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Wins | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominations | 170 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is a list of awards and nominations received by Alan Menken.
Alan Menken is an American composer known for his work on film, television and theater. Menken has been recognized with several accolades including 8 Academy Awards, 7 Golden Globe Awards, 11 Grammy Awards, a Daytime Emmy Award, a Laurence Olivier Award and a Tony Award as well as nominations for two BAFTA Awards, five Critics' Choice Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
For his work in film he earned 19 Academy Award nominations winning 8 Oscars for The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and Pocahontas (1995). He also earned 16 Golden Globe Award nominations winning 7 awards. He has earned two British Academy Film Award nominations, and five Critics' Choice Movie Award nominations. For his work in theatre he received five Tony Award nominations winning once, and 2 Laurence Olivier Awards winning once. He also received 26 Grammy Awards nominations, winning 11 awards. For his work in television he has earned two Emmy Awards.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1986 | Best Original Song [a] | "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" (from Little Shop of Horrors ) | Nominated | [1] |
1989 | Best Original Score | The Little Mermaid | Won | [2] |
Best Original Song [b] | "Kiss the Girl" (from The Little Mermaid) | Nominated | ||
"Under the Sea" (from The Little Mermaid) | Won | |||
1991 | Best Original Score | Beauty and the Beast | Won | [3] |
Best Original Song [c] | "Beauty and the Beast" (from Beauty and the Beast) | Won | ||
"Be Our Guest" (from Beauty and the Beast) | Nominated | |||
"Belle" (from Beauty and the Beast) | Nominated | |||
1992 | Best Original Score | Aladdin | Won | [4] |
Best Original Song [d] | "Friend Like Me" (from Aladdin) | Nominated | ||
Best Original Song [e] | "A Whole New World" (from Aladdin) | Won | ||
1995 | Best Original Musical or Comedy Score [f] | Pocahontas | Won | [5] |
Best Original Song [g] | "Colors of the Wind" (from Pocahontas) | Won | ||
1996 | Best Original Musical or Comedy Score [h] | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Nominated | [6] |
1997 | Best Original Song [i] | "Go the Distance" (from Hercules ) | Nominated | [7] |
2007 | Best Original Song [j] | "Happy Working Song" (from Enchanted ) | Nominated | [8] |
"So Close" (from Enchanted) | Nominated | |||
"That's How You Know" (from Enchanted) | Nominated | |||
2010 | Best Original Song [k] | "I See the Light" (from Tangled ) | Nominated | [9] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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British Academy Film Awards | ||||
1992 | Best Original Film Score | Beauty and the Beast (Shared with Howard Ashman ) | Nominated | [10] |
1993 | Aladdin | Nominated | [11] | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Critics' Choice Movie Awards | ||||
2007 | Best Composer | Enchanted | Nominated | [12] |
Best Song | "That's How You Know" (from Enchanted) Shared with Stephen Schwartz | Nominated | ||
2010 | "I See the Light" (from Tangled ) Shared with Glenn Slater | Nominated | [13] | |
2017 | "Evermore" (from Beauty and the Beast ) Shared with Tim Rice | Nominated | [14] | |
2019 | "Speechless" (from Aladdin ) Shared with Benj Pasek and Justin Paul | Nominated | [15] | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
2013 | Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics [l] | "More or Less the Kind of Thing You May or May Not Possibly See on Broadway" (from The Neighbors ) | Nominated | [16] |
2016 | "A New Season" from Galavant (episode: "A New Season") | Nominated | ||
Daytime Emmy Awards | ||||
2020 | Outstanding Original Song in a Children's, Young Adult or Animated Program( [m] | "Waiting in the Wings" from Tangled: The Series (episode: "Rapunzel and the Great Tree") | Won | [17] |
Special Emmy Awards | ||||
1990 | Outstanding contribution to the success of the Academy's anti-drug special for children [n] | "Wonderful Ways to Say No" (from Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue ) | Won | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1989 | Best Original Score | The Little Mermaid | Won | [18] |
