History Music / AlanMenken

* {{Screen To Stage Adaptation}}s
** ''Film/SisterAct'' (lyrics by Glen Slater)
** ''Film/{{Newsies}}''
** ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''
** ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' (additional lyrics by Creator/TimRice)
** ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' (additional lyrcis by Glen Slater)

If you want some samples of Alan Menken music, go to {{AwesomeMusic.Disney}}.

* ''Theater/LittleShopOfHorrors'' and it's movie adaptation (lyrics by Howard Ashman)

* ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' (lyrics by Howard Ashman, with additional lyrics by Creator/TimRice)

* LiveActionAdaptation of ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''

* ''Film/{{Newsies}}'' (lyrics by Jack Feldman)
* ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'' (lyrics by Creator/StephenSchwartz; first score written without Howard Ashman)

!!{{Screen To Stage Adaptation}}s
* ''Film/SisterAct'' (lyrics by Glen Slater)
* ''Film/{{Newsies}}''
* ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''
* ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' (additional lyrics by Creator/TimRice)
* ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' (additional lyrcis by Glen Slater)

* ''Theater/LittleShopOfHorrors'' (lyrics by Howard Ashman)

!!{{ScreenToStageAdaptation}}s

* ''Series/{{Gallivant}}'' (lyrics by Glen Slater; score co-composed by Christopher Lennertz)

Following Howard Ashman's death from AIDS in 1991 during the production of ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', Menken has written with an ever-rotating cast of lyricists, including Creator/TimRice (''Aladdin'', the {{Screen To Stage Adaptation}}s of ''Beauty and the Beast'' and ''Aladdin'', ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017''), Jack Feldman ( and its ScreenToStageAdaptation), Creator/StephenSchwartz (''Pocahontas'', ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', , the ScreenToStageAdaptation of ''Hunchback''), David Zippel (''Disney/{{Hercules}}'', ), Glenn Slater (''Disney/HomeOnTheRange'', ''Tangled'', the {{Screen To Stage Adaptation}}s of ''The Little Mermaid'' and , ''Series/{{Galavant}}''), and Creator/LinManuelMiranda (the LiveActionAdaptation of ''The Little Mermaid'')

* ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' (lyrics by Howard Ashman, with additional lyrics by Tim Rice after Ashman died in 1991)

* ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'' (lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; first score written without Howard Ashman)
* ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' (lyrics by Stephen Schwartz)

* ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' (lyrics by Stephen Schwartz)

* LiveActionAdaptation of

* ''Series/{{Galivant}}'' (lyrics by Glen Slater; score co-composed by Christopher Lennertz)

* ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' (additional lyrics by Tim Rice)



* ScreenToStageAdaptation of
* All of the above-listed Disney films which have received ScreenToStageAdaptations

Following Howard Ashman's death from AIDS in 1991 during the production of ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', Menken has written with an ever-rotating cast of lyricists, including Creator/TimRice (''Aladdin'', the {{Screen To Stage Adaptation}}s of ''Beauty and the Beast'' and ''Aladdin'', ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017''), Jack Feldman (''Film/{{Newsies}}'' and its ScreenToStageAdaptation), Creator/StephenSchwartz (''Pocahontas'', ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'', the ScreenToStageAdaptation of ''Hunchback''), David Zippel (''Disney/{{Hercules}}'', ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''), Glenn Slater (''Disney/HomeOnTheRange'', ''Tangled'', the {{Screen To Stage Adaptation}}s of ''The Little Mermaid'' and ''Film/SisterAct'', ''Series/{{Galavant}}''), and Creator/LinManuelMiranda (the LiveActionAdaptation of ''The Little Mermaid'')

He had been set to compose for the film that would eventually become ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', until he was ultimately replaced with Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Christophe Beck, instead serving as composer and songwriter for a different Disney project, the short-lived ABC MusicalSeries ''Series/{{Galavant}}''. Afterwards, he was going to provide music for a Creator/DreamWorksAnimation movie titled ''Series/{{Lidsville}}'', but after former co-worker Katzenberg's studio wound up in a rut and restructured their business strategy and film lineup, word on ''Lidsville'' has gone silent.

He had been set to compose for the film that would eventually become ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', until he was ultimately replaced with Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Christophe Beck. Afterwards, he was going to provide music for a Creator/DreamWorksAnimation movie titled ''Series/{{Lidsville}}'', but after former co-worker Katzenberg's studio wound up in a rut and restructured their business strategy and film lineup, word on ''Lidsville'' has gone silent.

