List of awards and nominations received by Alan Menken

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List of Alan Menken awards
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Award Wins Nominations
Academy Awards
8 19
British Academy Film Awards
0 2
Emmy Awards
2 4
Golden Globe Awards
7 16
Grammy Awards
11 24
Tony Awards
1 5

This is a list of awards and nominations for composer Alan Menken. Menken has been recognized with multiple awards and nominations for his work in film, theatre, television, and music.

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), 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 24 Grammy Awards winning 11 awards. For his work in television he has earned two Emmy Awards.

Major associations[]

Academy Awards[]

8 wins out of 19 nominations
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1986 Best Original Song "Mean Grean Mother From Outer Space" from Little Shop of Horrors
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Nominated
1989 Best Original Score The Little Mermaid Won
Best Original Song "Kiss the Girl" from The Little Mermaid
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Nominated
"Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Won
1991 Best Original Score Beauty and the Beast Won
Best Original Song "Beauty and the Beast" from Beauty and the Beast
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Won
"Be Our Guest" from Beauty and the Beast
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Nominated
"Belle" from Beauty and the Beast
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Nominated
1992 Best Original Score Aladdin Won
Best Original Song "A Whole New World" from Aladdin
Shared with Tim Rice (Lyric)
Won
"Friend Like Me" from Aladdin
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Nominated
1995 Best Original Musical or Comedy Score Pocahontas
Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)
Won
Best Original Song "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas
Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)
Won
1996 Best Original Musical or Comedy Score The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)
Nominated
1997 Best Original Song "Go the Distance" from Hercules
Shared with David Zippel (Lyric)
Nominated
2007 Best Original Song "Happy Working Song" from Enchanted
Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)
Nominated
"So Close" from Enchanted
Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)
Nominated
"That's How You Know" from Enchanted
Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)
Nominated
2010 Best Original Song "I See the Light" from Tangled
Shared with Glenn Slater (Lyric)
Nominated

Emmy Awards[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Special Emmy Award
1990 Outstanding contribution to the success of the Academy's anti-drug special for children "Wonderful Ways to Say No",
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
Shared with Howard Ashman
Won
Primetime Emmy Awards
2013 Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics "More or Less the Kind of Thing You May or May Not Possibly See on Broadway" from The Neighbors
Lyrics by Glenn Slater
Nominated [1]
2016 "A New Season" from Galavant
Lyrics by Glenn Slater
Nominated [2]
Daytime Emmy Awards
2020 Outstanding Original Song in a Children's, Young Adult or Animated Program "Waiting in the Wings" from Tangled: The Series: Rapunzel and the Great Tree
Lyrics by Glenn Slater
Won [3]

Grammy Awards[]

11 wins out of 24 nominations
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1983 Best Musical Cast Show Album Little Shop of Horrors
Shared with Howard Ashman and Phil Ramone
Nominated [4]
1991 Best Recording for Children The Little Mermaid: Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
Shared with Howard Ashman
Won
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television The Little Mermaid: Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack Nominated
Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television "Kiss the Girl" from The Little Mermaid
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Nominated
"Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Won
1993 Album of the Year Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Shared with Various Artists
Nominated
Song of the Year "Beauty and the Beast" from Beauty and the Beast
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Nominated
Best Musical Album for Children Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Won
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Won
Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television "Beauty and the Beast" from Beauty and the Beast
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Won
1994 Song of the Year "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" from Aladdin
Shared with Tim Rice (Lyric)
Won
Best Musical Album for Children Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Shared with Tim Rice (Lyric)
Won
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Won
Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television "A Whole New World" from Aladdin
Shared with Tim Rice (Lyric)
Won
"Friend Like Me" from Aladdin
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Nominated
1996 "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas
Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)
Won
2009 Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media "Ever Ever After" from Enchanted
Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)
Nominated
"That's How You Know" from Enchanted
Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)
Nominated
Best Musical Theatre Album Disney's The Little Mermaid: Original Broadway Cast Recording
Shared with Bruce Botnick, Michael Kosarin and Chris Montan (producers)
Nominated
2012 Best Song Written for Visual Media "I See the Light" from Tangled
Shared with Glenn Slater (Lyric)
Won
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Tangled Nominated
2013 Best Musical Theatre Album Newsies (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Shared with Jeremy Jordan and Kara Lindsay (principal soloists), Frank Filipetti, Michael Kosarin and Chris Montan (producers)
Nominated
2015 Aladdin (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Shared with James Monroe Iglehart, Adam Jacobs and Courtney Reed (principal soloists), Frank Filipetti, Michael Kosarin and Chris Montan (producers)
Nominated
2021 Little Shop of Horrors (The New Off-Broadway Cast)
Shared with Tammy Blanchard, Jonathan Groff & Tom Alan Robbins (principal soloists), Will Van Dyke, Michael Mayer and Frank Wolf (producers) Howard Ashman (lyricist)
Nominated

