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Alan Menken
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Born (1949-07-22) July 22, 1949 (age 76)
Birthname Alan Irwin Menken[1]
Birthplace Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
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  • conductor
  • arranger
  • music director
  • music producer
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Alan Irwin Menken[1] (born July 22, 1949) is an American composer and conductor, best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Skydance Animation. Menken's contributions to The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and Pocahontas (1995) won him two Academy Awards for each film. He also composed the scores and songs for Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Newsies (1992), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Hercules (1997), Home on the Range (2004), Enchanted (2007), Tangled (2010), Disenchanted (2022), and Spellbound (2024), among others. His accolades include winning eight Academy Awards — becoming the second most prolific Oscar winner in the music categories after Alfred Newman (who has 9 Oscars), a Tony Award, eleven Grammy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, and a Daytime Emmy Award. Menken is one of twenty-one people to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony ("an EGOT").[2]

He is also known for his work in musical theater for Broadway and elsewhere. Some of these works are based on his Disney films, but other stage hits include Little Shop of Horrors (1982), A Christmas Carol (1994), and Sister Act (2009).

Menken has collaborated with lyricists such as Muriel Robinson, David Zippel, Howard Ashman, Stephen Schwartz, David Crane, Seth Friedman, Marta Kauffman, Steve Brown, Tom Eyen, David Rogers, Dennis Green, David Spencer, Jack Feldman, Tim Rice, Lynn Ahrens, Glenn Slater, Chad Beguelin, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Ariel Shaffir, Kyle Hunter, Phil Johnston, Tom MacDougall, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Early life[]

Alan Irwin Menken was born on July 22, 1949, at French Hospital in Manhattan, to Judith and Norman Menken. His father was a boogie-woogie piano-playing dentist, and his mother was an actress, dancer and playwright.[3] His family was Jewish.[4] Menken developed an interest in music at an early age, taking piano and violin lessons. He began to compose at an early age.[5] At age nine, at the New York Federation of Music Clubs Junior Composers Contest, his original composition "Bouree" was rated Superior and Excellent by the judges.

Menken noted that "Before college, I was writing songs to further my dream of being the next Bob Dylan. A lot of guitar songs – I was composing on piano before that."[6]

He attended New Rochelle High School in New Rochelle, New York, and graduated in 1967. Menken remembers: "I'd make up my own Bach fugues and Beethoven sonatas because I was bored with the piano and I didn't want to practice; so I'd go off on tangents".[7] He then enrolled at New York University.[8] Menken graduated in 1972 from University College of Arts and Science at the Heights campus, which is now the College of Arts and Science.[9] After college, he attended the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.[10]

Menken recalled: "First, I was pre-med. I thought I'd be a dentist like my dad. Finally, I got a degree in music, but I didn't care about musicology. It wasn't until I joined BMI Workshop ... under Lehman Engel, and walked into a room with other composers that I knew this was it."[7]

Career[]

Early career[]

After graduating, Menken's plan was to become either a rock star or a recording artist. His interest in writing musicals increased when he joined the Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) Musical Theatre Workshop and was mentored by Lehman Engel.[10] From 1974 to 1978, he showcased various BMI workshop works, such as Midnight, Apartment House (lyric by Muriel Robinson), Conversations with Pierre,[10] Harry the Rat and Messiah on Mott Street (lyrics by David Spencer).[citation needed]

According to Menken, during this period, he "worked as a ballet and modern dance accompanist, a musical director for club acts, a jingle writer, arranger, a songwriter for Sesame Street and a vocal coach". He performed his material at clubs like The Ballroom, Reno Sweeny and Tramps.[11]

In 1976, John Wilson reported for The New York Times that members of Engel's BMI Workshop began performing as part of the "Broadway at the Ballroom" series: "The opening workshop program ... featured Maury Yeston and Alan Menken, both playing their piano accompaniment and singing songs they have written for potential musicals."[12] Wilson reviewed a performance at the Ballroom in 1977 where Menken accompanied a singer: "In the current cabaret world, a piano accompanist is no longer expected to merely play piano for a singer. More and more, pianists can be heard joining in vocally, harmonizing with the singer, creating a background of shouts and exclamations or even doing brief passages of solo singing."[13]

Menken contributed material to revues like New York's Back in Town, Big Apple Country, The Present Tense (1977),[14] Real Life Funnies (Off-Broadway, 1981),[15] Diamonds (Off-Broadway, 1984), and Personals (Off-Off-Broadway, 1985).[16] His revue Patch, Patch, Patch ran at the West Bank Cafe in New York City in 1979 and featured Chip Zien. The New York Times reviewer Mel Gussow wrote: "The title song ... refers to a life's passage. According to Alan Menken ... after age 30 it is a downhill plunge."[17]

Menken wrote several shows that were not produced, including Atina, Evil Queen of the Galaxy (1980), with lyrics by Steve Brown. He also wrote The Thorn with lyrics by Brown, which was commissioned by Divine in 1980. This was a parody of the film The Rose, but they could not raise the money to have it produced.[18] He collaborated with Howard Ashman in an uncompleted musical called Babe (c. 1981),[19][20] with Tom Eyen in Kicks: The Showgirl Musical (1984),[21] and with David Rogers in The Dream in Royal Street (c. 1981), which was an adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream.[20] Menken contributed music for the film The Line (1980), directed by Robert J. Siegel.[22]

Breakthrough years[]

Menken finally achieved success as a composer when playwright Howard Ashman chose him and Engel to write the music for his musical adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's novel God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. The musical opened in 1979 at the WPA Theater[23] to excellent reviews[23] and modest box office. It transferred after several months to the Off-Broadway Entermedia Theater, where it ran for an additional six weeks.[24][25][26][27]

Menken and Ashman wrote their next musical, Little Shop of Horrors, for a cast of only 9 performers, including a puppeteer. This musical is based on the 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors. It opened at WPA Theater in 1982 to warm reviews. It moved to the Off Broadway Orpheum Theatre in the East Village, Manhattan, where it ran for five years. The musical set the box-office record for highest grossing Off-Broadway show of all time. It toured around the world, won theater awards and was adapted as a 1986 musical film starring Rick Moranis that earned Menken and Ashman their first Oscar nomination for the song "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space".[28] For his body of work in musical theatre, he was awarded the BMI Career Achievement Award in 1983.[3]

In 1987, Menken and lyricist David Spencer's adaptation The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, based on the 1959 novel of the same name, was produced in Philadelphia. After substantial re-writes, it was produced in 2015 in Montreal.[29][30] In 1992, the WPA Theatre produced Menken's Weird Romance, also with lyrics by Spencer.[31] Menken's musical based on the Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol, with lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and book by Mike Ockrent, debuted at Madison Square Garden's Paramount Theater in 1994.[32] The show proved successful and was an annual New York holiday event.[33]

Disney Renaissance and later films[]

On the strength of the success of Little Shop of Horrors, Menken and Ashman were hired by Walt Disney Studios to write the music for The Little Mermaid (1989). The challenge was to create an animated musical film of this Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale that could sit alongside the Disney films Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Cinderella. The Little Mermaid opened to critical and commercial success and signaled a new Disney era called the Disney Renaissance.[34] The film gave them their first Academy Award win: Best Song for the song "Under the Sea". Menken also won the 1989 Academy Award for Best Score.[8][35]

Menken and Ashman's Beauty and the Beast garnered them three 1991 Academy Award nominations for Best Song, winning for its title song.[35] Menken won another Academy Award for Best Score. The two were working on Aladdin at the time of Ashman's death in 1991. Ashman wrote only three songs in the film and Menken collaborated with Tim Rice, who was then working on The Lion King, to write the rest of the songs for the film. The film won an Academy Award in 1992 for Best Song, "A Whole New World".[35] Menken also won the Oscar for Best Score. Menken's live-action musical film Newsies, with lyrics by Jack Feldman, was released in 1992.

