Moana 2 Movie Featurette - The Music of Motunui
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00:00It's every songwriter's dream to work on a Disney movie, let alone one as beloved as Moana.
00:07It was surreal, for sure.
00:09I feel like we walk into the animation building every day and we're like, is this real, chat, is this real?
00:14Our music team, Barlow and Baer, have really knocked it out of the park.
00:26We love an opening number.
00:27We do love an opening number.
00:29Which was a good place to start.
00:30Yeah, we knew that we wanted to make you feel like you were fully back in the Moana world.
00:41Each one of the songs from Abigail and Emily are brought to Mark Mancina and Opataya, Hawaii.
00:48It's a joy for me to bring the Pacific culture into the music.
00:53To have the ensemble of log drums, the voices they can call on, it just completes everything for me.
01:00Mark and Opie have lived in this world for so long, they were such an amazing resource.
01:08What Could Be Better Than This has grown to be one of my favourites.
01:11Moana takes the crew on a bit of a song and dance to get them in the canoe, so to speak.
01:16It's like a classic Disney bop.
01:19I am unclear as to what you are doing.
01:25Matangi is gorgeous, first and foremost.
01:28The most beautiful Disney villain, but she's also incredibly dangerous.
01:34We thought the music could take us somewhere very unexpected.
01:37We love that she's a little bit of a pop star.
01:41Getting to write Maui a song was crazy.
01:45We've got a plan for breaking the curse, and even though odds couldn't be worse, I'm making the bet on the bravest and greatest of wayfinders I've ever met.
01:55Can I Get a Chihu is bombastic, it's big, and it was a lot of fun singing that song.
02:03Alright, let's try it.
02:04Honestly, the song didn't feel complete until he got on it, because he is Maui.
02:15With Beyond, we had an idea for what we wanted the song to sound like, but we didn't exactly know what the words were yet.
02:22We didn't know what the hook was, and Abigail came in one day, and she's like, what about if the hook is just beyond?
02:27I'm like, yes!
02:32The lyrics really impacted me.
02:35It's about going beyond what you think you're capable of.
02:38There is a quote on our story wall that says, you never stop discovering who you are.
02:42You never stop discovering who you are.
02:43It is one of the main themes, and it really still rings true.
02:47Everyone sees a part of themselves in Moana, and that's a really beautiful thing.