Awards & Winners

Alan Menken

Date of Birth 22-July-1949
Place of Birth New Rochelle
(New York, Westchester County)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Alan Irwin Menken, Alan Menken
Profession Composer, Songwriter, Record producer, Pianist, Film Score Composer
Alan Irwin Menken is an American musical theatre and film composer and pianist. Menken is best known for his scores for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Pocahontas have each won him two Academy Awards. He also composed the scores for The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Home on the Range, The Shaggy Dog, Enchanted, and most recently, Tangled and Mirror Mirror. Menken has collaborated on several occasions with lyricists including Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, Glenn Slater and Stephen Schwartz. With eight Academy Award wins, Menken is the second most prolific Oscar winner in a music category after Alfred Newman, who has nine Oscars.

Awards by Alan Menken

Check all the awards nominated and won by Alan Menken.

2014


Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Aladdin
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical Aladdin
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Score Aladdin
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Aladdin
Tony Award for Best Original Score Aladdin

2013


Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics The Neighbors
Sing Like A Larry Bird","Song Title: More Or Less The Kind Of Thing You May Or May Not Possibly See On Broadway

2012


Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
Honored for : Newsies
Tony Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : Newsies

Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Newsies
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Leap of Faith
Tony Award for Best Original Score Newsies
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album Newsies: The Musical (original Broadway cast)
Original Broadway Cast with Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay & Others","Frank Filipetti, Michael Kosarin, Alan Menken & Chris Montan, producers","Alan Menken, composer; Jack Feldman, lyricist

2011


Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Honored for : I See The Light
(Track from: Tangled)

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score Sister Act the Musical
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song I See The Light
from Tangled
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Sister Act the Musical
Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Tangled
Various Artists
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media I See The Light
Track from: Tangled

2010


Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song I See The Light
Tangled
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Song I See The Light
from Tangled

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score The Little Mermaid
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Ever Ever After
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media That's How You Know
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album The Little Mermaid (original Broadway cast)

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Composer Enchanted
Academy Award for Best Original Song Happy Working Song
Enchanted
Academy Award for Best Original Song So Close
Enchanted
Academy Award for Best Original Song That's How You Know
Enchanted

1998


Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Go the Distance
from Hercules

1997


BMI Film Music Award
Honored for : The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song Go the Distance
Hercules
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1996


Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
Honored for : Colors of the Wind
(Pocahontas)

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Pocahontas
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Colors of the Wind
Pocahontas

1995


Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
Honored for : Pocahontas
Academy Award for Best Original Song
Honored for : Colors of the Wind
(Pocahontas)
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Honored for : Colors of the Wind
(songwriters)

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Colors of the Wind
Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score Pocahontas
Academy Award for Best Original Song Colors of the Wind
Pocahontas

1994


Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score Beauty and the Beast
BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Aladdin

1993


Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
Honored for : A Whole New World
(Aladdin)
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : Aladdin
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Honored for : A Whole New World
(Songwriters)
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Honored for : Aladdin
(Composer)
Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children
Honored for : Aladdin
(Producers)
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards for Most Performed Songs From Motion Pictures
Honored for : Beauty and the Beast
Grammy Award for Song of the Year
Honored for : A Whole New World
(Songwriters)

Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards for Most Performed Songs From Motion Pictures Beauty and the Beast
For the song \"Beauty and the Beast\"
Grammy Award for Song of the Year A Whole New World
1994 Grammy Award for Song of the Year
BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Beauty and the Beast
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Aladdin
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song A Whole New World
Aladdin
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Friend Like Me
Aladdin
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Prince Ali
Aladdin
Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children Aladdin
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Aladdin
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media A Whole New World

1992


Razzie Award for Worst Original Song
Honored for : Newsies
(For the song High Times, Hard Times.)
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score
Honored for : Aladdin
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
Honored for : Beauty and the Beast
(Beauty and The Beast)
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : Beauty and the Beast
Academy Award for Best Original Song
Honored for : A Whole New World
(Aladdin)
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Honored for : Beauty and the Beast
Grammy Award for Best Album for Children
Honored for : Beauty and the Beast
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Honored for : Beauty and the Beast

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Song of the Year Beauty and the Beast
Razzie Award for Worst Original Song Newsies
For the song \"High Times, Hard Times\".
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score Aladdin
Academy Award for Best Original Song A Whole New World
Aladdin
Academy Award for Best Original Song Friend Like Me
Aladdin
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Beauty and the Beast
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and The Beast
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Be Our Guest
Beauty and The Beast
Grammy Award for Best Album for Children Beauty and the Beast
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Beauty and the Beast
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Beauty and the Beast

1991


Academy Award for Best Original Music Score
Honored for : Beauty and the Beast
Academy Award for Best Original Song
Honored for : Beauty and the Beast
(Beauty and the Beast)

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score Beauty and the Beast
Academy Award for Best Original Song Be Our Guest
Beauty and the Beast
Academy Award for Best Original Song Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
Academy Award for Best Original Song Belle
Beauty and the Beast

1990


Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
Honored for : Under the Sea
(The Little Mermaid)
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : The Little Mermaid
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Honored for : Under the Sea
(Composer, Lyricist)
Grammy Award for Best Album for Children
Honored for : The Little Mermaid
(Composer, Lyricist)

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Razzie Award for Worst Original Song Rocky V
For the song \"The Measure of a Man\".
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score The Little Mermaid
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Under the Sea
The Little Mermaid
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Kiss the Girl
The Little Mermaid
Grammy Award for Best Album for Children The Little Mermaid
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Under the Sea

1989


Academy Award for Best Original Music Score
Honored for : The Little Mermaid
Academy Award for Best Original Song
Honored for : Under the Sea
(The Little Mermaid)

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score The Little Mermaid
Academy Award for Best Original Song Kiss the Girl
The Little Mermaid
Academy Award for Best Original Song Under the Sea
The Little Mermaid

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song Mean Green Mother from Outer Space
Little Shop of Horrors

1983


Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Score
Honored for : Little Shop of Horrors

Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Score Little Shop of Horrors
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Little Shop of Horrors

1964