LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Composer Alan Menken, an eight-time Oscar winner and one of the driving forces behind "The Little Mermaid," has signed a nonexclusive, multi-picture deal with the company. For his first assignment, Menken will score as well as write five songs for Walt Disney Pictures' romantic musical fantasy, "Enchanted," a combination of live action and 2-D animation from animator James Baxter. It marks a reunion with Tony- and Oscar-winning lyricist Stephen Schwartz, Menken's collaborator on "Pocahontas" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." Under the terms of his new arrangement, Menken is expanding his role from within other divisions of Disney.
· For Disney Theatrical Prods., he is in preproduction on the stage version of "The Little Mermaid."
· For Disney Creative Entertainment, Menken is creating a stage musical of "The Snow Queen," set to debut at Tokyo DisneySea with Amon Miyamoto directing and John Weidman as the bookwriter and Glen Slater the lyricist.
· He also is writing music for a Sinbad attraction in Japan for Walt Disney Imagineering.
· Menken also recently completed scoring Disney's upcoming live-action comedy "The Shaggy Dog," due in theaters March 10.
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