00:00It's every songwriter's dream to work on a Disney movie, let alone one as beloved as
00:06Moana.
00:07It was surreal.
00:08For sure.
00:09I feel like we walk into the animation building every day and we're like, is this real,
00:12Chet?
00:13Is 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.
00:31We 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 Opetaea, Hawaii.
00:47It's a joy for me to bring the Pacific culture into the music, to have the ensemble of log
00:54drums, voices that I can call on, it just, it completes everything for me.
01:00Mark and Opie have lived in this world for so long.
01:02They were such an amazing resource.
01:07What Could Be Better Than This has grown to be one of my favorites.
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.
01:20I am unclear as to what you are doing.
01:26Matangi is gorgeous, first and foremost, the most beautiful Disney villain, but she is
01:31also incredibly dangerous.
01:35We thought that the music could take us somewhere very unexpected.
01:38We love that she's a little bit of a pop star.
01:42Getting to write Maui a song was crazy.
01:44We got a plan for breaking the curse, and even though odds couldn't be worse, I'm making
01:48the bet on the bravest and greatest of wayfinders I've ever met.
01:51Who are you?
01:52Who are you?
01:53Who are you gonna be?
01:55Can I Get a Chihu is bombastic, it's big, and it was a lot of fun singing that song.
02:02All right, let's try it.
02:04Honestly, the song didn't feel complete until he got on it, because he is Maui.
02:08Can I get a?
02:09Can I get a?
02:10Can I get a Chihu?
02:11I go beyond, leaving all my love behind.
02:17With Beyond, we had an idea for what we wanted the song to sound like, but we didn't exactly
02:22know what the words were yet.
02:23We didn't know what the hook was, and Abigail came in one day, and she's like, what about
02:27if the hook is just beyond?
02:28I'm like, yes!
02:30What lies beyond?
02:33The lyrics really impacted me.
02:35It's about going beyond what you think you're capable of.
02:39There is a quote on our story wall that says, you never stop discovering who you are.
02:42It is one of the main themes, and it really still rings true.
02:46Everyone sees a part of themselves in Moana, and that's a really beautiful thing.
02:50We can rise, we will rise, we will rise, we will go beyond!
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