His father was a dentist. His father’s father was a dentist. But growing up, Alan Menken was taken by classical music. 'For me, Beethoven was a rock star.'
The composer behind ‘Aladdin’ and ‘The Little Mermaid’ came from a family of dentists, but was obsessed with classical musicAlan Menken, 70, is a composer who has won eight Oscars, 11 Grammys and a Tony. He is best known for his songs for “Little Shop of Horrors” and for Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Aladdin” and “Pocahontas.” He spoke with Marc Myers.
My mother used to sing a song to me in public that went like this: “You’re so much a part of me, a part of me, a part of me / So deep within the heart of me, the two of us are one.”
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