In the second episode of a two part series, legendary eight-time Oscar-winning composer and songwriter Alan Menken continues his conversation with host Jon Burlingame. Together, they discuss Alan's transition to new writing partners after Howard Ashman’s early death with films like Aladdin and Tangled, Disney’s Broadway takeover, and other favorite projects such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Alan looks back on his impressive Disney legacy and reveals information about upcoming new classics including Disenchanted, and the live action The Little Mermaid.

Alan Mencken (Part 2)

In the first episode of a two part series, legendary eight-time Oscar winning composer and songwriter Alan Menken sits down with host Jon Burlingame to discuss his career. Alan takes the audience back to his beginnings as a musician in a family of dentists, his love of Fantasia, and his life-changing writing partnership with Howard Ashman; which would skyrocket them both to Off-Broadway success with Little Shop of Horrors, and eventually to Disney royalty with The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin.

Alan Mencken (Part 1)

Orchestral mockup of The Adventures of TinTin by Tom Szczesniak and Ray Parker.
DAW Software: Reaper
Kontakt Libraries used:
Performance Samples
Peter Siedlaczek
BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover
ProjectSAM
Steinberg HALion Symphonic Orchestra
Dexed VST
Various free libraries and VSTs

The Adventures of TinTin - Orchestral Mockup

For practice I made a Mockup of a short piece from the cave of wonders from the Aladdin Soundtrack by Alan Mencken.

Aladdin - The Cave Of Wonders Mockup

Design geek and MIDI orchestrator from Cape Town.

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The Adventures of TinTin - Orchestral Mockup

Denver Petersen

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