The Music of Moana (2016 film)

Copyright © 2016 Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Original Songs by

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa’i and Mark Mancina

Original Score Composed by

Mark Mancina

Executive Music Producers

Tom MacDougall and Chris Montan

Music

Original Songs Produced by

Mark Mancina, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Opetaia Foa’i

Original Score Produced by

Mark Mancina

Executive Director, Music Production

Andrew Page

Music Editor, Production / Songs

Earl Ghaffari

Songs and Score Orchestrated and Arranged by

Dave Metzger

Songs and Score Recorded and Mixed by

David Boucher

Songs and Score Conducted by

Don Harper

Music Business Affairs

Don Welty

Manager, Music Production

Ashley Chafin

Music Production Assistant

Jimmy Tsai

Executive Music Assistant

Jill Heffley

Music Editor, Score

Daniel Pinder, MPSE

Vocal Coach to Auli’i Cravalho

Peisha McPhee

Vocal Coach, Cast

Sam Kriger

Fijian Choral Direction by

Igelese Ete, featuring the Pasifika Voices Choir

Additional Engineering and Music Production

Marlon Espino

Digital Score Assembly

Kevin Harp

Digital Recordist

Larry Mah

Songs and Score Contracted by

Reggie Wilson

Music Preparation by

Booker White — Walt Disney Music

Performances by

Te Vaka

Assistant Music Editor

Benjamin Robinson

Temp Score Music Editors

Tommy Holmes and Dominick Certo

Songs

Tulou Tagaloa

Performed by Olivia Foa’i

Music and Lyrics by Opetaia Foa’i

An Innocent Warrior

Performed by Vai Mahina, Sulata Foai-Amiatu, Matthew Ineleo

Written by Opetaia Foa’i

Where You Are

Performed by Christopher Jackson, Rachel House,

Nicole Scherzinger, Auli’i Cravalho, Louise Bush

Music by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa’i, Mark Mancina

Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda

How Far I’ll Go

Performed by Auli’i Cravalho

Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda

We Know the Way

Performed by Opetaia Foa’i and Lin-Manuel Miranda

Music by Opetaia Foa’i

Lyrics by Opetaia Foa’i and Lin-Manuel Miranda

How Far I’ll Go (Reprise)

Performed by Auli’i Cravalho

Music by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Mark Mancina

Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda

You’re Welcome

Performed by Dwayne Johnson

Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Shiny

Performed by Jemaine Clement

Music by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Mark Mancina

Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Logo Te Pate

Performed by Olivia Foa’i, Opetaia Foa’i, Talaga Steve Sale

Written by Opetaia Foa’i

I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors)

Performed by Rachel House and Auli’i Cravalho

Music by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa’i, Mark Mancina

Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Opetaia Foa’i

Know Who You Are

Performed by Auli’i Cravalho, Vai Mahina, Olivia Foa’i, Opetaia Foa’i, Matthew Ineleo

Music by Opetaia Foa’i, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina

Lyrics by Opetaia Foa’i and Lin-Manuel Miranda

We Know the Way (Finale)

Performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Opetaia Foa’i

Music by Opetaia Foa’i

Lyrics by Opetaia Foa’i and Lin-Manuel Miranda

How Far I’ll Go (Alessia Cara Version)

Performed by Alessia Cara

Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Produced by Oak Felder and Trevorious

Mixed by Erik Madrid

You’re Welcome (Jordan Fisher/Lin-Manuel Miranda Version)

Performed by Jordan Fisher feat. Lin-Manuel Miranda

Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Produced by !llmind

Mixed by Joey Raia

Alessia Cara appears courtesy of Def Jam Recordings

Jordan Fisher appears courtesy of Hollywood Records

Soundtrack Available on

Walt Disney Records

Walt Disney

Walter Elias Disney

Date of Birth: December 5, 1901

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA 🇺🇸

Date of Death: December 15, 1966 (65 years old)

Deathplace: Burbank, California, USA

Resting place: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, USA

Occupation

• Animator
• Voice actor
• Film producer
• Founder of Buena Vista Distribution Company

Relatives

• Roy O. Disney (brother)
• Roy E. Disney (nephew)
• Lillian Marie Disney (wife)
• Diane Disney-Miller (daughter)
• Ron W. Miller (son-in-law)

