History AwesomeMusic / Moana

* The [[https://youtu.be/e2Lm1-W0jow I Am Moana]] and [[https://youtu.be/EboJrjl_ELI You Know Who You Are]] duo. They easily come as the moments of catharsis for Moana and are the most emotional and tearful moments of the movie. The female chorus in the latter song is spine-chillingly gorgeous.

** [[https://youtu.be/ZNra8eK0K6k The credits version]] sung by Music/AlessiaCara isn't bad either. The pair performed the song [[https://youtu.be/ZbLT0NIm7zA as a duet at the 2017]] [[Radio/RadioDisney Radio Disney Music Awards]].
*** This version would be covered in turn by Creator/DiamondWhite and Kurt Hugo Schneider, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS2Y3_DKvh4 and it sounds just as epic if not more so]].

*** This version would be covered in turn by Creator/DiamondWhite and Music/KurtHugoSchneider, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS2Y3_DKvh4 and it sounds just as epic if not more so]].

* [[https://youtu.be/79DijItQXMM "You're Welcome"]], Maui's egotistical IAmGreatSong, is so catchy and upbeat, you just can't help but sing along! Who knew [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] could sing?[[note]]Well, carry a tune at least.[[/note]] [[https://youtu.be/qI3E11_Im7k Jordan Fisher's]] rendition of the song, also played during the credits, is just as awesome and catchy. The rap segment is even performed by Lin-Manuel himself!

** [[https://youtu.be/Bl0R5rxZY-s "Sails to Te Fiti"]] as a whole is an incredible underscore to an incredible fight scene, but the first minute of it is especially phenomenal as it plays under and enhances Moana's [[spoiler: new declaration that she herself will restore The Heart, while she fixes her boat and expertly navigates her way back to Te Ka.]]

* Opetaia Foa'i completely blows the audience [[{{Pun}} aue]] with his song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubZrAmRxy_M "We Know The Way"]], which is heavily inspired by Polynesian music. [[SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound "Aue aue..."]] Also, most of the other versions of "We Know The Way" sung in other languages sound absolutely ''brilliant''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPAbx5kgCJo "How Far I'll Go"]] is sung by Moana about her internal conflict between becoming a chief to her people and exploring the ocean. Auli'i Cravalho gives an absolutely stunning performance in this number.
** [[https://youtu.be/ZNra8eK0K6k The credits version]] sung by Music/AlessiaCara isn't bad either. The pair performed the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbLT0NIm7zA as a duet at the 2017]] [[Radio/RadioDisney Radio Disney Music Awards]].
** It also gets versions in other languages, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO_-IbuEfrY Thai]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bITINTlONM Vietnamese]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Omp8xd3DE Bahasa Indonesia]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbeaY3BHXVA The version]] sung by Filipina Janella Salvador sounds like a classic Disney Renaissance IWantSong.

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1_zidfoyIE chip-tune version]] of the song made for ''Disney VideoGame/CrossyRoad''. It's a condensed version of the song, sure, but what's there still sounds great.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nqruKAA9FI Jarrod Alonge]] and his band, the "Sunrise Skater Kids", rearranged this into a high-energy rock song with amazing vocals and mixing.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93lrosBEW-Q "Shiny"]], Tamatoa's highly anticipated VillainSong, is a Creator/DavidBowie/Creator/TimCurry-esque glam rock ballad performed by Jemaine Clement (of Flight of the Concords fame) playing a giant AxCrazy [[GiantEnemyCrab crab monster]]. And yes, it is just as awesome as it sounds. He somehow manages to dial the flamboyance up on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs7RUDUlKlM the te reo Māori version]]. The reo Māori version gets a bit of meta Awesome — musical director Rob Ruha [[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/201855373/moana-you-d-better-get-maui-s-song-right-we-love-that-song said in an interview (around 7:20)]] that Jemaine Clement helped translate part of the song to ensure thematic accuracy. That's some two-fold awesomeness: for one thing, not many dubs get that kind of adaptational advantage; and for another, it shows how seriously Jemaine took the role of David Bowie's silly, posthumous crabsona.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79DijItQXMM "You're Welcome"]], Maui's egotistical IAmGreatSong, is so catchy and upbeat, you just can't help but sing along! Who knew [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] could sing?[[note]]Well, carry a tune at least.[[/note]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI3E11_Im7k Jordan Fisher's]] rendition of the song, also played during the credits, is just as awesome and catchy. The rap segment is even performed by Lin-Manuel himself!
* Some of the cut songs included on the soundtrack are also amazing; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os4SoXATqLA "Unstoppable"]] is a very Hamilton-esque song about Maui's exploits and how the ancestors of Moana's people thrived with him helping them, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGtjl5YbPdQ "More"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upjbIJESEUU its reprise]] are early versions of Moana's IWantSong about how she longs to travel beyond her island (which eventually became "How Far I'll Go"). Some parts of the final film still have an instrumental of "Unstoppable".

