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Moana: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Soundtrack album by
various artists
Released November 19, 2016 (2016-11-19)
Recorded 2016
Studio Eastwood Scoring Stage, Warner Bros. Studios, Los Angeles (score) Elbo Studios, Avatar Studios, The Hit Factory, NRG Recording Studios, Red Horse Studios, University of the South Pacific
Genre
Length 1:09:40
Language English, Tokelauan, Tuvaluan, Samoan
Label Walt Disney
Producer
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Moana: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 2016 Disney animated film Moana. The soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records on November 19, 2016. It features songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina and Opetaia Foa'i, 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. "How Far I'll Go" was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Recording

For the soundtrack, Disney wanted to combine traditional South Pacific culture with pop and Broadway sensibilities, which led to the hiring of Broadway playwright, songwriter and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer Mark Mancina and Tokelauan singer-songwriter Opetaia Foa'i. The first song they completed was "We Know the Way", which Foa'i began after his first meeting with Disney in December 2013. The trio worked together in New Zealand and in Los Angeles. At the same time, Miranda was also developing and starring in the Broadway musical Hamilton, which meant he was able to recruit Hamilton stars Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson, and Renée Elise Goldsberry as well as In The Heights star Marcy Harriell to help him record demos of his songs.

The songs feature Foa'i's New Zealand-based vocal group Te Vaka, as well as a choir from Fiji. The soundtrack contains seven original songs, two reprises, and two end-credits versions of songs from the film. Mancina composed the score and produced both the score and the songs. In addition to guitars and strings, the score features some vocals in Polynesian languages, as well as Polynesian percussion, woodwinds made from bamboo from the South Pacific, and traditional hide-covered Tyka drums.

According to Miranda, "Shiny" was inspired by the Flight of the Conchords' tribute to David Bowie at the Aspen Comedy Festival in 2004, as well as listening to Bowie's songs on a loop shortly after the singer's death in January 2016.

Commercial performance

"How Far I'll Go" appears during the film performed by actress Auliʻi Cravalho, and during the end credits performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Alessia Cara. A music video for Cara's version of the song was released on November 3, 2016. It reached number 88 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of December 17, 2016. South African singer Lira and Filipino singer Janella Salvador recorded two English-language versions of "How Far I'll Go" that played over the end credits on the South African and Filipino release of the film, while Indonesian singer Maudy Ayunda and Malaysian singer Ayda Jebat recorded their own versions of the song respectively in Indonesian and Malaysian language.

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jordan Fisher sings a duet on "You're Welcome", which plays over the end credits. The song as performed by Dwayne Johnson appears in the film. Johnson's version of "You're Welcome" peaked at number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of December 17, 2016. The soundtrack also features Jemaine Clement, who voices the coconut crab Tamatoa.

The album sold 509,000 copies in the United States by April 2017, making it the third soundtrack to surpass a half-million in sales that year after Suicide Squad and Trolls. Moana sold 709,000 copies and earned 1,254,000 album-equivalents, finishing as the country's fifth best-selling album of the year and had its ninth largest overall album consumption.

Accolades

At the 74th Golden Globe Awards, "How Far I'll Go" was nominated for Best Original Song. It also received a nomination for Best Original Song at the 89th Academy Awards.