Three more animated musical films followed. Menken collaborated with Stephen Schwartz for Pocahontas, for which the two won two Academy Awards: Best Song and Best Musical or Comedy Score. In 1996, the same musical team created the songs, and Menken, the score, for The Hunchback of Notre Dame. In 1997, Menken reunited with his early collaborator, David Zippel, for his last film in the era, Hercules.[36]

Menken also wrote the music for the Michael J. Fox vehicle Life with Mikey (1993),[37] the holiday film Noel (2004)[38] and Mirror Mirror (2012).[39] His other film scores for Disney have included Home on the Range (2004), the Tim Allen remake of The Shaggy Dog (2006), Enchanted (2007), and Tangled (2010).

In March 2017, Disney released a live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, directed by Bill Condon and starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens, with the songs from the 1991 film and new material by Menken and Rice.[40] Menken collaborated with Benj Pasek and Justin Paul on writing new songs for the 2019 live-action version of Aladdin, directed by Guy Ritchie.[41]

Menken again worked with Stephen Schwartz to write new songs for Disenchanted, the sequel to Enchanted,[42] Menken also worked on new music for a live-action film adaptation of The Little Mermaid, directed by Rob Marshall, with longtime The Little Mermaid fan Lin-Manuel Miranda,[43] whom Menken knew since the former's childhood, as Miranda went to the same school as Menken's niece.[44] Menken is also working alongside former Disney chief creative officer John Lasseter on a project at Skydance Animation.[45] On May 20, 2020, the project was revealed to be Vicky Jenson's Spellbound.[46] Menken will co-write songs for Spellbound alongside collaborated with lyricist Glenn Slater, with whom he worked on Home on the Range and Tangled.[46] Menken is also reportedly attached to a sequel to Aladdin.[47] Menken was set to work with Schwartz to write new songs for a remake of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, which Menken would score.[48] However, in May 2023, Menken suggested that the development had been stalled due to the original movie's content and themes.[49]

With eight Academy Awards, only composer Alfred Newman (nine wins), art director Cedric Gibbons (11 wins) and Walt Disney (22 wins) have received more Academy Awards than Menken. He is tied for fourth place with late costume designer Edith Head, and currently holds the record for the most wins for a living person.[citation needed][50]

Return to musical theater[]

Menken debuted on Broadway with a musical theater adaptation of Beauty and the Beast that opened in 1994 and ran for 13 years before closing in 2007. In 1997, he collaborated with lyricist Tim Rice on a musical, King David, based on the biblical character, which was performed in a concert version on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre. Little Shop of Horrors played on Broadway from 2003 to 2004.[51]

He next created the stage version of The Little Mermaid, which played on Broadway from 2008 to 2009 and for which he received a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Score.[51] Menken's stage adaptation of Sister Act debuted in London in 2009, and opened on Broadway in 2011. He was nominated for another Tony Award for Best Score.[52] Menken received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010.[53] In December 2010, he was a guest on the NPR quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!.[54]

In 2012, Menken won a Tony Award for Best Score for his musical adaptation of Newsies, which ran until 2014. He also wrote the music for Leap of Faith, which had a brief run on Broadway in 2012. His stage adaptation of Aladdin opened on Broadway in 2014, earning him another Tony nomination for Best Score.[51] In 2013, he was a guest at the annual Junior Theatre Festival in Atlanta, Georgia, and was honored with the Junior Theater Festival Award.[55] He gave a concert there, including music that was cut from various productions, while talking about his creative process.[citation needed]

Menken's stage adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame played at La Jolla Playhouse, California, in 2014.[56][57] The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz was revived in Montreal in 2015,[29][30] and A Bronx Tale: The Musical played at the Paper Mill Playhouse in 2016.[58] Menken is currently working on stage musical adaptations of Night at the Museum[45] and Animal Farm.[59]

As of 2019, Menken reunites with his Newsies creators Jack Feldman and Harvey Fierstein to develop a new musical called Greetings from Niagara Falls. A reading was held in January 2019; however, there is no word on future plans for the project at this time.[60]

Television work[]

From 1989 to 1990, Menken and Howard Ashman wrote songs for the popular puppet TV show Sesame Street.[61] In 2008, Menken said that his work on Sesame Street was "pathetic money, but it still had some prestige to it. It was on the air and [he] was getting some royalties".[61] The duo also wrote a song titled "Wonderful Ways to Say No" for the 1990 animated anti-drug special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue.

In 2015, Menken co-composed the score for the musical television series Galavant alongside Christopher Lennertz, reuniting him with Tangled screenwriter Dan Fogelman.[62] Menken also co-wrote songs for the series alongside Glenn Slater.[63] The series lasted two seasons, first airing on January 4, 2015, and last airing on January 31, 2016.[64] In 2017, Menken and Slater returned to write songs for the animated series Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, which is set after the events of Tangled.[65] The series ended in 2020, after three seasons. On July 26, 2020, Menken and Slater won the Daytime Emmy Award for Original Song in a Children's, Young Adult or Animated Program for the song titled "Waiting in the Wings".[2][66]

Menken wrote songs for a prospective prequel/spin-off series to 2017's Beauty and the Beast titled Little Town, which would be centered on Gaston and LeFou.[45] The series would be released on Disney's streaming service, Disney+,[45][67] and Menken would also be an executive-producer on the series.[68] In February 2022, it was reported that the series would not go forward for now.[69]

Personal life[]

Menken was introduced to ballet dancer Janis Roswick while working with the Downtown Ballet Company. They have been married since November 1972 and live in North Salem, New York with their two daughters, Anna and Nora.[70]Template:Failed verification

Artistry and reception[]

Menken has said he prefers for his compositions to be "hummable", writing, "Songs should have an infectious melody and rhythm ... They should elicit an emotion, of happiness, or of celebration, or of sadness, or of sorrow, or of love, or of laughter — whatever".[71] When writing songs for a Disney film, he is usually trying to progress the story, while being appropriate for each character and dramatic situation.[71] He gathers as much information as possible about a film project before composing at a piano, namely "What's the story? Who's the protagonist? Where would a song fit? What's the reason for singing?".[71] Menken has worked with numerous lyricists throughout his career. His most famous collaboration remains his songwriting partnership with Ashman, despite having worked together for a relatively short period of time.[72]

Steve Hochman of Grammy.com said Menken "ranks among the top composers in film and theater", writing, "his music is part of the DNA of several generations of children and parents alike".[73] According to Jeff Bond of The Hollywood Reporter, Menken is largely responsible for redefining the musical genre for a contemporary audience both in film and on stage, calling him "one of film music’s most versatile craftspeople".[74] His work has influenced a generation of songwriters across film and stage.[72] Menken has noted his influence on songwriters and musicians such as Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elton John, and Sara Bareilles, although he maintains he does not have a specific protege.[72]

