List of awards and nominations received by Alan Menken explained

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, television, and music.

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		Ref.
1986	Best Original Song	"Mean Green Mother from Outer Space"		[1]
1989	Best Original Score	The Little Mermaid		[2]
Best Original Song	"Kiss the Girl"
	"Under the Sea"
1991	Best Original Score	Beauty and the Beast		[3]
Best Original Song	"Beauty and the Beast"
	"Be Our Guest"
	"Belle"
1992	Best Original Score	Aladdin		[4]
Best Original Song	"Friend Like Me"
	"A Whole New World"
1995	Best Original Musical or Comedy Score	Pocahontas		[5]
Best Original Song	"Colors of the Wind"
1996	Best Original Musical or Comedy Score	The Hunchback of Notre Dame		[6]
1997	Best Original Song	"Go the Distance"		[7]
2007		"Happy Working Song"		[8]
"So Close"
"That's How You Know"
2010		"I See the Light"		[9]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1992	Best Original Film Score	Beauty and the Beast		[10]
1993		Aladdin		[11]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
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" )		[12]
2016		"A New Season" from Galavant: A New Season
Daytime Emmy Awards
2020	Outstanding Original Song in a Children's, Young Adult or Animated Program	"Waiting in the Wings" from Tangled: The Series: Rapunzel and the Great Tree		[13]
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		Ref.
1989	Best Original Score	The Little Mermaid		[14]
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		Ref.
1984	Best Cast Show Album	Little Shop of Horrors		[15]
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		Ref.
1983	Musical of the Year	Little Shop of Horrors		[16]
1998	Best New Musical	Beauty and the Beast		[17]
2010		Sister Act		[18]

Tony Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
1994	Best Original Score	Beauty and the Beast		[19]
2008		The Little Mermaid		[20]
2011		Sister Act		[21]
2012		Newsies		[22]
2014		Aladdin		[23]

Miscellaneous awards

Annie Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1995	Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production	Pocahontas		[24]
1996		The Hunchback of Notre Dame		[25]
2018		Ralph Breaks the Internet		[26]
	Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production

BMI Film & TV Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
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

Critics' Choice Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2007	Best Composer	Enchanted		[27]
Best Song	"That's How You Know"
	2010	"I See the Light"		[28]
	2017	"Evermore"		[29]
	2019	"Speechless"		[30]

Drama Desk Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1983	Outstanding Music	Little Shop of Horrors		[31]
1994		Beauty and the Beast		[32]
2011		Sister Act		[33]
2012		Leap of Faith		[34]
		Newsies
2014		Aladdin		[35]

French Mickey d'Or

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
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"

Gold Derby Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2007	Best Original Score	Enchanted		[38]
	Best Original Song	"Happy Working Song"
		"That's How You Know"
2010		"I See the Light"		[39]
2018		"Evermore"		[40]

Golden Raspberry Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1990	Worst Original Song	"The Measure of a Man"
1992		"High Times, Hard Times"		[41]

• Menken officially accepted this Razzie and has spoken proudly of it in interviews since.^[42]

Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2017	Best Song	"Evermore"		[43]
2019		"Speechless"		[44]

Hollywood Music in Media Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2016	Best Original Song in a Animated Film	"The Great Beyond"		[46]
2017		"How Does a Moment Last Forever"		[47]
	Best Original Song in a Sci-Fi, Fantasy or Horror Film
		"Evermore"
2019	Best Original Song in a Feature Film	"Speechless"		[48]

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2007	Best Original Song	"Happy Working Song"		[49]
2011		"Star Spangled Man"		[50]
2017		"Evermore"		[51]

International Film Music Critics Association Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2006	Best Original Score for a Comedy Film	The Shaggy Dog		[52]
2007		Enchanted		[53]
2010	Best Original Score for an Animated Feature	Tangled		[54]

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2010	Best Song	"I See the Light"		[55]
2016		"The Great Beyond"

Online Film & Television Association Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1996	Best Score	The Hunchback of Notre Dame		[58]
	Best Original Song	"Someday"
1997	Best Comedy/Musical Score	Hercules		[59]
	Best Original Song	"Go the Distance"
2003	Film Hall of Fame: Support (Music)			[60]
2007	Best Original Song	"That's How You Know"		[61]
2010		"I See the Light"		[62]
2011		"Star Spangled Man"		[63]
2017		"Evermore"		[64]
	Best Adapted Song	"Beauty and the Beast"
		"Be Our Guest"
2019		"A Whole New World"		[65]

Outer Critics Circle Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1983	Best Off-Broadway Musical	Little Shop of Horrors		[66]
	Best Score
1994	Best Broadway Musical	Beauty and the Beast		[67]
1995		A Christmas Carol		[68]
2011	Outstanding New Broadway Musical	Sister Act		[69]
	Outstanding New Score
2012	Outstanding New Broadway Musical	Newsies		[70]
	Outstanding New Score
2014	Outstanding New Broadway Musical	Aladdin		[71]
	Outstanding New Score (The Marjorie Gunner Award)
2017	Outstanding New Broadway Musical	A Bronx Tale		[72]
	Outstanding New Score

