angle (that went eventually unproduced). The next morning, Katzenberg approached Clements and asked him to expand his initial treatment. With The Little Mermaid in production, in 1986, Clements and Musker were later joined by Off-Broadway musical composers Howard Ashman and Alan Menken who collaborated on the song and musical score.

Released in November 1989, The Little Mermaid was praised as a milestone in rebirth of Disney