Menken is an EGOT winner, having won at least one Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony for his work.[75]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Director(s) Credited as Notes
Composer Songwriter Score producer Actor
1972 A Dancer's Life William Richert No No No Yes Documentary film
1986 Little Shop of Horrors Frank Oz No Yes No No Composed original and new songs with lyrics by Howard Ashman; score by Miles Goodman
1989 The Little Mermaid John Musker
Ron Clements
Yes Yes Yes No First score for an animated film
Composed songs with lyrics by Howard Ashman
1990 Rocky V John G. Avildsen No Yes No No Composed song "Measure of a Man"; score by Bill Conti
1991 Beauty and the Beast Gary Trousdale
Kirk Wise
Yes Yes Yes No Composed songs with lyrics by Howard Ashman
1992 Newsies Kenny Ortega No Yes No No Composed songs with lyrics by Jack Feldman; score by J.A.C. Redford
Wildest Paydate Danny DeVito Yes Yes No No
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chris Columbus No Yes No No Composed song "My Christmas Tree" with lyrics by Jack Feldman; score by John Williams
Aladdin John Musker
Ron Clements
Yes Yes Yes No Composed songs with lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice
1993 Life with Mikey James Lapine Yes Yes No No Composed songs "Cold Enough to Snow" and "Life with Mikey Theme" with lyrics by Stephen Schwartz & Jack Feldman
1995 Pocahontas Mike Gabriel
Eric Goldberg
Yes Yes Yes No Composed songs with lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Gary Trousdale
Kirk Wise
Yes Yes Yes No
1997 Hercules John Musker
Ron Clements
Yes Yes Yes No Composed songs with lyrics by David Zippel
2004 Home on the Range Will Finn
John Sanford
Yes Yes No No Composed songs with lyrics by Glenn Slater
Noel Chazz Palminteri Yes Yes Yes No Composed song "Winter Light" with lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
2006 The Shaggy Dog Brian Robbins Yes No No No
2007 Enchanted Kevin Lima Yes Yes No No Composed songs with lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
2010 Tangled Byron Howard
Nathan Greno
Yes Yes Yes No Composed songs with lyrics by Glenn Slater
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger Joe Johnston No Yes No No Composed "Star Spangled Man" with lyrics by David Zippel; score by Alan Silvestri
Jock the Hero Dog Duncan MacNeillie No Yes No No Composed song "Howling at the moon" with lyrics by Tim Rice; score by Klaus Badelt and Ian Honeyman
2012 Mirror Mirror Tarsem Singh Yes No No No
2016 Sausage Party Conrad Vernon
Greg Tiernan
Yes Yes No No Co-composer with Christopher Lennertz;
Composed song "The Great Beyond" with lyrics by Glenn Slater, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Ariel Shaffir and Kyle Hunter
Aria for a Cow Dan Lund Yes Yes No No Short film;
Composed song "Aria" with lyrics by Howard Ashman[76]
2017 Beauty and the Beast Bill Condon Yes Yes No No Returned from the 1991 animated film
Composed original songs with lyrics by Howard Ashman;
Composed new songs with Tim Rice
2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet Rich Moore
Phil Johnston
No Yes No No Composed songs "In This Place" and "A Place Called Slaughter Race" with lyrics by Phil Johnston & Tom MacDougall; score by Henry Jackman
Holmes & Watson Etan Cohen No Yes No No Composed song "Strange Sensation" with lyrics by Glenn Slater; score by Mark Mothersbaugh
Howard Don Hahn Yes No No Yes Documentary film
Disney+ original film
Limited theatrical run in 2018; official release in 2020
2019 Aladdin Guy Ritchie Yes Yes No No Returned to score from the 1992 animated film
Composed original songs with lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice; Composed new songs with lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
2022 Disenchanted Adam Shankman Yes Yes No No Disney+ original film
Returned from the 2007 film
Composed songs with lyrics by Stephen Schwartz[77]
2023 The Little Mermaid Rob Marshall Yes Yes No No Returned to score from the 1989 animated film
Composed original songs with lyrics by Howard Ashman; Composed new songs with lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
2024 Spellbound[46] Vicky Jenson Yes Yes No No Netflix original film
Composed songs with lyrics by Glenn Slater

Television[]

Year Title Credited as Notes
Composer Songwriter Score producer Executive producer Actor
1989–1990 Sesame Street No Yes No No No Composed "Grouchelot", "What is Friend?", "It's Gonna Get Dirty Again," "Snuffle Friends," "Martian Family (Yip Yip Song)," "Monster Up and Down", "Pond Full of Fish" and "Todos un Pueblo"
1989 Polly No Yes No No No Television film
Composed song "By Your Side" with lyrics by Jack Feldman; score by Joel McNeely
1990 Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue No Yes No No No TV special
Composed "Wonderful Ways to Say No" with lyrics by Howard Ashman; score by Richard Kosinski, Sam Winans, Paul Buckmaster, Bill Reichenbach, Bob Mann and Guy Moon
1992 Lincoln Yes No No No No Television film
2004 A Christmas Carol No Yes No No No Television film
Composed songs with lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; score by Michael Kosarin
2013 The Neighbors No Yes No No No Episode: "Sing Like a Larry Bird"
Composed "More or Less The Kind of Thing You May or May Not Possibly See on Broadway", "Giselle", "More or Less The Kind of Thing You May or May Not Possibly See on Broadway" (Reprise)
2015–2016 Galavant Yes Yes Yes Yes No Composed complete soundtrack, score co-composed with Christopher Lennertz
2017 Tangled: Before Ever After No Yes No No No Television film
Disney Channel original film
Composed songs with lyrics by Glenn Slater; score by Kevin Kliesch
2017–2020 Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure[78] Yes Yes No No No Composed complete soundtrack, score composed by Kevin Kliesch
2019 The Little Mermaid Live! Yes Yes No No No TV special
Composed original songs with lyrics by Howard Ashman; Composed new songs with lyrics by Glenn Slater
2020 Central Park No Yes No No No Episode: "Dog Spray Afternoon"
Composed song "Spoiler Alert" with lyrics by Glenn Slater
2021 The Falcon and the Winter Soldier No Yes No No No Episode: "The Star-Spangled Man"
Composed "Star Spangled Man" with lyrics by David Zippel for Captain America: The First Avenger; score by Henry Jackman
2022 Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration Yes Yes No No Yes TV special
Composed original songs with lyrics by Howard Ashman; Composed new songs with lyrics by Tim Rice

Musicals[]

  • Dear Worthy Editor (Off-Broadway, c. 1974)
    Book by Judy Menken
    Based on the letters-to-the-editor of Jewish-American newspaper Daily Jewish Forward
  • Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (Off-Broadway, 1979)
    Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Dennis Green
    Based on a 1965 novel by Kurt Vonnegut
  • The Dream on Royal Street (Regional, 1981)
    Lyrics by David Rogers
    Based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Little Shop of Horrors (Off-Broadway, 1982; West End, 1983; Broadway, 2003)
    Lyrics by Ashman
    Based on the 1960 black comedy film
  • Weird Romance (Off-Broadway, 1992)[31]
    Lyrics by David Spencer
    Two one-act musical: Based on "Her Pilgrim Soul" and "The Girl Who Was Plugged In"
  • Beauty and the Beast (Broadway, 1994; West End, 1997)
    Lyrics by Ashman and Tim Rice
    Based on the 1991 Disney film
  • A Christmas Carol (Madison Square Garden, 1994–2003)
    Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
    Based on 1843 novella by Charles Dickens
  • King David (Broadway, 1997)
    Lyrics by Rice
    Based on the Biblical books of Samuel, 1 Chronicles and Psalms
  • Der Glöckner von Notre Dame (Berlin, 1999)
    Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
    Based on the Disney film and the 1831 novel by Victor Hugo
  • The Little Mermaid (Broadway, 2008)
    Lyrics by Ashman and Glenn Slater
    Based on the Disney film
  • Sister Act (West End, 2009; Broadway, 2011)
    Lyrics by Slater
    Based on the 1992 comedy film
  • Leap of Faith (Broadway, 2012)
    Lyrics by Slater
    Based on the 1992 film
  • Newsies (Paper Mill Playhouse, 2011; Broadway, 2012)
    Lyrics by Jack Feldman
    Based on the 1992 film
  • Aladdin (Seattle, 2011; Broadway, 2014)
    Lyric by Ashman, Rice and Chad Beguelin
    Based on the 1992 film
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (La Jolla Playhouse, 2014)
    Lyrics by Schwartz
    Based on the 1996 film and the 1831 novel by Victor Hugo
  • The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Montreal, 2015)
    Lyrics by Spencer
    Based on the 1959 novel by Mordecai Richler
  • A Bronx Tale: The Musical (Broadway, 2016)
    Lyrics by Slater
    Based on the 1990 autobiographical one-man play by Chazz Palminteri[79]
  • Hercules (Central Park, 2019)[80]
    Lyrics by David Zippel
    Based on the 1997 Disney film