Following Howard Ashman's death from AIDS in 1991 during the production of ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', Menken has written with an ever-rotating cast of lyricists, including Tim Rice (''Aladdin'', the {{Screen To Stage Adaptation}}s of ''Beauty and the Beast'' and ''Aladdin''), Jack Feldman (''Film/{{Newsies}}'' and its ScreenToStageAdaptation), Creator/StephenSchwartz (''Pocahontas'', ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'', the ScreenToStageAdaptation of ''Hunchback''), David Zippel (''Disney/{{Hercules}}'', ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''), and Glenn Slater (''Disney/HomeOnTheRange'', ''Tangled'', the {{Screen To Stage Adaptation}}s of ''The Little Mermaid'' and ''Film/SisterAct'', ''Series/{{Galavant}}'').

Menken first made a name for himself as a composer in 1982 with the off-broadway musical ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'', for which he co-wrote the songs with lyricist/librettist Howard Ashman. The musical's producer David Geffen, recommended them to then-Disney Studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg (fellow ''...Horrors'' alumnus Peter Schneider was Katzenberg's partner) to compose the songs for the studio's adaptation of ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', beginning what would be a long and fruitful partnership between Menken and the studio. Following Howard Ashman's death from AIDS in 1991 during the production of ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', Menken has written with an ever-rotating cast of lyricists, including Tim Rice (''Aladdin'', the {{Screen To Stage Adaptation}}s of ''Beauty and the Beast'' and ''Aladdin''), Jack Feldman (''Film/{{Newsies}}'' and its ScreenToStageAdaptation), Creator/StephenSchwartz (''Pocahontas'', ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'', the ScreenToStageAdaptation of ''Hunchback''), David Zippel (''Disney/{{Hercules}}'', ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''), and Glenn Slater (''Disney/HomeOnTheRange'', ''Tangled'', the {{Screen To Stage Adaptation}}s of ''The Little Mermaid'' and ''Film/SisterAct'', ''Series/{{Galavant}}'').

Alan Menken (b 22 July 1949) is a composer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist for theater and film. Beginning with ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', for which he wrote both score and songs with lyricist Howard Ashman (the same team who wrote ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''; this musical was executive produced by David Geffen, who recommended Ashman and Menken to Disney Studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, who also had another ''LSOH'' alumni, Peter Schneider, as his partner in Disney Animation), he has been the go-to guy for [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney musicals]], including ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'', ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', and ''Disney/{{Tangled}}''. This has earned him ''eighteen'' UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, eight of which he won--more Oscars than any other living individual.

After ''Mermaid'''s success, Menken wrote ''Beauty and the Beast'' and began ''Aladdin'' with Ashman before the latter's death in 1991. Since then, Menken has written with a multitude of lyricists, including Tim Rice (''Aladdin'', the {{Screen To Stage Adaptation}}s of ''Beauty and the Beast'' and ''Aladdin''), Jack Feldman (''Film/{{Newsies}}'' and its ScreenToStageAdaptation), Creator/StephenSchwartz (''Pocahontas'', ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'', the ScreenToStageAdaptation of ''Hunchback''), David Zippel (''Disney/{{Hercules}}'', ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''), and Glenn Slater (''Disney/HomeOnTheRange'', ''Tangled'', the {{Screen To Stage Adaptation}}s of ''The Little Mermaid'' and ''Film/SisterAct'', ''Series/{{Galavant}}'').

Due to the cancellation of Disney's adaptation of ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'' (later retooled into ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', with Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez writing songs and Christophe Beck composing score), Menken was going to provide music for a Creator/DreamWorksAnimation movie titled ''Series/{{Lidsville}}'', but after former co-worker Katzenberg's studio wound up in a rut and restructured their business strategy and film lineup, word on ''Lidsville'' has gone silent. He's working on the songs for ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'', an [[PlayingAgainstType R-rated animated comedy]] co-written by Creator/SethRogen and [[Film/ThisIsTheEnd Evan]] [[Film/{{Superbad}} Goldberg]][[labelnote:*]]Christopher Lennertz will provide the rest of the soundtrack[[/labelnote]].

Alan Menken (b 22 July 1949) is a composer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist for theater and film. Beginning with ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', for which he wrote both score and songs with lyricist Howard Ashman (the same team who wrote ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''; this musical was executive produced by Creator/DavidGeffen, who recommended Ashman and Menken to Disney Studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, who also had another ''LSOH'' alumni, Peter Schneider, as his partner in Disney Animation), he has been the go-to guy for [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney musicals]], including ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'', ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', and ''Disney/{{Tangled}}''. This has earned him ''eighteen'' UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, eight of which he won--more Oscars than any other living individual.

Alan Menken (b 22 July 1949) is a composer and songwriter for theater and film. Beginning with ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', for which he wrote both score and songs with lyricist Howard Ashman (the same team who wrote ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''; this musical was executive produced by Creator/DavidGeffen, who recommended Ashman and Menken to Disney Studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, who also had another ''LSOH'' alumni, Peter Schneider, as his partner in Disney Animation), he has been the go-to guy for [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney musicals]], including ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'', ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', and ''Disney/{{Tangled}}''. This has earned him ''eighteen'' UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, eight of which he won--more Oscars than any other living individual.

