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Moana (soundtrack)
''Moana: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' is the soundtrack to the 2016 Disney animated film of the same name. The soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records on November 19, 2016. It features original songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina and Opetaia Foaʻi, with orchestrations provided by David Metzger, and with lyrics in English, Samoan, Tokelauan and Tuvaluan. The two-disc deluxe edition includes the score, which was composed by Mancina, as well as demos, outtakes and instrumental karaoke tracks. The record also produced two singles. The album debuted on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart at number 16 and peaked at number 2, kept off the top spot by The Weeknd's '' Starboy''.Hugh McIntyre"The 'Moana' Soundtrack Blasts Into The Top 10 While The Weeknd Is On Top" ''Forbes'', December 4, 2016. " How Far I'll Go" won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Various Artists
A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one Performing arts#Performers, performer or by several performers. If the recordings are from one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If the recordings are from several artists, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology. Content and scope Songs included on a compilation album may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cry Macho (soundtrack)
''Cry Macho (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' is the film score composed by Mark Mancina to the 2021 film ''Cry Macho'' directed by Clint Eastwood, who starred in the lead role. The score was released under the WaterTower Music on September 10, 2021. Background Mark Mancina composed the film score in his first collaboration with Eastwood. He recorded the score remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic with a small band at the Red Horse Ranch Studios in Austin, Texas. The soundtrack album was released under the WaterTower Music label on September 10, 2021, a week prior to the film's release. The album featured Mancina's score as well as an original song "Find a New Home" written by Mancina and performed by Will Banister, and another song "Time Lapse" performed by Eastwood himself. Reception A. O. Scott of ''The New York Times'' called it a "pleasant score", while Owen Gleiberman of ''Variety'' and David Rooney of ''The Hollywood Reporter'' called it "moody" and "atmospheric". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Weeknd
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (; born February 16, 1990), known professionally as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is best known for adding Pop music, pop, electronic music, electronic and hip-hop stylings in contemporary R&B music, which became known as alternative R&B. His List of awards and nominations received by the Weeknd, accolades include four Grammy Awards, 20 Billboard Music Awards, ''Billboard'' Music Awards, 22 Juno Awards, six American Music Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards, a Latin Grammy Awards, Latin Grammy Award and nominations for an Academy Awards, Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Awards, Primetime Emmy Award. Tesfaye began releasing music anonymity, anonymously in 2009. After co-founding the record label XO (record label), XO, he released three mixtapes—''House of Balloons'', ''Thursday (album), Thursday'', and ''Echoes of Silence''—in 2011, and gained recognition for his alternative R&B sound, as well as the my ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard 200
The ''Billboard'' 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Sometimes, a recording act is remembered for its " number ones" that outperformed all other albums during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, acquiring its existing name in March 1992. Its previous names include the ''Billboard'' Top LPs (1961–1972), ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), ''Billboard'' Top 200 Albums (1984–1985), ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums (1985–1991), and ''Billboard'' 200 Top Albums (1991–1992). The chart is based mostly on sales—both at retail and digital – of albums in the United States. The weekly sales period was Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, the tracking week begins on Friday (to coincide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, migrated to Britain after its End of Roman rule in Britain, Roman occupiers left. English is the list of languages by total number of speakers, most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the list of languages by number of native speakers, third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish language, Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in list of countries and territories where English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Metzger
David Metzger (born December 12, 1960) is an American composer, conductor, arranger, and orchestrator who has worked on many Disney Animation films, including ''Wish'', '' Frozen'', ''Frozen 2'', '' Moana'', '' Planes'', ''Wreck-It Ralph'', ''Tarzan'', ''Brother Bear'', and '' Mufasa: The Lion King''. In addition to his work for Disney, he has done orchestrations for over 50 major films, composed the musical scores for '' Tarzan 2'', ''Brother Bear 2'', and '' Tarzan & Jane'', and has numerous video game, theme park, television, and commercial credits, as well as co-arranging and orchestrating " When You Wish Upon a Star" for the 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo with Mark Mancina, and co-composing the 2013 DisneyToon Studios logo with Mancina. He was nominated for a Grammy Award for his producing work on ''Frozen 2''. Metzger received a Tony and a Drama Desk nomination in 1998 for his orchestration of Broadway musical ''The Lion King''. He won a DVDX award for best original score i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moana (2016 Film)
