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. 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 ...

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 ...

They teamed to write two Oscar winners for best original song. By Paul Grein Alan Menken is an EGOT winner, so he has enough awards to fill his shelves, and then some. But an award he’s receiving on ...

Menken was announced as the recipient on Feb. 29, 2020, just days before the COVID-19 pandemic put such gatherings on a very long hold. By Paul Grein Alan Menken is finally set to receive the Max ...

Thirty years after Disney released “Pocahontas,” the film’s Oscar-winning song has taken on a life of its own with millennial and Gen-Z fans. By Ashley Spencer The composer talked revisiting “The ...

The guy who could find the right music for a mermaid, a genie and a people-eating plant shouldn't have any trouble composing for a wannabe disco diva disguised as a nun. "Sister Act" in fact, seems a ...

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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 legendary eight-time Oscar winner to write music for and score its ...

Alan Menken reflects on his five-decade career in a new video for PEOPLE, revisiting iconic Disney songs and sharing behind-the-scenes stories He credits Howard Ashman for shaping Disney's "I want" ...