List of awards and nominations received by Alan Menken

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 and music.

Special Honors

1993 - Distinguished Alumni Award^[1] (given by New York University Association)
1998 - Kol Zimrah Award^[2] (given by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion)
1998 - Colleen Dewhurst Awards:^[3] "in recognition for outstanding contribution to the arts" (given by Northern Westchester Center for the Arts)
2000 - Presidential Medal (given by New York University)
2001 - Disney Legend Award^[4]
2008 - Inductee: NYU Musical Theatre Hall of Fame^[5]
2008 - Inductee: Songwriter's Hall of Fame^[6]
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^[7] (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)

Film Work

Academy Awards

8 awards out of 19 nominations

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
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
	Best Original Song	"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
	Best Original Song	"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
1995	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

Annie Awards

1 win out of 2 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	Best Individual Achievement for Music in the Field of Animation	The Hunchback of Notre Dame Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)	Nominated

BAFTA 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	Nominated
2007	Best Song	"That's How You Know" from Enchanted Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric) and Amy Adams (performer)	Nominated
2010	Best Song	"I See the Light" from Tangled Shared with Glenn Slater (Lyric), Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi (performers)	Nominated

Georgia Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2011	Best Original Song	"Star Spangled Man" from Captain America: The First Avenger^[8] Shared with David Zippel (Lyric)	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
	Best Original Song	"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
	Best Original Song	"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
1995	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	Best Original Song	"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	Nominated

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	Best Original Song	"Star-Spangled Man" from Captain America: The First Avenger^[9] Shared with David Zippel (Lyric)	Nominated

International Film Music Critics Association Awards^[10]

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2006	Best Original Score for a Comedy Film	The Shaggy Dog	Nominated
2007	Best Original Score for a Comedy Film	Enchanted	Won
2010	Best Original Score for an Animated Film	Tangled	Nominated

Online Film and Television Awards^[11]

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
1996	Best Score	The Hunchback of Notre Dame Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)	Nominated
1996	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
1997	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	Best Original Song	"I See the Light" from Tangled Shared with Glenn Slater (Lyric), Mandy Moore and Levi Zachary (performers)	Nominated
2012	Best Original Song	"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	Best Original Song	"Star-Spangled Man" from Captain America: The First Avenger Shared with David Zippel (Lyric)	Nominated

Saturn Awards

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
1987	Best Music	Little Shops of Horrors	Won
1993	Best Music	Beauty and the Beast	Nominated
1993	Best Music	Aladdin	Nominated
2008	Best Music	Enchanted	Won

Sierra Awards^[12]

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

Theater Work

Tony Awards^[13]

1 win out of 5 nominations

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
1994	Best Original Score	Beauty and the Beast Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric) and Tim Rice (Lyric)	Nominated
2008	Best Original Score	The Little Mermaid Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric) and Glenn Slater (Lyric)	Nominated
2011	Best Original Score	Sister Act Shared with Glenn Slater (Lyric)	Nominated
2012	Best Original Score	Newsies Shared with Jack Feldman (Lyric)	Won
2014	Best Original Score	Aladdin Shared with Howard Ashman (Lyric), Tim Rice (Lyric) and Chad Beguelin (Lyric)	Nominated

Drama Desk Awards^[14]

1 win out of 6 nominations

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

Drama League Awards^[15]

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

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^[16]

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

Outer Critics Circle Awards^[17]

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

Music Awards

Grammy Awards^[18]

11 wins out of 20 nominations

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
1983	Best Musical Cast Show Album	Little Shop of Horrors Shared with Howard Ashman and Phil Ramone	Nominated
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 Ashamn (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	Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television	"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
2009		"That's How You Know" from Enchanted Shared with Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)	Nominated
2009	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
2012	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	Best Musical Theatre Album	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

BMI Film/TV Awards

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

Television

Emmy Awards

Year	Award Ceremony	Category	Nominated Work	Result
1990	Special Emmy Award	Outstanding contribution to the success of the Academy's anti-drug special for children	for "Wonderful Ways to Say No" from the TV special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue Shared with Howard Ashman	Won
2013	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics^[19]	"More or Less the Kind of Thing You May or May Not Possibly See on Broadway" from The Neighbors Lyric by Glenn Slater	Nominated
2016	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics^[20]	"A New Season" from Galavant Lyric by Glenn Slater	Nominated

