Alan Menken is Disney's best known composer. He is born in New Rochelle, New York USA July 22 1949. Collaborated with Howard Ashman: The Little Mermaid (1989) Fantoms Below Daughters of Triton Part of Your World (Reprise) Les Poissons Beauty and the Beast (1991) Belle Belle (Reprise) Gaston (Reprise) Something There Human Again (Cut Song) The Mob Song Aladdin (1992)