Best Original Song | "Kiss the Girl" (from The Little Mermaid) Shared with Howard Ashman | Nominated | ||
"Under the Sea" (from The Little Mermaid) Shared with Howard Ashman | Won | |||
1991 | Best Original Score | Beauty and the Beast | Won | [18] |
Best Original Song | "Beauty and the Beast" (from Beauty and the Beast) Shared with Howard Ashman | Won | ||
"Be Our Guest" (from Beauty and the Beast) Shared with Howard Ashman | Nominated | |||
1992 | Best Original Score | Aladdin | Won | [18] |
Best Original Song | "Friend Like Me" (from Aladdin) Shared with Howard Ashman | Nominated | ||
"Prince Ali" (from Aladdin) Shared with Howard Ashman | Nominated | |||
"A Whole New World" (from Aladdin) Shared with Tim Rice | Won | |||
1995 | Best Original Score | Pocahontas | Nominated | [18] |
Best Original Song | "Colors of the Wind" (from Pocahontas) Shared with Stephen Schwartz | Won | ||
1996 | Best Original Score | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Nominated | [18] |
1997 | Best Original Song | "Go the Distance" (from Hercules ) Shared with David Zippel | Nominated | [18] |
2007 | "That's How You Know" (from Enchanted ) Shared with Stephen Schwartz) | Nominated | [18] | |
2010 | "I See the Light" (from Tangled ) Shared with Glenn Slater | Nominated | [18] | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1984 | Best Cast Show Album | Little Shop of Horrors Shared with Howard Ashman and Phil Ramone | Nominated | [19] |
1991 | Best Recording for Children | The Little Mermaid: Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack Shared with Howard Ashman | Won | [20] |
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | The Little Mermaid: Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack | Nominated | ||
Best Song Written for Visual Media | "Kiss the Girl" (from The Little Mermaid ) Shared with Howard Ashman | Nominated | ||
"Under the Sea" (from The Little Mermaid) Shared with Howard Ashman | Won | |||
1993 | Album of the Year | Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Shared with Various Artists | Nominated | [21] |
Song of the Year | "Beauty and the Beast" (from Beauty and the Beast ) Shared with Howard Ashman | Nominated | ||
Best Album for Children | Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Shared with Howard Ashman | Won | ||
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Won | ||
Best Song Written for Visual Media | "Beauty and the Beast" (from Beauty and the Beast ) Shared with Howard Ashman | Won | ||
1994 | Song of the Year | "A Whole New World" (from Aladdin ) Shared with Tim Rice | Won | [22] |
Best Musical Album for Children | Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Shared with Tim Rice | Won | ||
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Won | ||
Best Song Written for Visual Media | "Friend Like Me" (from Aladdin) Shared with Howard Ashman | Nominated | ||
"A Whole New World" (from Aladdin) Shared with Tim Rice | Won | |||
1995 | Best Musical Show Album | Beauty and the Beast: A New Musical | Nominated | [23] |
1996 | Best Musical Album for Children | Pocahontas Sing-Along Shared with Stephen Schwartz | Nominated | [24] |
Best Song Written for Visual Media | "Colors of the Wind" (from Pocahontas ) Shared with Stephen Schwartz | Won | ||
2009 | Best Musical Show Album | The Little Mermaid: Original Broadway Cast Recording Shared with Bruce Botnick, Michael Kosarin and Chris Montan | Nominated | [25] |
Best Song Written for Visual Media | "Ever Ever After" (from Enchanted ) Shared with Stephen Schwartz | Nominated | ||
"That's How You Know" (from Enchanted) Shared with Stephen Schwartz | Nominated | |||
2012 | Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | Tangled | Nominated | [26] |
Best Song Written for Visual Media | "I See the Light" (from Tangled ) Shared with Glenn Slater | Won | ||
2013 | Best Musical Theater Album | Newsies: Original Broadway Cast Recording | Nominated | [27] |
2015 | Aladdin: Original Broadway Cast Recording | Nominated | [28] | |
2021 | Little Shop of Horrors: The New Off-Broadway Cast | Nominated | [29] | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1983 | Musical of the Year | Little Shop of Horrors (Shared with Howard Ashman ) | Nominated | [30] |
