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. Tammy Blanchard, Jonathan Groff, Tom Alan Robbins, Will Van Dyke, Michael Mayer, Alan Menken, Frank Wolf
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Best Musical Theater Album
Aladdin. James Monroe Iglehart, Adam Jacobs, Courtney Reed, Frank Filipetti, Michael Kosarin, Alan Menken, Chris Montan
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Best Musical Theater Album
Newsies. Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay, Frank Filipetti, Michael Kosarin, Alan Menken, Chris Montan
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Best Song Written For Visual Media
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. Alan Menken, Glenn Slater, Bruce Botnick, Michael Kosarin, Chris Montan
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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
Colors Of The Wind (From Pocahontas). Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
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Musical Album For Children
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Best Musical Theater Album
Beauty And The Beast: A New Musical (Album). Alan Menken, Bruce Botnick
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Song Of The Year
A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme). Alan Menken, Tim Rice
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Musical Album For Children
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Best Song Written For Visual Media
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)
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
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Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
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
Beauty And The Beast (From Beauty And The Beast). Howard Ashman, Alan Menken
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Best Song Written For Visual Media
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Best Album For Children
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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
Under The Sea (From The Little Mermaid). Howard Ashman, Alan Menken
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Best Musical Theater Album
Little Shop Of Horrors (Album). Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Phil Ramone
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