List of Alan Menken
Oscar nominations, wins
Updated: June 2025
List of Oscar nominations and wins for Alan Menken. Alan Menken has been nominated for 19 Academy Awards and won 8. Sources: Oscars.org, Internet Movie Database
2010: Tangled (I See the Light) (best original song), shared with Glenn Slater — lost to: Toy Story 3 (Randy Newman) (We Belong Together). Other nominees: Country Strong (Tom Douglas, Troy Verges, Hillary Lindsey) (Coming Home), 127 Hours (A.R. Rahman, Dido, Rollo) (If I Rise)
2008: Enchanted (Happy Working Song) (best original song), shared with Stephen Schwartz — lost to Once (Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová) (Falling Slowly). Other nominees: Enchanted (Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz) (So Close), Enchanted (Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz) (That’s How You Know), August Rush (Jamal Joseph, Charles Ray Mack, Tevin Thomas) (Raise It Up)
2008: Enchanted (So Close) (best original song), shared with Stephen Schwartz — lost to Once (Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová) (Falling Slowly). Other nominees: Enchanted (Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz) (Happy Working Son), Enchanted (Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz) (That’s How You Know), August Rush (Jamal Joseph, Charles Ray Mack, Tevin Thomas) (Raise It Up)
2008: Enchanted (That’s How You Know) (best original song), shared with Stephen Schwartz — lost to Once (Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová) (Falling Slowly). Other nominees: Enchanted (Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz) (So Close), Enchanted (Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz) (Happy Working Song), August Rush (Jamal Joseph, Charles Ray Mack, Tevin Thomas) (Raise It Up)
1997: Hercules (Go The Distance) (best original song), shared with David Zippel — lost to Titanic (James Horner, Will Jennings, performed by Céline Dion) (My Heart Will Go On). Other nominees: Good Will Hunting (Elliott Smith) (Miss Misery), Con Air (Diane Warren) (How Do I Live), Anastasia (Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens) (Journey To The Past)
1996: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (best original musical or comedy score), shared with Stephen Schwartz — lost to Emma (Rachel Portman). Other nominees: James and the Giant Peach (Randy Newman), The Preacher’s Wife (Hans Zimmer), The First Wives Club (Marc Shaiman)
WON: 1995: Pocahontas (Colors of the Wind) (best original song), shared with Stephen Schwartz — Other nominees: Dead Man Walking (Bruce Springsteen) (Dead Man Walking), Sabrina (John Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) (Moonlight), Toy Story (Randy Newman) (You’ve Got a Friend in Me), Don Juan DeMarco (Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams, Mutt Lange) (Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman)
WON: 1995: Pocahontas (best original musical or comedy score), shared with Stephen Schwartz — Other nominees: Sabrina (John Williams), Toy Story (Randy Newman), The American President (Marc Shaiman), Unstrung Heroes (Thomas Newman)
WON: 1992: Aladdin (A Whole New World) (best original song), shared with Tim Rice — Other nominees: Aladdin (Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, posthumous) (Friend Like Me), The Bodyguard (David Foster, Linda Thompson) (I Have Nothing), The Bodyguard (Jud Friedman, Allan Rich) (Run to You), The Mambo Kings (Robert Kraft, Arne Glimcher) (Beautiful Maria of My Soul)
1992: Aladdin (Friend Like Me) (best original song), shared with Howard Ashman — lost to Aladdin (Alan Menken, Tim Rice) (A Whole New World), The Bodyguard (David Foster, Linda Thompson) (I Have Nothing), The Bodyguard (Jud Friedman, Allan Rich) (Run to You), The Mambo Kings (Robert Kraft, Arne Glimcher) (Beautiful Maria of My Soul)
WON: 1992: Aladdin (best original score) — Other nominees: Basic Instinct (Jerry Goldsmith), Chaplin (John Barry),
Howards End (Richard Robbins), A River Runs Through It (Mark Isham)
WON: 1991: Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast) (best original song), shared with Howard Ashman (posthumous) — Other nominees: Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken, Howard Ashman (posthumous)) (Belle), Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken, Howard Ashman (posthumous)) (Be Our Guest), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams, Mutt Lange) ((Everything I Do) I Do It for You), Hook (John Williams, Leslie Bricusse) (When You’re Alone)
1991: Beauty and the Beast (Belle) (best original song), shared with Howard Ashman (posthumous) — lost to Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken, Howard Ashman (posthumous)) (Beauty and the Beast). Other nominees: Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken, Howard Ashman (posthumous)) (Be Our Guest), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams, Mutt Lange) ((Everything I Do) I Do It for You), Hook (John Williams, Leslie Bricusse) (When You’re Alone)
1991: Beauty and the Beast (Be Our Guest) (best original song), shared with Howard Ashman (posthumous) — lost to Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken, Howard Ashman (posthumous)) (Beauty and the Beast). Other nominees: Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken, Howard Ashman (posthumous)) (Belle), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams, Mutt Lange) ((Everything I Do) I Do It for You), Hook (John Williams, Leslie Bricusse) (When You’re Alone)
WON: 1991: Beauty and the Beast (original score) — Other nominees: JFK (John Williams), Bugsy (Ennio Morricone), The Fisher King (George Fenton), The Prince of Tides (James Newton Howard)
WON: 1989: The Little Mermaid (best original song) (Under the Sea), shared with Howard Ashman — Other nominees: The Little Mermaid (Alan Menken, Howard Ashman) (Kiss the Girl), Parenthood (Randy Newman) (I Love to See You Smile), Chances Are (Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford) (After All), Shirley Valentine (Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) (The Girl Who Used to Be Me)
1989: The Little Mermaid (best original song) (Kiss the Girl), shared with Howard Ashman — lost to The Little Mermaid (Alan Menken, Howard Ashman) (Under the Sea). Other nominees: Parenthood (Randy Newman) (I Love to See You Smile), Chances Are (Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford) (After All), Shirley Valentine (Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) (The Girl Who Used to Be Me)
WON: 1989: The Little Mermaid (best original score) — Other nominees: Born on the Fourth of July (John Williams), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (John Williams), Field of Dreams (James Horner), The Fabulous Baker Boys (Dave Grusin)
1986: Little Shop of Horrors (Mean Green Mother from Outer Space) (best original song), shared with Howard Ashman — lost to Top Gun (Giorgio Moroder, Tom Whitlock) (Take My Breath Away). Other nominees: That’s Life! (Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse) (Life in a Looking Glass), The Karate Kid Part II (Peter Cetera, David Foster, Diane Nini) (Glory of Love), An American Tail (James Horner, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) (Somewhere Out There)