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- Lyricist Howard Ashman put his foot down. He told Katzenberg they’d lose the song over his dead body. It wasn’t a metaphor he used lightly.
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Aug 6, 2020 · As a new documentary about lyricist Howard Ashman heads to Disney+, the voices of Ariel and Belle, as well as Ashman’s life partner, recount his own magical, tragic love story.
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Mar 11, 2021 · Howard Ashman was a gay man, secretly dying from a disease that most of society refused to even acknowledge, who mustered something within himself to alter the course — and essentially save ...
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- Alan Menken – The Composer
- Little Shop of Success
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- Tragedy Amid Triumph
- The Show Goes on
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- Revisiting The Past
- Award Winning Talent
- Disney Legends
Howard Elliott Ashman was born in Baltimore, Maryland in May 1950. Growing up in a household full of music, Ashman adored theater, and he decided at an early age that theater would be his lifelong passion. He was so dedicated to the performing arts that he directed backyard musicals and performed at his sister’s birthday parties. Ashman started for...
Alan Irwin Menken was born in July 1949 in Manhattan – the heart of New York City. Much like his future collaborator Howard Ashman, Menken grew up in a family full of music and entertainment. His father was a dentist by day, and a boogie-woogie piano player by night. His mother was an actress, dancer, and playwright. It’s easy to see why Menken dev...
In 1979, after a string of writing and directing successes, Ashman acquired the rights to create a musical based on Kurt Vonnegut’s beloved novel, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. He chose Menken to write the music for the production. The venture was a hit, and enjoyed a successful off-broadway run in New York. Following Rosewater, the duo began work ...
On the strength of the success of Little Shop of Horrors, Ashman and Menken were hired by Walt Disney Studios to contribute to some of the animated projects in development. It started small, with Ashman brought in to co-write a single song – "Once Upon a Time in New York City" – for the 1988 film Oliver & Company. The next film in development was 1...
After basking in the glow of their Academy Award wins for The Little Mermaid, Ashman revealed to Menken that he was sick and had tested positive for HIV, which had accelerated to AIDS. His health was starting to steadily decline due to the illness, putting what felt like a timeline on any magic Ashman could continue to create. Despite his illness, ...
The loss of Howard Ashman weighed heavily on Alan Menken and many more at the Walt Disney Studios. But the show always goes on, and production on Aladdin continued. Menken collaborated with Tim Rice, who was then working on The Lion King, to progress the music in the film. Out of the sixteen songs written for Aladdin, three of Ashman's songs ended ...
The completion of Aladdin closed the book of a decade-long partnership between Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. Following Ashman’s death and the completion of their shared projects, Menken continued on to earn a successful Disney career in his own right. Menken worked with lyricist Jack Feldman to create the live-action musical film Newsies, which wa...
Truly a “Tale As Old As Time”, Beauty and the Beastwas revisited once again. In March 2017, Disney released a live-action version of the film, with reimagined songs from the 1991 film and new material by Menken and Tim Rice. The magic of Aladdinalso reappeared as a 2019 live-action version, with Menken collaborating with Benj Pasek and Justin Paul ...
Combined, Howard Ashman and Alan Menken have won enough awards to ground a flying carpet. The pair won Academy Awards for each of the Disney films on which they collaborated (and were nominated for more). The pair has also won or been nominated for Grammy Awards for most of the same music for which they won Academy Awards. Image: BuzzFeed Ashman ha...
Howard Ashman and Alan Menken were both honored as Disney Legendsin 2001. Menken was able to accept his honor in person, and Ashman received his award posthumously. Ashman’s time was cut way too short. Ashman’s limited words and lyrics spoke volumes, and Menken’s music set the tone. “Howard’s lyrics,” as Menken later recalled, “would wink at the ad...
In Howard, a new documentary on Disney+ directed by Don Hahn (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Beauty and the Beast), his friends, family and colleagues share the untold story of a genius whose life was...
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- Ashman had an interesting connection to a recent Disney film. Although Frozen didn't exist until more than two decades after Ashman's passing, he was always linked to fairy tales.
- Ashman worked for Disney before he ever became a professional songwriter. When Ashman was a struggling artist, he worked as a copywriter to pay his bills.
- His first date with his partner Bill Lauch was at the Grammys. Soon after Ashman first met Lauch at a bar in New York City, Ashman asked him on a date.
- He wrote a biopic for Tina Turner alongside the legendary singer. When Ashman first came out to work with Disney in a creative capacity, he wrote a script with Tina Turner titled I, Tina.
Aug 7, 2020 · Touched by the fact that Disney ultimately didn’t shy away from Ashman’s full legacy behind the scenes and in his personal life, the director credits former Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger for...
Aug 3, 2020 · The kids in the audience were bored by Ariel’s ballad about wanting to be human. “Part Of Your World” should be cut. Lyricist Howard Ashman put his foot down.
