Alan Menken

Alan Irwin Menken (lahir 12 Juli 1949) adalah seorang komposer, pianis, sutradara musik, dan produser rekaman Amerika, yang terkenal karena musik dan lagunya untuk film yang diproduksi oleh Walt Disney Animation Studios. Musik Menken untuk The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), dan Pocahontas (1995) masing-masing telah memenangkan dua Academy Awards. Dia juga menggubah musik dan lagu untuk Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Newsies (1992), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Hercules (1997), Home on the Range (2004), Enchanted (2007), Tangled (2010), dan Disenchanted (2022), antara lain. Penghargaannya termasuk memenangkan delapan Academy Awards — menjadi pemenang Oscar paling produktif kedua dalam kategori musik setelah Alfred Newman (yang memiliki 9 Oscar), satu Tony Award, sebelas Grammy Awards, tujuh Golden Globe Awards, dan Daytime Emmy Award. Menken adalah satu dari sembilan belas orang yang memenangkan Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, dan Tony ("an EGOT").

Alan Irwin Menken (born July 12, 1949) is an American composer, pianist, music director, and record producer, best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Menken's music for The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and Pocahontas (1995) has each won him two Academy Awards. He also composed the scores and songs for Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Newsies (1992), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Hercules (1997), Home on the Range (2004), Enchanted (2007), Tangled (2010), and Disenchanted (2022), among others. His accolades include winning eight Academy Awards — becoming the second most prolific Oscar winner in the music categories after Alfred Newman (who has 9 Oscars), a Tony Award, eleven Grammy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, and a Daytime Emmy Award. Menken is one of nineteen people to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony ("an EGOT").