Other[]

  • Aladdin, Jr. – 1-act, 7-scene musical adapted from the animated film Aladdin 1992
  • Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage – Theatrical show at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World
  • Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular – Theatrical show at Disney California Adventure
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Theatrical show at Disney's MGM Studios, Walt Disney World
  • The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure – Attraction at Disney California Adventure
  • Sindbad's Storybook Voyage featuring "Compass of Your Heart" – Attraction at Tokyo DisneySea, Tokyo Disney Resort
  • Dramatists Guild of America YouTube Channel music video featuring "Someone Wrote That Song"
  • Tangled: The Musical – Theatrical show on the Disney Cruise Line (starting November 2015)
  • Dubai Parks and Resorts's official theme song "All the Wonders of the Universe" (opening October 2016)
  • Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular 2017 celebration featuring the world premiere of "The Sum of Us" (lyrics by Jack Feldman) for soloist, chorus, and orchestra (Brian Stokes Mitchell, U.S. Army Soldier's Chorus and the Boston Pops Orchestra)

Awards[]

Alan Menken has received eight Academy Awards (and nineteen nominations), eleven Grammy Awards (and twenty-four nominations), one Tony Award (and four nominations), and one Daytime Emmy Award. He has also received seven Golden Globe Awards (and sixteen nominations), one Drama Desk Award (and five nominations), and three Outer Critics Awards.

He was made a Disney Legend in 2002 and was the recipient of a Richard Kirk Career Achievement Award in 1998, a Freddie G. Award for Musical Excellence in 2013, and The Oscar Hammerstein Award in 2013, among others.

The American Film Institute included the title song from the film Beauty and the Beast, in the AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs. Five other songs from his Disney films were nominated:

In 2006, AFI listed its 25 greatest movie musicals, with Beauty and the Beast (1991) ranked 22nd. It is the only animated musical film on the list. Four of his other film musicals were also nominated:[81]

In 2019, Menken finally accepted the Razzie Award for "Worst Original Song" he won at the 13th Golden Raspberry Awards (1993) for "High Times, Hard Times" from Newsies (1992), becoming the first person to win a Razzie and Oscar in the same year.[82][83] Menken wrote the music for the song, and shared the award with lyricist Jack Feldman.

In 2020, Menken reached EGOT status when he won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song in a Children's, Young Adult or Animated Program for co-writing the song "Waiting in the Wings" for Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure.[2][84]

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v - e - dAwards for Alan Menken
v - e - dAcademy Award for Best Original Score
1930s
  • Louis Silvers (1934)
  • Max Steiner (1935)
  • Leo F. Forbstein (1936)
  • Charles Previn (1937)
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold / Alfred Newman (1938)
  • Herbert Stothart / Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold and Leo Shuken (1939)

1940s

  • Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith and Ned Washington / Alfred Newman (1940)
  • Bernard Herrmann / Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace (1941)
  • Max Steiner / Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld (1942)
  • Alfred Newman / Ray Heindorf (1943)
  • Max Steiner / Morris Stoloff and Carmen Dragon (1944)
  • Miklos Rozsa / Georgie Stoll (1945)
  • Hugo Friedhofer / Morris Stoloff (1946)
  • Miklos Rozsa / Alfred Newman (1947)
  • Brian Easdale / Johnny Green and Roger Edens (1948)
  • Aaron Copland / Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton (1949)

1950s

  • Franz Waxman / Adolph Deutsch and Roger Edens (1950)
  • Franz Waxman / Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin (1951)
  • Dimitri Tiomkin / Alfred Newman (1952)
  • Bronislau Kaper / Alfred Newman (1953)
  • Dimitri Tiomkin / Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin (1954)
  • Alfred Newman / Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton and Adolph Deutsch (1955)
  • Victor Young / Alfred Newman and Ken Darby (1956)
  • Malcolm Arnold (1957)
  • Dimitri Tiomkin / Andre Previn (1958)
  • Miklos Rozsa / Andre Previn and Ken Darby (1959)

1960s

  • Ernest Gold / Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman (1960)
  • Henry Mancini / Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal (1961)
  • Maurice Jarre / Ray Heindorf (1962)
  • John Addison / Andre Previn (1963)
  • Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman / Andre Previn (1964)
  • Maurice Jarre / Irwin Kostal (1965)
  • John Barry / Ken Thorne (1966)
  • Elmer Bernstein / Alfred Newman and Ken Darby (1967)
  • John Barry / Johnny Green (1968)
  • Burt Bacharach / Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman (1969)

1970s

  • Francis Lai / The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) (1970)
  • Michel Legrand / John Williams (1971)
  • Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell / Ralph Burns (1972)
  • Marvin Hamlisch / Marvin Hamlisch (1973)
  • Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola / Nelson Riddle (1974)
  • John Williams / Leonard Rosenman (1975)
  • Jerry Goldsmith / Leonard Rosenman (1976)
  • John Williams / Jonathan Tunick (1977)
  • Giorgio Moroder / Joe Renzetti (1978)
  • Georges Delerue / Ralph Burns (1979)

1980s

  • Michael Gore (1980)
  • Vangelis (1981)
  • John Williams / Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse (1982)
  • Bill Conti / Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1983)
  • Maurice Jarre / Prince (1984)
  • John Barry (1985)
  • Herbie Hancock (1986)
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su (1987)
  • Dave Grusin (1988)
  • Alan Menken (1989)

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

v - e - dAcademy Award for Best Original Song
1934–1940
  • "The Continental"
    • Music: Con Conrad
    • Lyrics: Herb Magidson (1934)
  • "Lullaby of Broadway"
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Lyrics: Al Dubin (1935)
  • "The Way You Look Tonight"
    • Music: Jerome Kern
    • Lyrics: Dorothy Fields (1936)
  • "Sweet Leilani"
    • Music and lyrics: Harry Owens (1937)
  • "Thanks for the Memory"
    • Music: Ralph Rainger
    • Lyrics: Leo Robin (1938)
  • "Over the Rainbow"
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Lyrics: E. Y. Harburg (1939)
  • "When You Wish Upon a Star"
    • Music: Leigh Harline
    • Lyrics: Ned Washington (1940)

1941–1950

  • "The Last Time I Saw Paris"
    • Music: Jerome Kern
    • Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II (1941)
  • "White Christmas"
    • Music and lyrics: Irving Berlin (1942)
  • "You'll Never Know"
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Lyrics: Mack Gordon (1943)
  • "Swinging on a Star"
    • Music: Jimmy Van Heusen
    • Lyrics: Johnny Burke (1944)
  • "It Might as Well Be Spring"
    • Music: Richard Rodgers
    • Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II (1945)
  • "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe"
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer (1946)
  • "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"
    • Music: Allie Wrubel
    • Lyrics: Ray Gilbert (1947)
  • "Buttons and Bows"
    • Music: Jay Livingston
    • Lyrics: Ray Evans (1948)
  • "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
    • Music and lyrics: Frank Loesser (1949)
  • "Mona Lisa"
    • Music and lyrics: Ray Evans and Jay Livingston (1950)

