Alan Menken

Alan Menken (born 22 July 1949) is a composer and lyricist for movies and musicals, usually working with Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, and Stephen Schwartz.

Having a tradition is a great thing to work within, and maybe today [it] is the only way to really land musically dramatic work.

Quotes

• Collaboration is being open to each other's ideas and benefiting from each other's perspectives in an open way. Collaboration is all about rewriting and rewriting and rewriting and helping each other to constantly improve a piece. And, it's also about spurring each other on to doing really great, hard work — it's easier to do it in a collaboration than on your own.
  • BWW EXCLUSIVE: Alan Menken Talks TANGLED, SISTER ACT, LEAP OF FAITH, HUNCHBACK, ALADDIN & More" in Broadway World (15 November 2010).

• Having a tradition is a great thing to work within, and maybe today [it] is the only way to really land musically dramatic work.
  • Inside Movies interview 24 Nov 2010.