High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Little Mermaid: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack is the soundtrack to Disney`s 1989 animated feature The Little Mermaid. It contains the songs from the film written by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as the film`s score composed by Alan Menken. The score was orchestrated by Thomas Pasatieri. The album received the Academy Award for Best Original Score, Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.