1951–1960

  • "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening"
    • Music: Hoagy Carmichael
    • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer (1951)
  • "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')"
    • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Lyrics: Ned Washington (1952)
  • "Secret Love"
    • Music: Sammy Fain
    • Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster (1953)
  • "Three Coins in the Fountain"
    • Music: Jule Styne
    • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn (1954)
  • "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing"
    • Music: Sammy Fain
    • Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster (1955)
  • "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"
    • Music and lyrics: Jay Livingston and Ray Evans (1956)
  • "All the Way"
    • Music: Jimmy Van Heusen
    • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn (1957)
  • "Gigi"
    • Music: Frederick Loewe
    • Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner (1958)
  • "High Hopes"
    • Music: Jimmy Van Heusen
    • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn (1959)
  • "Never on Sunday"
    • Music and lyrics: Manos Hatzidakis (1960)

1961–1970

  • "Moon River"
  • "Days of Wine and Roses"
  • "Call Me Irresponsible"
    • Music: Jimmy Van Heusen
    • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn (1963)
  • "Chim Chim Cher-ee"
    • Music and lyrics: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (1964)
  • "The Shadow of Your Smile"
    • Music: Johnny Mandel
    • Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster (1965)
  • "Born Free"
  • "Talk to the Animals"
    • Music and lyrics: Leslie Bricusse (1967)
  • "The Windmills of Your Mind"
    • Music: Michel Legrand
    • Lyrics: Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1968)
  • "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
    • Music: Burt Bacharach
    • Lyrics: Hal David (1969)
  • "For All We Know"
    • Music: Fred Karlin
    • Lyrics: Robb Royer and Jimmy Griffin (1970)

1971–1980

  • "Theme from Shaft"
    • Music and lyrics: Isaac Hayes (1971)
  • "The Morning After"
    • Music and lyrics: Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn (1972)
  • "The Way We Were"
    • Music: Marvin Hamlisch
    • Lyrics: Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1973)
  • "We May Never Love Like This Again"
    • Music and lyrics: Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn (1974)
  • "I'm Easy"
    • Music and lyrics: Keith Carradine (1975)
  • "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)"
    • Music: Barbra Streisand
    • Lyrics: Paul Williams (1976)
  • "You Light Up My Life"
    • Music and lyrics: Joseph Brooks (1977)
  • "Last Dance"
    • Music and lyrics: Paul Jabara (1978)
  • "It Goes Like It Goes"
    • Music: David Shire
    • Lyrics: Norman Gimbel (1979)
  • "Fame"
    • Music: Michael Gore
    • Lyrics: Dean Pitchford (1980)

1981–1990

  • "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"
    • Music and lyrics: Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen (1981)
  • "Up Where We Belong"
    • Music: Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie
    • Lyrics: Will Jennings (1982)
  • "Flashdance... What a Feeling"
    • Music: Giorgio Moroder
    • Lyrics: Keith Forsey and Irene Cara (1983)
  • "I Just Called to Say I Love You"
    • Music and lyrics: Stevie Wonder (1984)
  • "Say You, Say Me"
    • Music and lyrics: Lionel Richie (1985)
  • "Take My Breath Away"
    • Music: Giorgio Moroder
    • Lyrics: Tom Whitlock (1986)
  • "(I've Had) The Time of My Life"
    • Music: Franke Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz
    • Lyrics: Franke Previte (1987)
  • "Let the River Run"
    • Music and lyrics: Carly Simon (1988)
  • "Under the Sea"
  • "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)"

1991–2000

2001–2010

  • "If I Didn't Have You"
  • "Lose Yourself"
    • Music: Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto
    • Lyrics: Eminem (2002)
  • "Into the West"
    • Music and lyrics: Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox (2003)
  • "Al otro lado del río"
    • Music and lyrics: Jorge Drexler (2004)
  • "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp"
    • Music and lyrics: Juicy J, Frayser Boy and DJ Paul (2005)
  • "I Need to Wake Up"
  • "Falling Slowly"
    • Music and lyrics: Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová (2007)
  • "Jai Ho"
  • "The Weary Kind"
    • Music and lyrics: Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett (2009)
  • "We Belong Together"

2011–2020

  • "Man or Muppet"
    • Music and lyrics: Bret McKenzie (2011)
  • "Skyfall"
    • Music and lyrics: Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth (2012)
  • "Let It Go"
  • "Glory"
    • Music and lyrics: John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn (2014)
  • "Writing's on the Wall"
    • Music and lyrics: James Napier and Sam Smith (2015)
  • "City of Stars"
  • "Remember Me"
  • "Shallow"
    • Music and lyrics: Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt (2018)
  • "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again"
  • "Fight for You"
    • Music: D'Mile and H.E.R.
    • Lyrics: H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas (2020)

2021–present

  • "No Time to Die"
v - e - dAnnie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production

Template:Disney Legends Awards 2000s

v - e - dDrama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
1969–1975

1976–2000

  • Marvin Hamlisch (1976)
  • Cy Coleman (1977)
  • Cy Coleman/Carol Hall (1978)
  • Stephen Sondheim (1979)
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber (1980)
  • Maury Yeston (1982)
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber (1983)
  • Jerry Herman (1984)
  • Larry Grossman (1985)
  • Rupert Holmes (1986)
  • Noel Gay/Claude-Michel Schönberg (1987)
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber (1988)
  • Cy Coleman (1990)
  • Cy Coleman (1991)
  • Erik Frandsen, Michael Garin, Paul Lockheart and Robert Hipkins (1992)
  • Marvin Hamlisch (1993)
  • Stephen Sondheim (1994)
  • Jonathan Larson (1996)
  • Cy Coleman (1997)
  • Stephen Flaherty (1998)
  • Jason Robert Brown (1999)
  • Andrew Lippa (2000)

2001–present

v - e - dGolden Globe Award for Best Original Score
1940s
  • Life with FatherMax Steiner (1947)
  • The Red ShoesBrian Easdale (1948)
  • The Inspector GeneralJohnny Green (1949)

1950s

  • Sunset BoulevardFranz Waxman (1950)
  • September AffairVictor Young (1951)
  • High NoonDimitri Tiomkin (1952)
  • On the BeachErnest Gold (1959)

1960s

  • The AlamoDimitri Tiomkin (1960)
  • The Guns of NavaroneDimitri Tiomkin (1961)
  • To Kill a MockingbirdElmer Bernstein (1962)
  • (1963)
  • The Fall of the Roman EmpireDimitri Tiomkin (1964)
  • Doctor ZhivagoMaurice Jarre (1965)
  • HawaiiElmer Bernstein (1966)
  • CamelotFrederick Loewe (1967)
  • The Shoes of the FishermanAlex North (1968)
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidBurt Bacharach (1969)

1970s

  • Love StoryFrancis Lai (1970)
  • ShaftIsaac Hayes (1971)
  • The GodfatherNino Rota (1972)
  • Jonathan Livingston SeagullNeil Diamond (1973)
  • The Little PrinceAlan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe (1974)
  • JawsJohn Williams (1975)
  • A Star is BornKenneth Ascher and Paul Williams (1976)
  • Star WarsJohn Williams (1977)
  • Midnight ExpressGiorgio Moroder (1978)
  • Apocalypse NowCarmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola (1979)