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl0R5rxZY-s "Sails to Te Fiti"]] as a whole is an incredible underscore to an incredible fight scene, but the first minute of it is especially phenomenal as it plays under and enhances Moana's [[spoiler: new declaration that she herself will restore The Heart, while she fixes her boat and expertly navigates her way back to Te Ka.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl1fSuPiIdA Tulou Tagaloa]] with Olivia Foa'i and the Opetaia Foa'i is a perfect introduction to the film featuring Polynesian vocals and harmonies to set the stage for the story.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kKREKoRTMQ An Innocent Warrior.]] Another Polynesian song with Vai Mahina taking the lead as little Moana meets and bonds the ocean for the first time. It perfectly encapsulates the developing friendship between the two buddies.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3ITrxFTXNg Village Crazy Lady]], despite its title, is rather soothing for a track which perfectly describes Grandma Tala's personality and spiritual bond with nature and the sea in music.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxM4Bldvy10 The Ocean Chose You]] starts off with tense and tragic music as Moana learns of what happened to her people before segueing into a grand Polynesian song as Grandma Tala and the Ocean reassure her.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z1HPgD3MLQ If I Were The Ocean]] is a soothing piece where Moana and Maui prepare to face Te Ka by the track's determined end. Even the music manages to make a smooth transition between soothing and tense, like the calm before the storm.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX1CutmDPGQ Shiny Heart]] is a short piece loaded with a flute riff and harp harmonies where Moana tries to find Te Fiti and discovers a shocking truth about her instead.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwzVAEuWXGo Te Fiti Restored]] is set to soothing and majestic Polynesian vocals and music. as Te Fiti is restored and undos the damage she caused as Te Ka.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4kHAe-AbEE Hand of a God]] is another short piece but it's able to pack in a grand line with the orchestra and a Polynesian xylophonic jingle.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pycqku5TLYk Voyager Tagaloa]] is an awe-inspiring track featuring Opertaia Foa'i's vocals mingling with orchestral accompaniment as Te Fiti rewards Maui and Moana.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-ZjoPwhCwc Toe Feiloa'i]] is a grand piece where the orchestra celebrates the end of Maui and Moana's successful journey in a triumphant fanfare.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKyvM-zaT-8 Return to Voyaging]] packs in stunning Polynesian vocals and grand harmonies and music as Moana's society returns to its adventuring roots with Moana and her family leading the way.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Lm1-W0jow I Am Moana]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EboJrjl_ELI You Know Who You Are]] duo. They easily come as the moments of catharsis for Moana and are the most emotional and tearful moments of the movie. The female chorus in the latter song is spine-chillingly gorgeous.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93lrosBEW-Q "Shiny"]], Tamatoa's highly anticipated VillainSong, is a Creator/DavidBowie/Creator/TimCurry-esque glam rock ballad performed by Jemaine Clement (of Flight of the Concords fame) playing a giant AxCrazy [[GiantEnemyCrab crab monster]]. And yes, it is just as awesome as it sounds. He somehow manages to dial the flamboyance UpToEleven on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs7RUDUlKlM the te reo Māori version]]. The reo Māori version gets a bit of meta Awesome — musical director Rob Ruha [[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/201855373/moana-you-d-better-get-maui-s-song-right-we-love-that-song said in an interview (around 7:20)]] that Jemaine Clement helped translate part of the song to ensure thematic accuracy. That's some two-fold awesomeness: for one thing, not many dubs get that kind of adaptational advantage; and for another, it shows how seriously Jemaine took the role of David Bowie's silly, posthumous crabsona.

