Alan Menken

Composer/lyricist Alan Menken broke through in 1982 with the Off-Broadway musical “Little Shop Of Horrors,” a collaboration with playwright Howard Ashman. The show went to Broadway and film, and while Menken has also composed musical theater pieces including “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater” and “A Christmas Carol,” he is best known for the music for numerous Disney animated features including “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty And The Beast,” “Alladin” (which featured the hit song “A Whole New World”) and “Pocahontas” (“Colors Of The Wind”). His efforts have been rewarded with eight Academy Awards.

Key songs in the Menken catalog include “A Whole New World,” “Under the Sea,” “Be Our Guest,” “Colors of the Wind,” “Go the Distance,” “Here in My Neighborhood: and “Seize the Day.”

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