Wilmer Valderrama on Success of ‘Encanto’ Soundtrack and How People "Needed” the Film | Oscar Nominees Night 2022 - video Dailymotion

‘Encanto’ is nominated for best animated feature and best original score.

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00:00How does it feel to have your movie so well represented at the Oscars this year?

00:04It's beautiful, you know, it's beautiful.

00:06When you really think about making a film that hopefully invites most to understand,

00:11one, the beauty of a culture, two, how disarming it could be,

00:16and three, how much you can see yourself in another family,

00:20it's like a perfect storm, right?

00:22It's a beautiful thing to see how many people it really touched.

00:25And we knew it was special, but we had absolutely no clue how much people needed this movie.

00:32How about the songs? Would you have ever guessed this big?

00:35I mean, people are, I know parents at home are, like, their kids are driving them nuts because it's so listened to.

00:43It's unbelievable.

00:44And you know, it's crazy when we finished, when we premiered and we had the soundtrack was available,

00:50I found myself listening to it to work by myself, you know?

00:53And then when Dos Orruguitas, which is the one song that is nominated for the Oscars, would come on,

00:58and I would remember that sequence, that scene in the movie, I'd start bawling my eyes out, you know?

01:04So, yeah, I mean, it's unbelievable that Lin-Manuel and the composers and everyone who was involved in creating the sound of this movie

01:12was able to complement what was happening on screen in the story so well.

01:16I think he becomes an EGAR if he wins, right?

01:19I think he should because every 20 years we need one of those, you know?

01:24Yeah, you can do anything.

01:24I think so, yeah.

01:25Well, thanks a lot.

01:26I appreciate you, man.

01:26Nice to see you.

01:27Take care. Yeah, you too.