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Alan Menken
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Composer (Music Score), Songwriter Born: 1949 Biography:Distinguished composer/lyricist "Alan Menken" is responsible for penning many of the catchiest tunes of the Disney features of the late '80s and '90s, including such chart-toppers as "Whole New World" (from "Aladdin") and "Colors of the Wind" ("Pocahontas"). A graduate of New York University, Menken got his start when noted playwright "Howard Ashman" chose him and "Lehman Engel" to write the music for his 1978 adaptation of "Kurt Vonnegut"'s God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Menken and Ashman had major success as a team when they adapted "Roger Corman"'s popular 1960 film "Little Shop of Horrors" into an off-Broadway smash that became a feature film in 1966. With Menken supplying the tunes and Ashman writing the lyrics, the duo began working for Disney on "The Little Mermaid", the studio's first major animated feature in years. For their catchy calypso tune "Under the Sea," Menken and Ashman earned an... Full Biography
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