Alan Menken

Soundtrack | Music Department | Composer

New York-songwriter and film composer, Alan Menken is best known for his unforgettable music for ...

Born: July 22, 1949

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Filmography

Known For

Beauty and the Beast Music Department (1991)
Aladdin Music Department (1992)
Pocahontas Music Department (1995)
Known For

The Hunchback of Notre Dame Music Department (1996)
Soundtrack

Aladdin (2019)
American Idol (2003-2019)
Kingdom Hearts III (2019)
Holmes & Watson (2018)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return (2017-2018)
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
Mickey's 90th Spectacular (2018)
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017-2018)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015-2018)
Lip Sync Battle Philippines (2018)
Chuckle Time (2018)
Fandom Fights (2018)
I Love Me Some Hunchback of Notre Dame (2018)
The Voice (2015-2018)
Once Upon a Time (2014-2017)
Cannonball (2017)
Carpool Karaoke (2017)
Me lo dices o me lo cantas (2017)
Descendants 2 (2017)
Beat Shazam (2017)
Tu cara no me suena todavía (2017)
Good Morning Britain (2017)
Tangled: Before Ever After (2017)
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Disney's Newsies the Broadway Musical (2017)
Pasapalabra (2017)
Tu cara me suena (2017)
Backstage (2016)
Tähdet, tähdet (2016)
Atop the Fourth Wall (2013-2016)
Who's Doing the Dishes? (2016)
One Hit Wonderland (2016)
Britain's Got More Talent (2016)
Còmics (2016)
Britain's Got Talent (2015-2016)
Sausage Party (2016)
Galavant (2015-2016)
Good Morning America (2016)
The Great Everything & the Nothing (2016)
Strictly Come Dancing (2014-2015)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2015)
Descendants (2015)
Tu cara me suena - Argentina (2014-2015)
Proud of Your Boy (2015)
Sanders Shorts (2015)
Glee (2015)
Agent Carter (2015)
The Galavant Showcase (2014)
Tu cara me suena mini - España (2014)
The Voice Kids (2014)
The 68th Annual Tony Awards (2014)
Dancing with the Stars (2009-2014)
Barbie: The Pearl Princess (2014)
The X Factor (2013)
The Neighbors (2013)
The Oscars (2013)
Evening Urgant (2012)
The X Factor Philippines (2012)
The 66th Annual Tony Awards (2012)
Mirror Mirror (2012)
Some Jerk with a Camera (2011)
Jock the Hero Dog (2011)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
The 65th Annual Tony Awards (2011)
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (2011)
Nostalgia Critic (2010-2011)
The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2011)
Tangled (2010)
Total Drama (2010)
Disney Sing It: Family Hits (2010)
She's Out of My League (2010)
Memòries de la tele (2010)
Miranda (2009)
Saturday Night Live (2009)
BCN aixeca el teló (2009)
David Garrett Live in Berlin (2009)
The Know's Top 10s (2009)
The New Paul O'Grady Show (2009)
Op zoek naar Joseph (2008)
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008)
The 62nd Annual Tony Awards (2008)
Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2003-2008)
The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008)
Disney 365 (2007)
Enchanted (2007)
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (2007)
Patinando por un sueño (2007)
Canadian Idol (2003-2007)
Live! with Kelly (2007)
Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories (2007)
Ugly Betty (2006)
Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne (2005-2006)
Kingdom Hearts II (2005)
In the Nick of Time (2005)
Disneymania 3 in Concert (2005)
Celtic Woman (2005)
Disneymania in Concert (2005)
A Christmas Carol: The Musical (2004)
Noel (2004)
Singapore Idol (2004)
Malaysian Idol (2004)
Home on the Range (2004)
Lea Salonga Live (2003)
Sing Along Songs: Brother Bear - On My Way (2003)
Mickey's PhilharMagic (2003)
Star Search (2003)
Nouvelle Star (2003)
Idool 2003 (2003)
Idols! (2003)
Ali Baba & the Gold Raiders (2002)
Kingdom Hearts (2002)
Operación triunfo (2001-2002)
The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea (2000)
Great Performances (1999)
Hercules (1998-1999)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman (1998)
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Honor to Us All (1998)
It's Tough to Be a Bug (1998)
The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998)
Larry Grayson's Generation Game (1997)
Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules (1997)
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Zero to Hero (1997)
Hercules (1997)
The 51st Annual Tony Awards (1997)
The 53rd Presidential Inaugural Gala: An American Journey (1997)
Smash Hits Poll Winners Party 1996 (1996)
Disney's Animated Storybook: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996)
The O-Zone (1996)
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Topsy Turvy (1996)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996)
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites (1995)
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Colors of the Wind (1995)
Mickey's Fun Songs: Beach Party at Walt Disney World (1995)
Pocahontas (1995)
The Simpsons (1995)
Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1994)
The Little Mermaid (1992-1994)
The 48th Annual Tony Awards (1994)
Aladdin and the Return of Jafar (1994)
Aladdin (1993)
Aladdin (1993)
Memory (1993)
Life with Mikey (1993)
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Friend Like Me (1993)
The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Aladdin (1992)
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Be Our Guest (1992)
Newsies (1992)
The 64th Annual Academy Awards (1992)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Top of the Pops (1992)
Rocky V (1990)
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Under the Sea (1990)
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990)
The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (1990)
Sesame Street (1990)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
The Magical World of Disney (1989)
Emu's Wide World (1987)
The 59th Annual Academy Awards (1987)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1987)
Soundtrack