''Moana'' is a 2016 American animated Musical film, musical adventure film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements from a screenplay by Jared Bush. Produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it stars Dwayne Johnson and Auliʻi Cravalho in her film debut. It features songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foaʻi, and Mark Mancina, and an original score also composed by Mancina. The film is set in ancient Polynesia and tells the story of Moana, the strong-willed daughter of a chief of a coastal village, who is chosen by the ocean itself to reunite a mystical relic with the goddess Te Fiti. When a blight strikes her island, Moana sets sail in search of Maui (Moana), Maui, a legendary demigod, in hopes of returning the relic to Te Fiti and saving her people. The screenplay takes inspiration from Polynesian myths. ''Moana'' premiered during the AFI Fest at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on November 14, 2016, and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS), sometimes shortened to Disney Animation, is an American animation studio that produces animated feature films and short films for the Walt Disney Company. The studio's current production logo features a scene from its first synchronized sound cartoon, ''Steamboat Willie'' (1928). Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney after the closure of Laugh-O-Gram Studio, it is the List of animation studios, longest-running animation studio in the world. It is currently organized as a division of Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios and is headquartered at the Roy E. Disney Animation Building at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank, California. Since its foundation, the studio has produced List of Walt Disney Animation Studios films, 63 feature films, from ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' (1937), which is also the first hand dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Fisher
Jordan William Fisher (born April 24, 1994) is an American actor, singer, and dancer. He began his career with recurring roles on several television series, including '' The Secret Life of the American Teenager'' in 2012 and '' Liv and Maddie'' from 2015 to 2017. He also had supporting roles in the television films '' Teen Beach Movie'' (2013), '' Teen Beach 2'' (2015) as well as '' Grease Live'' (2016) and the CW series ''The Flash'' (2021–2022). He starred in '' Rent: Live'' (2019). On Broadway, Fisher portrayed John Laurens and Philip Hamilton in ''Hamilton'' from 2016 to 2017. He had the leading role of Evan Hansen in ''Dear Evan Hansen'' from 2020 to 2022. In 2023, he starred as Anthony Hope in a Broadway revival of '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' and later that year performed in the starring role of Orpheus in '' Hadestown'' until January 2025. He began to star as Christian in '' Moulin Rouge!'' in April 2025. Fisher and his dancing partner Lind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dwayne Johnson
Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor and professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on a part-time basis. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Johnson was integral to the development and success of the WWE, World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) during the Attitude Era. He wrestled for the WWF full-time for eight years before pursuing an acting career. Dwayne Johnson filmography, His films have grossed over worldwide, making him one of the world's List of highest grossing actors, highest-grossing and List of highest-paid film actors, highest-paid actors. He is a co-owner of the United Football League (2024), United Football League, a member of the board of directors of TKO Group Holdings—the parent company of Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC and WWE—and co-founder of Seven Bucks Productions. After accepting an athletic scholarship to play American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessia Cara
Alessia Caracciolo (born July 11, 1996), known professionally as Alessia Cara (), is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She began posting covers of songs on YouTube at age 13. After uploading acoustic covers of songs such as " Love Yourself" and " Sweater Weather" online, she signed with EP Entertainment and Def Jam Recordings in 2014 and released her debut single, " Here", the following year. It peaked at number 19 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart and was a sleeper hit in the US, peaking at number 5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. Cara's debut studio album, '' Know-It-All'' (2015), peaked at number eight on the Canadian Albums Chart and at number nine on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album's third single, " Scars to Your Beautiful", peaked at number eight on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 2016. In 2017, Cara collaborated with DJ and producer Zedd on the single "Stay", which is certified seven-times platinum in Canada, and featured alongside Khalid on rapper Logic's song . Cara h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How Far I'll Go
"How Far I'll Go" and its reprise are two musical numbers from Disney's 2016 animated musical feature film '' Moana''. It was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, with additional music and co-produced by Mark Mancina on its reprise. The song was performed in the film by American actress and singer Auliʻi Cravalho in her role as Moana. It was released along with the album on November 18, 2016. Canadian singer Alessia Cara also recorded the song for the ''Moana'' soundtrack. The song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 89th Academy Awards and Best Original Song at the 74th Golden Globe Awards and won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. Composition "How Far I'll Go" was composed as Moana's "I Want" song, following in the long tradition of "I Want" songs in 1990s Disney animated musicals. It replaced an earlier attempt called "More", for which the demo version recorded by Marcy Harriell was released as an outtake o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