Tony Awards[]

1 win out of 5 nominations
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1994 Best Original Score Beauty and the Beast
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric) and Tim Rice (Lyric)
Nominated [5]
2008 The Little Mermaid
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric) and Glenn Slater (Lyric)
Nominated
2011 Sister Act
Shared with Glenn Slater (Lyric)
Nominated
2012 Newsies
Shared with Jack Feldman (Lyric)
Won
2014 Aladdin
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric), Tim Rice (Lyric) and Chad Beguelin (Lyric)
Nominated

Film awards[]

British Academy Film Awards[]

Year Category Nominated Work Result
1992 Best Film Music Beauty and the Beast
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Nominated
1993 Best Score Aladdin Nominated

Critics' Choice Awards[]

Year Category Nominated Work Result
2007 Best Composer Enchanted[6] Nominated
Best Song "That's How You Know" from Enchanted
Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric), Amy Adams (performer)
Nominated
2010 "I See the Light" from Tangled[7]
Shared with Glenn Slater (Lyric), Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi (performers)
Nominated
2017 "Evermore" from Beauty and the Beast[8]
Shared with Tim Rice (Lyric), Dan Stevens (performer)
Nominated
2019 "Speechless" from Aladdin[9]
Shared with Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Lyric), Naomi Scott (performer)
Nominated

Golden Globe Awards[]

7 wins out of 16 nominations
Year Category Nominated Work Result
1989 Best Original Score The Little Mermaid Won
Best Original Song "Kiss the Girl" from The Little Mermaid
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Nominated
"Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Won
1991 Best Original Score Beauty and the Beast Won
Best Original Song "Beauty and the Beast" from Beauty and the Beast
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Won
"Be Our Guest" from Beauty and the Beast
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Nominated
1992 Best Original Score Aladdin Won
Best Original Song "A Whole New World" from Aladdin
Shared with Tim Rice (Lyric)
Won
"Friend Like Me" from Aladdin
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Nominated
"Prince Ali" from Aladdin
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Nominated
1995 Best Original Score Pocahontas Nominated
Best Original Song "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas
Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)
Won
1996 Best Original Score The Hunchback of Notre Dame Nominated
1997 Best Original Song "Go the Distance" from Hercules
Shared with David Zippel (Lyric)
Nominated
2007 "That's How You Know" from Enchanted
Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)
Nominated
2010 "I See the Light" from Tangled
Shared with Glenn Slater (Lyric)
Nominated

Theater work[]

Drama Desk Awards[]

1 win out of 6 nominations
Year Category Nominated Work Result
1983 Outstanding Music Little Shop of Horrors Nominated
1994 Beauty and the Beast Nominated
2011 Sister Act Nominated
2012 Newsies Won
2012 Leap of Faith Nominated
2014 Aladdin Nominated

Drama League Awards[10][]

Year Category Result
2012 Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Won

Evening Standard Award[]

Year Category Nominated Work Result
1983 Best Musical Little Shop of Horrors
Shared with Howard Ashman
Won

Laurence Olivier Awards[]

1 win out of 2 nominations
Year Category Nominated Work Result
1983 Musical of the Year Little Shop of Horrors
Shared with Howard Ashman
Nominated
1998 The American Express Award for Best New Musical Beauty and the Beast
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric), Tim Rice (Lyric) and Linda Woolverton (Book)
Won

New York Drama Critic Circle Awards[]

Year Category Nominated Work Result
1983 Best Musical Little Shop of Horrors
Shared with Howard Ashman
Won

Outer Critics Circle Awards[]