Motion Pictures (My List)

Producer

1955: Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier

1955: Lady and the Tramp

1957: Old Yeller

1959: Sleeping Beauty

1961: One Hundred and One Dalmatians

1963: The Sword in the Stone

1964: Mary Poppins

1967: The Jungle Book

The VFX of Hidalgo (film)

Copyright © 2003 Touchstone Pictures

Visual Effects Supervisor

Tim Alexander

Special Visual Effects and Animation by

Industrial Light & Magic

A Lucasfilm Ltd. Company

Marin County, California

Visual Effects Producer

Ginger Theisen

Compositing Supervisor

Eddie Pasquarello

CG Supervisor

Robert Weaver

Animation Supervisor

Sylvia Wong

TDs

Aron Bonar

Howard Gersh

Ryan Laney

David Meny

Raymond Ribaric

Damian Steel

Digital Compositors

Scott David

Angela Giannoni

Michael Kennedy

Tory Mercer

Myles Murphy

Patrick Tubach

Animators

Charles Alleneck

Lou Dellarosa

Maia Kayser

Alison Leaf

Rick O’Connor

Lead Digital Leopard Simulation

Tim Brakensiek

Digital Simulation

Will Clay

Jae Cheol Hong

Juan-Luis Sanchez

Hyun Seung Kim

Digital Model Development

Allyson Markell

Viewpaint Artist

Rebecca Petrulli-Heskes

Rotoscope Supervisor

Beth D’Amato

Digital Rotoscope Artists

Lauren Morimoto

Amy Shepard

Zachary Sherman

David Sullivan

Digital Matte Artists

Richard Bluff, Giles Hancock, Susumu Yukuhiro

Digital Match Move Lead

Lanny Cermak

Digital Match Movers

Alia Agha

Alex Frazao

Melissa Mullen

James Soukup

Digital Timing Supervisor

Bruce Vecchitto

Visual Effects Editor

David Tanaka

Digital Restoration

Marianne Heath and Rich McKay

Visual Effects Production Coordinator

Damien Carr

Film Recording Engineers

George Gambetta, Darren Jones, Todd Mitchell

Negative Preparation

Andrea Biklian and Erik Pampel

Projectionist

Anastasia Emmons

Technical Support

Robert Gianino and Daniel Zizmor

Production Accountant

Marc Ostroff

Visual Effects Production Assistant

Laura Denicke

ILM Senior Staff

Chrissie England, Mark S. Miller, Jim Morris

Make-up Effects and Animatronics

Designed and Created by

Todd Masters

MastersFX, L.A.

Co-Designer/Supervisor

Dan Rebert

FX Artists

Erik Schaper, Joe Colwell, Sam Polin

Stagebill of The Lion King (1997)

Elton John — Music

Academy Award-winning recording artist, Elton John, released a new studio album in September, 1997, titled The Big Picture. The release of this album is especially noteworthy because it also marks the 30th anniversary of one of the most prolific songwriting teams in the history of pop music, Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin. Several years ago, Elton John embarked on another noteworthy songwriting collaboration with renowned lyricist, Tim Rice, and this resulted in the tremendously successful soundtrack to the Walt Disney Pictures smash hit, The Lion King. The album produced two top-selling, award-winning singles for Elton, “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” and “Circle of Life”. To date, the record has surpassed the 10 million mark in sales. The success of The Lion King has resulted in yet another Elton John/Tim Rice collaboration. The duo have written new material based on the story depicted in Verdi’s classic opera Aida for an upcoming Disney theatrical project. Apart from his musical projects, Elton John continues to be personally involved in the fundraising activities for the Elton John AIDS Foundation which funds direct care services for men, women, and children living with HIV and AIDS. Since it’s inception in 1992, the Foundation has distributed more than $13 million in grants worldwide. In addition, as a result of his contributions to charity and the arts, last year, Elton John was added to Queen Elizabeth’s Honors List, receiving the prestigious British title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire. This year, in honor of his 50th birthday, he was awarded an Honorary Membership to the Royal Academy of Music in London — a school he attended in his junior years.

