dame with Stephen Schwartz
- 1997 - nominated for Best Original Song for Go the Distance in Hercules with David Zippel
Selected Works
- Little Shop of Horrors (1982 Off-Broadway musical and 1986 film)
- The Little Mermaid (1989 film and 2008 Broadway musical)
- Beauty and the Beast (1991 film and 1994 Broadway musical)
- Newsies (1992)
- Aladdin (1992)
- Pocahontas (1995)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
- Hercules (1997)
- King David (1997)
- Home on the Range (2004)
External links
- IMDB: Alan Menken (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0579678/)
- SoundtrackNet entry for Alan Menken (http://www.soundtrack.net/composers/database/?id=294)
- The Whole New World of Alan Menken (http://www.alanmenken.info/introduction/introduction.html)de:Alan Menken