3 wins out of 4 nominations
Year Category Nominated Work Result
1983 Best Off-Broadway Musical Little Shop of Horrors
Shared with Howard Ashman
Won
Best Score Little Shop of Horrors
Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Won
2012 Outstanding New Score Newsies Won
2014 Outstanding New Score (The Marjorie Gunner Award) Aladdin Nominated

Miscellaenous awards[]

Annie Awards[]

1 win out of 4 nominations
Year Category Nominated Work Result
1995 Best Individual Achievement for Music in the Field of Animation Pocahontas
Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)
Won
1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)
Nominated
2018 Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production Ralph Breaks the Internet
Shared with Henry Jackman, Tom MacDougall (Music) Dan Reynolds, Phil Johnston (Lyric)
Nominated
Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production Tangled: The Series

Shared with (Music) Glenn Slater (Lyric)

Nominated

BMI Film/TV Awards[]

8 wins out of 8 nominations + Richard Kirk Career Achievement Award
Year Category Nominated Work Result
1990 BMI Film Music Award The Little Mermaid Won
1992 Beauty and the Beast Won
1993 Aladdin Won
1996 Pocahontas Won
1997 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Won
1998 Hercules Won
1998 Richard Kirk Career Achievement Award Won
2008 BMI Film Music Award Enchanted Won
2013 Mirror Mirror Won

Georgia Film Critics Association Awards[]

Year Category Nominated Work Result
2011 Best Original Song "Star Spangled Man" from Captain America: The First Avenger[11]
Shared with David Zippel (Lyric)
Nominated

Golden Raspberry Award[]

Menken officially accepted this Razzie and has spoken proudly of it in interviews since.[12][13]

Year Category Nominated Work Result
1993

Worst Original Song

"High Times, Hard Times" from Newsies
Shared with Jack Feldman (Lyric). Became the first person to win a Razzie and Oscar (for Aladdin (1992)) in the same year.
Won

Houston Film Critics Society Awards[]

Year Category Nominated Work Result
2008 Best Original Song "Happy Working Song" from Enchanted
Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)
Nominated
2011 "Star-Spangled Man" from Captain America: The First Avenger[14]
Shared with David Zippel (Lyric)
Nominated
2017 "Evermore" from Beauty and the Beast[15]
Shared with Tim Rice (Lyric)
Nominated

International Film Music Critics Awards[]

1 win out of 3 nominations
Year Category Nominated Work Result Ref.
2006 Best Original Score for a Comedy Film The Shaggy Dog Nominated [16]
2007 Enchanted Won
2010 Best Original Score for an Animated Film Tangled Nominated

Online Film and Television Awards[]

Year Category Nominated Work Result
1996 Best Score The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)
Nominated
Best Original Song "Someday" from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric) and All-4-One (performers)
Nominated
1997 Best Comedy/Musical Score Hercules
Shared with David Zippel (Lyric)
Nominated
Best Original Song "Go the Distance" from Hercules
Shared with David Zippel (Lyric) and Michael Bolton (performer)
Nominated
2003 Hall of Fame (Music) Won
2007 Best Original Song "That's How You Know" from Enchanted
Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric) and Amy Adams (performer)
Nominated
2010 "I See the Light" from Tangled
Shared with Glenn Slater (Lyric), Mandy Moore and Levi Zachary (performers)
Nominated
2012 "Star Spangled Man" from Captain America: The First Avenger
Shared with David Zippel (Lyric)
Nominated

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards[]

Year Category Nominated Work Result
2010 Best Original Song "I've Got a Dream" from Tangled
Shared with Glenn Slater (Lyric)
Nominated
2011 "Star-Spangled Man" from Captain America: The First Avenger
Shared with David Zippel (Lyric)
Nominated

Saturn Awards[]

2 wins out of 5 nominations
Year Category Nominated Work Result
1987 Best Music Little Shop of Horrors Won
1993 Beauty and the Beast Nominated
Aladdin Nominated
2008 Enchanted Won
2019 Aladdin Nominated

Sierra Awards[17][]

Year Category Nominated Work Result
2010 Best Song "I See the Light" from Tangled
Shared with Glenn Slater (Lyric)
Won

French Mickey d'Or[]