1980s

  • The Stunt ManDominic Frontiere (1980)
  • No Award (1981)
  • E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialJohn Williams (1982)
  • FlashdanceGiorgio Moroder (1983)
  • A Passage to IndiaMaurice Jarre (1984)
  • Out of AfricaJohn Barry (1985)
  • The MissionEnnio Morricone (1986)
  • The Last EmperorDavid Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su (1987)
  • Gorillas in the MistMaurice Jarre (1988)
  • The Little MermaidAlan Menken (1989)

1990s

  • The Sheltering Sky – Richard Horowitz and Ryuichi Sakamoto (1990)
  • Beauty and the BeastAlan Menken (1991)
  • AladdinAlan Menken (1992)
  • Heaven & EarthKitarō (1993)
  • The Lion KingHans Zimmer (1994)
  • A Walk in the CloudsMaurice Jarre (1995)
  • The English PatientGabriel Yared (1996)
  • TitanicJames Horner (1997)
  • The Truman ShowBurkhard Dallwitz and Philip Glass (1998)
  • The Legend of 1900Ennio Morricone (1999)

2000s

2010s

2020s

v - e - dGolden Globe Award for Best Original Song
1960s
v - e - dGolden Globe Award for Best Original Song (1960s)
  • "Town Without Pity" – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington (1961)
  • No Award (1962)
  • No Award (1963)
  • "Circus World" – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington (1964)
  • "Forget Domani" – Music by Riz Ortolani; Lyrics by Norman Newell (1965)
  • "Strangers in the Night" – Music by Bert Kaempfert; Lyrics by Charles Singleton & Eddie Snyder (1966)
  • "If Ever I Would Leave You" – Music by Frederick Loewe; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner (1967)
  • "The Windmills of Your Mind" – Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1968)
  • "Jean" – Music and Lyrics by Rod McKuen (1969)

1970s

v - e - dGolden Globe Award for Best Original Song (1970s)
  • "Whistling Away the Dark" – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer (1970)
  • "Life Is What You Make It" – Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer (1971)
  • "Ben" – Music by Walter Scharf; Lyrics by Don Black (1972)
  • "The Way We Were" – Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1973)
  • "I Feel Love" – Music by Euel Box; Lyrics by Betty Box (1974)
  • "I'm Easy" – Music and Lyrics by Keith Carradine (1975)
  • "Evergreen" – Music by Barbra Streisand; Lyrics by Paul Williams (1976)
  • "You Light Up My Life" – Music and Lyrics by Joseph Brooks (1977)
  • "Last Dance" – Music and Lyrics by Paul Jabara (1978)
  • "The Rose" – Music and Lyrics by Amanda McBroom (1979)

1980s

v - e - dGolden Globe Award for Best Original Song (1980s)
  • "Fame" – Music by Michael Gore; Lyrics by Dean Pitchford (1980)
  • "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" – Music and Lyrics by Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross & Carole Bayer Sager (1981)
  • "Up Where We Belong" – Music by Jack Nitzsche & Buffy Sainte-Marie; Lyrics by Wilbur Jennings (1982)
  • "Flashdance... What a Feeling" – Music by Giorgio Moroder; Lyrics by Irene Cara & Keith Forsey (1983)
  • "I Just Called to Say I Love You" – Music and Lyrics by Stevie Wonder (1984)
  • "Say You, Say Me" – Music and Lyrics by Lionel Richie (1985)
  • "Take My Breath Away" – Music by Giorgio Moroder; Lyrics by Tom Whitlock (1986)
  • "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" – Music by John DeNicola & Donald Markowitz; Lyrics by Franke Previte (1987)
  • "Let the River Run" – Music and Lyrics by Carly Simon / "Two Hearts" – Music by Lamont Dozier; Lyrics by Phil Collins (1988)
  • "Under the Sea" – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman (1989)

1990s

v - e - dGolden Globe Award for Best Original Song (1990s)

2000s

v - e - dGolden Globe Award for Best Original Song (2000s)
  • "Things Have Changed" – Music and Lyrics by Bob Dylan (2000)
  • "Until..." – Music and Lyrics by Sting (2001)
  • "The Hands That Built America" – Music and Lyrics by Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen Jr. (2002)
  • "Into the West" – Music and Lyrics by Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Frances Walsh (2003)
  • "Old Habits Die Hard" – Music and Lyrics by Mick Jagger & David A. Stewart (2004)
  • "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" – Music by Gustavo Santaolalla; Lyrics by Bernie Taupin (2005)
  • "The Song of the Heart" – Music and Lyrics by Prince Rogers Nelson (2006)
  • "Guaranteed" – Music and Lyrics by Eddie Vedder (2007)
  • "The Wrestler" – Music and Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen (2008)
  • "The Weary Kind" – Music and Lyrics by Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett (2009)

2010s

v - e - dGolden Globe Award for Best Original Song (2010s)
  • "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" – Music and lyrics by Diane Warren (2010)
  • "Masterpiece" – Music and lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost & Jimmy Harry (2011)
  • "Skyfall" – Music and lyrics by Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth (2012)
  • "Ordinary Love" – Music and lyrics by Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr. & Danger Mouse (2013)
  • "Glory" – Music and lyrics by Common & John Legend (2014)
  • "Writing's on the Wall" – Music and lyrics by Sam Smith & Jimmy Napes (2015)
  • "City of Stars" – Music by Justin Hurwitz; lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (2016)
  • "This Is Me" – Music and lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (2017)
  • "Shallow" – Music and lyrics by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt (2018)
  • "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" – Music by Elton John; lyrics by Bernie Taupin (2019)

2020s

v - e - dGolden Globe Award for Best Original Song (2020s)
  • "Io sì (Seen)" – Music by Diane Warren; Lyrics by Diane Warren, Laura Pausini & Niccolò Agliardi (2020)
  • "No Time to Die" – Music and Lyrics by Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell (2021)
  • "Naatu Naatu" – Music by M. M. Keeravani; Lyrics by Chandrabose (2022)

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v - e - dGrammy Award for Song of the Year
1959−1980
  • "Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno (songwriter) (1959)
  • "The Battle of New Orleans" – Jimmy Driftwood (songwriter) (1960)
  • "Theme of Exodus" – Ernest Gold (songwriter) (1961)
  • "Moon River" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (songwriters) (1962)
  • "What Kind of Fool Am I?" – Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (songwriters) (1963)
  • "Days of Wine and Roses" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (songwriters) (1964)
  • "Hello, Dolly!" – Jerry Herman (songwriter) (1965)
  • "The Shadow of Your Smile" – Paul Francis Webster & Johnny Mandel (songwriters) (1966)
  • "Michelle" – John Lennon & Paul McCartney (songwriters) (1967)
  • "Up, Up, and Away" – Jimmy Webb (songwriter) (1968)
  • "Little Green Apples" – Bobby Russell (songwriter) (1969)
  • "Games People Play" – Joe South (songwriter) (1970)
  • "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Paul Simon (songwriter) (1971)
  • "You've Got a Friend" – Carole King (songwriter) (1972)
  • "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Ewan MacColl (songwriter) (1973)
  • "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox (songwriters) (1974)
  • "The Way We Were" – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (songwriters) (1975)
  • "Send In the Clowns" – Stephen Sondheim (songwriter) (1976)
  • "I Write the Songs" – Bruce Johnston (songwriter) (1977)
  • "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" – Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams (songwriters) / "You Light Up My Life" – Joe Brooks (songwriter) (1978)
  • "Just the Way You Are" – Billy Joel (songwriter) (1979)
  • "What a Fool Believes" – Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald (songwriters) (1980)

