''Moana: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' is the soundtrack to the 2016

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animated film '' Moana''. The soundtrack was released by

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on November 19, 2016. It features songs written by

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and

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, with lyrics in

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, Samoan,

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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

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's '' Starboy''.Hugh McIntyre
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''

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'', December 4, 2016. "

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 perf ...

" was nominated for the

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''Variety'', December 12, 2016. and the

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Recording

For the soundtrack, Disney wanted to combine traditional South Pacific culture with pop and

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sensibilities, which led to the hiring of Broadway playwright, songwriter and composer

, composer

and

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an singer-songwriter

. 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.Melinda Newman
"Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina & Opetaia Foa'i on Creating Disney's 'Moana' Music as 'Hamilton' Exploded"
''

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'', November 23, 2016.Tim Greiving
"In 'Moana,' New Voices Both Uphold And Challenge The Disney Tradition"

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, November 20, 2016. At the same time, Miranda was also developing and starring in the Broadway musical ''

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'', which meant he was able to recruit ''Hamilton'' stars

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, Christopher Jackson, and

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as well as ''

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'' star

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to help him record

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of his songs. The songs feature Foa'i's New Zealand-based vocal group

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, as well as a choir from

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. 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 Polynesian vocals and percussion, woodwinds made from bamboo from the South Pacific, and traditional hide-covered Tyka drums. According to Miranda, "Shiny" was inspired by the

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' tribute to

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at the

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in 2004, as well as listening to Bowie's songs on a loop shortly after the singer's death in January 2016.

Commercial performance

" appears during the film performed by actress

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, and during the end credits performed by Canadian singer-songwriter

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. 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.Alessia Cara chart
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n singer

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and

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singer

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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

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n singer

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and

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n singer Ayda Jebat recorded their own versions of the song respectively in

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and

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language. Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jordan Fisher sing 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.Trevor Anderson
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''Billboard'', December 7, 2016. The soundtrack also features

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, 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 ''

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'' and ''

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''. ''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.

Critical reception

Pable Ruiz of Rotascopers said "After the enormous success of '' Frozen'', with its Broadway-type songs written by the married duo of Robert and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Disney decided to repeat the formula" nd use a Broadway star for the recording The Deluxe version includes demo songs and songs which were cut from the movie's theatric version.

Accolades

At the

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, "

" was nominated for

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. It also received a nomination for

at the 89th Academy Awards.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Tracks

Certifications

Notes

References

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