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Alan Irwin Menken was born on July 22, 1949, at French Hospital in Manhattan, to Judith and Norman Menken. His father was a boogie-woogie piano-playing dentist, and his mother was an actress, dancer and playwright. [3] His family was Jewish. [4] Menken developed an interest in music at an early age, taking piano and violin lessons.
Written in 1986, [2] "Part of Your World" was the first song lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken wrote for The Little Mermaid, [3] although Menken had not yet been enlisted as Ashman's composer when the song was first conceived. [2]
Tangled is the soundtrack album to the 2010 animated film Tangled produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.The film score and original songs were composed by Alan Menken, which marked his return to composition for an animated feature, as he previously worked on several of Disney's animated features till Home on the Range (2004).
When it comes to princess songs, there’s no bigger name in the game than Alan Menken. That’s why Skydance Animation turned to the legendary eight-time Oscar winner to write music for and score ...
Howard Elliott Ashman (May 17, 1950 – March 14, 1991) was an American playwright, lyricist and stage director. [1] He is most widely known for his work on feature films for Walt Disney Animation Studios, for which Ashman wrote the lyrics and Alan Menken composed the music. [2]
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Menken has been recognized with multiple awards and nominations for his work in film, theatre, television, and music. For his work in film he earned 19 Academy Award nominations winning 8 Oscars for The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and Pocahontas (1995).
Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda, music legends in their own right and now collaborators on the new live-action version of The Little Mermaid, have 30 years in age separating them.. Yet Menken ...