As can be expected from a Disney princess movie, ''Moana'' is chock-full of brilliant music, both thanks to its incredibly talented cast and its amazing crew of songwriters and musicians, including composer Mark Mancina, Opetaia Foa'i, leader of the Polynesian band Te Vaka and ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''[='=]s Creator/LinManuelMiranda. ''Moana'' even marks the Disney Animated Canon's first musical since ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' to have the songwriters proudly credited in the trailers.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPAbx5kgCJo "How Far I'll Go"]] is a song sung by Moana about her internal conflict between becoming a chief to her people and exploring the ocean. Auli'i Cravalho gives an absolutely stunning performance in this number.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl0R5rxZY-s "Sails to Te Fiti"]] as a whole is an incredible underscore to an incredible fight scene, but the first minute of it is especially phenomenal as it plays under and enhances Moana's [[spoiler: new declaration that she herself will restore The Heart, while she fixes her boat and expertly navigates her way back to Te Ka.]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3ITrxFTXNg Village Crazy Lady]], despite its title, is rather soothing for a track, which perfectly describes Grandma Tala's personality and spiritual bond with nature and the sea in music.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxM4Bldvy10 The Ocean Chose You.]] It starts off with tense and tragic music as Moana learns of what happened to her people before segueing into a grand Polynesian song as Grandma Tala and the Ocean reassure her.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z1HPgD3MLQ If I Were The Ocean]] is a soothing piece where Moana and Maui prepare to face Te Ka by the track's determined end.

%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4kHAe-AbEE Hand of a God]] is another short piece but it's able to pack in a grand line with the orchestra and a Polynesian xylophonic jingle.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pycqku5TLYk Voyager Tagaloa]] is an awe-inspiring track featuring Opertaia Foa'i's vocals mingling with orchestral accompaniment as Te Fiti rewards Maui and Moana.

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%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nqruKAA9FI Suddenly, Jarrod Alonge.]] He and his band, the "Sunrise Skater Kids", rearranged this into a high-energy rock song with amazing vocals and mixing.

%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kKREKoRTMQ An Innocent Warrior.]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3ITrxFTXNg Village Crazy Lady.]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxM4Bldvy10 The Ocean Chose You.]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z1HPgD3MLQ If I Were The Ocean.]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX1CutmDPGQ Shiny Heart.]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwzVAEuWXGo Te Fiti Restored]] is set to soothing and majestic Polynesian vocals and music. as Te Fiti is restored and undos the damage she caused as Te Ka.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4kHAe-AbEE Hand of a God.]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pycqku5TLYk Voyager Tagaloa.]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-ZjoPwhCwc Toe Feiloa'i.]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKyvM-zaT-8 Return to Voyaging]] packs in stunning Polynesian vocals and grand harmonies and music as Moana's society returns to its adventuring roots. After all Moana endured, her efforts were worth it and her people can venture out to the seas with her and her family leading the way.

%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nqruKAA9FI Suddenly, Jarrod Alonge.]] He rearranges "How Far I'll Go" into a high-energy rock song with amazing vocals and mixing.
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%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nqruKAA9FI Suddenly, Jarrod Alonge.]]

%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl1fSuPiIdA Tulou Tagaloa.]]

%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwzVAEuWXGo Te Fiti Restored.]]

%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKyvM-zaT-8 Return to Voyaging.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79DijItQXMM "You're Welcome"]], Maui's egotistical IAmGreatSong, is so catchy and upbeat, you just can't help but sing along! Who knew [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] could sing?[[note]]Well, carry a tune at least.[[/note]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI3E11_Im7k Jordan Fisher's]] rendition of the song, also played during the credits, is just as awesome and catchy. The rap segment is even performed by Lin-Manuel himself! At about 2:21, the background dancers appear to be doing the infamous Dab dance move.

* Opetaia Foa'i completely blows the audience [[IncrediblyLamePun aue]] with his song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubZrAmRxy_M "We Know The Way"]], which is heavily inspired by Polynesian music. [[SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound "Aue aue..."]] Also, most of the other versions of "We Know The Way" sung in other languages sound absolutely ''brilliant''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93lrosBEW-Q "Shiny"]], Tamatoa's highly anticipated VillainSong, is a Creator/DavidBowie/Creator/TimCurry-esque glam rock ballad performed by Jemaine Clement (of Flight of the Concords fame) playing a giant AxCrazy [[GiantEnemyCrab crab monster]]. And yes, it is just as awesome as it sounds. He somehow manages to dial the flamboyance UpToEleven on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs7RUDUlKlM the te reo Māori version]]. The reo Māori version gets a bit of meta rryAwesome — musical director Rob Ruha [[http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/201855373/moana-you-d-better-get-maui-s-song-right-we-love-that-song said in an interview (around 7:20)]] that Jemaine Clement helped translate part of the song to ensure thematic accuracy. That's some two-fold awesomeness: for one thing, not many dubs get that kind of adaptational advantage; and for another, it shows how seriously Jemaine took the role of David Bowie's silly, posthumous crabsona.