Tim Rice — Lyrics

Theater: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Jesus Christ Superstar; Evita; Blondel; Chess; Starmania / Tycoon; some of Beauty and the Beast; Heathcliff, King David. In the works: Aida. TV / Films: Three More Men in a Boat; some of Aladdin; The Lion King. In the works: El Dorado, The Pheasant That Died of Old Age. Books: Evita; Treasures of Lord’s, over 30 Guinness Books on British pop music; 22 Heartaches Cricketers’ Almanacks. In the works: An autobiography.

Roger Allers — Book

Roger Allers makes his Broadway debut with this adaptation from the animated feature which he co-directed. Roger has been instrumental in shaping the structure and dialogue for all of the Disney animated features beginning with Oliver & Company in 1988. He is currently writing and directing Kingdom of the Sun, a Disney Animation feature scheduled for release in 1999.

Irene Mecchi — Book

Irene Mecchi began her association with Disney in March, 1992, when she wrote Recycle Rex, an animated short which won the 1994 Environmental Media Award. Irene is a co-writer of Disney’s animated features The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Hercules, and is presently working on Disney’s upcoming Kingdom of the Sun.

Julie Taymor — Director, Costume Designer, Mask/Puppet Co-Designer, Additional Music & Lyrics

Julie Taymor directs theater, opera, and film. She made her Broadway debut in 1996 with her production of Juan Darién (Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater), which was nominated for five 1997 Tony Awards. Other theater work includes: The Green Bird (New Victory Theater and La Jolla Playhouse); Titus Andronicus, The Tempest, and The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre for a New Audience); Juan Darién (Music-Theatre Group); co-adapter and director of Transposed Heads (Lincoln Center and American Music Theatre Festival) and Liberty’s Taken (Castle Hill Festival); designer and choreographer of The King Stag (American Repertory Theatre). Opera direction: The Magic Flute (Maggio Musicale, Florence); Oedipus Rex (Saito Kinen Festival, Japan); Salomé (Kirov Opera); The Flying Dutchman (Los Angeles Opera). Film: Fool’s Fire, an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s Hopfrog for American Playhouse. She is currently preparing to direct a feature film of her adaptation of Titus Andronicus. Ms. Taymor’s awards include a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Emmy for Oedipus Rex, Obie awards for Visual Magic and for Juan Darién, the Brandeis Creative Arts Award, the Dorothy Chandler Performing Arts Award, and the International Classical Music Award for Best Opera Production (Oedipus Rex). Playing with Fire, a book spanning 20 years of Julie Taymor’s work, was recently published by Abrams.

Garth Fagan — Choreographer

Lebo M. — Additional Music & Lyrics, Additional Vocal Score, Vocal Arrangements, Choral Director and Ensemble

Lebo M. is known as the “voice and spirit of The Lion King.” A native of South Africa, his pursuit of a musical career in the U.S. eventually landed him a Grammy for his arrangements of the Disney score in 1994. Lebo was the only African contributor to the smash film, which led to his work on the follow-up album Rhythm of the Pride Lands. Schooled at the Duke Ellington School of Music (Washington, D.C.) and the Los Angeles City College Music Department, Lebo was inspired by his native Zulu music, American jazz, and R&B. Credits include: The Power of One (co-wrote the music and lyrics, co-produced the soundtrack, and conducted a 110-person choir); Back on the Block and Listen Up with Quincy Jones; and the feature films Outbreak (Warner Bros.), Congo (Paramount), and Born to Be Wild (Warner Bros.), and the Disney TV special People. His new album, Deeper Meaning, will be released later this year.

Mark Mancina — Additional Music & Lyrics, Music Produced for the Stage and Additional Score

An award-winning composer, was an obvious choice to compose, produce, and adapt additional music for The Lion King stage production as he arranged and produced songs for the blockbuster animated feature film, for which he received both the Grammy and American Music Award in 1994. The film also spawned the hit album Rhythm of the Pride Lands, for which Mancina co-wrote, arranged, and produced three tracks, including “He Lives in You” and “Shadowland”, which are featured in the stage production. Ranked among the upper echelons of film composers, his credits include mega-hits Speed, Twister, and Bad Boys, the period epic Moll Flanders, which was on Billboard’s Classical Crossover Chart, and this summer’s hit action thriller Con Air, among others. He is recording an album of original material and also plans to embark on a tour featuring musical highlights from his film scores.