Alan Menken (b 22 July 1949) is a composer and songwriter for theater and film. Beginning with ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', for which he wrote both score and songs with lyricist Howard Ashman (the same team who wrote ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''; this musical was executive produced by Creator/DavidGeffin, who recommended Ashman and Menken to Disney Studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, who also had another ''LSOH'' alumni, Peter Schneider, as his partner in Disney Animation), he has been the go-to guy for [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney musicals]], including ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'', ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', and ''Disney/{{Tangled}}''. This has earned him ''eighteen'' UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, eight of which he won--more Oscars than any other living individual.

Alan Menken (b 22 July 1949) is a composer and songwriter for theater and film. Beginning with ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', for which he wrote both score and songs with lyricist Howard Ashman (the same team who wrote ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''), he has been the go-to guy for [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney musicals]], including ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'', ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', and ''Disney/{{Tangled}}''. This has earned him ''eighteen'' UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, eight of which he won--more Oscars than any other living individual.

Due to the cancellation of Disney's adaptation of ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'' (later retooled into ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', with Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez writing songs and Christophe Beck composing score), Menken will provide music for a Creator/DreamWorks movie titled ''Series/{{Lidsville}}''. He's also working on the songs for ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'', an [[PlayingAgainstType R-rated animated comedy]] co-written by Creator/SethRogen and [[Film/ThisIsTheEnd Evan]] [[Film/{{Superbad}} Goldberg]][[labelnote:*]]Christopher Lennertz will provide the rest of the soundtrack[[/labelnote]].

Due to the cancellation of Disney's adaptation of ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'' (later retooled into ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', with Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez writing songs and Christophe Beck composing score), Menken will provide music for a Creator/DreamWorks movie titled ''Series/{{Lidsville}}''.

Alan Menken (b 22 July 1949) is a composer and songwriter for theater and film. Beginning with ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', for which he wrote both score and songs with lyricist Howard Ashman (the same team who wrote ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''), he has been the go-to guy for [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney musicals]], including ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'', ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', and ''Disney/{{Tangled}}''. This has earned him ''eighteen'' AcademyAward nominations, eight of which he won--more Oscars than any other living individual.

Alan Menken (b 22 July 1949) is a composer and songwriter for theater and film. Beginning with ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', for which he wrote both score and songs with lyricist Howard Ashman (the same team who wrote ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''), he has been the go-to guy for [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney musicals]], including ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', ''{{Pocahontas}}'', ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', and ''Disney/{{Tangled}}''. This has earned him ''eighteen'' AcademyAward nominations, eight of which he won--more Oscars than any other living individual.

Due to the cancellation of Disney's adaptation of ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'' (later retooled into ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', with Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez writing songs and Christophe Beck composing score), Menken will provide music for a Creator/DreamWorks movie titled ''{{Lidsville}}''.

After ''Mermaid'''s success, Menken wrote ''Beauty and the Beast'' and began ''Aladdin'' with Ashman before the latter's death in 1991. Since then, Menken has written with a multitude of lyricists, including Tim Rice (''Aladdin'', the {{Screen To Stage Adaptation}}s of ''Beauty and the Beast'' and ''Aladdin''), Jack Feldman (''Film/{{Newsies}}'' and its ScreenToStageAdaptation), Creator/StephenSchwartz (''Pocahontas'', ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'', the ScreenToStageAdaptation of ''Hunchback''), David Zippel (''Disney/{{Hercules}}'', ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''), and Glenn Slater (''Disney/HomeOnTheRange'', ''Tangled'', the {{Screen To Stage Adaptation}}s of ''The Little Mermaid'' and ''Film/SisterAct'').

Due to the cancellation of Disney's adaptation of ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'' (later retooled into ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''), Menken will provide music for a Creator/DreamWorks movie titled ''{{Lidsville}}''.

Due to the cancellation of a Disney adaptation of "Literature/TheSnowQueen", Menken will provide music for a Creator/DreamWorks movie titled ''{{Lidsville}}''.

Alan Menken (b 22 July 1949)is a composer and songwriter for theater and film. Beginning with ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', for which he wrote both score and songs with lyricist Howard Ashman (the same team who wrote ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''), he has been the go-to guy for [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney musicals]], including ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', ''{{Pocahontas}}'', ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', and ''Disney/{{Tangled}}''. This has earned him ''eighteen'' AcademyAward nominations, eight of which he won--more Oscars than any other living individual.

A composer and songwriter for theater and film. Beginning with ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', for which he wrote both score and songs with lyricist Howard Ashman (the same team who wrote ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''), he has been the go-to guy for [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney musicals]], including ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', ''{{Pocahontas}}'', ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', and ''Disney/{{Tangled}}''. This has earned him ''eighteen'' AcademyAward nominations, eight of which he won--more Oscars than any other living individual.