List of awards and nominations received by Alan Menken

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This is a list of awards and nominations received by Alan Menken.

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Alan Menken awards and nominations
Menken in 2013
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Wins58
Nominations170
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  1. [a]
    Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
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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

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1986 Best Original Song[a] "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" (from Little Shop of Horrors) Nominated [1]
1989 Best Original Score The Little Mermaid Won [2]
Best Original Song[b] "Kiss the Girl" (from The Little Mermaid) Nominated
"Under the Sea" (from The Little Mermaid) Won
1991 Best Original Score Beauty and the Beast Won [3]
Best Original Song[c] "Beauty and the Beast" (from Beauty and the Beast) Won
"Be Our Guest" (from Beauty and the Beast) Nominated
"Belle" (from Beauty and the Beast) Nominated
1992 Best Original Score Aladdin Won [4]
Best Original Song[d] "Friend Like Me" (from Aladdin) Nominated
Best Original Song[e] "A Whole New World" (from Aladdin) Won
1995 Best Original Musical or Comedy Score[f] Pocahontas Won [5]
Best Original Song[g] "Colors of the Wind" (from Pocahontas) Won
1996 Best Original Musical or Comedy Score[h] The Hunchback of Notre Dame Nominated [6]
1997 Best Original Song[i] "Go the Distance" (from Hercules) Nominated [7]
2007 Best Original Song[j] "Happy Working Song" (from Enchanted) Nominated [8]
"So Close" (from Enchanted) Nominated
"That's How You Know" (from Enchanted) Nominated
2010 Best Original Song[k] "I See the Light" (from Tangled) Nominated [9]
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BAFTA Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1992 Best Original Film Score Beauty and the Beast (Shared with Howard Ashman) Nominated [10]
1993 Aladdin Nominated [11]
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Critics' Choice Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2007 Best Composer Enchanted Nominated [12]
Best Song "That's How You Know" (from Enchanted)
Shared with Stephen Schwartz		 Nominated
2010 "I See the Light" (from Tangled)
Shared with Glenn Slater		 Nominated [13]
2017 "Evermore" (from Beauty and the Beast)
Shared with Tim Rice		 Nominated [14]
2019 "Speechless" (from Aladdin)
Shared with Benj Pasek and Justin Paul		 Nominated [15]
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Emmy Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
2013 Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics[l] "More or Less the Kind of Thing You May or May Not Possibly See on Broadway" (from The Neighbors) Nominated [16]
2016 "A New Season" from Galavant (episode: "A New Season") Nominated
Children's and Family Emmy Awards
2026 Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for an Animated Program Spellbound Nominated [17]
Outstanding Original Song for a Children’s and Young Teen Program[m] "The Way It Was Before" from Spellbound Nominated [17]
Daytime Emmy Awards
2021 Outstanding Original Song for a Preschool, Children’s or Animated Program[n] "Nothing Left To Lose" from Tangled: The Series (episode: "Cassandra's Revenge") Nominated [18]
2020 Outstanding Original Song in a Children's, Young Adult or Animated Program[o] "Waiting in the Wings" from Tangled: The Series (episode: "Rapunzel and the Great Tree") Won [19]
Special Emmy Awards
1990 Outstanding contribution to the success of the Academy's anti-drug special for children[p] "Wonderful Ways to Say No" (from Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue) Won
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Golden Globe Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1989 Best Original Score The Little Mermaid Won [20]
Best Original Song "Kiss the Girl" (from The Little Mermaid)
Shared with Howard Ashman		 Nominated
"Under the Sea" (from The Little Mermaid)
Shared with Howard Ashman		 Won
1991 Best Original Score Beauty and the Beast Won [20]
Best Original Song "Beauty and the Beast" (from Beauty and the Beast)
Shared with Howard Ashman		 Won
"Be Our Guest" (from Beauty and the Beast)
Shared with Howard Ashman		 Nominated