1998 | Best New Musical | Beauty and the Beast (Shared with Howard Ashman & Tim Rice ) | Won | [31] |
2010 | Sister Act (Shared with Glenn Slater ) | Nominated | [32] | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1994 | Best Original Score | Beauty and the Beast (Shared with Howard Ashman and Tim Rice ) | Nominated | [33] |
2008 | The Little Mermaid (Shared with Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater ) | Nominated | [34] | |
2011 | Sister Act (Shared with Glenn Slater) | Nominated | [35] | |
2012 | Newsies (Shared with Jack Feldman ) | Won | [36] | |
2014 | Aladdin (Shared with Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Chad Beguelin ) | Nominated | [37] | |
Organizations | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Annie Awards | 1995 | Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature | Pocahontas [o] | Won | [38] |
1996 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame [p] | Nominated | [39] | ||
2018 | Ralph Breaks the Internet [q] | Nominated | [40] | ||
Outstanding Music in an Animated Series | Tangled: The Series [r] | Nominated | |||
BMI Film & TV Awards | 1990 | BMI Film Music Award | The Little Mermaid | Won | |
1992 | Beauty and the Beast | Won | |||
1993 | Aladdin | Won | |||
1994 | Most Performed Song from a Film | "A Whole New World" (from Aladdin) [s] | Won | ||
1996 | BMI Film Music Award | Pocahontas | Won | ||
1997 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Won | |||
1998 | Hercules | Won | |||
Richard Kirk Career Achievement Award | — | Won | |||
2008 | BMI Film Music Award | Enchanted | Won | ||
2013 | Mirror Mirror | Won | |||
Drama Desk Awards | 1983 | Outstanding Music | Little Shop of Horrors | Nominated | [41] |
1994 | Beauty and the Beast | Nominated | [42] | ||
2011 | Sister Act | Nominated | [43] | ||
2012 | Leap of Faith | Nominated | [44] | ||
Newsies | Won | ||||
2014 | Aladdin | Nominated | [45] | ||
Drama League Awards | 2012 | Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre | Himself | Won | [46] |
Evening Standard Theatre Awards | 1983 | Best Musical | Little Shop of Horrors [t] | Won | |
French Mickey d'Or | 2007 | Best Music | Enchanted | Nominated | |
Best Song | "Happy Working Song" (from Enchanted) [u] | Nominated | |||
"That's How You Know" [v] Shared with Stephen Schwartz | Nominated | ||||
2010 | Best Music | Tangled | Won | ||
Best Song | "I See the Light" (from Tangled ) [w] | Won | |||
2017 | Best Music | Beauty and the Beast | Won | ||
Best Song | "Evermore" (from Beauty and the Beast ) [x] | Nominated | |||
"How Does a Moment Last Forever" (from Beauty and the Beast) [y] | Nominated | ||||
2019 | "Speechless" (from Aladdin ) [z] | Nominated | |||
Georgia Film Critics Association | 2011 | Best Original Song | "Star Spangled Man" (from Captain America: The First Avenger ) [aa] | Nominated | [47] |
Gold Derby Awards | 2007 | Best Original Score | Enchanted | Nominated | [48] |
Best Original Song | "Happy Working Song" (from Enchanted) [ab] | Nominated | |||
"That's How You Know" (from Enchanted) [ac] | Nominated | ||||
2010 | "I See the Light" (from Tangled ) [ad] | Won | [49] | ||
2018 | "Evermore" (from Beauty and the Beast ) [ae] | Nominated | [50] | ||
Golden Raspberry Awards | 1990 | Worst Original Song | "The Measure of a Man" (from Rocky V ) | Nominated | |
1992 | "High Times, Hard Times" (from Newsies ) [af] | Won [ag] | [53] | ||
Hawaii Film Critics Society | 2017 | Best Song | "Evermore" (from Beauty and the Beast ) [ah] | Nominated | [54] |
2019 | "Speechless" (from Aladdin ) [ai] | Nominated | [55] | ||
Hollywood Film Awards | 2019 | Hollywood Song Award | "Speechless" (from Aladdin ) [aj] | Nominated | [56] |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards | 2016 | Best Original Song in an Animated Film | "The Great Beyond" (from Sausage Party ) Shared with Glenn Slater, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg | Nominated | [57] |
2017 | "How Does a Moment Last Forever" (from Beauty and the Beast ) Shared with Tim Rice | Nominated | [58] | ||
Best Original Song in a Sci-Fi, Fantasy or Horror Film | Won | ||||
"Evermore" (from Beauty and the Beast) Shared with Tim Rice | Nominated | ||||
