For “Enchanted,â€? the new Disney animation-live-action hybrid film, Westchester’s own Alan Menken teamed with Stephen Schwartz (“Wickedâ€?) to write five new songs.

I think it’s going to be great,� Menken says.

“The first one is your classic, in the period of ‘Snow White’ very comfortable break-into-song song. There’s nothing ironic about that, other than the fact that we’ve all culturally moved on from there. It’s very sweet.�

“The second one is a pure break-into-song moment — she calls the woodland creatures to come and help her clean this apartment — but of course, the woodland creatures that come are not quite the same. But the song itself is very funny, tongue-in-cheek.�

“There’s one moment, in the song ‘That’s How You Know,’ a Central Park number, where Prince Edward is trying to call to her and the bicycle riders knock him over. She breaks into song, much to the embarrassment of the Patrick Dempsey character, but it’s a really exuberant song, the centerpiece of the score, called ‘That’s How You Know.’

“There’s a ballad in the ball when they change partners and they dance together. It’s sung at the ball by this performer on stage and it’s a classic ballad called ‘So Close.’�

“And then there’s a final number called ‘Ever Ever After.’�

It’s a film musical in a modern sense, much more break-into-song than most any original musicals have been,� he says.

Sounds like fun. My kids — and their dad — can’t wait to see it.