1981−2000

  • "Sailing" – Christopher Cross (songwriter) (1981)
  • "Bette Davis Eyes" – Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon (songwriters) (1982)
  • "Always on My Mind" – Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson (songwriters) (1983)
  • "Every Breath You Take" – Sting (songwriter) (1984)
  • "What's Love Got to Do with It" – Graham Lyle & Terry Britten (songwriters) (1985)
  • "We Are the World" – Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie (songwriters) (1986)
  • "That's What Friends Are For" – Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager (songwriters) (1987)
  • "Somewhere Out There" – James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (songwriters) (1988)
  • "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (songwriter) (1989)
  • "Wind Beneath My Wings" – Larry Henley & Jeff Silbar (songwriters) (1990)
  • "From a Distance" – Julie Gold (songwriter) (1991)
  • "Unforgettable" – Irving Gordon (songwriter) (1992)
  • "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1993)
  • "A Whole New World" – Alan Menken & Tim Rice (songwriters) (1994)
  • "Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen (songwriter) (1995)
  • "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (songwriter) (1996)
  • "Change the World" – Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy Sims (songwriters) (1997)
  • "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal (songwriters) (1998)
  • "My Heart Will Go On" – James Horner & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1999)
  • "Smooth" – Itaal Shur & Rob Thomas (songwriters) (2000)

2001−2020

  • "Beautiful Day" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2001)
  • "Fallin'" – Alicia Keys (songwriter) (2002)
  • "Don't Know Why" – Jesse Harris (songwriter) (2003)
  • "Dance with My Father" – Richard Marx & Luther Vandross (songwriters) (2004)
  • "Daughters" – John Mayer (songwriter) (2005)
  • "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2006)
  • "Not Ready to Make Nice" – Emily Burns Erwin, Martha Maguire, Natalie Maines Pasdar & Dan Wilson (songwriters) (2007)
  • "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse (songwriter) (2008)
  • "Viva la Vida" – Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion & Christopher Martin (songwriters) (2009)
  • "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart (songwriters) (2010)
  • "Need You Now" – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (songwriters) (2011)
  • "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth (songwriters) (2012)
  • "We Are Young" – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess (songwriters) (2013)
  • "Royals" – Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor (songwriters) (2014)
  • "Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) – James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith (songwriters) (2015)
  • "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge (songwriters) (2016)
  • "Hello" – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin (songwriters) (2017)
  • "That's What I Like" – Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip (songwriters) (2018)
  • "This Is America" – Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson & Jeffery Lamar Williams (songwriters) (2019)
  • "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2020)

2021−present

  • "I Can't Breathe" – Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas (songwriters) (2021)
  • "Leave the Door Open" – Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars (songwriters) (2022)
  • "Just Like That" – Bonnie Raitt (songwriter) (2023)
v - e - dGrammy Award for Best Children's Music Album
1959−1975
  • "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" – Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1959)
  • Peter and the WolfPeter Ustinov (1960)
  • Let's All Sing with The ChipmunksRoss Bagdasarian Sr. (1961)
  • Prokofiev: Peter and The WolfLeonard Bernstein (1962)
  • Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals/Britten: Young Person's Guide to the OrchestraLeonard Bernstein (1963)
  • Bernstein Conducts for Young PeopleLeonard Bernstein (1964)
  • Mary Poppins: Original Cast SoundtrackDick Van Dyke & Julie Andrews (1965)
  • Dr. Seuss Presents: "Fox in Sox" and "Green Eggs and Ham"Marvin Miller (1966)
  • Dr. Seuss Presents - "If I Ran the Zoo" and "Sleep Book"Marvin Miller (1967)
  • Dr. Seuss: How The Grinch Stole ChristmasBoris Karloff (1968)
  • No Award (1969)
  • Peter, Paul and MommyPeter, Paul and Mary (1970)
  • Sesame StreetJoan Cooney & Thomas Z. Shepard (producers) (1971)
  • Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About DrugsBill Cosby (1972)
  • The Electric CompanyBill Cosby & Rita Moreno (1973)
  • Sesame Street Live!Joe Raposo (producer) (1974)
  • Winnie the Pooh and Tigger TooPaul Winchell, Sebastian Cabot & Sterling Holloway (1975)

1976−1993

  • The Little PrinceRichard Burton (1976)
  • Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Saint-Saëns: "Carnival of the Animals" – Hermione Gingold & Karl Böhm (1977)
  • Aren't You Glad You're YouChristopher Cerf & Jim Timmens (producers) (1978)
  • The Muppet ShowJim Henson (producer) (1979)
  • The Muppet MovieJim Henson & Paul Williams (producers) (1980)
  • In Harmony: A Sesame Street RecordDavid Levine & Lucy Simon (producers) (1981)
  • Sesame CountryJim Henson & Dennis Scott (producers) (1982)
  • In Harmony 2 – David Levine & Lucy Simon (producers) (1983)
  • E.T. The Extra-TerrestrialMichael Jackson and Quincy Jones (producer) (1984)
  • Where the Sidewalk EndsShel Silverstein and Ron Haffkine (producer) (1985)
  • Sesame Street Presents: Follow That BirdJim Henson & Steve Buckingham (producers) (1986)
  • The AlphabetJim Henson, Geri Van Rees & Kathryn King (producers) (1987)
  • The Elephant's ChildBobby McFerrin & Jack Nicholson (1988)
  • Pecos BillRobin Williams and Ry Cooder (1989)
  • The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Volume 1 – Tanya Goodman (1990)
  • The Little Mermaid: An Original Walt Disney Records SoundtrackAlan Menken & Howard Ashman (songwriters) (1991)
  • A Cappella Kids – Clifford "Barney" Robertson (producer) (1992)
  • Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackAlan Menken & Howard Ashman (songwriters) (1993)

2012−present

  • All About Bullies... Big and Small – Gloria Domina, James Cravero, Kevin Mackie, Patrick Robinson & Steve Pullara (producers) (2012)
  • Can You Canoe? – The Okee Dokee Brothers (2013)
  • Throw a Penny in the Wishing WellJennifer Gasoi (2014)
  • I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World – Neela Vaswani (2015)
  • HomeTim Kubart (2016)
  • Infinity Plus OneSecret Agent 23 Skidoo (2017)
  • Feel What U FeelLisa Loeb (2018)
  • All the Sounds – Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats (2019)
  • Ageless Songs for the Child Archetype – Jon Samson (2020)
  • All the LadiesJoanie Leeds (2021)
  • A Colorful WorldFalu (2022)
  • The Movement – Alphabet Rockers (2023)
v - e - dGrammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children
1994–2002

