Alan Menken
Wins
11
Nominations
26
Category
Biography
"[A great song] should elicit an emotion, of happiness, or of celebration, or of sadness, or of sorrow, or of love, or of laughter."
- Born July 22, 1949, in New Rochelle, N.Y.
- Menken's breakthrough as a composer came in 1979 when he collaborated with Howard Ashman on a musical adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's novel God Bless You, Ms. Rosewater, a partnership that would lead to their next musical, "Little Shop Of Horrors." Menken eventually earned an Oscar nomination for the song "Mean Great Mother From Outer Space" from the 1986 film adaptation of Little Shop Of Horrors.
- Menken won his first GRAMMY for 1990 for Best Recording For Children for his work composing the music for the 1989 Disney blockbuster The Little Mermaid.
- Did you know? Menken initially pursued studies of composition for theater and film only to appease his parents.
- In 2016 the film composer visited the GRAMMY Museum for an in-depth discussion of his illustrious career.
All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Alan Menken
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Best Musical Theater Album
Little Shop Of Horrors
Alan Menken, Frank Wolf, Jonathan Groff, Tammy Blanchard, Will Van Dyke, Michael Mayer, Tom Alan Robbins
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Best Musical Theater Album
Aladdin
Alan Menken, Chris Montan, Frank Filipetti, Michael Kosarin, James Monroe Iglehart, Adam Jacobs, Courtney Reed
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Best Musical Theater Album
Newsies
Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay, Alan Menken, Chris Montan, Frank Filipetti, Michael Kosarin
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Best Song Written For Visual Media Winner
I See The Light (From Tangled)
Alan Menken, Glenn Slater
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Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Tangled
Alan Menken
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Best Song Written For Visual Media
Ever Ever After
Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
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Best Musical Theater Album
The Little Mermaid
Bruce Botnick, Alan Menken, Chris Montan, Michael Kosarin, Glenn Slater
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Best Song Written For Visual Media
That's How You Know
Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
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Best Song Written For Visual Media Winner
Colors Of The Wind (From Pocahontas)
Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
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Musical Album For Children
Pocahontas Sing-Along (Album)
Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
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Best Musical Theater Album
Beauty And The Beast: A New Musical (Album)
Bruce Botnick, Alan Menken
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Song Of The Year Winner
A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)
Alan Menken, Tim Rice
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Musical Album For Children Winner
Aladdin - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Alan Menken, Tim Rice
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Best Song Written For Visual Media Winner
A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) (From Aladdin)
Alan Menken, Tim Rice
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Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television) Winner
Aladdin
Alan Menken
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Best Song Written For Visual Media
Friend Like Me (From Aladdin)
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken
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Best Album For Children Winner
Beauty And The Beast - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken
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Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television) Winner
Beauty And The Beast
Alan Menken
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Album Of The Year
Beauty And The Beast (Album)
Walter Afanasieff, Howard Ashman, Alan Menken
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Song Of The Year
Beauty And The Beast (Single)
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken
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Best Song Written For Visual Media Winner
Beauty And The Beast (From Beauty And The Beast)
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken
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Best Song Written For Visual Media
Kiss The Girl (The Little Mermaid)
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken
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Best Album For Children Winner
The Little Mermaid
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken
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Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
The Little Mermaid - Original Motion Picture (Album)
Alan Menken
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Best Song Written For Visual Media Winner
Under The Sea (From The Little Mermaid)
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken
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Best Musical Theater Album
Little Shop Of Horrors (Album)
Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, Phil Ramone
