#GROWN UPS 2 SONG MOVIE#
So much of the movie is about that, seeing your family members more fully, as you grow and as you evolve and as you change. And so, I knew, writing that, I would find that turn in it because that’s something I didn’t really learn about my sister until we were grownups together. She’s actually got the softest underbelly, which is why the exterior is so tough. If I cry at the end of a movie, my sister crises at the trailer for the movie. Something I also know that’s true, about my sister in particular, but may be true of people in your family that you know, is that the tougher an exterior they present, actually the more vulnerable and sensitive they are on the inside. Really writing honestly about that with lyrics like, “Give it to your sister, your sister’s older / Give her all the heavy things you can’t shoulder,” and that, “Nevermind, I’ll do it,” is something that I really wanted to write to. I know she had burdens that I did not have. I know she had responsibilities that I did not have. MIRANDA: “Surface Pressure” is my love letter/apology to older siblings everywhere. Why was that the perfect song and the perfect sound for that character? RELATED: ‘Encanto’ Review: Disney Animation’s Latest Is a Heartwarming Celebration of FamilyĪll of the songs in this are great, but the one that has really stuck with me since seeing the film is “Surface Pressure,” Luisa’s song. And so, it was really exciting finding that mix between solo numbers and group numbers and letting every family member shine within that kaleidoscope. We don’t have time to hear their songs, but we really get a strong sense of who Dolores is, in those 12 bars that she has.
“We don’t talk about Bruno, but let’s talk about Bruno.” That, as an ensemble number, provided an incredible opportunity to hear from Dolores and to hear from Camilo. I remember pitching, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” because every family has the stuff you’re allowed to talk about at the dinner table, and the stuff that you’re going to talk about it, but not in front of mom or not in front of abuela, and not now. I got to write these incredible ensemble songs. You said every person gets to their song, but they super don’t. The way we did it is actually a slight of hand.
My job, as the composer, is to amplify these characters, their gifts, and their musical version of self-expression. And so, hanging on to that, the really exciting challenge was finding the drama and the conflict of the movie itself, within the relationships between those characters. She does not have eight brothers anymore because Moana had more important stuff to do. Moana had eight brothers when I got hired for Moana. We said, “We wanna talk about family, and we wanna present an intergenerational family, all under one roof.” Usually, when you say that, then you chip away at the family until you find your hero, and the hero goes on a quest.
That was the challenge we set up for ourselves at the beginning. LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA: The challenge is the complexity of bringing 12 major characters all to the screen. Every child in the family has been blessed with a unique magic gift, except for Mirabel (voiced by Stephanie Beatriz), an ordinary teenager still trying to find her place and value among the generations in her vibrant and lively community when she learns that the Madrigal magic may very well be in danger.ĭuring the film’s virtual junket, Collider got the opportunity to chat 1-on-1 with Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote the original songs that were crafted to dive even deeper into the story of the Madrigal family, about the challenge of giving so many characters their moment to shine, the meaning behind “Surface Pressure,” why Moana no longer has the eight brothers she originally started with, the experience he had working with one of his musical heroes on The Little Mermaid, and the impression The Sword in the Stone made when one of his kids first watched it.Ĭollider: What was it like to get to create such a collection of different songs, and to give each of these characters their own song and their own moment to shine that also fits their personality? What are the challenges of developing a soundtrack like that? From Walt Disney Animation Studios, Encanto tells the story of the Madrigals, an extraordinary family who live in a magical house in the mountains of Colombia.