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2010	Best Original Song	"I've Got a Dream"		[73]
2011		"Star Spangled Man"		[74]

Saturn Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1986	Best Music	Little Shop of Horrors		[75]
1992		Aladdin
		Beauty and the Beast
2007		Enchanted
2019		Aladdin
2024		The Little Mermaid

World Soundtrack Awards

Special honors

Songwriters Hall of Fame

• 1993 – Distinguished Alumni Award^[83] (given by New York University Association)
• 1998 – Kol Zimrah Award^[84] (given by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion)
• 1998 – Colleen Dewhurst Awards:^[85] "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^[86]
• 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^[87] (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 and References

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3. Web site: The 64th Academy Awards (1992) Nominees and Winners . October 22, 2011 . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706095833/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/64th-winners.html . July 6, 2011.
4. News: The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners . October 22, 2011 . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20141109220926/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993 . November 9, 2014.
5. Web site: The 68th Academy Awards (1996) Nominees and Winners . October 21, 2011 . . AMPAS . live . https://archive.today/20141109195142/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1996 . November 9, 2014.
6. News: The 69th Academy Awards (1997) Nominees and Winners . October 23, 2011 . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20141109082132/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1997 . November 9, 2014.
7. Web site: The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners . November 19, 2011 . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . AMPAS . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20141109213426/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1998 . November 9, 2014.
8. News: The 80th (2008) Academy Awards. December 22, 2015. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). April 2, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004725/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2008. live.
9. Web site: The 83rd Academy Awards (2011) Nominees and Winners . November 11, 2011 . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605132752/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html . June 5, 2011.
10. Web site: BAFTA Awards: Film in 1993 . . 1993 . 16 September 2016 . .
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39. Web site: 2010 Gold Derby Film Awards . . 7 March 2016 . March 7, 2016.
40. Web site: 2018 Gold Derby Film Awards . . March 2018 . March 1, 2018.
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48. Web site: 2019 Music in Visual Media Nominations . . October 26, 2017.
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50. Web site: The Houston Film Critics Society Award Winners for 2011 . . January 9, 2012.
51. Web site: The Houston Film Critics Society Award Winners for 2017 . . January 6, 2018.
52. Web site: 2006 FMCJ Awards . . 6 January 2009 . December 18, 2021.
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54. Web site: 2010 IFMCA Awards . . 8 March 2011 . December 18, 2021.
55. Web site: Previous Sierra Award Winners . lvfcs.org . May 15, 2021.
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62. Web site: 15th Annual Film Awards (2010) . Online Film & Television Association . May 15, 2021.
63. Web site: 16th Annual Film Awards (2011) . Online Film & Television Association . May 15, 2021.
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65. Web site: 24th Annual Film Awards (2019) . Online Film & Television Association . May 15, 2021.
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67. Web site: 1993-1994 Awards . dramadesk.org . Outer Critics Circle Awards . April 28, 2022.
68. Web site: 1994-1995 Awards . dramadesk.org . Outer Critics Circle Awards . April 28, 2022.
69. Web site: 2010-2011 Awards . dramadesk.org . Outer Critics Circle Awards . April 28, 2022.
70. Web site: 2011-2012 Awards . dramadesk.org . Outer Critics Circle Awards . April 28, 2022.
71. Web site: 2013-2014 Awards . dramadesk.org . Outer Critics Circle Awards . April 28, 2022.
72. Web site: 2016-2017 Awards . dramadesk.org . Outer Critics Circle Awards . April 28, 2022.
73. Web site: PFCS Awards – 2010 . . December 18, 2021.
74. Web site: PFCS Awards – 2011 . . December 18, 2021.
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76. Web site: SCL Awards Nominations . . December 3, 2019.
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79. Web site: World Soundtrack Awards . . December 18, 2021.
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83. Web site: New York University – Past Recipients.
84. Web site: Disney Hit-Maker Alan Menken Honored. Masha Leon. December 20, 2013. The Forward.
85. Web site: Footlights. October 13, 2002. The New York Times.
86. Web site: Theater Legends Alan Menken and Sir Tim Rice Inducted into NYU Musical Theater Hall of Fame. NYU Steinhardt at a Glance. 2016-01-31. 2019-06-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20190605172651/https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/site/ataglance/2008/12/theater_legends_alan_menken_an.html. dead.
87. Web site: Alan Menken to Receive York Theatre Company's Lifetime Achievement Award at 22nd Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala, 12/9. BWW News Desk. November 7, 2013. BroadwayWorld.com.