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Alan Menken
Instruments
piano
accordion
guitar
violin
Awards
Academy Award for Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
Disney Legends
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
IMUDB Ranking
9.4/10
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Wikipedia
Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American composer and conductor. Over his career he has received numerous accolades including winning eight Academy Awards, a Tony Award, eleven Grammy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, and a Daytime Emmy Award. He is one of 22 recipients to have won the competitive EGOT (Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony).
He is best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Menken's contributions to The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and Pocahontas (1995) won him two Academy Awards for each film. 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), Disenchanted (2022), and Spellbound (2024), among others.
He is also known for his work in musical theater for Broadway winning the Tony Award for Best Original Score for Newsies (2012). He was Tony-nominated for Beauty and the Beast (1993), The Little Mermaid (2008), Sister Act (2009), and Aladdin (2014). His other stage hits include Little Shop of Horrors (1982), A Christmas Carol (1994), Leap of Faith (2012), and A Bronx Tale (2016).
Menken has collaborated with lyricists such as Christopher Lennertz, Howard Ashman, Jack Feldman, Tim Rice, Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Schwartz, David Zippel, Glenn Slater, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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The Little Mermaid: The Songs
2019
Disney Karaoke Series: Beauty and the Beast
2017
Songs and Story: Pocahontas
2012
「リトル・マーメイド」オリジナル・サウンドトラック (日本語版)
1995
Pocahontas
1995
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