It’s not difficult to find a connection with Roz, voiced by Lupita Nyong’o, in The Wild Robot, especially for songwriter Maren Morris, who had a young child when she began writing the original song “Kiss the Sky” for the film.
The song resonated so well with the story that composer Kris Bowers says “Kiss the Sky” had a major influence on his score, even past the scene it was written for.
The Wild Robot follows Roz, a robot stranded on an uninhabited island and soon finds herself responsible for taking care of Brightbill (Kit Conner), a baby goose.
As she pushes past her programming and embraces the wild, Bowers incorporated more natural sounds in the score to highlight her growth.
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