Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a new video for PEOPLE filmed at his Upstate New York home, Menken reflects on more than five decades of songwriting, ...

Explore the unexpected origins of the Disney Renaissance, tracing its roots back to a campy musical that wilted on screen but led to Menken & Ashman.

As lyricist Howard Ashman battled AIDS in secret, Disney moved production of "Beauty and the Beast" to a Residence Inn in Fishkill. There, he wrote a masterpiece.

You wouldn’t clock Alan Menken on the street. The composer – spiky grey hair, crinkled forehead, encouraging grin – is altogether unassuming. To see his oeuvre, though, is to realise this 75-year-old ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to princess songs, there’s no bigger name in the game than Alan Menken. That’s why Skydance Animation turned to the ...

When composer Alan Menken first joined the animated film “Spellbound,” the prospect of writing the score and songs felt “exciting and terrifying at the same time” because the story “defied a formulaic ...

Alan Menken is a true romantic. Just ask him how he met his wife of 52 years, Janis. “This dancer walks into the room, and I knew immediately who she was, because I dreamt her,” he says, beaming from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Composer Alan Menken shares the story behind one of Disney's most iconic songs, 'Beauty and the Beast.' Did Bad Bunny's 'ICE out' ...

Composer and lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda alerted us via Twitter this morning that it is the birthday of Alan Menken, composer of most of your favorite Disney songs and bazillion-time Oscar nominee.

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