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.
Major awards Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1986 Best Original Song "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" 1989 Best Original Score The Little Mermaid Best Original Song "Kiss the Girl" "Under the Sea" 1991 Best Original Score Beauty and the Beast Best Original Song "Beauty and the Beast" "Be Our Guest" "Belle" 1992 Best Original Score Aladdin Best Original Song "Friend Like Me" Best Original Song "A Whole New World" 1995 Best Original Musical or Comedy Score Pocahontas Best Original Song "Colors of the Wind" 1996 Best Original Musical or Comedy Score The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1997 Best Original Song "Go the Distance" 2007Best Original Song "Happy Working Song" "So Close" "That's How You Know" 2010 Best Original Song "I See the Light"
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 1992 Best Original Film Score Beauty and the Beast () 1993 Aladdin
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2007 Best Composer Enchanted Best Song "That's How You Know" 2010 "I See the Light" 2017 "Evermore" 2019 "Speechless"
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 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" ) 2016 "A New Season" from Galavant (episode: "A New Season") Children's and Family Emmy Awards2026 Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for an Animated Program Spellbound Outstanding Original Song for a Children’s and Young Teen Program "The Way It Was Before" from Spellbound Daytime Emmy Awards 2021 Outstanding Original Song for a Preschool, Children’s or Animated Program "Nothing Left To Lose" from Tangled: The Series (episode: "Cassandra's Revenge") 2020 Outstanding Original Song in a Children's, Young Adult or Animated Program "Waiting in the Wings" from Tangled: The Series (episode: "Rapunzel and the Great Tree") Special Emmy Awards 1990 Outstanding contribution to the success of the Academy's anti-drug special for children "Wonderful Ways to Say No"
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1989 Best Original Score The Little Mermaid Best Original Song "Kiss the Girl" "Under the Sea" 1991 Best Original Score Beauty and the Beast Best Original Song "Beauty and the Beast" "Be Our Guest" 1992 Best Original Score Aladdin Best Original Song "Friend Like Me" "Prince Ali" "A Whole New World" 1995 Best Original Score Pocahontas Best Original Song "Colors of the Wind" 1996 Best Original Score The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1997 Best Original Song "Go the Distance" 2007 "That's How You Know" ) 2010 "I See the Light"
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1984 Best Cast Show Album Little Shop of Horrors 1991 Best Recording for Children The Little Mermaid: Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media The Little Mermaid: Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack Best Song Written for Visual Media "Kiss the Girl" "Under the Sea" 1993 Album of the Year Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Song of the Year "Beauty and the Beast" Best Album for Children Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Best Song Written for Visual Media "Beauty and the Beast" 1994 Song of the Year "A Whole New World" Best Musical Album for Children Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Best Song Written for Visual Media "Friend Like Me" "A Whole New World" 1995 Best Musical Show Album Beauty and the Beast: A New Musical 1996 Best Musical Album for Children Pocahontas Sing-Along Best Song Written for Visual Media "Colors of the Wind" 2009 Best Musical Show Album The Little Mermaid: Original Broadway Cast Recording Best Song Written for Visual Media "Ever Ever After" "That's How You Know" 2012 Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Tangled Best Song Written for Visual Media "I See the Light" 2013 Best Musical Theater Album Newsies: Original Broadway Cast Recording 2015 Aladdin: Original Broadway Cast Recording 2021 Little Shop of Horrors: The New Off-Broadway Cast
Laurence Olivier Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1983 Musical of the Year Little Shop of Horrors () 1998 Best New Musical Beauty and the Beast () 2010 Sister Act ()
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1994 Best Original Score Beauty and the Beast () 2008 The Little Mermaid () 2011 Sister Act () 2012 Newsies () 2014 Aladdin ()