Hans Zimmer — Additional Music & Lyrics

Hans Zimmer received an Oscar, Golden Globe, and two Grammy awards for his film score of The Lion King. His long line of over 60 film and TV scores goes back to 1982’s Moonlighting, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, and includes the Oscar-nominated scores for The Preacher’s Wife and Rain Man, as well as the Grammy Award-winning Crimson Tide, Black Rain, Thelma and Louise, Driving Miss Daisy, Backdraft, Green Card, Beyond Rangoon, and Broken Arrow. In addition to his composing duties, he has assumed the responsibility of heading DreamWorks’ entire film music division, and has scored their first film, The Peacemaker starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman.

Jay Rifkin — Additional Music & Lyrics

The Grammy Award-winning producer, together with producing/composing partner Hans Zimmer, created Media Ventures, a film scoring studio and composer’s cooperative. Their partnership has earned them Academy Award nominations for the film scores of Driving Miss Daisy, Rain Man, and The Lion King. Based on the success of The Lion King soundtrack, Jay produced the gold-selling follow-up album Rhythm of the Pride Lands. He is also the founder and president of Mojo Records, an alternative music label he formed in 1995, home of Goldfinger and Reel Big Fish.

David Metzger — Orchestrator

David Metzger makes his Broadway debut with this production. He has previously worked as an orchestrator on many films, including Speed 2. He has arranged or composed over 250 pieces for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and worked on numerous national television commercials. David currently resides in Oregon.

Bruce Fowler — Orchestrator

Bruce Fowler is an accomplished musician who has composed pieces for such dance companies as the L.A. Chamber Ballet and The Repitoire Dance Theatre. In addition to performing on several film/TV soundtracks, he was the orchestrator for such hit films as The Lion King, The Rock, Crimson Tide, Backdraft, Twister, The Preacher’s Wife, Speed, and Con Air. Recently he orchestrated the score for the DreamWorks film The Peacemaker.

Chris Montan — Executive Music Producer

Chris Montan joined Disney in 1984, and is currently serving as the executive producer of feature animation music, producing motion pictures and television specials for the Studio as well as providing consultation on music-related projects. Under his guidance as head of music, soundtracks from seven theatrical releases (Cocktail, Beaches, The Little Mermaid, Pretty Woman, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King) were certified multi-platinum. Additionally, the Studio received Grammy, Golden Globe, and Academy Award recognition for many of its music entries. Most recently he was the executive music producer on the music for Pocahontas, Toy Story, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Hercules. His company’s current projects include a new all-star television production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic Cinderella for ABC.

Walt Disney Theatrical Productions — Producer

Walt Disney Theatrical Productions; a division of The Walt Disney Company, operates under the direction of Peter Schneider and Thomas Schumacher. Disney’s inaugural production, the Tony Award-winning Beauty and the Beast, continues in its fourth year on Broadway and is currently being performed in Chicago, London, Tokyo, Fukuoka, Mexico City, and Stuttgart.

DreamWorks SKG (logo)

1997 Original version

Illustrated by

Robert Hunt

Model

William Hunt

Based on an Idea by

Steven Spielberg

Music by

John Williams

Visual Effects Supervisor

Dennis Muren

Animation Supervisor

Wes Takahashi

Computer Graphic Imagery by

Industrial Light & Magic

A Division of Lucas Digital Ltd.

Marin County, California

2021 Enhanced version

Enhanced Animation by

Technicolor

CGI Supervisor

Archie Donato

Designed/Modeling/Animation & Rendering by

James Marcus and Yinglei Yang

The Music of Con Air

Copyright © 1997 Touchstone Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer, Inc.

Music by

Mark Mancina and Trevor Rabin

Music Supervisor

Kathy Nelson

Supervising Music Editor

Bob Badami

Music Editors

Will Kaplan and Zigmund M. Gron

Assistant Music Editor

Shannon Erbe

Orchestrations by

Nick Glennie-Smith, Bruce Fowler and Gordon Goodwin

Score Conducted by

Nick Glennie-Smith and Gordon Goodwin

Score Recorded and Mixed at

Todd-AO Scoring Stage and The Village Recorders

Orchestra Recorded and Mixed by

Steve Kempster

Orchestra Contractor

Sandy DeCrescent

Music Preparation by

Dominic Fidelibus and Booker White

Score Supervisors

Paul Linford and Christopher Ward

Soundtrack Available on

Hollywood Records

Carolwood Records

A sister country music imprint to the Lyric Street Records label, part of the Disney Music Group, created on October 2, 2008, and located in Nashville, Tennessee.

