Is there anything Dwayne Johnson can't do? Who knew The Rock could sing? Because Dwayne Johnson, who voices a character in the new Disney animated princess film, "Moana," recently released the first clip of himself crooning a Miranda-written song from the movie, via his Instagram account. And his performance is as solid as a rock!

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The soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records on November 19, 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 chart at number 16 and peaked at number 2, kept off the top spot by The Weeknd 's Starboy. 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.
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It was written and produced by Lin-Manuel Miranda. It was released along with the album on November 18, Canadian singer Alessia Cara also recorded the song for the Moana soundtrack. Although Miranda has stressed that he is still "very proud of" the song as a first draft, "More" was not good enough in retrospect because it merely expressed Moana's vague desire to see more since she had already figured out everything about the island. It's even more confusing. And that's a valid story too. To make himself write a song more compelling than "More", Miranda " went method ". According to sheet music published at Sheetmusicdirect. Written in common time , the song is in the key of E major with a key change to F major for the final 10 measures. A music video for the song was released on December 12,
Has there been a more highly anticipated movie soundtrack this year than Moana 's? A Disney animated musical comes with very high expectations to begin with. Add to those expectations the fact that Disney tapped Hamilton genius Lin Manuel Miranda to collaborate with South Pacific Fusion songwriter Opetaia Foa'i and composer Mark Mancina on the score, and the buzz gets even louder. Moana will be in theaters Nov. The Moana album features 14 vocal tracks plus a second volume with the film's score, outtakes, and demos. To prepare for the movie, I've ranked all 14 songs on the Moana soundtrack. Because though they're all good, one has to be the best.