STAGE TUBE: Alan Menken Performs THE LITTLE MERMAID Musical Tunes at D23!

For one night only, two of the world's most celebrated songwriters and composers took to the stage for "Richard M. Sherman and Alan Menken: The Disney Songbook." The concert was held during the D23 Expo 2013 at the Anaheim Convention Center in the D23 Expo Arena on Saturday, August 10. Below, watch Oscar-winning composer Menken perform songs from the stage musical version of THE LITTLE MERMAID!

Together Sherman and Menken have won a combined 10 Academy Awards for their work with Disney, and have composed music and songs for more than three dozen Disney feature films, over two dozen Disney Park attractions and half a dozen Disney musicals on Broadway.

With eight Academy Awards, Alan Menken has received more Oscars than any living person. He has written songs and scores for some of the world's most beloved films: Tangled (Oscar nominee), Enchanted (three Oscar nominations) The Little Mermaid (two Oscar wins),Beauty and the Beast (two Oscar wins), Aladdin (two Oscar wins), Pocahontas (two Oscar wins), Hercules (Oscar nominee), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Oscar nominee), Little Shop of Horrors (Oscar nominee), Home on the Range and Newsies. His song "Star Spangled Man," was the patriotic anthem of the 2011 hit film Captain America: The First Avenger.

Menken's Broadway successes include his 2012 Tony Award for Newsies, plus The Little Mermaid (Tony Award nominee), Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop of Horrors, and Sister Act (Tony Award nominee). His other stage productions include King David, God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and his latest stage production Aladdin: The New Musical, opening next year. At Disney Parks, Menken added an exclusive ballad ("To Be Free") to his song score for Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular at Disney California Adventure and penned "Compass of Your Heart," the catchy theme song for the attraction Sinbad's Storybook Voyage at Tokyo DisneySea.