Deadline is reporting that Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda will be teaming up to write the music for a live action feature adaptation of The Little Mermaid. The movie version is also said to feature songs from Disney’s classic animated movie, for which Menken won two Academy Awards for Best Original Song (with Howard Ashman) and Best Original Score. […]
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Alan Menken & Lin-Manuel Miranda Team Up for ‘The Little Mermaid’ Live Action Film Adaptation
Posted: August 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Menken, Lin-Manuel Miranda, The Little Mermaid
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Disney’s ‘Moana’ to Feature Music by Mark Mancina, Opetaia Foa’I & Lin-Manuel Miranda
Posted: August 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina, Moana, Opetaia Foa’I
The full musical team for Disney’s upcoming animated feature Moana was announced at this year’s D23 fan expo. As previously announced, Mark Mancina will be composing the score for the movie. The composer who previously scored the studio’s Tarzan, Brother Bear, as well as Planes and its sequel is collaborating with Te Vaka’s Opetaia Foa’I, a New Zealand guitarist, and Lin-Manuel Miranda who is best known for […]
