Germaine Franco has won her first Grammy Award for her score for Disney’s animated feature Encanto in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category at today’s 65th Annual Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony in Los Angeles. She previously received an Academy Award nomination for her work on the film. Lin-Manuel Miranda received the Grammy for the movie’s original song We Don’t Talk About Bruno in the Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media category. Encanto was also the winner in the Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Visual Media category. The album was released by Walt Disney Records.
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‘Dune’ Wins Cinema Audio Society Award
The team behind the sound mixing of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune has won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing in the Motion Pictures – Live Action category at tonight’s 58th annual Cinema Audio Society Awards ceremony at the InterContinental in Downtown Los Angeles. Scoring mixer Alan Meyerson, along with production mixer: Mac Ruth, re-recording mixers Ron Bartlett & Douglas Hemphill, ADR mixer Tommy O’Connell and foley mixer Don White received the award for the sci-fi epic scored by Hans Zimmer. In the Motion Pictures – Animated category, scoring mixer Alvin Wee was honored as part of the sound mixing team of Disney’s Encanto (scored by Germaine Franco).
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Germaine Franco Win Annie Award for ‘Encanto’
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Germaine Franco were honored with the Annie Award in the Best Music – Feature category for their music from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Encanto at tonight’s (virtual) 49th Annie Awards ceremony. The other contenders in the category were Dan Romer for Luca, Youki Kojima & Yuta Bandoh for Poupelle of Chimney Town, James Newton Howard & Jhené Aiko for Raya and the Last Dragon and Alex Lacamoire (& Miranda) for Vivo. Franco has previously received an Annie Award as part of the music team of Pixar’s 2017 feature Coco. Miranda’s songs and Franco’s score are now available on the official soundtrack album released by Walt Disney Records.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 26, 2021)
Three new movies have opened in theaters nationwide this past Wednesday:
Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Encanto directed by Byron Howard & Jared Bush and starring Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero,Wilmer Valderrama, Adassa, Diane Guerrero, Jessica Darrow, Angie Cepeda, Rhenzy Feliz, Mauro Castillo and Carolina Gaitan. The film’s original score is composed by Germaine Franco (Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Dope, Tag, Little) and Lin-Manuel Miranda (Moana, Hamilton, In the Heights) has written the movie’s original songs. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs and score last Friday and a CD version will be coming out next month. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the Walt Disney Animation Studios production.
Also opening wide is the biographical crime drama House of Gucci directed by Ridley Scott and starring Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Jared Leto, Reeve Carney, Jack Huston, Jeremy Irons, Salma Hayek and Al Pacino. Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, The Martian, Shrek, Mulan, Kingdom of Heaven, Man on Fire, The Town) has composed the film’s original score. Interscope Records & Decca Records are set to release a soundtrack album according to the movie’s end credits, but no announcement has been made yet. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the drama, which is being distributed by MGM Studios/United Artists.
‘Encanto’ Soundtrack Album Details
The full details of the soundtrack album for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ feature Encanto have been revealed. The album features the original songs from the movie written by Tony and Grammy Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, Moana, In the Heights) performed by the film’s voice cast, as well as the full original score composed by Germaine Franco (Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Tag, Dope, Little). Also included is Colombia, Mi Encanto by Carlos Vives and the original song Dos Oruguitas in two different (Spanish and English language) versions. The digital version also includes instrumental versions of the songs. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. A CD version will be released on December 17 by Wal Disney Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out a new video featurette about the film’s music after the jump. Encanto is directed by Byron Howard & Jared Bush and features the voices of Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, Adassa, Wilmer Valderrama, Diane Guerrero, Angie Cepeda, Jessica Darrow, Mauro Castillo, Rhenzy Feliz and Carolina Gaitan.
‘Encanto’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Disney has announced the official soundtrack album for the studios’ animated feature Encanto. The album features eight original songs by written by Tony and Grammy Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, Moana, In the Heights). Also included is the movie’s original score composed by Germaine Franco (Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Tag, DopeLittle). The digital version of the soundtrack (which also includes instrumental versions of the songs) will be released on November 19 by Walt Disney Records. A CD version is set to come out on December 17 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Encanto is directed by Byron Howard & Jared Bush and stars Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, Wilmer Valderrama, Adassa, Diane Guerrero, Angie Cepeda, Mauro Castillo, Jessica Darrow, Rhenzy Feliz and Carolina Gaitan. The film tells the story of the Madrigals family who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia and follows an ordinary 15-year-old who’s struggling to find her place in her family.
Germaine Franco Scoring Disney’s ‘Encanto’
Germaine Franco (Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Tag, Dope Little) has recently been recording her score for the upcoming animated feature Encanto. The film is directed by Byron Howard (Tangled, Bolt) & Jared Bush (Zootopia) and features the voices of Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, Wilmer Valderrama, Adassa, Diane Guerrero, Angie Cepeda, Mauro Castillo, Jessica Darrow, Rhenzy Feliz and Carolina Gaitan. The movie tells the story of the Madrigals family who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a wondrous place called an Encanto and follows an ordinary 15-year-old who’s struggling to find her place in her family. Lin-Manuel Miranda has composed the original songs for the Walt Disney Animation Studios production.
Disney’s ‘Encanto’ to Feature Original Song ‘Colombia, Mi Encanto’ by Carlos Vives
Disney has announced the first original song from the studio’s upcoming animated feature Encanto. Colombia, Mi Encanto is written by Lin-Manuel Miranda (who is writing all songs for the film) and performed by Latin Grammy Award winner Carlos Vives. The track is also featured in the movie’s first teaser trailer, which just premiered today. Check out the full trailer after the jump. Encanto is directed by Byron Howard & Jared Bush and features the voices of Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, Wilmer Valderrama, Adassa, Diane Guerrero, Mauro Castillo, Angie Cepeda, Jessica Darrow, Rhenzy Feliz and Carolina Gaitan.
Lin-Manuel Miranda to Compose Music for Disney Animated Musical ‘Encanto’
Lin-Manuel Miranda has confirmed in an interview on today’s Good Morning America that he has been working on the music for a new animated feature from Walt Disney Animation Studios. The movie, which has the working title Encanto according to The Disinsider will be directed by Byron Howard (Tangled, Bolt) and Jared Bush (Zootopia). The animated musical will take place in Colombia and revolves around a young girl and her family. Charise Castro Smith serves as a co-director on the project. Clark Spencer (Wreck-It-Ralph, Ralph Breaks the Internet) and Yvett Merino Flores are producing the film.