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Alan Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American Broadway and film music composer.

Menken has collaborated with several renowned lyricists including Howard Ashman (1950-1991), Tim Rice and Stephen Schwartz. He is best known for his work on several Disney animated features, including The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Hercules, Pocahontas, Aladdin, and Home on the Range. His first successful work was the 1982 off-Broadway musical Little Shop of Horrors. Menken has received eight Academy Awards.

Works

• Little Shop of Horrors (1982 Off-Broadway musical, 2003 Broadway Revival and 1986 film)
• The Little Mermaid (1989 film and 2007 Broadway musical)
• Rocky V (the song "The Measure of a Man") (1990])
• Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (the song "Wonderful Ways to Say No") (1990)
• Beauty and the Beast (1991 film and 1994 Broadway musical)
• Newsies (1992)
• Aladdin (1992)
• A Christmas Carol (1995 Broadway musical and 2004 TV movie)
• Pocahontas (1995)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
• Hercules (1997)
• King David (1997)
• Home on the Range (2004)
• The Shaggy Dog (2006)

Upcoming Projects

• Enchanted, 2007 film, directed by Kevin Lima, lyricist Stephen Schwartz.
• "Sister Act" (based on the hit Touchstone Pictures' film) premiering this October at the Pasadena Playhouse & the Alliance Theatre.
• "The Snow Queen" set to debut at Tokyo DisneySea with Amon Miyamoto directing and John Weidman as the bookwriter and Glen Slater the lyricist.
• "The Frog Princess" for Walt Disney Feature Animation.
• "The Little Mermaid" Broadway stage version.

Academy Award Nominations and Wins

• 1986
  • Nominated, Original Song (with Howard Ashman) - "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space", from Little Shop of Horrors
• 1989
  • Won, Original Score - The Little Mermaid
  • Won, Original Song (with Ashman) - "Under the Sea", from The Little Mermaid
  • Nominated, Original Song (with Ashman) - "Kiss the Girl", from The Little Mermaid
• 1991
  • Won, Original Score - Beauty and the Beast
  • Won, Original Song (with Ashman) - "Beauty and the Beast", from Beauty and the Beast
  • Nominated, Original Song (with Ashman) - "Belle", from Beauty and the Beast
  • Nominated, Original Song (with Ashman) - "Be Our Guest", from Beauty and the Beast
• 1992
  • Won, Original Score - Aladdin
  • Won, Original Song (with Tim Rice) - "A Whole New World", from Aladdin
  • Nominated, Original Song (with Ashman) - "Friend Like Me", from Aladdin
• 1995
  • Won, Original Song (with Schwartz) - "Colors of the Wind", from Pocahontas
  • Won, Original Musical or Comedy Score (with Stephen Schwartz) - Pocahontas
• 1996
  • Nominated, Original Musical or Comedy Score (with Schwartz) - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• 1997
  • Nominated, Original Song (with David Zippel) - "Go the Distance", from Hercules

External links

• SoundtrackNet entry for Alan Menken
• The Whole New World of Alan Menken

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