Alan Menken
Alan Menken is an American composer and songwriter best known for his work on Walt Disney Company animated feature films during the Disney Renaissance, including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Pocahontas. He has won more Academy Awards than any other living individual, with eight Oscars across Best Score and Best Song categories, along with 11 Grammy Awards and 7 Golden Globes. Menken is also celebrated for his work in musical theatre, most notably Little Shop of Horrors, which became the highest-grossing Off-Broadway show of all time. He continues to be active as a composer, with film and stage credits spanning over five decades since 1972.
“Howard has this great quote where he says, well, in every great Broadway musical, the third song, the leading lady goes and she sits on something...and she sings a song to the world telling the audience what she wants.”
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