It's also the first song from new composers Barlow, 25, and Bear, 23, who took over for Lin-Manuel Miranda after he composed the soundtrack for the first Moana. "Beyond" hopes to emphasize Moana's ...

“‘Moana 2’ is a stunning, sweeping musical, and music plays such an important role. The songs throughout the film help move the story forward in such a special way, the score is so dyn ...

I can understand why: His "Moana" songs were memorable (especially "How Far I'll Go" and "You're Welcome"), and he only upped his game with "Encanto," an even more intricately inspired entertainment.

there’s little here to push Moana, as her big song promises, “Beyond” what we’ve seen before. On that note, composers Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, fresh from TikTok and their viral ...

Of course. By Sarah Bahr Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear were big fans of “Moana” — and its earworm-y songs — when they saw the film as teenagers in 2016. So when Disney floated the idea ...

To further capture that sound, they listened to Pacific Island music to discover and identify patterns that could assist in the new songs. When the Moana sequel was initially announced ...