2003–2011

  • Monsters, Inc. Scream Factory FavoritesRiders in the Sky (2003)
  • Bon Appétit!Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer (2004)
  • cELLAbration! A Tribute to Ella JenkinsCathy Fink & Marcy Marxer (2005)
  • Songs from the Neighborhood: The Music of Mister Rogers – Various Artists (2006)
  • Catch That Train!Dan Zanes and Friends (2007)
  • The Muppets: A Green and Red ChristmasThe Muppets (2008)
  • Here Come the 123sThey Might Be Giants (2009)
  • Family TimeZiggy Marley (2010)
  • Tomorrow's ChildrenPete Seeger (2011)
v - e - dGrammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
1959−1980
  • Anatomy of a MurderDuke Ellington (1959)
  • No Award (1960)
  • ExodusErnest Gold (1961)
  • Breakfast at Tiffany'sHenry Mancini (1962)
  • No Award (1963)
  • Tom JonesJohn Addison (1964)
  • Mary Poppins: Original Cast SoundtrackRichard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman (1965)
  • The SandpiperJohnny Mandel (1966)
  • Doctor ZhivagoMaurice Jarre (1967)
  • Music from Mission: ImpossibleLalo Schifrin (1968)
  • The GraduateDave Grusin & Paul Simon (1969)
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidBurt Bacharach (1970)
  • Let It BeThe Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison & Ringo Starr) (1971)
  • ShaftIsaac Hayes (1972)
  • The GodfatherNino Rota (1973)
  • Jonathan Livingston SeagullNeil Diamond (1974)
  • The Way We Were: Original Soundtrack RecordingAlan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (1975)
  • JawsJohn Williams (1976)
  • Car WashNorman Whitfield (1977)
  • Star WarsJohn Williams (1978)
  • Close Encounters of the Third KindJohn Williams (1979)
  • SupermanJohn Williams (1980)

1981−2000

  • The Empire Strikes BackJohn Williams (1981)
  • Raiders of the Lost ArkJohn Williams (1982)
  • E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialJohn Williams (1983)
  • FlashdanceMichael Boddicker, Irene Cara, Kim Carnes, Doug Cotler, Keith Forsey, Richard Gilbert, Jerry Hey, Duane Hitchings, Craig Krampf, Ronald Magness, Dennis Matkosky, Giorgio Moroder, Phil Ramone, Michael Sembello & Shandi Sinnamon (1984)
  • Purple RainPrince and the Revolution (1985)
  • Beverly Hills Cop – Marc Benno, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Micki Free, John Gilutin Hawk, Howard Hewett, Bunny Hull, Howie Rice, Sharon Robinson, Danny Sembello, Sue Sheridan, Richard Theisen & Allee Willis (1986)
  • Out of AfricaJohn Barry (1987)
  • The UntouchablesEnnio Morricone (1988)
  • The Last EmperorDavid Byrne, Cong Su & Ryuichi Sakamoto (1989)
  • The Fabulous Baker Boys (Motion Picture Soundtrack)Dave Grusin (1990)
  • GloryJames Horner (1991)
  • Dances with WolvesJohn Barry (1992)
  • Beauty and the BeastAlan Menken (1993)
  • AladdinAlan Menken (1994)
  • Schindler's ListJohn Williams (1995)
  • Crimson TideHans Zimmer (1996)
  • Independence DayDavid Arnold (1997)
  • The English PatientGabriel Yared (1998)
  • Saving Private RyanJohn Williams (1999)
  • A Bug's LifeRandy Newman (2000)

2001−2020

2021−present

v - e - dGrammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
1988−2000

2001−2020

  • "When She Loved Me" – Randy Newman (songwriter) (2001)
  • "Boss of Me" – John Flansburgh & John Linnell (songwriters) (2002)
  • "If I Didn't Have You" – Randy Newman (songwriter) (2003)
  • "A Mighty Wind" – Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy & Michael McKean (songwriters) (2004)
  • "Into the West" – Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Fran Walsh (songwriters) (2005)
  • "Believe" – Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri (songwriters) (2006)
  • "Our Town" – Randy Newman (songwriter) (2007)
  • "Love You I Do" – Siedah Garrett & Henry Krieger (songwriters) (2008)
  • "Down to Earth" – Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman (songwriters) (2009)
  • "Jai Ho" – Gulzar, A. R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah (songwriters) (2010)
  • "The Weary Kind" – Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett (songwriters) (2011)
  • "I See the Light" – Alan Menken & Glenn Slater (songwriters) (2012)
  • "Safe & Sound" – T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, Joy Williams & John Paul White (songwriters) (2013)
  • "Skyfall" – Adele Atkins & Paul Epworth (songwriters) (2014)
  • "Let It Go" – Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (songwriters) (2015)
  • "Glory" – Common, Che Smith & John Legend (songwriters) (2016)
  • "Can't Stop the Feeling!" – Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake (songwriters) (2017)
  • "How Far I'll Go" – Lin-Manuel Miranda (songwriter) (2018)
  • "Shallow" – Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt (songwriters) (2019)
  • "I'll Never Love Again" – Lady Gaga, Natalie Hemby, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere (songwriters) (2020)

2021−present

  • "No Time to Die" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2021)
  • "All Eyes on Me" – Bo Burnham (songwriter) (2022)
  • "We Don't Talk About Bruno" – Lin-Manuel Miranda (songwriter) (2023)

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v - e - dInternational Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film
v- e - dMax Steiner Film Music Achievement Award
v - e - dSaturn Award for Best Music
1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

v - e - dTony Award for Best Original Score
1947–1975
  • Street Scene by Kurt Weill (1947)
  • Kiss Me, Kate by Cole Porter (1949)
  • South Pacific by Richard Rodgers (1950)
  • Call Me Madam by Irving Berlin (1951)
  • No Strings by Richard Rodgers (1962)
  • Oliver! by Lionel Bart (1963)
  • Hello, Dolly! by Jerry Herman (1964)
  • Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (1965)
  • Man of La Mancha by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion (1966)
  • Cabaret by John Kander and Fred Ebb (1967)
  • Hallelujah, Baby! by Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green (1968)
  • Company by Stephen Sondheim (1971)
  • Follies by Stephen Sondheim (1972)
  • A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim (1973)
  • Gigi by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner (1974)
  • The Wiz by Charlie Smalls (1975)

1976–2000

  • A Chorus Line by Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban (1976)
  • Annie by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin (1977)
  • On the Twentieth Century by Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green (1978)
  • Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim (1979)
  • Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (1980)
  • Woman of the Year by John Kander and Fred Ebb (1981)
  • Nine by Maury Yeston (1982)
  • Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber and T. S. Eliot (1983)
  • La Cage aux Folles by Jerry Herman (1984)
  • Big River by Roger Miller (1985)
  • The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Rupert Holmes (1986)
  • Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer, and Alain Boublil (1987)
  • Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim (1988)
  • No Award (1989)
  • City of Angels by Cy Coleman and David Zippel (1990)
  • The Will Rogers Follies by Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green (1991)
  • Falsettos by William Finn (1992)
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman by John Kander and Fred Ebb / The Who's Tommy by Pete Townshend (1993)
  • Passion by Stephen Sondheim (1994)
  • Sunset Boulevard by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Christopher Hampton (1995)
  • Rent by Jonathan Larson (1996)
  • Titanic by Maury Yeston (1997)
  • Ragtime by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (1998)
  • Parade by Jason Robert Brown (1999)
  • Aida by Elton John and Tim Rice (2000)

2001–present

  • The Producers by Mel Brooks (2001)
  • Urinetown by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis (2002)
  • Hairspray by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (2003)
  • Avenue Q by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx (2004)
  • The Light in the Piazza by Adam Guettel (2005)
  • The Drowsy Chaperone by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison (2006)
  • Spring Awakening by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater (2007)
  • In the Heights by Lin-Manuel Miranda (2008)
  • Next to Normal by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (2009)
  • Memphis by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro (2010)
  • The Book of Mormon by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone (2011)
  • Newsies by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman (2012)
  • Kinky Boots by Cyndi Lauper (2013)
  • The Bridges of Madison County by Jason Robert Brown (2014)
  • Fun Home by Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron (2015)
  • Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda (2016)
  • Dear Evan Hansen by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2017)
  • The Band's Visit by David Yazbek (2018)
  • Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell (2019)
  • No Ceremony (2020)
  • A Christmas Carol by Christopher Nightingale (2021)
  • Six by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss (2022)

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