Founded: October 2, 2008; 17 years ago

Headquarters: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Genre: Country

Defunct: November 3, 2009

Parent: Disney Music Group

Cast and Filmmakers of Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

Matt Damon — Narrator of Spirit

Matt Damon has been honored for his work both as an actor and screenwriter. He won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Screenplay (Shared with Ben Affleck) for the acclaimed drama Good Will Hunting. He also received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor for his performance in the title role. Damon later earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for his work in the title role of Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley. Damon starred in the spy thriller The Bourne Identity, based on the Robert Ludlum bestseller which opened in June, 2002. Other film credits include Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven in which he joined an all-star ensemble cast including George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt; Billy Bob Thornton’s All the Pretty Horses, opposite Penelope Cruz; and Robert Redford’s The Legend of Bagger Vance, with Will Smith and Charlize Theron. Damon first came to the attention of critics and audiences with his portrayal of a guilt-ridden Gulf War veteran in Courage Under Fire. He then starred in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Rainmaker, and appeared in the title role of Steven Spielberg’s Oscar®-winning World War II drama Saving Private Ryan. His film credits also include John Dahl’s Rounders, the Kevin Smith films Chasing Amy and Dogma, School Ties and Mystic Pizza, in which he made his feature film debut. He recently appeared on stage in London’s West End in This is Our Youth, a play by Kenneth Lonergan in which Damon co-starred with Casey Affleck and Summer Phoenix. He also co-stars with Casey Affleck in the Fall 2002 theatrical release of Gerry, directed by Gus Van Sant.

James Cromwell — Colonel

James Cromwell, one of the industry’s busiest actors, earned an Oscar® nomination for his performance as Farmer Hoggett in the sleeper hit Babe. He also shared in the Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for the casts of The Green Mile and L.A. Confidential. In addition, Cromwell has recently received two Emmy Award nominations, one for his portrayal of William Randolph Hearst in RKO 281, and another for his guest role as a terminally ill Catholic Bishop in ER. Cromwell also stars as the President of the United States in The Sum of All Fears, based on the Tom Clancy novel. Among his many other film credits are Space Cowboys, Snow Falling on Cedars, The General’s Daughter, Babe: Pig in the City, Deep Impact, Star Trek: First Contact, The Education of Little Tree, The People vs. Larry Flynt and Revenge of the Nerds. He has also starred in such long-form projects as CBS’s live airing of Fail Safe, A Death in the Family, A Slight Case of Murder, Indictment: The McMartin Trial, In a Child’s Name, The Wall, A Christmas Without Snow, Deadly Game and Once an Eagle. In addition, Cromwell has starred in several series, most recently playing the title role in Citizen Baines. Apart from his acting work, Cromwell is involved in an organization called “Hecel Oyakapi” (The People Tell It This Way) dedicated to assisting the Lakota people in preserving their language and culture through the arts. As a result of his role in Babe, he is also actively involved in PETA and a number of other animal causes.

Daniel Studi — Little Creek

Daniel Studi grew up in Oklahoma in the ways of the Cherokee Indians. He was raised to learn and respect the traditions of all the different Native American tribes, so his input into his character in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron was invaluable. The son of famed Native American actor Wes Studi, Daniel previously appeared with his father in the television movie Crazy Horse. Studi has also worked on the regional stage, appearing in presentations of Black Elk Speaks and Stravinsky’s A Soldier’s Tale.

