Alan Menken

Alanis Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American Broadway and film music composer. He has collaborated with several renowned lyricists including Howard Ashman (1951-1991), Tim Rice and Stephen Schwartz. Menken is best known for his work on several Disney animated features, including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin. His first successful work was the 1982 Off-Broadway musical Little Shop of Horrors. To date, Menken has received eight Academy Awards.

Academy Award Nominations and Wins

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