The Little Mermaid (franchise) the writers of the successful Off-Broadway stage musical "Little Shop of Horrors", teamed up to compose the entire song score. The first film's soundtrack, "The Little Mermaid: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack" contains the songs from the film written by Menken and Ashman, as well as the film's score composed by Menken. The album received the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. As of February 2007, the album is certified 6x Platinum by the RIAA. In 2010, Rhapsody (online music service) called it one of the all-time great Disney and
The Little Shop of Horrors was called upon to write music for Corman, Katz sold the same score as if it were new music. The score was used in a total of seven films, including "The Wasp Woman" and "Creature from the Haunted Sea". Katz explained that his music for the film was created by a music editor piecing together selections from other soundtracks that he had produced for Corman. Howard R. Cohen learned from Charles B. Griffith that when the film was being edited, "there was a point where two scenes would not cut together. It was just a visual jolt, and it didn't