The Little Mermaid: CDFeaturing all new performances by the cast, the soundtrack is set to feature four new original songs that the original film's composer, Alan Menken, co wrote with Lin Manuel Miranda. 'At first, Lin Manuel Miranda was struggling to do Alan Menken style songs, and he felt like, walking in Howard Ashman's shoes was a daunting prospect. Then we wrote some songs that were in Lin's wheelhouse and for me, walking in Lin Manuel Miranda's shoes was a daunting