Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorUnlike a lot of kids, Lin-Manuel Miranda says he never dreamed of becoming president. “I was never that kid.
I fell in love with musical storytelling because of ‘The Little Mermaid’ (he has the VHS on hand), and wanted to know how those songs got written.”The “Hamilton” creator got his taste of Disney musical storytelling when he crafted songs for “Moana,” but with the Mouse House’s 60th animated feature, “Encanto,” he came into the process early in helping blend the story of the Madrigal family, magical realism and Colombian culture through the eight songs that he wrote for the film.On “Encanto,” we talked about what music should do and what music shouldn’t do.
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