Disney superstar Alan Menken has announced in a Q&A with Young Artists of America earlier this week that he is very much keeping busy these days despite the global pandemic that has us all confined to our abodes.
Menken confirmed he is collaborating with lyricist Stephen Schwartz on a sequel to the beloved 2007 Disney film ‘Enchanted’, titled ‘Disenchanted’.
He is also working on a new Broadway show, ‘A Night at the Museum’, which he says is ‘almost ready for a reading now’.
ALAN MENKEN
Menken also managed to record the songs for the new ’The Little Mermaid’ live action movie in London just before the global lockdown. According to the composer, he and Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote four new songs for the movie, adding them to the other songs that they already had from the original.
In Menken’s words: ‘Melissa McCarthy came in and sang Ursula, Javier Bardem came in and sang King Triton, Daveed Diggs, who is from Hamilton, sang Sebastian, […] and Awkwafina is Scuttle.’
Other projects that have made their way onto the composer’s plate are a stage version of ‘Hercules’, a prequel to ‘Beauty and the Beast’ for Disney+, and a new animated project for Skydance, in collaboration with John Lasseter.
You can watch the full interview below.
Stella Lungu
Stella is the Editor-in-Chief of The Cinematic Journal. She is also the Managing Director of Wolkh, a PR, Marketing and Branding agency specializing in Film, TV, Interactive Entertainment and Performing Arts.
An Interview with Anna Drubich
Anna Drubich is a Russian-born composer of both concert and film music, and has studied across…
A Conversation with Adam Janota Bzowski
Adam Janota Bzowski is a London-based composer and sound designer who has been working in film and…
Interview: Rebekka Karijord on the Process of Scoring Songs of Earth
Songs of Earth is Margreth Olin’s critically acclaimed nature documentary which is both an intimate…
Don't miss out
Cinematic stories delivered straight to your inbox.
Ridiculously Effective PR & Marketing
Wolkh is a full-service creative agency specialising in PR, Marketing and Branding for Film, TV, Interactive Entertainment and Performing Arts.