Track listing

Disc one
No. Title Performer(s) Length
1. "Tulou Tagaloa"   Olivia Foa'i and Opetaia Foa'i 0:51
2. "An Innocent Warrior"   Vai Mahina, Sulata Foai-Amiatu and Matthew Ineleo 1:37
3. "Where You Are"   Christopher Jackson, Rachel House, Nicole Scherzinger, Auliʻi Cravalho and Louise Bush 3:30
4. "How Far I'll Go"   Auliʻi Cravalho 2:43
5. "We Know the Way"   Opetaia Foa'i and Lin-Manuel Miranda 2:21
6. "How Far I'll Go (Reprise)"   Auliʻi Cravalho 1:27
7. "You're Welcome"   Dwayne Johnson 2:43
8. "Shiny"   Jemaine Clement 3:05
9. "Logo Te Pate"   Olivia Foa'i, Opetaia Foa'i and Talaga Steve Sale 2:10
10. "I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors)"   Rachel House and Auliʻi Cravalho 2:42
11. "Know Who You Are"   Auliʻi Cravalho, Vai Mahina, Olivia Foa'i, Opetaia Foa'i and Matthew Ineleo 1:12
12. "We Know the Way (Finale)"   Lin-Manuel Miranda and Opetaia Foa'i 1:09
13. "How Far I'll Go (Alessia Cara version)"   Alessia Cara 2:55
14. "You're Welcome" (featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda) Jordan Fisher (produced by Illmind) 2:17
15. "Prologue"   Mark Mancina 2:25
16. "He Was You"   Mark Mancina 0:50
17. "Village Crazy Lady"   Mark Mancina 0:45
18. "Cavern"   Mark Mancina 2:05
19. "The Ocean Chose You"   Mark Mancina 1:17
20. "The Hook"   Mark Mancina 1:09
21. "Tala's Deathbed"   Mark Mancina 2:00
22. "Battle of Wills"   Mark Mancina 3:10
23. "Kakamora"   Mark Mancina 4:33
24. "Wayfinding"   Mark Mancina 1:52
25. "Climbing"   Mark Mancina 0:54
26. "Tamatoa's Lair"   Mark Mancina 2:45
27. "Great Escape"   Mark Mancina 0:59
28. "If I Were the Ocean"   Mark Mancina 3:01
29. "Te Ka Attacks"   Mark Mancina and Opetaia Foa'i 1:41
30. "Maui Leaves"   Mark Mancina 2:05
31. "Heartache"   Mark Mancina 0:39
32. "Tala Returns"   Mark Mancina 1:01
33. "Sails to Te Fiti"   Mark Mancina and Opetaia Foa'i 5:46
34. "Shiny Heart"   Mark Mancina 0:36
35. "Te Fiti Restored"   Mark Mancina and Opetaia Foa'i 1:03
36. "Hand of a God"   Mark Mancina 0:30
37. "Voyager Tagaloa"   Mark Mancina and Opetaia Foa'i 0:57
38. "Toe Feiloa'i"   Mark Mancina 1:25
39. "Navigating Home"   Mark Mancina 0:47
40. "The Return to Voyaging"   Mark Mancina and Opetaia Foa'i 1:01
Total length:
1:15:48
Disc two
No. Title Performer(s) Length
1. "Unstoppable" (outtake) Lin-Manuel Miranda 3:59
2. "More" (outtake) Marcy Harriell 3:16
3. "More (Reprise)" (outtake) Marcy Harriell 2:38
4. "Warrior Face" (outtake) Lin-Manuel Miranda 2:16
5. "Where You Are" (demo) Lin-Manuel Miranda 3:01
6. "You're Welcome" (demo) Lin-Manuel Miranda 2:37
7. "Shiny" (demo) Lin-Manuel Miranda 3:04
8. "Prologue" (score demo) Mark Mancina 2:26
9. "Village Crazy Lady" (score demo) Mark Mancina 0:45
10. "Cavern" (score demo) Mark Mancina 2:05
11. "Kakamora (Ocean Creatures)" (score demo) Mark Mancina 3:58
12. "It's Called Wayfinding" (score demo) Mark Mancina 0:53
13. "Maui Leaves" (score demo) Mark Mancina 2:04
14. "Sails to Te Fiti" (score demo) Mark Mancina 1:37
15. "Maui Battles" (score demo) Mark Mancina 1:57
16. "Sea Monsters" (score demo) Mark Mancina 0:45
17. "Tala Returns" (score demo) Mark Mancina 1:15
18. "How Far I'll Go" (instrumental) Lin-Manuel Miranda 2:44
19. "You're Welcome" (instrumental) Lin-Manuel Miranda 2:44
Total length:
44:04

Charts

Tracks

Chart performance for tracks from Moana: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Track title Performer(s) Peak positions
US
AUS
CAN
NZ
UK
"How Far I'll Go" Auliʻi Cravalho 41 49 58 55
"How Far I'll Go" Alessia Cara 56 15 46 3 49
"You're Welcome" Dwayne Johnson 65 77 85
"We Know the Way" Opetaia Foa'i & Lin-Manuel Miranda 93
"Shiny" Jemaine Clement
"Where You Are" Christopher Jackson, Rachel House, Nicole Scherzinger, Auliʻi Cravalho & Louise Bush
"I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors)" Rachel House & Auliʻi Cravalho
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Certifications

Certifications for Moana: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Region Certification Sales
Australia (ARIA) Platinum 70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) Platinum 20,000x
Canada (Music Canada) 2× Platinum 160,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark) Platinum 0^
France (SNEP) Platinum 100,000*
Germany (BVMI) Gold 100,000^
Italy (FIMI) Gold 30,000*
Mexico (AMPROFON) Gold 30,000^
New Zealand (RIANZ) 4× Platinum 60,000^
Poland (ZPAV) Platinum 20,000*
Singapore Platinum Expression error: Missing operand for *.
Sweden (GLF) Gold 20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) 2× Platinum 600,000^
United States (RIAA) 5× Platinum 5,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

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