Alan Menken

Alan Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American film and musical theater composer.

He composed music for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Home on the Range, Enchanted, and Tangled. He worked with lyricists Howard Ashman (1950-1991), Tim Rice, Stephen Schwartz, David Zippel and Glenn Slater.

He is currently the living person with most Oscars. He has won eight Academ Awards, four for Best Original song and four for Best Original Score. All of them for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Pocahontas.