The Little Mermaid,Pocahontas,Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast are Disney legends. Legends that are best recalled by musical pieces, including passionate and in depth lyrics. Alan Menken's played a crucial role in the Disney Renaissance in the 1990’s.He not only produced over multimillion dollar musical hits, but also contributed to the idea of letting the music guide viewers with emotions and understanding a character's action.Therefore, the most influential musician is Alan Menken. Alan Menken was the first to successfully introduce the idea of transforming Broadway Musicals into animation films. For example, the article from the website https://swanpride3.wordpress.com/2014/11/23/the-top-ten-disney-composer-and-songwriter/ implies “Their concept of an animated Broadway musical was what made this particular era so successful” Not only that, but he encouraged musicals and various animations to “ capture the dramatic moment, through the voices of the characters, constantly moving the story forward within each song and throughout the song score.” as states in the website http://www.musicnotes.com/blog/2014/12/12/alan-menken-interview/ .
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With this information shown it easily clear to see that Alan Menken valued his work of composing meaningful music. He also was able to create Disney animations that had the same effect on emotions and storytelling as traditional Broadway Musicals. Menken was able to take a leap of courage into creating some of the best musical animation pieces of all time. This includes Aladdin,Hercules,Beauty and the Beast,Pocahontas,The Little Mermaid, and the most recent Tangled along with many more. In addition, Menken helped shaped Disney’s musical identity. Most adults think about Disney animations and reminisce their childhood. However, Disney’s music and plot ideas had become repetitive and Menken helped change that. He wanted to use music to tell the story. Menken used various instruments to help guide the listener of how their emotions should change. As proof, the article provided from the website http://www.musicnotes.com/blog/2014/12/12/alan-menken-interview/ states that he had a “sense of wonder and joy in creating a new melody or a new song or capturing a mood or a moment in music”. It further on states he was fascinated by the mixture of combining visual images with classical music elements. The website https://swanpride3.wordpress.com/2014/11/23/the-top-ten-disney-composer-and-songwriter/ implies “each song serves a purpose in the story to a degree that the movie would make no sense if you remove one of them.” This supports that without the brilliance of Menken to create beautiful masterpieces a Disney musical or animation would not have the same effect on the viewer. However, many will disagree with Alan Menken takes the title of the most influential musical artist. Some may say that Alan Menken would have never reached the amount of success without the help of his partner Howard Ashman. To illustrate, the website https://swanpride3.wordpress.com/2014/11/23/the-top-ten-disney-composer-and-songwriter/ says “ It was Ashman’s philosophy that a song should always contribute to the plot”. On the other hand, Ashman died in 1991 and most of Menken’s successful work was created in the 1990’s. Therefore, Ashman may have contributed to the planning which Menkens does give credit for in his latest interview on the website of http://www.musicnotes.com/blog/2014/12/12/alan-menken-interview/ , but that does not mean Menken stole all of Ashman’s ideas because they were partners in some musical colaborations. To sum up, Alan Menken states “sometimes I
With this information shown it easily clear to see that Alan Menken valued his work of composing meaningful music. He also was able to create Disney animations that had the same effect on emotions and storytelling as traditional Broadway Musicals. Menken was able to take a leap of courage into creating some of the best musical animation pieces of all time. This includes Aladdin,Hercules,Beauty and the Beast,Pocahontas,The Little Mermaid, and the most recent Tangled along with many more. In addition, Menken helped shaped Disney’s musical identity. Most adults think about Disney animations and reminisce their childhood. However, Disney’s music and plot ideas had become repetitive and Menken helped change that. He wanted to use music to tell the story. Menken used various instruments to help guide the listener of how their emotions should change. As proof, the article provided from the website http://www.musicnotes.com/blog/2014/12/12/alan-menken-interview/ states that he had a “sense of wonder and joy in creating a new melody or a new song or capturing a mood or a moment in music”. It further on states he was fascinated by the mixture of combining visual images with classical music elements. The website https://swanpride3.wordpress.com/2014/11/23/the-top-ten-disney-composer-and-songwriter/ implies “each song serves a purpose in the story to a degree that the movie would make no sense if you remove one of them.” This supports that without the brilliance of Menken to create beautiful masterpieces a Disney musical or animation would not have the same effect on the viewer. However, many will disagree with Alan Menken takes the title of the most influential musical artist. Some may say that Alan Menken would have never reached the amount of success without the help of his partner Howard Ashman. To illustrate, the website https://swanpride3.wordpress.com/2014/11/23/the-top-ten-disney-composer-and-songwriter/ says “ It was Ashman’s philosophy that a song should always contribute to the plot”. On the other hand, Ashman died in 1991 and most of Menken’s successful work was created in the 1990’s. Therefore, Ashman may have contributed to the planning which Menkens does give credit for in his latest interview on the website of http://www.musicnotes.com/blog/2014/12/12/alan-menken-interview/ , but that does not mean Menken stole all of Ashman’s ideas because they were partners in some musical colaborations. To sum up, Alan Menken states “sometimes I