3 wins out of 9 nominations

Year Category Nominated Work Result
2007 Best Song "Happy Working Song" from Enchanted

shared with Stephen Schwartz

Nominated
"That's How You Know" from Enchanted

shared with Stephen Schwartz

Won
Best Music Enchanted Nominated
2010 Tangled Won
Best Song "I See the Light" from Tangled Won
2017 "Evermore" from Beauty and the Beast

shared with Tim Rice

Nominated
"How Does a Moment Last Forever" from Beauty and the Beast

shared with Tim Rice

Nominated
Best Music Beauty and the Beast Won
2019 Best Song "Speechless" from Aladdin

shared with Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Nominated

Special honors[]

  • 1993 – Distinguished Alumni Award[18] (given by New York University Association)
  • 1998 – Kol Zimrah Award[19] (given by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion)
  • 1998 – Colleen Dewhurst Awards:[20] "in recognition for outstanding contribution to the arts" (given by Northern Westchester Center for the Arts)
  • 2000 – Presidential Medal (given by New York University)
  • 2001Disney Legend Award[21]
  • 2008 – Inductee: NYU Musical Theatre Hall of Fame[22]
  • 2008 – Inductee: Songwriter's Hall of Fame[23]
  • 2009 – Lifetime Achievement Award (given during the Musical Awards)
  • 2010 – Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
  • 2011 – Maestro Award (given by Billboard/The Hollywood Reporter Film and TV Conference)
  • 2012 – Honors: "for extraordinary life achievement" (given by Encompass New Opera Theatre)
  • 2013 – The Oscar Hammerstein Award[24] (given by York Theatre Company)
  • 2013 – Broadway Junior Honors: "in recognition for his contribution towards the advancement of musical theatre for young people"
  • 2013 – Freddie G. Award for Musical Achievement (given during Junior Theatre Festival)

References[]

  1. ^ Austin Siegemund-Broka (July 18, 2013). "With Emmy Nomination, Alan Menken Nears E.G.O.T." The Hollywood Reporter.
  2. ^ Caryn Robbins (July 14, 2016). "Audra McDonald, Bryan Cranston, GREASE LIVE Among Theater Stars Nominated for 68th Annual EMMY AWARDS". Broadway World.
  3. ^ Nordyke, Kimberly (July 26, 2020). "Alan Menken Achieves EGOT Status With Daytime Emmy Win". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 27, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Past Winners Search". The GRAMMYs. April 30, 2017.
  5. ^ "Search Past Tony Award Winners and Nominees – TonyAwards.com – The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards® – Official Website by IBM". TonyAwards.com.
  6. ^ "The 13th Critics' Choice Awards Winners and Nominees". Broadcast Film Critics Association. January 7, 2008. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
  7. ^ "'Black Swan' leads Critics' Choice nominations". insidemovies.ew.com. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
  8. ^ Johnson, Zach (December 6, 2017). "Critics' Choice Awards 2018: Complete List of Movie and TV Nominations". E!.
  9. ^ "25th Critics' Choice Awards" (Press release). Critics' Choice Awards. December 8, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  10. ^ http://dramaleague.org/events/awards/award-history#Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre
  11. ^ "2011 Awards".
  12. ^ Alan Menken Humbly Accepts His Razzie!, retrieved March 21, 2020
  13. ^ "The Razzies!". The Razzies!. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  14. ^ "The Houston Film Critics Society's Best (And Worst) of 2011".
  15. ^ "'The Shape of Water' inundates Houston critics' film awards nominations". Houston Chronicle. December 12, 2017. Archived from the original on December 13, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  16. ^ "Awards Archive". January 6, 2009.
  17. ^ "Las Vegas Film Critics SocietySierra Award Winners".
  18. ^ "New York University – Past Recipients".
  19. ^ Masha Leon (December 20, 2013). "Disney Hit-Maker Alan Menken Honored". The Forward.
  20. ^ "Footlights". The New York Times. October 13, 2002.
  21. ^ "Alan Menken". D23.
  22. ^ "Theater Legends Alan Menken and Sir Tim Rice Inducted into NYU Musical Theater Hall of Fame". NYU Steinhardt at a Glance.
  23. ^ "Alan Menken to Be Inducted Into Songwriters Hall of Fame". Playbill. February 29, 2008.
  24. ^ BWW News Desk (November 7, 2013). "Alan Menken to Receive York Theatre Company's Lifetime Achievement Award at 22nd Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala, 12/9". BroadwayWorld.com.
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