Moana (soundtrack)

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Moana: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
File:Moana Soundtrack.jpg
Soundtrack album by various artists
Released November 19, 2016 (2016-11-19)
Recorded 2016
Studio Eastwood Scoring Stage, Warner Bros. Studios, Los Angeles (score) Elbo Studios, Avatar Studios, The Hit Factory, NRG Recording Studios, Red Horse Studios, University of the South Pacific
Genre
Length 1:09:40
Language English, Tokelauan, Tuvaluan, Samoan
Label Walt Disney
Producer
Mark Mancina chronology
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Singles from Moana (soundtrack)

Moana: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 2016 Disney animated film Moana. The soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records on November 19, 2016. It features songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina and Opetaia Foa'i, with lyrics in English, Samoan, Tokelauan and Tuvaluan. The two-disc deluxe edition includes the score, which was composed by Mancina, as well as demos, outtakes and instrumental karaoke tracks. The record also produced two singles.

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at number 16 and peaked at number 2, kept off the top spot by The Weeknd's Starboy.[1][2] "How Far I'll Go" was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song[3] and the Academy Award for Best Original Song.[4]

Recording

For the soundtrack, Disney wanted to combine traditional South Pacific culture with pop and Broadway sensibilities, which led to the hiring of Broadway playwright, songwriter and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer Mark Mancina and Tokelauan singer-songwriter Opetaia Foa'i. The first song they completed was "We Know the Way", which Foa'i began after his first meeting with Disney in December 2013. The trio worked together in New Zealand and in Los Angeles.[5][6] At the same time, Miranda was also developing and starring in the Broadway musical Hamilton, which meant he was able to recruit Hamilton stars Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson, and Renée Elise Goldsberry as well as In The Heights star Marcy Harriell to help him record demos of his songs.[7]

The songs feature Foa'i's New Zealand-based vocal group Te Vaka, as well as a choir from Fiji.[6] The soundtrack contains seven original songs, two reprises, and two end-credits versions of songs from the film.[8] Mancina composed the score and produced both the score and the songs. In addition to guitars and strings, the score features Polynesian vocals and percussion, woodwinds made from bamboo from the South Pacific, and traditional hide-covered Tyka drums.[5]

According to Miranda, "Shiny" was inspired by the Flight of the Conchords' tribute to David Bowie at the Aspen Comedy Festival in 2004, as well as listening to Bowie's songs on a loop shortly after the singer's death in January 2016.[9]

Commercial performance

"How Far I'll Go" appears during the film performed by actress Auliʻi Cravalho, and during the end credits performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Alessia Cara.[10] A music video for Cara's version of the song was released on November 3, 2016.[11] It reached number 88 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of December 17, 2016.[12] South African singer Lira[13] and Filipino singer Janella Salvador[14] recorded two English-language versions of "How Far I'll Go" that played over the end credits on the South African and Filipino release of the film, while Indonesian singer Maudy Ayunda and Malaysian singer Ayda Jebat recorded their own versions of the song respectively in Indonesian[15] and Malaysian[16] language.

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jordan Fisher sing a duet on "You're Welcome", which plays over the end credits. The song as performed by Dwayne Johnson appears in the film.[17] Johnson's version of "You're Welcome" peaked at number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of December 17, 2016.[18] The soundtrack also features Jemaine Clement, who voices the coconut crab Tamatoa.[19]

The album sold 509,000 copies in the United States by April 2017, making it the third soundtrack to surpass a half-million in sales that year after Suicide Squad and Trolls.[20] Moana sold 709,000 copies and earned 1,254,000 album-equivalents, finishing as the country's fifth best-selling album of the year and had its ninth largest overall album consumption.[21]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[22]

Pable Ruiz of Rotascopers said "After the enormous success of Frozen, with its Broadway-type songs written by the married duo of Robert and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Disney decided to repeat the formula" [and use a Broadway star for the recording]. The Deluxe version includes demo songs and songs which were cut from the movie's theatric version.[23]

Accolades

At the 74th Golden Globe Awards, "How Far I'll Go" was nominated for Best Original Song.[3] It also received a nomination for Best Original Song at the 89th Academy Awards.[4]

Track listing

Charts

Tracks

Track title Performer(s) Peak positions
US
[12][18][77]		 AUS
[78]		 CAN
[79]		 NZ
[80]		 UK
[81][82]
"How Far I'll Go" Auliʻi Cravalho 41 49 58 —[lower-alpha 1] 55
"How Far I'll Go" Alessia Cara 56 15 46 3 49
"You're Welcome" Dwayne Johnson 65 77 85 —[lower-alpha 2] —
"We Know the Way" Opetaia Foa'i & Lin-Manuel Miranda 93 — — —[lower-alpha 3] —
"Shiny" Jemaine Clement —[lower-alpha 4] — — —[lower-alpha 5] —
"Where You Are" Christopher Jackson, Rachel House, Nicole Scherzinger, Auliʻi Cravalho & Louise Bush — — — —[lower-alpha 6] —
"I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors)" Rachel House & Auliʻi Cravalho — — — —[lower-alpha 7] —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[84] Platinum 70,000
Canada (Music Canada)[85] 2× Platinum 160,000
France (SNEP)[86] Gold 50,000
Germany (BVMI)[87] Gold 100,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)[88] Gold 30,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[89] Platinum 15,000
Poland (ZPAV)[90] Platinum 20,000
Singapore[91] Platinum Expression error: Missing operand for *.
United Kingdom (BPI)[92] Platinum 300,000
United States (RIAA)[93] 3× Platinum 3,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

Notes

  1. ↑ "How Far I'll Go" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number one on the NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart.[80]
  2. ↑ "You're Welcome" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number three on the NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart.[80]
  3. ↑ "We Know the Way" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number two on the NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart.[80]
  4. ↑ "Shiny" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number six on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[83]
  5. ↑ "Shiny" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number five on the NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart.[80]
  6. ↑ "Where You Are" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number six on the NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart.[80]
  7. ↑ "I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors)" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number eight on the NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart.[80]

References

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  10. ↑ Jessica Goodman, "Alessia Cara debuts new Moana song written by Lin-Manuel Miranda", Entertainment Weekly, October 28, 2016.
  11. ↑ Ashley Lee, "'Moana': Alessia Cara Sings Lin-Manuel Miranda's Anthem 'How Far I'll Go' in New Music Video", Billboard, November 3, 2016.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Alessia Cara chart, Billboard. Accessed December 12, 2016. Archived 2016-12-13 at the Wayback
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  77. ↑ Billboard Hot 100, December 17, 2016.
  78. ↑ Peaks of Moana songs in Australia:
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  93. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

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