Alan Menken
American composer (born 1949)
Alan Irwin Menken[1] (born July 22, 1949) is an American composer, conductor, songwriter, singer, music director and music producer. Menken is best known for his scores and songs for movies produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.
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| Birth name | Alan Irwin Menken[1] |
| Born | July 22, 1949 Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1972–present |
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| Website | Official website |
His scores and songs for The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and Pocahontas (1995) have each won him two Academy Awards.
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) and Tangled (2010).
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Alan Menken Discography at Discogs". Retrieved 13 August 2012.
Other websites
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alan Menken.
- Internet Broadway database Listing
- Internet Off-Broadway database Listing Archived 2013-04-15 at Archive.today
- MusicalTalk interview with Alan Menken
- Alan Menken on IMDb
- The Whole New World of Alan Menken Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Alan Menken: "Beauty and the Beast captures the magic of Disney animations and brings it to the stage" Alan Menken in Barcelona's Beauty and the Beast
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