Alan Menken

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composer film score composer human pianist record producer songwriter

Alan Menken is an American composer and songwriter best known for creating the music to numerous Disney animated films, including "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast," and "Aladdin."

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Alan Menken canonical	51

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instanceOf	composer ⓘ film score composer ⓘ human ⓘ pianist ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ Daytime Emmy Awards ⓘ surface form: Daytime Emmy Award Golden Globe Award ⓘ Grammy Award ⓘ Tony Award ⓘ
collaboratedWith	David Zippel ⓘ Glenn Slater ⓘ Howard Ashman ⓘ Stephen Schwartz ⓘ Tim Rice ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1949-07-22 ⓘ
educatedAt	New York University ⓘ
employer	Walt Disney Animation Studios ⓘ
familyName	Menken ⓘ
genre	film score ⓘ musical theatre ⓘ pop ⓘ
givenName	Alan ⓘ
instrument	piano ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
movement	Disney Renaissance ⓘ
name	Alan Menken self-link ⓘ
notableAchievement	Known for revitalizing Disney animated musicals in the late 1980s and early 1990s ⓘ One of the most awarded film composers in Academy Awards history ⓘ
notableWork	Aladdin (1992 film) score and songs ⓘ Beauty and the Beast (1991 film) score and songs ⓘ Enchanted (2007 film) score and songs ⓘ Hercules (1997 film) score and songs ⓘ Little Shop of Horrors ⓘ surface form: Little Shop of Horrors (stage musical) score and songs Newsies (1992 film) songs ⓘ Pocahontas (1995 film) score and songs ⓘ Tangled (2010 film) score and songs ⓘ The Hunchback of Notre Dame (stage musical) ⓘ surface form: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film) score and songs The Little Mermaid ⓘ surface form: The Little Mermaid (1989 film) score and songs
occupation	composer ⓘ pianist ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	New Rochelle, New York ⓘ surface form: New Rochelle, New York, United States
residence	New York ⓘ surface form: New York, United States

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Academy Award for Best Original Song → notableMultipleWinners → Alan Menken ⓘ

Tim Rice → collaboratedWith → Alan Menken ⓘ

Beauty and the Beast → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ

subject surface form: Beauty and the Beast (song)

Beauty and the Beast → musicBy → Alan Menken ⓘ

subject surface form: Beauty and the Beast (song)

A Whole New World → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ

A Whole New World → musicBy → Alan Menken ⓘ

Howard Ashman → collaboratedWith → Alan Menken ⓘ

Stephen Schwartz → collaboratedWith → Alan Menken ⓘ

Alan Menken → name → Alan Menken self-link ⓘ

The Little Mermaid → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ

subject surface form: The Little Mermaid (1989 film)

Aladdin → musicBy → Alan Menken ⓘ

subject surface form: Aladdin (1992 film)

Tangled → musicBy → Alan Menken ⓘ

Aladdin (2019 film) → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ

Disney Legends Award → notableRecipient → Alan Menken ⓘ

Enchanted → musicBy → Alan Menken ⓘ

Disenchanted → musicBy → Alan Menken ⓘ

Beauty and the Beast (2017 film) → musicBy → Alan Menken ⓘ

Newsies (stage musical) → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ

Hercules (stage musical) → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ

Hercules (stage musical) → hasSongwriter → Alan Menken ⓘ

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (stage musical) → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ

Disney Renaissance → notablePerson → Alan Menken ⓘ

Christopher Lennertz → hasCollaboratedWith → Alan Menken ⓘ

Beauty and the Beast (musical) → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ

Timothy Miles Bindon Rice → collaboratedWith → Alan Menken ⓘ

subject surface form: Tim Rice

Beauty and the Beast (Ariana Grande and John Legend version) → originalSongComposer → Alan Menken ⓘ

Beauty and the Beast (1991 film) → musicBy → Alan Menken ⓘ

David Zippel → collaboratedWith → Alan Menken ⓘ

Ashman → collaboratedWith → Alan Menken ⓘ

subject surface form: Howard Ashman

Little Shop of Horrors → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ

Part of Your World → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ

Part of Your World → musicBy → Alan Menken ⓘ

Under the Sea → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ

Under the Sea → musicBy → Alan Menken ⓘ

Kiss the Girl → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ

Kiss the Girl → musicBy → Alan Menken ⓘ

Be Our Guest → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ

Friend Like Me → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ

Colors of the Wind → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ

Out There → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ

Menken → hasNotableBearer → Alan Menken ⓘ

Glenn Slater → collaboratesWith → Alan Menken ⓘ

Prince Ali → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ

The Little Mermaid (2023 live-action film) → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ

subject surface form: The Little Mermaid (2023 film)

One Jump Ahead → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ

One Jump Ahead → musicBy → Alan Menken ⓘ

I See the Light → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ

I See the Light → musicBy → Alan Menken ⓘ

When Will My Life Begin? → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ

Mother Knows Best → composer → Alan Menken ⓘ