For better or worse, this year's Oscar music process is nearing its end. Thursday night, members of the AMPAS music branch met and watched more than two hours of three-minute film clips featuring the ...

With over 50 years in the business and Disney blockbusters like ‘The Little Mermaid,’ ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Pocahontas,’ the composer turned the Disney musical into a global institution and ...

Alan Menken left an indelible mark as a composer for many of the most popular Disney movies of the 1990s. Menken revolutionized Disney songwriting, blending Broadway-style compositions with heartfelt ...

NEW YORK -- Anyone who has spent an afternoon with songs from "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast," or "Aladdin" stuck in your head has one man to thank for that: Alan Menken. The composer who ...

If you've ever spent an afternoon with "Under the Sea" or "A Whole New World" or "Be Our Guest" stuck in your head, you can thank composer Alan Menken. Menken scored The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, ...

In the mid-1980s, Disney’s animation arm was at a low ebb, cranking out titles like “The Black Cauldron” and “The Great Mouse Detective” — a far cry from the glory days of “Snow White and the Seven ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. In a recent interview, composer Alan Menken, revealed tentative plans for a ...

Alan Menken has built a career helping people express what they want. And what they want, or at least what they’ve been asking for lately, is Alan Menken. Now, at 69, Menken is navigating a twist in ...

Menken, who has written the scores for such Disney films as 'The Little Mermaid' and 'Beauty and the Beast,' talks to THR ahead of getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday. By Randee ...

San Francisco's Walt Disney Family Museum will celebrate Alan Menken earning EGOT status with a virtual fundraiser celebrating the Beauty and the Beast and Little Mermaid composer's career, featuring ...