However, Moana’s character evolved and so did the song. Miranda felt the song should be about Moana loving her island and family yet feeling she’s destined for something other than the life he ...

Moana composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, whose tune "How Far I'll Go" is nominated for Oscars' Best Original Song, reflects on what the experience has meant for his family ...

We almost got "Millennial Moana" in a scrapped concept. Director John Musker said the story would've been about a modern boy ...

On Sunday night, Lin-Manuel Miranda took the Oscars stage with Auli’i Cravalho, the voice of the title character in Moana, to perform “How Far I’ll Go,” nominated for Best Original Song.

I put myself in the character’s ... winning Hamilton creator-actor-composer Lin-Manuel Miranda on breathing life into Disney’s Moana. Of the seven songs he penned for the ...

EXCLUSIVE: “My songwriting process is really simple. I put myself in the character’s shoes, I talk to myself until what comes out feels honest and then I write it down,” says multi-Tony ...

Moana is the daughter of the chief and a friend to the ocean. However, according to musical mastermind Lin-Manuel Miranda, this “princess” almost had eight brothers in her family. Here’s ...

Interviews Moana 2 Actors Have Great Ideas For How Their Characters Should Be In Disney Parks ... Lin-Manuel Miranda’s involvement on Moana came later in the game in the development process, ...

Since Lin-Manuel Miranda is now an established collaborator with Disney Animation and of Puerto Rican descent, he might be the right guy to work on a script for the studio’s first Latina main ...

As it turns out, Lin-Manuel Miranda did not write the music for Moana 2. That task was given to songwriters Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, who are also the first female songwriting duo and the ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda opened up about why he didn't return for 'Moana 2,' noting it had nothing to do with it overlapping with 'Mufasa: The Lion King. Why Lin-Manuel Miranda Didn't Return for 'Moana 2' ...