1992 Best Original Score Aladdin Won [20]
Best Original Song "Friend Like Me" (from Aladdin)
Shared with Howard Ashman		 Nominated
"Prince Ali" (from Aladdin)
Shared with Howard Ashman		 Nominated
"A Whole New World" (from Aladdin)
Shared with Tim Rice		 Won
1995 Best Original Score Pocahontas Nominated [20]
Best Original Song "Colors of the Wind" (from Pocahontas)
Shared with Stephen Schwartz		 Won
1996 Best Original Score The Hunchback of Notre Dame Nominated [20]
1997 Best Original Song "Go the Distance" (from Hercules)
Shared with David Zippel		 Nominated [20]
2007 "That's How You Know" (from Enchanted)
Shared with Stephen Schwartz)		 Nominated [20]
2010 "I See the Light" (from Tangled)
Shared with Glenn Slater		 Nominated [20]
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Grammy Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1984 Best Cast Show Album Little Shop of Horrors
Shared with Howard Ashman and Phil Ramone		 Nominated [21]
1991 Best Recording for Children The Little Mermaid: Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
Shared with Howard Ashman		 Won [22]
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media The Little Mermaid: Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack Nominated
Best Song Written for Visual Media "Kiss the Girl" (from The Little Mermaid)
Shared with Howard Ashman		 Nominated
"Under the Sea" (from The Little Mermaid)
Shared with Howard Ashman		 Won
1993 Album of the Year Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Shared with Various Artists		 Nominated [23]
Song of the Year "Beauty and the Beast" (from Beauty and the Beast)
Shared with Howard Ashman		 Nominated
Best Album for Children Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Shared with Howard Ashman		 Won
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Won
Best Song Written for Visual Media "Beauty and the Beast" (from Beauty and the Beast)
Shared with Howard Ashman		 Won
1994 Song of the Year "A Whole New World" (from Aladdin)
Shared with Tim Rice		 Won [24]
Best Musical Album for Children Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Shared with Tim Rice		 Won
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Won
Best Song Written for Visual Media "Friend Like Me" (from Aladdin)
Shared with Howard Ashman		 Nominated
"A Whole New World" (from Aladdin)
Shared with Tim Rice		 Won
1995 Best Musical Show Album Beauty and the Beast: A New Musical Nominated [25]
1996 Best Musical Album for Children Pocahontas Sing-Along
Shared with Stephen Schwartz		 Nominated [26]
Best Song Written for Visual Media "Colors of the Wind" (from Pocahontas)
Shared with Stephen Schwartz		 Won
2009 Best Musical Show Album The Little Mermaid: Original Broadway Cast Recording
Shared with Bruce Botnick, Michael Kosarin and Chris Montan		 Nominated [27]
Best Song Written for Visual Media "Ever Ever After" (from Enchanted)
Shared with Stephen Schwartz		 Nominated
"That's How You Know" (from Enchanted)
Shared with Stephen Schwartz		 Nominated
2012 Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Tangled Nominated [28]
Best Song Written for Visual Media "I See the Light" (from Tangled)
Shared with Glenn Slater		 Won
2013 Best Musical Theater Album Newsies: Original Broadway Cast Recording Nominated [29]
2015 Aladdin: Original Broadway Cast Recording Nominated [30]
2021 Little Shop of Horrors: The New Off-Broadway Cast Nominated [31]
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Laurence Olivier Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1983 Musical of the Year Little Shop of Horrors (Shared with Howard Ashman) Nominated [32]
1998 Best New Musical Beauty and the Beast (Shared with Howard Ashman & Tim Rice) Won [33]
2010 Sister Act (Shared with Glenn Slater) Nominated [34]
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Tony Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1994 Best Original Score Beauty and the Beast (Shared with Howard Ashman and Tim Rice) Nominated [35]
2008 The Little Mermaid (Shared with Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater) Nominated [36]
2011 Sister Act (Shared with Glenn Slater) Nominated [37]
2012 Newsies (Shared with Jack Feldman) Won [38]
2014 Aladdin (Shared with Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Chad Beguelin) Nominated [39]
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Miscellaneous awards

