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 ...
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.” ...
A standout song, “Can I Get a Chee Hoo?” is performed more than halfway into the movie, when Moana is deeply discouraged ... that we were copying from YouTube,” said Bear.
It is unclear why Lin-Manuel Miranda did not write Moana 2’s music. However, it is theorized that Miranda was busy working on the songs for Mufasa: The Lion King , scheduled to hit theaters on ...
"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 ...