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Actor

Disney's Broadway Hits at Royal Albert Hall Special Guest (2016)
Producer

Galavant (2015-2016)
Writer

Vanessa Williams: Colors of the Wind (1995)
Composer

ZAYN, Zhavia Ward: A Whole New World (2019)
Aladdin (2019)
Beauty and the Beast in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl (2018)
Howard (2018)
Level Up Norge (2018)
Kozekveld (2018)
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Disney's Newsies the Broadway Musical (2017)
All the Wonders of the Universe (2016)
Sausage Party (2016)
Galavant (2015-2016)
Aria for a Cow (2015)
Carly Rae Jepsen: Part of Your World (2013)
The Neighbors (2013)
Mirror Mirror (2012)
Tangled (2010)
Carrie Underwood: Ever Ever After (2007)
Enchanted (2007)
The Shaggy Dog (2006)
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs: Perfectly Princess (2006)
A Christmas Carol: The Musical (2004)
Noel (2004)
Sing Along Songs: Disney Princess - Once Upon a Dream (2004)
Home on the Range (2004)
The Magic Lamp 3D (2001)
Michelle Kwan: Princess on Ice (2001)
Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits (1999)
Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules (1997)
Michael Bolton: Go the Distance (1997)
Hercules (1997)
Kids' Guide to Life: Learning to Share (1996)
Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice (1996)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Topsy Turvy Games (1996)
Disney's Animated Storybook: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
Aladdin on Ice (1995)
Pocahontas (1995)
Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1994)
Life with Mikey (1993)
Lincoln (1992)
Aladdin (1992)
Céline Dion & Peabo Bryson: Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Composer

Act II (1987)
Music Department

Aladdin (2019)
Cartoon All-Stars Reanimate (2019)
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2018)
The Railways of Crotoonia: Tillie to the Rescue (2017)
Tangled: Before Ever After (2017)
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Disney's Newsies the Broadway Musical (2017)
Sausage Party (2016)
Galavant (2015)
Mirror Mirror (2012)
Jock the Hero Dog (2011)
Tangled (2010)
Noel (2004)
Home on the Range (2004)
The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea (2000)
Disney's The Little Mermaid 2 (2000)
Troldspejlet (1999)
Hercules (1998-1999)
Hercules (1997)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
Aladdin (1994-1995)
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites (1995)
Pocahontas (1995)
The Little Mermaid (1992-1994)
Aladdin and the Return of Jafar (1994)
Aladdin (1992)
Newsies (1992)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Music Department

The Little Mermaid (1989)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Archive footage

Disney et les 2000 (2018)
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
Miscellaneous Crew

The Legacy Project (2016)

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Awards

Won 8 Oscars.

Another 45 wins & 82 nominations.

Did You Know

Trivia

Howard Ashman and his musical, "Little Shop of Horrors" at the American Blues Theater in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2016 Joseph Jefferson (Equity) Award for Midsize Musical Production.

Trademark

Incredible versatility, he is able to make every score unique and compose in practically any genre with his songs.

Star Sign

Cancer

Personal Details

Born

Alan Irwin Menken
July 22, 1949
New Rochelle, New York, USA

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)

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