Spellbound

Spellbound is a 2024 animated musical fantasy composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Glenn Slater, representing the composer's continued engagement with family-oriented musical storytelling in the animated film space. The work follows Princess Ellian's quest to break an enchantment that has transformed her parents into monsters and fractured her kingdom—a narrative architecture familiar to Menken's oeuvre but executed within the animated medium rather than the stage. The film premiered in 2024 and has secured distribution on Netflix, positioning it within the contemporary landscape of prestige animated musicals aimed at family audiences. As a cinema capture rather than a theatrical production, Spellbound occupies a distinct category within the performing arts intelligence ecosystem: a work of musical composition and lyrical craft that reaches audiences primarily through streaming rather than live performance.