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Organizations Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Annie Awards 1995 Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature Pocahontas [q] Won [40]
1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame[r] Nominated [41]
2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet[s] Nominated [42]
Outstanding Music in an Animated Series Tangled: The Series[t] Nominated
BMI Film & TV Awards 1990 BMI Film Music Award The Little Mermaid Won
1992 Beauty and the Beast Won
1993 Aladdin Won
1994 Most Performed Song from a Film "A Whole New World" (from Aladdin)[u] Won
1996 BMI Film Music Award Pocahontas Won
1997 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Won
1998 Hercules Won
Richard Kirk Career Achievement Award N/a Won
2008 BMI Film Music Award Enchanted Won
2013 Mirror Mirror Won
Drama Desk Awards 1983 Outstanding Music Little Shop of Horrors Nominated [43]
1994 Beauty and the Beast Nominated [44]
2011 Sister Act Nominated [45]
2012 Leap of Faith Nominated [46]
Newsies Won
2014 Aladdin Nominated [47]
Drama League Awards 2012 Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Himself Won [48]
Evening Standard Theatre Awards 1983 Best Musical Little Shop of Horrors[v] Won
French Mickey d'Or 2007 Best Music Enchanted Nominated
Best Song "Happy Working Song" (from Enchanted)[w] Nominated
"That's How You Know" [x]
Shared with Stephen Schwartz		 Nominated
2010 Best Music Tangled Won
Best Song "I See the Light" (from Tangled)[y] Won
2017 Best Music Beauty and the Beast Won
Best Song "Evermore" (from Beauty and the Beast)[z] Nominated
"How Does a Moment Last Forever" (from Beauty and the Beast)[aa] Nominated
2019 "Speechless" (from Aladdin)[ab] Nominated
Georgia Film Critics Association 2011 Best Original Song "Star Spangled Man" (from Captain America: The First Avenger)[ac] Nominated [49]
Gold Derby Awards 2007 Best Original Score Enchanted Nominated [50]
Best Original Song "Happy Working Song" (from Enchanted)[ad] Nominated
"That's How You Know" (from Enchanted)[ae] Nominated
2010 "I See the Light" (from Tangled)[af] Won [51]
2018 "Evermore" (from Beauty and the Beast)[ag] Nominated [52]
Golden Raspberry Awards 1990 Worst Original Song "The Measure of a Man" (from Rocky V) Nominated
1992 "High Times, Hard Times" (from Newsies)[ah] Won[ai] [55]
Hawaii Film Critics Society 2017 Best Song "Evermore" (from Beauty and the Beast)[aj] Nominated [56]
2019 "Speechless" (from Aladdin)[ak] Nominated [57]
Hollywood Film Awards 2019 Hollywood Song Award "Speechless" (from Aladdin)[al] Nominated [58]
Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2016 Best Original Song in an Animated Film "The Great Beyond" (from Sausage Party)
Shared with Glenn Slater, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg		 Nominated [59]
2017 "How Does a Moment Last Forever" (from Beauty and the Beast)
Shared with Tim Rice		 Nominated [60]
Best Original Song in a Sci-Fi, Fantasy or Horror Film Won
"Evermore" (from Beauty and the Beast)
Shared with Tim Rice		 Nominated
2019 Best Original Song in a Feature Film "Speechless" (from Aladdin)
Shared with Benj Pasek and Justin Paul		 Nominated [61]
Houston Film Critics Society 2007 Best Original Song "Happy Working Song" (from Enchanted)[am] Nominated [62]
2011 "Star Spangled Man" (from Captain America: The First Avenger)[an] Nominated [63]
2017 "Evermore" (from Beauty and the Beast)[ao] Nominated [64]
International Film Music Critics Association 2006 Best Original Score for a Comedy Film The Shaggy Dog Nominated [65]
2007 Enchanted Won [66]
2010 Best Original Score for an Animated Feature Tangled Nominated [67]
Las Vegas Film Critics Society 2010 Best Song "I See the Light" (from Tangled)[ap] Won [68]
2016 "The Great Beyond" (from Sausage Party)[aq] Nominated
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association 2019 Best Song "Speechless" (from Aladdin)[ar] Nominated [69]
New York Drama Critics' Circle 1983 Best Musical Little Shop of Horrors[as] Won [70]
Online Film & Television Association 1996 Best Score The Hunchback of Notre Dame[at] Nominated [71]
Best Original Song "Someday" (from The Hunchback of Notre Dame)[au] Nominated
1997 Best Comedy/Musical Score Hercules[av] Nominated [72]
Best Original Song "Go the Distance" (from Hercules)[aw] Nominated
2003 Film Hall of Fame: Support (Music) N/a Inducted [73]
2007 Best Original Song "That's How You Know" (from Enchanted)[ax] Nominated [74]
2010 "I See the Light" (from Tangled)[ay] Nominated [75]
2011 "Star Spangled Man" (from Captain America: The First Avenger)[az] Nominated [76]
2017 "Evermore" (from Beauty and the Beast)[ba] Nominated [77]
Best Adapted Song "Beauty and the Beast" (from Beauty and the Beast)[bb] Nominated
"Be Our Guest" (from Beauty and the Beast)[bc] Runner-up
2019 "A Whole New World" (from Aladdin)[bd] Nominated [78]
Outer Critics Circle Awards 1983 Best Off-Broadway Musical Little Shop of Horrors[be] Won [79]
Best Score Won
1994 Best Broadway Musical Beauty and the Beast Nominated [80]
1995 A Christmas Carol Nominated [81]
2011 Outstanding New Broadway Musical Sister Act Nominated [82]
Outstanding New Score Nominated
2012 Outstanding New Broadway Musical Newsies Nominated [83]
Outstanding New Score Won
2014 Outstanding New Broadway Musical Aladdin Nominated [84]
Outstanding New Score (The Marjorie Gunner Award) Nominated
2017 Outstanding New Broadway Musical A Bronx Tale
Shared with Glenn Slater		 Nominated [85]
Outstanding New Score Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society 2010 Best Original Song "I've Got a Dream" (from Tangled)[bf] Nominated [86]
2011 "Star Spangled Man" (from Captain America: The First Avenger)[bg] Nominated [87]
Saturn Awards 1986 Best Music Little Shop of Horrors Won [88]
1992 Aladdin Nominated
Beauty and the Beast Nominated
2007 Enchanted Won
2019 Aladdin Nominated
2024 The Little Mermaid Nominated
Society of Composers & Lyricists 2019 Outstanding Original Song for Visual Media "Speechless" (from Aladdin)[bh] Nominated [89]
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association 2007 Best Score Enchanted[bi] Nominated [90]
Webby Awards 2020 Websites and Mobile Sites Professional Services & Self-Promotion Won [91]
World Soundtrack Awards 2011 Best Original Song Written for a Film "I See the Light" (from Tangled)
Shared with Glenn Slater		 Nominated [92]
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Special honors

