Alan Menken Musical artist

Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American musical theatre and film composer and pianist.Menken is best known for his scores for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Pocahontas have each won him two Academy Awards. He also composed the scores for The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Home on the Range, The Shaggy Dog, Enchanted, and most recently, Tangled and Mirror Mirror. Menken has collaborated on several occasions with lyricists including Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, Glenn Slater and Stephen Schwartz. With eight Academy Award wins (four each for Best Original Score and Best Original Song), Menken is the second most prolific Oscar winner in a music category after Alfred Newman, who has nine Oscars.

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Birth date	July 22, 1949
Birth place	New Rochelle New York , United States

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Musical artist

Career started	1980
associated musical artist	David Zippel Howard Ashman Stephen Schwartz (composer) Tim Rice Glenn Slater Scorpions (band) Elton John BBC Philharmonic Gonzaguinha Judy Rothman Lisbeth Scott
Background	Non performing personnel
genre	Musical theatre Pop music Film score Operatic pop
instrument	Guitar Piano Keyboard instrument Violin
record label	Walt Disney Records Warner Bros. Records