Menken had to deal with the family fallout for his nod to ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ ...

You wouldn't clock Alan Menken on the street. The composer – spiky grey hair, crinkled forehead, encouraging grin – is altogether unassuming. To see his oeuvre, though, is to realise this 75-year-old ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a new video for PEOPLE filmed at his Upstate New York home, Menken reflects on more than five decades of songwriting, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken cried while tributing songwriting partner Howard Ashman on stage at D23's Beauty and the Beast ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to princess songs, there’s no bigger name in the game than Alan Menken. That’s why Skydance Animation turned to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Menken and Slater are frequent collaborators, having preciously worked on films "Tangled" and "Home on the Range," TV series ...

Academy Award-winning composer Alan Menken has signed on to pen and compose the music for Skydance Animation’s forthcoming musical animated film titled Spellbound, which is one of the first four ...

How did Alan Menken start working for Disney? Even if you’ve never heard his name, you’ve heard Menken’s music. Menken and Howard Ashman, his late writing partner, made musicals in New York together ...

Alan Menken helped define Disney animation’s sound for decades—helping score some of the most beloved films of the company’s renaissance, and changing its soundtracks forever with The Little Mermaid’s ...

Alan Menken is a true romantic. Just ask him how he met his wife of 52 years, Janis. “This dancer walks into the room, and I knew immediately who she was, because I dreamt her,” he says, beaming from ...

Alan Menken, a true living legend and the composer behind (amongst other things) Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, has now reached the legendary EGOT status with a Daytime Emmy ...