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Howard Ashman

United States • 1950-05-03 – 1991-03-14

Howard Ashman is credited on 1,084 releases across 270 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1982–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,084

Pressings credited

270

Albums

5

Decades active

111

In collections

Biography

Howard Elliott Ashman (May 17, 1950 – March 14, 1991) was an American playwright, lyricist, and stage director. He is most widely known for his work on feature films for Walt Disney Animation Studios, for which Ashman wrote the lyrics and Alan Menken composed the music. Ashman has been credited as being a main driving force behind the Disney Renaissance. His work included songs for Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin. He died of AIDS complications in 1991.

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Credited work

1,084 releases · 270 albums · active 1982–2025

  • Performance · 2,213
  • Production · 266
  • Other credits · 43

Studios: Sun Studio, Copenhagen · Abbey Road Studios · Sonet Studios, Stockholm · Meta Sound Studios, Amsterdam

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