Disney Legends Awards

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Year Honor Result Ref.
2001 Disney Legends Awards Inducted [93]
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Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Year Honor Result Ref.
2010 Hollywood Walk of Fame Inducted [94]
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Songwriters Hall of Fame

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Year Honor Result Ref.
2008 Songwriters Hall of Fame Inducted [95]
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  • 1993 – Distinguished Alumni Award[96] (given by New York University Association)
  • 1998 – Kol Zimrah Award[97] (given by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion)
  • 1998 – Colleen Dewhurst Awards:[98] "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[99]
  • 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[100] (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)

Notes

  1. [a]
    Shared with Howard Ashman
  2. [b]
    Shared with Howard Ashman
  3. [c]
    Shared with Howard Ashman
  4. [d]
    Shared with Howard Ashman
  5. [e]
    Shared with Tim Rice
  6. [f]
    Shared with Stephen Schwartz
  7. [g]
    Shared with Stephen Schwartz
  8. [h]
    Shared with Stephen Schwartz
  9. [i]
    Shared with David Zippel
  10. [j]
    Shared with Stephen Schwartz
  11. [k]
    Shared with Glenn Slater
  12. [l]
    Shared with Glenn Slater
  13. [m]
    Shared with Glenn Slater
  14. [n]
    Shared with Glenn Slater
  15. [o]
    Shared with Glenn Slater
  16. [p]
    Shared with Howard Ashman
  17. [q]
    Shared with Stephen Schwartz
  18. [r]
    Shared with Stephen Schwartz
  19. [s]
    Shared with Henry Jackman, Phil Johnston, Tom MacDougall and Dan Reynolds
  20. [t]
    Shared with Glenn Slater and Kevin Kleisch
  21. [u]
    Shared with Tim Rice
  22. [v]
    Shared with Howard Ashman
  23. [w]
    Shared with Stephen Schwartz
  24. [x]
    (from Enchanted)
  25. [y]
    Shared with Glenn Slater
  26. [z]
    Shared with Tim Rice
  27. [aa]
    Shared with Tim Rice
  28. [ab]
    Shared with Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
  29. [ac]
    Shared with David Zippel
  30. [ad]
    Shared with Stephen Schwartz
  31. [ae]
    Shared with Stephen Schwartz
  32. [af]
    Shared with Glenn Slater
  33. [ag]
    Shared with Tim Rice
  34. [ah]
    Shared with Jack Feldman
  35. [ai]
    Became the first person to win both a Razzie and an Oscar (for Aladdin (1992)) in the same year. Menken officially accepted this Razzie and has spoken proudly of it in interviews since.[53][54]
  36. [aj]
    Shared with Tim Rice
  37. [ak]
    Shared with Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
  38. [al]
    Shared with Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
  39. [am]
    Shared with Stephen Schwartz
  40. [an]
    Shared with David Zippel
  41. [ao]
    Shared with Tim Rice
  42. [ap]
    Shared with Glenn Slater
  43. [aq]
    Shared with Glenn Slater, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Ariel Shaffir and Kyle Hunter
  44. [ar]
    Shared with Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
  45. [as]
    Shared with Howard Ashman
  46. [at]
    Shared with Stephen Schwartz
  47. [au]
    Shared with Stephen Schwartz
  48. [av]
    Shared with David Zippel
  49. [aw]
    Shared with David Zippel
  50. [ax]
    Shared with Stephen Schwartz
  51. [ay]
    Shared with Glenn Slater
  52. [az]
    Shared with David Zippel
  53. [ba]
    Shared with Tim Rice
  54. [bb]
    Shared with Howard Ashman
  55. [bc]
    Shared with Howard Ashman
  56. [bd]
    Shared with Tim Rice
  57. [be]
    Shared with Howard Ashman
  58. [bf]
    Shared with Glenn Slater
  59. [bg]
    Shared with David Zippel
  60. [bh]
    Shared with Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
  61. [bi]
    Shared with Stephen Schwartz

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