Disney announced today that Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, In the Heights, Encanto) will serve as a producer on the studio’s upcoming live-action remake of the 2016 animated feature Moana. The movie will be directed by Thomas Kail (Fosse/Verdon, We Were the Lucky Ones) and star Catherine Laga‘aia in the title role of the adventurous teenager who […]
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Lin-Manuel Miranda to Serve as Producer on Disney’s ‘Moana’ Live-Action Film
Posted: June 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Moana, Thomas Kail
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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Original Song ‘Esperando Pelitos’ from ‘Big Mouth’ Season 7 Released
Posted: November 1, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Big Mouth, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Netflix
Netflix Music has released the original song Esperando Pelitos from the seventh season of the Netflix original animated series Big Mouth. The track is written by Academy Award nominee and Grammy/Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, In the Heights, Encanto, Moana) and performed by the show’s voice cast featuring Robin de Jesús & PJ Sin […]
Unused Song ‘Impossible Child’ from Rob Marshall’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ Released
Posted: September 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Menken, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Rob Marshall, The Little Mermaid
Walt Disney Records has released the original song Impossible Child written for Disney’s live-action adaptation of the animated classic The Little Mermaid. The track, which was recorded for the movie, but ended up being cut from the final version of the film, is written by Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Enchanted) & Lin-Manuel […]
Original Song ‘Wild Uncharted Waters’ from ‘The Little Mermaid’ to Be Submitted for Awards Consideration
Posted: August 30, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Menken, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Rob Marshall, The Little Mermaid
Disney has revealed that the studio will submit the original song Wild Uncharted Waters from the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid for awards consideration. The song written by the film’s composer Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Enchanted) and featuring lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights, Moana, Encanto) is performed on screen […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 26, 2023)
Posted: May 27, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: About My Father, Alan Menken, David Buckley, Howard Ashman, Joseph Trapanese, Kandahar, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Michael Andrews, Nima Fakhrara, Stephanie Economou, The Little Mermaid, The Machine, The Wrath of Becky, You Hurt My Feelings
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is Disney’s live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid directed by Rob Marshall and starring Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Melissa McCarthy, Javier Bardem, Jacob Tremblay, Daveed Diggs and Awkwafina. The film’s original score is composed by Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Enchanted) and the movie’s songs are written […]
‘The Little Mermaid’ Deluxe Edition Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: May 25, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Rob Marshall, score, Soundtrack, The Little Mermaid
Walt Disney Records will release a second soundtrack album for the the live-action adaptation of Disney’s animated classic The Little Mermaid. The Deluxe Edition includes the content of the original album featuring the songs from the movie composed by Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Tangled, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Enchanted), lyrics by Howard […]
‘The Little Mermaid’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Menken, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Rob Marshall, score, Soundtrack, The Little Mermaid
The full details of the soundtrack album for Disney’s live-action adaptation of the animated classic The Little Mermaid have been revealed. The album features new recordings of the songs originally written by Academy Award winners Alan Menken (music) and Howard Ashman (lyrics) for the 1989 animated movie, as well as several new original songs written […]
Germaine Franco Wins Grammy Award for ‘Encanto’ Score
Posted: February 5, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Encanto, Germaine Franco, Grammy Awards, Lin-Manuel Miranda
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 […]
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Germaine Franco Win Annie Award for ‘Encanto’
Posted: March 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards, Encanto, Germaine Franco, Gustavo Santaolalla, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Maya and the Three, Tim Davies
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, […]
