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Alan Menken

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Wikimp3 information about the music of Alan Menken. On our website we have 46 albums and 44 collections of artist Alan Menken. You can find useful information and download songs of this artist. We also know that Alan Menken represents Theatre/Soundtrack genres.

Biography

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Distinguished composer/lyricist Alan Menken is responsible for penning many of the catchiest tunes from Disney features of the late '80s onward, including such chart-toppers as "Whole New World" (from Aladdin) and "Colors of the Wind" (Pocahontas). Menken is a graduate of New York University and got his start when noted playwright Howard Ashman chose him and Lehman Engel to write the music for his 1978 adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Menken and Ashman had major success as a team when they adapted Roger Corman's popular 1960 film Little Shop of Horrors into an off-Broadway smash that in 1986 became a major feature film. With Menken penning the tunes and Ashman writing the lyrics, the duo began working for Disney Studios on The Little Mermaid, the company's first major animated feature in years. For their catchy calypso tune "Under the Sea," Menken and Ashman earned an Oscar. Menken has since earned seven more for his songwriting work. Following Ashman's death in 1991, Menken continued working for Disney with others, notably Stephen Schwartz.

Title: Home On The Range

Artist: Alan Menken

Genre: Kids

Collections

Featuring albums

Title: Hercules

Artist: Various

Genre: Pop, Kids, Theatre/Soundtrack

Title: Tangled

Artist: Various

Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack

Genres