The best songs across Moana and Moana 2 highlight what makes the two films such strong and flexible modern additions to the ...

Barlow is one half of Barlow and Bear (Emily Bear), the songwriting team behind the new songs featured in Disney’s “Moana 2.” Bear chimes in, “I would say that everyone has an opinion.” ...

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 ...

Barlow and Bear nail one thing: the foregrounding of Moana and Cravalho in the music. Moana anchors the ensemble-driven “We’re Back,” and later takes over lead vocals from Miranda on a redux ...

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“Music is always such an important part of all of our stories, whether it's a musical or not,” said producer Yvett Merino. “‘Moana 2’ is a stunning, sweeping musical, and music plays ...

"Beyond" is also the name of the ballad that anchors "Moana 2" and aptly describes the epic, albeit uncharted, mission the Grammy-winning team embarked upon in crafting songs for the sequel (in ...

“Moana 2” is now in theaters and just like it’s predecessor, it is chock full of original songs. This time though, Lin-Manuel Miranda isn’t the one who wrote them. That task fell to ...