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Nominated work Result Annie Awards 1995 Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature Pocahontas 1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet Outstanding Music in an Animated Series Tangled: The Series BMI Film & TV Awards 1990 BMI Film Music Award The Little Mermaid 1992 Beauty and the Beast 1993 Aladdin 1994 Most Performed Song from a Film "A Whole New World" 1996 BMI Film Music Award Pocahontas 1997 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1998 Hercules Richard Kirk Career Achievement Award 2008 BMI Film Music Award Enchanted 2013 Mirror Mirror Drama Desk Awards 1983 Outstanding Music Little Shop of Horrors 1994 Beauty and the Beast 2011 Sister Act 2012 Leap of Faith Newsies 2014 Aladdin Drama League Awards 2012 Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Himself Evening Standard Theatre Awards 1983 Best Musical Little Shop of Horrors French Mickey d'Or 2007 Best Music Enchanted Best Song "Happy Working Song" "That's How You Know" 2010 Best Music Tangled Best Song "I See the Light" 2017 Best Music Beauty and the Beast Best Song "Evermore" "How Does a Moment Last Forever" 2019 "Speechless" Georgia Film Critics Association 2011 Best Original Song "Star Spangled Man" Gold Derby Awards 2007 Best Original Score Enchanted Best Original Song "Happy Working Song" "That's How You Know" 2010 "I See the Light" 2018 "Evermore" Golden Raspberry Awards 1990 Worst Original Song "The Measure of a Man" 1992 "High Times, Hard Times" Hawaii Film Critics Society 2017 Best Song "Evermore" 2019 "Speechless" Hollywood Film Awards 2019 Hollywood Song Award "Speechless" Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2016 Best Original Song in an Animated Film "The Great Beyond" 2017 "How Does a Moment Last Forever" Best Original Song in a Sci-Fi, Fantasy or Horror Film "Evermore" 2019 Best Original Song in a Feature Film "Speechless" Houston Film Critics Society 2007 Best Original Song "Happy Working Song" 2011 "Star Spangled Man" 2017 "Evermore" International Film Music Critics Association 2006 Best Original Score for a Comedy Film The Shaggy Dog 2007 Enchanted 2010 Best Original Score for an Animated Feature Tangled Las Vegas Film Critics Society 2010 Best Song "I See the Light" 2016 "The Great Beyond" Latino Entertainment Journalists Association 2019 Best Song "Speechless" New York Drama Critics' Circle 1983 Best Musical Little Shop of Horrors Online Film & Television Association 1996 Best Score The Hunchback of Notre Dame Best Original Song "Someday" 1997 Best Comedy/Musical Score Hercules Best Original Song "Go the Distance" 2003 Film Hall of Fame: Support (Music) 2007 Best Original Song "That's How You Know" 2010 "I See the Light" 2011 "Star Spangled Man" 2017 "Evermore" Best Adapted Song "Beauty and the Beast" "Be Our Guest" 2019 "A Whole New World" Outer Critics Circle Awards 1983 Best Off-Broadway Musical Little Shop of Horrors Best Score 1994 Best Broadway Musical Beauty and the Beast 1995 A Christmas Carol 2011 Outstanding New Broadway Musical Sister Act Outstanding New Score 2012 Outstanding New Broadway Musical Newsies Outstanding New Score 2014 Outstanding New Broadway Musical Aladdin Outstanding New Score (The Marjorie Gunner Award) 2017 Outstanding New Broadway Musical A Bronx Tale Outstanding New Score Phoenix Film Critics Society 2010 Best Original Song "I've Got a Dream" 2011 "Star Spangled Man" Saturn Awards 1986 Best Music Little Shop of Horrors 1992 Aladdin Beauty and the Beast 2007 Enchanted 2019 Aladdin 2024 The Little Mermaid Society of Composers & Lyricists 2019 Outstanding Original Song for Visual Media "Speechless" St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association 2007 Best Score Enchanted Webby Awards 2020 Websites and Mobile Sites Professional Services & Self-Promotion World Soundtrack Awards 2011 Best Original Song Written for a Film "I See the Light"
Special honors Disney Legends Awards Year Honor Result 2001 Disney Legends Awards
Hollywood Walk of Fame Year Honor Result 2010 Hollywood Walk of Fame
Songwriters Hall of Fame Year Honor Result Ref. 2008 Songwriters Hall of Fame
1993 – Distinguished Alumni Award (given by New York University Association) 1998 – Kol Zimrah Award (given by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion) 1998 – Colleen Dewhurst Awards: "in recognition for outstanding contribution to the arts" (given by Northern Westchester Center for the Arts) 2000 – Presidential Medal (given by New York University) 2008 – Inductee: NYU Musical Theatre Hall of Fame 2009 – Lifetime Achievement Award (given during the Musical Awards) 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 (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)
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