Kelly Asbury — Director

Kelly Asbury, a 19-year veteran in animation, made his directorial debut with Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. He served as a story supervisor on DreamWorks’ first traditionally animated feature The Prince of Egypt, along with Lorna Cook. Asbury was also a story artist on the animated hits Shrek and Chicken Run. Asbury began his career at Walt Disney Feature Animation in 1983, where he remained for the next 12 years. While at Disney, he worked as a storyboard artist on such films as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Toy Story and James and the Giant Peach. He served as an art director on the Roger Rabbit short Roller Coaster Rabbit and as an assistant art director on Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. In addition to film work, Asbury wrote and illustrated a number of published children’s books, including the Halloween-themed titles “Witch Dot”, “Frankensquare” and “Candy Corn”, which hit stores in Fall 2001. He also wrote and illustrated the children’s books “Where Is Snowy’s Nose?”, “Rusty’s Red Vacation”, “Bonnie’s Blue House” and “Yolanda’s Yellow School” and provided the artwork for the books “Turkey Time” and “Thanksgiving Parade”. Due out in Fall 2002, his newest book, “Dummy Days: America’s Favorite Ventriloquists From Radio and Early TV”, is a vintage photo-filled volume targeted for adults, which features commentary from film critic and entertainment historian Leonard Maltin.

Lorna Cook — Director

Lorna Cook has worked in the animation arena for more than 25 years. She teamed with Kelly Asbury when they worked as story supervisors for DreamWorks Pictures’ traditionally animated epic The Prince of Egypt. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron marks her directorial debut. Prior to joining DreamWorks, Cook worked as a story artist on a number of animated hits, including Mulan and The Lion King. She also served as an animator on the lead character Belle in Beauty and the Beast and on The Secret of NIMH. Cook’s additional animation credits include stints as a directing animator on such films as All Dogs Go to Heaven, The Land Before Time and An American Tail. She began her career as an assistant animator on the character of Elliot the Dragon in the musical feature Pete’s Dragon (uncredited), in which the animated Elliot interacted with a live-action cast.

Mireille Soria — Producer

Mireille Soria counts Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron as her first producing credit for an animated feature, though she has an extensive background in live-action film and television. Prior to taking the producing reins for Spirit, she had a producing deal at Fox Family Pictures, where she produced the romantic Cinderella story Ever After, starring Drew Barrymore and Anjelica Huston. Soria also executive produced the Disney Channel horror comedy Under Wraps. She had previously held the post of vice president of production for Walt Disney Pictures from 1990 to 1995. During her tenure, she oversaw the development and production of such projects as The Mighty Ducks and its two sequels, Cool Runnings and 1994’s live-action version of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. Soria had come to Disney from the Steve Tisch Company, where she was a vice president, and also produced several projects. Her producing credits there included the pilot and 13 episodes of the series Dirty Dancing, the telefilms Victim of Love and Out on the Edge and the OBS Afterschool Special Lies of the Heart. She also developed a number of feature film and cable and network television projects. Soria began her career in 1982 as manager of dramatic series development at ABC. Two years later, she joined Columbia Pictures Television as director of current programs. In 1985, she returned to ABC as director of dramatic series development and was responsible for developing the groundbreaking series thirtysomething. Soria is producing DreamWorks’ next traditionally animated feature Sinbad.

Jeffrey Katzenberg — Producer

Jeffrey Katzenberg is a principal partner in DreamWorks SKG, a multifaceted entertainment company co-founded by him, Steven Spielberg and David Geffen in October 1994. Katzenberg produced DreamWorks’ computer animated blockbuster Shrek, which won the first-ever Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature. Shrek was also one of the top-grossing films of 2001 and is the second highest grossing animated feature of all time. The film’s many honors also include Best Animated Film awards from a number of critics’ organizations, including the Broadcast Film Critics and the Los Angeles Film Critics, as well as Golden Globe and Producers Guild award nominations. Katzenberg also served as an executive producer on DreamWorks’ clay-animated hit Chicken Run, which was named the best-reviewed movie of 2000, in addition to winning awards for Best Animated Feature from several critics’ groups. He was also an executive producer on the animated epic The Prince of Egypt, which won an Oscar® for Best Original Song (“When You Believe”) and on The Road to El Dorado.

