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Mar 31, 2023 · Today, at 73 years old, Menken shows no signs of slowing down. Disenchanted, the sequel to Enchanted for which he cowrote the music along with Stephen Schwartz (Wicked), debuted on Disney+ last ...
Oct 15, 2022 · By the mid-1990s, Disney was the undisputed champion of animated musical films. Menken would continue to work on Disney films like Pocahontas and Hercules, while other composers—including Stephen Schwartz, Matthew Wilder, and Elton John—would follow in Menken’s footsteps as composers of Disney films.
Alan Menken tells stories behind 7 classic Disney songs. If you've ever loved a Disney song, chances are, Alan Menken wrote it. Menken has Oscars, Grammys, and Tonys to his name, and he sat down ...
At an upright piano on press day in a fancy Beverly Hills hotel, Menken played us a medley of familiar Disney tunes: "It's new music, but it really isn't new music," says Tim Page, a Pulitzer ...
Alan Irwin Menken[1] (born July 22, 1949) is an American composer and conductor, best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Skydance Animation. Menken's contributions to The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and Pocahontas (1995) won him two Academy Awards for ...
1949 — 1966. Alan Menken was born July 22nd, 1949 at French Hospital in New York City, to young aspiring actress/playwright, Judy Menken and boogie-woogie piano-playing dentist, Norman Menken, DDS. He grew up in a home, filled with music and theater (and comedy and drama) in New Rochelle, New York, along with his sisters, Faye and Leah.
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Jul 25, 2014 · Williams is the widely acclaimed composer of the scores for films such as Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. and, of course, Star Wars. In 2014 he received an Oscar nomination for his latest ...