References

^ "New York University - Past Recipients".
^ Masha Leon (20 December 2013). "Disney Hit-Maker Alan Menken Honored". The Forward.
^ "Footlights". The New York Times. 13 October 2002.
^ "Alan Menken". D23.
^ "Theater Legends Alan Menken and Sir Tim Rice Inducted into NYU Musical Theater Hall of Fame". NYU Steinhardt At a Glance.
^ "Alan Menken to Be Inducted Into Songwriters Hall of Fame". Playbill.
^ BWW News Desk (7 November 2013). "Alan Menken to Receive York Theatre Company's Lifetime Achievement Award at 22nd Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala, 12/9". BroadwayWorld.com.
^ http://www.georgiafilmcritics.org/p/2011-awards.html
^ http://www.houstonpress.com/arts/the-houston-film-critics-societys-best-and-worst-of-2011-6377774
^ http://filmmusiccritics.org/awards-archive/
^ http://ofta.cinemasight.com/
^ http://www.lvfcs.org/sierra-award-winners.html
^ "Search Past Tony Award Winners and Nominees - TonyAwards.com - The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards® - Official Website by IBM". TonyAwards.com.
^ "Nominees and Recipients".
^ http://dramaleague.org/events/awards/award-history#Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre
^ "Alan Menken - Broadway Theatre Credits, Photos, Who's Who - Playbill Vault".
^ "Awards - Outer Critics Circle".
^ "Past Winners Search". The GRAMMYs.
^ Austin Siegemund-Broka (18 July 2013). "With Emmy Nomination, Alan Menken Nears E.G.O.T." The Hollywood Reporter.
^ Caryn Robbins (14 July 2016). "Audra McDonald, Bryan Cranston, GREASE LIVE Among Theater Stars Nominated for 68th Annual EMMY AWARDS". Broadway World.

[1] "New York University - Past Recipients".

[2] Masha Leon (20 December 2013). "Disney Hit-Maker Alan Menken Honored". The Forward.

[3] "Footlights". The New York Times. 13 October 2002.

[4] "Alan Menken". D23.

[5] "Theater Legends Alan Menken and Sir Tim Rice Inducted into NYU Musical Theater Hall of Fame". NYU Steinhardt At a Glance.

[6] "Alan Menken to Be Inducted Into Songwriters Hall of Fame". Playbill.

[7] BWW News Desk (7 November 2013). "Alan Menken to Receive York Theatre Company's Lifetime Achievement Award at 22nd Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala, 12/9". BroadwayWorld.com.

[8] ttp://www.georgiafilmcritics.org/p/2011-awards.html

[9] ttp://www.houstonpress.com/arts/the-houston-film-critics-societys-best-and-worst-of-2011-6377774

[10] ttp://filmmusiccritics.org/awards-archive/

[11] ttp://ofta.cinemasight.com/

[12] ttp://www.lvfcs.org/sierra-award-winners.html

[13] "Search Past Tony Award Winners and Nominees - TonyAwards.com - The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards® - Official Website by IBM". TonyAwards.com.

[14] "Nominees and Recipients".

[15] ttp://dramaleague.org/events/awards/award-history#Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre

[16] "Alan Menken - Broadway Theatre Credits, Photos, Who's Who - Playbill Vault".

[17] "Awards - Outer Critics Circle".

[18] "Past Winners Search". The GRAMMYs.

[19] Austin Siegemund-Broka (18 July 2013). "With Emmy Nomination, Alan Menken Nears E.G.O.T." The Hollywood Reporter.

[20] Caryn Robbins (14 July 2016). "Audra McDonald, Bryan Cranston, GREASE LIVE Among Theater Stars Nominated for 68th Annual EMMY AWARDS". Broadway World.

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Awards and nominations
Musicals	Dear Worthy Editor (1974) God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1979) Little Shop of Horrors (1982) Diamonds (1984) Personals (1985) A Christmas Carol (1994) Beauty and the Beast (1994) King David (1997) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1999) Sister Act (2006) The Little Mermaid (2007) Leap of Faith (2010) Newsies (2011) Aladdin (2014) The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (2015) A Bronx Tale (2016) Hercules (2019)
Musical films	Little Shop of Horrors (1986) The Little Mermaid (1989) Rocky V (1990) Beauty and the Beast (1991) Newsies (1992) Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) Aladdin (1992) Life with Mikey (1993) Pocahontas (1995) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) Hercules (1997) Home on the Range (2004) Noel (2004) The Shaggy Dog (2006) Enchanted (2007) Tangled (2010) Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Jock the Hero Dog (2011) Mirror Mirror (2012) Sausage Party (2016) Beauty and the Beast (2017) Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) Holmes & Watson (2018) Aladdin (2019) Disenchanted (2022) The Little Mermaid (2023) Spellbound (2024) Aladdin: The Broadway Musical (TBA)
Television	Sesame Street (1989–1990) Polly (1989) Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990) A Christmas Carol: The Musical (2004) The Neighbors (2013) Galavant (2015–2016) Tangled: Before Ever After (2017) Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017–2020) The Little Mermaid Live! (2019) Central Park The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration (2022)
Documentary	A Dancer's Life (1972) Howard (2018)
Soundtracks	The Little Mermaid (1989) Beauty and the Beast (1991) Aladdin (1992) Beauty and the Beast (1994) Pocahontas (1995) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) Hercules (1997) Enchanted (2007) Tangled (2010) Beauty and the Beast (2017) Aladdin (2019) Disenchanted (2022) Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration (2022) The Little Mermaid (2023)