Alan Menken
Alan Irwin Menken (lahir tanggal 22 Juli 1949)[2] merupakan seorang pianis, pencipta lagu dan komposer teater musikal dan film Amerika Serikat. Ia dikenal sebagai komposer film-film Walt Disney Animation Studios seperti The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992) dan Pocahontas (1995). Ia mendapatkan delapan Academy Awards untuk kategori musik orisinal terbaik dan lagu orisinal terbaik, masing-masing dari keempat film tersebut.[3][4] Namanya masuk ke dalam daftar legenda Disney tahun 2001.[5]
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| Nama lahir | Alan Irwin Menken[1] |
| Lahir | 22 Juli 1949 New York, Amerika Serikat |
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| Situs web | Official website |
Pendidikan dan latar belakang sunting
Alan Irwin Menken lahir pada tanggal 22 Juli 1949 di French Hospital di New York City, dari pasangan Judith dan Norman Menken. Ayahnya merupakan seorang dokter gigi yang gemar bermain piano boogie-woogie, sementara ibunya merupakan seorang aktris, penari dan pengarang drama sandiwara.[6][7] Menken tertarik dengan musik sejak dini, mengikuti pelajaran piano dan biola. Ia mulai mengarang musik di usia dini.[8] Pada usia 9 tahun, di New York Federation of Music Clubs Junior Composers Contest, komposisi orisinalnya yang berjudul "Bouree" dinilai istimewa dan sanggat unggul oleh para juri.[9]
Ia melanjutkan pendidikannya di New Rochelle High School di New Rochelle, New York, dan lulus pada tahun 1967.[10] Lalu ia mendaftar di Universitas New York.[3] Ia lulus dengan gelar di bidang musikologi Steinhardt School pada tahun 1971. Setelah lulus kuliah, ia mengikuti BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop.[11]
Kehidupan pribadi sunting
Menken bertemu dengan penari balet Janis Roswick ketika bekerja di Downtown Ballet Company. Mereka menikah pada bulan November 1972 dan tinggal di North Salem, New York. Mereka memiliki dua putri, Anna Menken dan Nora Menken.[12]
Filmografi sunting
Musik dan/atau lagu sunting
| Tahun | Judul | Sutradara | Studio | Catatan |
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| 1972 | A Dancer's Life | William Richert | Warner Bros. Pictures | Diri sendiri (dokumenter) |
| 1986 | Little Shop of Horrors | Frank Oz | Warner Bros. The Geffen Company |
N/A |
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid | Ron Clements John Musker |
Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
N/A |
| 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise |
Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
N/A |
| 1992 | Newsies | Kenny Ortega | Walt Disney Pictures | N/A |
| Aladdin | Ron Clements John Musker |
Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
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| 1993 | Life with Mikey | James Lapine | Touchstone Pictures | N/A |
| 1995 | Pocahontas | Mike Gabriel Eric Goldberg |
Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
N/A |
| 1996 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise |
Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
N/A |
| 1997 | Hercules | Ron Clements John Musker |
Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
N/A |
| 2004 | Home on the Range | Will Finn John Sanford |
Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
N/A |
| Noel | Chazz Palminteri | Convex Group | N/A | |
| A Christmas Carol | Arthur Allan Seidelman | Hallmark Entertainment NBC |
Film televisi | |
| 2006 | The Shaggy Dog | Brian Robbins | Walt Disney Pictures | N/A |
| 2007 | Enchanted | Kevin Lima | Walt Disney Pictures | N/A |
| 2010 | Tangled | Byron Howard Nathan Greno |
Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios |
N/A |
| 2012 | Mirror Mirror | Tarsem Singh | Relativity Media | N/A |
| 2016 | Sausage Party | Greg Tiernan Conrad Vernon |
Columbia Pictures Annapurna Pictures |
Dengan Christopher Lennertz |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Bill Condon | Walt Disney Pictures | Lagu dari film animasi 1991 dan lagu baru dengan Tim Rice |
| 2023 | The Little Mermaid | Rob Marshall | Walt Disney Pictures | Lagu dari film animasi 1989 dengan Lin-Manuel Miranda |
Lagu sunting
| Tahun | Judul | Komposer | Catatan |
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| 1986 | Little Shop of Horrors | Miles Goodman | soundtrack lengkap |
| 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Alan Silvestri | lagu "This Only Happens in the Movies" |
| 1989 | Polly | Joel McNeely | lagu "By Your Side" |
| 1990 | Rocky V | Bill Conti | lagu "The Measure of a Man" |
| 1992 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | John Williams | lagu "My Christmas Tree" |
| 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger | Alan Silvestri | lagu "Star Spangled Man" |
| 2012 | Jock the Hero Dog | Klaus Badelt dan Ian Honeyman | dua versi lagu "Howling at the Moon" |
| 2017 | Holmes and Watson | 2 lagu |
Referensi sunting
- ^ "Alan Menken Discography at Discogs". Diakses tanggal 13 August 2012.
- ^ https://twitter.com/ByronPHoward/status/680824096167333889/photo/1
- ^ a b "Alan Menken biography", The New York Times, accessed February 19, 2016
- ^ action=searchLink&displayType=6&BSNomineeID=68951 "Menken Academy Awards", Awardsdatabase.oscars.org, accessed February 19, 2016
- ^ "Alan Manken". D23. Disney. Diakses tanggal 26 January 2017. ((Perlu berlangganan (help)).
- ^ "Timeline. Official Site" Diarsipkan 2019-12-27 di Wayback Machine., Alanmenken.com, accessed February 19, 2016
- ^ "Alan Menken Biography (1949–)", FilmReference.com, accessed August 27, 2011
- ^ "Alan Menken: Year Inducted 2001", Disney Legends, D23.com, accessed February 19, 2016
- ^ ""Bouree" composition and comments from contest judges" Diarsipkan 2018-01-06 di Wayback Machine., Alanmenken.com
- ^ Klein, Alvin. "Theater: Composer Finds His Niche in Life", The New York Times, July 27, 1986, accessed February 19, 2016
- ^ Jones, Kenneth. "He's a Guest: Composer Alan Menken Shares Thoughts at BMI Master Class", Playbill, December 18, 1998
- ^ "Westchester Fall Arts Preview: Theater" westchestermagazine.com, Retrieved 2014-10-02.
Pranala luar sunting
- Alan Menken di Internet Broadway Database
- Internet Off-Broadway database Listing Diarsipkan 2013-04-15 di Archive.is
- MusicalTalk interview with Alan Menken
- Alan Menken di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- The Whole New World of Alan Menken Diarsipkan 2018-10-04 di Wayback Machine.
- Alan Menken: "Beauty and the Beast captures the magic of Disney animations and brings it to the stage" Alan Menken in Barcelona's Beauty and the Beast