2019 | Best Original Song in a Feature Film | "Speechless" (from Aladdin ) Shared with Benj Pasek and Justin Paul | Nominated | [59] | |
Houston Film Critics Society | 2007 | Best Original Song | "Happy Working Song" (from Enchanted ) [ak] | Nominated | [60] |
2011 | "Star Spangled Man" (from Captain America: The First Avenger ) [al] | Nominated | [61] | ||
2017 | "Evermore" (from Beauty and the Beast ) [am] | Nominated | [62] | ||
International Film Music Critics Association | 2006 | Best Original Score for a Comedy Film | The Shaggy Dog | Nominated | [63] |
2007 | Enchanted | Won | [64] | ||
2010 | Best Original Score for an Animated Feature | Tangled | Nominated | [65] | |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Song | "I See the Light" (from Tangled ) [an] | Won | [66] |
2016 | "The Great Beyond" (from Sausage Party ) [ao] | Nominated | |||
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association | 2019 | Best Song | "Speechless" (from Aladdin ) [ap] | Nominated | [67] |
New York Drama Critics' Circle | 1983 | Best Musical | Little Shop of Horrors [aq] | Won | [68] |
Online Film & Television Association | 1996 | Best Score | The Hunchback of Notre Dame [ar] | Nominated | [69] |
Best Original Song | "Someday" (from The Hunchback of Notre Dame) [as] | Nominated | |||
1997 | Best Comedy/Musical Score | Hercules [at] | Nominated | [70] | |
Best Original Song | "Go the Distance" (from Hercules) [au] | Nominated | |||
2003 | Film Hall of Fame: Support (Music) | — | Inducted | [71] | |
2007 | Best Original Song | "That's How You Know" (from Enchanted ) [av] | Nominated | [72] | |
2010 | "I See the Light" (from Tangled ) [aw] | Nominated | [73] | ||
2011 | "Star Spangled Man" (from Captain America: The First Avenger ) [ax] | Nominated | [74] | ||
2017 | "Evermore" (from Beauty and the Beast ) [ay] | Nominated | [75] | ||
Best Adapted Song | "Beauty and the Beast" (from Beauty and the Beast) [az] | Nominated | |||
"Be Our Guest" (from Beauty and the Beast) [ba] | Runner-up | ||||
2019 | "A Whole New World" (from Aladdin ) [bb] | Nominated | [76] | ||
Outer Critics Circle Awards | 1983 | Best Off-Broadway Musical | Little Shop of Horrors [bc] | Won | [77] |
Best Score | Won | ||||
1994 | Best Broadway Musical | Beauty and the Beast | Nominated | [78] | |
1995 | A Christmas Carol | Nominated | [79] | ||
2011 | Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Sister Act | Nominated | [80] | |
Outstanding New Score | Nominated | ||||
2012 | Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Newsies | Nominated | [81] | |
Outstanding New Score | Won | ||||
2014 | Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Aladdin | Nominated | [82] | |
Outstanding New Score (The Marjorie Gunner Award) | Nominated | ||||
2017 | Outstanding New Broadway Musical | A Bronx Tale Shared with Glenn Slater | Nominated | [83] | |
Outstanding New Score | Nominated | ||||
Phoenix Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Original Song | "I've Got a Dream" (from Tangled ) [bd] | Nominated | [84] |
2011 | "Star Spangled Man" (from Captain America: The First Avenger ) [be] | Nominated | [85] | ||
Saturn Awards | 1986 | Best Music | Little Shop of Horrors | Won | [86] |
1992 | Aladdin | Nominated | |||
Beauty and the Beast | Nominated | ||||
2007 | Enchanted | Won | |||
2019 | Aladdin | Nominated | |||
2024 | The Little Mermaid | Nominated | |||
Society of Composers & Lyricists | 2019 | Outstanding Original Song for Visual Media | "Speechless" (from Aladdin ) [bf] | Nominated | [87] |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | 2007 | Best Score | Enchanted [bg] | Nominated | [88] |
Webby Awards | 2020 | Websites and Mobile Sites Professional Services & Self-Promotion | Won | [89] | |
World Soundtrack Awards | 2011 | Best Original Song Written for a Film | "I See the Light" (from Tangled ) Shared with Glenn Slater | Nominated | [90] |
Year | Honor | Result | Ref. |
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2001 | Disney Legends Awards | Inducted | [91] |
Year | Honor | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | Hollywood Walk of Fame | Inducted | [92] |
Year | Honor | Result | Ref. |
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2008 | Songwriters Hall of Fame | Inducted | [93] |