Alan Menken

Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American composer, songwriter, conductor, music director and record producer. Menken is best known for his scores and songs for movies produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. 
His scores and songs for "The Little Mermaid" (1989), "Beauty and the Beast" (1991), "Aladdin" (1992), and "Pocahontas" (1995) have each won him two Academy Awards. 
He also composed the scores and songs for "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986), "Newsies" (1992), "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1996), "Hercules" (1997), "Home on the Range" (2004), "Enchanted" (2007) and "Tangled" (2010).
Influences.
Menken stated music artists like Lehman Engel, The Rolling Stones, Irving Berlin, Stephen Sondheim, The Beach Boys, Jule Styne, The Beatles, Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, George M. Cohan, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Elmer Bernstein and Jerry Goldsmith as influences.