Westchester’s Alan Menken picked up three Oscar nominations today, for three songs he composed for the Disney animated-live-action hybrid “Enchanted.â€?

Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz had the lion’s share of the best-song category’s five nominations — for “That’s How You Know,� “Happy Working Song� and “So Close.� The other best song nominees are “Falling Slowly� from the film “Once,� and “Raise It Up� from the film “August Rush.�

“Enchanted� features songs by two masters of the musical form. Menken composed the Broadway score for Disney’s just-opened “The Little Mermaid� and for “Beauty and the Beast� and “Little Shop of Horrors.� Schwartz wrote Broadway’s “Wicked� and “Godspell,� which returns to Broadway next season.

Together, they wrote five new songs for “Enchanted,� the Disney animation-live-action hybrid in which an animated-world princess finds herself in the live-action middle of modern-day Manhattan. Menken wrote the music, Schwartz the lyrics.

The composer, who was born in New Rochelle and now lives in northern Westchester, was on vacation in the Caribbean when reached by The Associated Press. Asked how he would celebrate, he told the AP: “As soon as I’m done giving interviews, I intend to have a nice tall glass of island rum.�

Menken has described “That’s How You Know,� as a “break-into-song moment, a really exuberant song, the centerpiece of the score.�

“Happy Working Song,� on the other hand, is more of a straight comedic moment, he said: “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. The song itself is very funny, tongue-in-cheek.�

Menken’s third nominated song is “So Close.�

“It’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,� he said.

With yesterday’s announcement, Menken has 18 Oscar nominations to his name.

His studio in northern Westchester holds the eight statuettes he won: “The Little Mermaid,� best score and song (“Under the Sea,� with lyrics by Howard Ashman); “Beauty and the Beast,� best score and song (“Beauty and the Beast,� with lyrics by Howard Ashman); “Aladdin,� best score and song (“A Whole New World,� lyrics by Tim Rice); “Pocahontas,� best score and song (“Colors of the Wind,� lyrics by Schwartz).

Menken’s “Enchanted� score was not nominated for best original score.

With three of the category’s five nominations, Menken will once again be competing with himself, as he did for “The Little Mermaid,� when two of his songs were nominated, “Beauty and the Beast,� with three nominated songs, and “Aladdin,� with two nominated songs. In each case, up against himself and other nominees, Menken still brought Oscar home to Westchester.

It’s been a busy year for the composer, whose Broadway adaptation of “The Little Mermaid� opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre two weeks ago. He’s also working on Broadway-bound stage adaptations of the films “Leap of Faith� and “Sister Act.