For the first time ever and in front of thousands of Disney fans, two of the world’s most celebrated songwriters and composers took the D23 Arena stage on Saturday, August 10, 2013 for a evening filled with beloved Disney songs. Disney Legends Richard Sherman and Alan Menken have won a combined 10 Academy Awards for […]

Alan Menken’s music for Disney movies has won him eight Academy Awards, more than any one alive. CBS discusses the composer’s work for movies and theater, including an excerpt of one of three of his upcoming Broadway musicals, “Leap of Faith.”

Walked out of Year 7 humming the music from the chase inside the Ministry of Magic? Can’t get “I See The Light” and that lantern sequence outta your head? Then download the soundtracks to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Tangled for next to nothing and keep Alexandre Dseplat and Alan Menken’s magic in […]

I remember back, oh, I don’t know, I wanna say, like, ten years or so ago, first hearing about Disney’s “RAPUNZEL UNBRAIDED.” The film was to be directed by veteran animator Glen Keane, who gave life to The Beast and was the main awesomeness of the studio’s crop of traditional animators. The project moved on, […]

Jim Hill reports that Composer Alan Menken, winner of eight Academy Awards – more than any living person- will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on November 10 prior to his new film “Tangled” opening in theaters this Thanksgiving. Menken has created many of the 20th and 21st century’s most memorable film […]