The composer who ushered in the golden age of animated musicals is celebrating a major milestone: a decade of 'Aladdin' on Broadway.
Alan Menken has many accolades to his name - eight Oscars, seven Golden Globes, a Tony award, an Emmy award and 11 Grammy awards.Anyone who has spent an afternoon with songs from "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast," or "Aladdin" stuck in your head has one man to thank for that: Alan Menken.
The musical mastermind is the maestro behind some of Disney's most memorable melodies. And chances are the composer's music has made some sort of an impression on you. "Initially it was a Buddy picture, and that's what Aladdin was... Babkak, Omar, and Kassim were a foursome that were busking on the streets of Agrabah," Menken said.
Menken said he loved finding the vocabulary of all the songs and how they mesh together and what is has meant to the world.
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