Composer Alan Menken On His Disney Tunes: 'I Prefer Them To Be Hum-able'
Menken scored The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Pocahontas and many other Disney classics. He recently wrote three new songs for the live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast.
If you've ever spent an afternoon with "Under the Sea" or "A Whole New World" or "Be Our Guest" stuck in your head, you can thank composer Alan Menken.
Menken scored The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and many other Disney classics. He says he prefers his songs "to be hum-able."
A new live action 3-D version of opens Friday. For the 25th anniversary of the beloved animated version, the studio is re-telling
