| Alan Menken is a famous contemporary American composer,as well as the most prestigious animated music composer.His animated musical works are known as “Textbook of the American animation soundtrack”.He has written many famous music for animated films,such as “The Little Mermaid”,“Beauty and the Beast”,“Hunchback of Notre Dame”,“Pocahontas” and so on.Alan Menken has created a large number of animated music,which are best known for the beautiful theme music and the elegant popular songs.The theme music of the film is the core and basic setting of the animated music,the melody of the music are often shown with the means of deformation,variation,extension or tightening,etc,which helps to coordinate with the characters in the drama,the development of the characters’ emotions and the environmental changes,which plays an important role in the emergence of the conflict development and the dramatic climax of the drama.The creation of the songs ranged from an art songs,opera arias and pop art form,the content and form is more elegant.His creations in animated music have profound influence in both film and music fields. |