John Fusco — Screenwriter

John Fusco is no stranger to writing about the American West, having scripted the hit Westerns Young Guns and Young Guns II. Fusco also served as an executive producer on both films, which starred Emilio Estevez as Billy the Kid. Additionally, Fusco wrote and produced the biopic The Babe, starring John Goodman as the legendary Babe Ruth; wrote the Native American political thriller Thunderheart, starring Val Kilmer and Sam Shepard; and wrote Loch Ness, starring Ted Danson as a scientist trying to prove the existence of the fabled monster. In 1983, Fusco’s first screenplay, written at New York University, brought him the national FOCUS Award for Best Screenplay. The following year he again won the FOCUS Award for Best Screenplay for his second student script, a blues movie titled Crossroads. Subsequently brought to the screen by director Walter Hill, Crossroads received widespread critical acclaim. The film also featured a popular soundtrack by Ry Cooder, showcasing one of Fusco’s personal heroes, Sonny Terry, on harmonica. Fusco has three projects in production: an all-Native American miniseries, Dreamkeeper; the feature film Hidalgo, about endurance horse racing; and Rebels, a Revolutionary War epic.

Hans Zimmer — Music

Hans Zimmer won the 2001 Golden Globe Award, in addition to receiving his seventh Oscar® nomination, for the award-winning hit Gladiator. In 1994, he won both the Academy Award® and a Golden Globe Award for his score for the blockbuster The Lion King, which also spawned one of the most successful soundtrack recordings ever. Zimmer has also garnered Oscar® nominations for The Prince of Egypt, The Thin Red Line, As Good As It Gets, Rain Man and The Preacher’s Wife. This year, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his score for Pearl Harbor. Zimmer’s music for The Lion King has been continuing to draw applause in the award-winning stage production of the musical. The show earned the 1998 Tony Award for Best Musical, as well as a Grammy Award for the Best Original Cast Album. The composer also reunited with The Lion King songwriters Elton John and Tim Rice for DreamWorks’ animated musical The Road to El Dorado. Zimmer has composed the music for more than 70 feature films, most recently collaborating again with Gladiator director Ridley Scott on Black Hawk Down and Hannibal. Zimmer’s diverse list of credits also includes Crimson Tide, for which he won a Grammy, Thelma & Louise, Driving Miss Daisy, Mission: Impossible II, The Peacemaker, The Rock, Broken Arrow, Nine Months, Beyond Rangoon, Cool Runnings, A League of Their Own, Black Rain, Backdraft, Green Card, True Romance, Days of Thunder and My Beautiful Laundrette. In addition to his composing work, Zimmer heads DreamWorks’ film music division. His appointment marks the first time that a composer has headed the music department of a major studio since the days of Dimitri Tiomkin at MGM and Alfred Newman at Twentieth Century Fox.

Bryan Adams — Songs

Bryan Adams has enjoyed success in a music career spanning more than 25 years and encompassing chart-topping records, sold-out concerts and Oscar®-nominated songs. He has earned three Academy Award® nominations and three Golden Globe nominations for Best Song, the first in 1992 for “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You”, from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. In 1996, he received his second Oscar® and Golden Globe nominations for “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman”, from Don Juan DeMarco and the following year, he garnered nominations for “I Finally Found Someone”, his duet with Barbra Streisand from The Mirror Has Two Faces. In addition, “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” brought Adams a Grammy Award and an MTV Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, and also holds the record for the longest running No. 1 single in British music history. The single was also one of Adams chart-topping soundtrack hits in the United States, along with “Heaven”, “All for Love” (with Rod Stewart and Sting) and “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman”. Adams’ many other honors include four ASCAP Awards, an American Music Award and 17 Canadian Juno Awards. In his native Canada, he was awarded the Officer of the Order of Canada and, in 1990, was named that country’s Artist of the Decade. In all, Adams’ worldwide sales have exceeded 60 million copies and have included such hits as “Summer of ‘69”, “Run to You”, “Straight from the Heart” and “Cuts Like a Knife”. He has also lent his talents to a number of philanthropic endeavors, including The Prince’s Trust, Greenpeace, Amnesty International, the establishment of whale sanctuaries and finding a cure for breast cancer. Apart from his music, Adams put together two books of black and white photographs of notable Canadian and British women, all the proceeds of which went to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and the Haven Trust (a breast cancer hospice program in the UK). He was also chosen to photograph Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth for her jubilee celebration.

Kathy Altieri — Production Designer

Kathy Altieri joined the DreamWorks animation team in 1994. Her first project for the studio was The Prince of Egypt, on which she served as an art director. Her previous animation credits include work as a background supervisor on Aladdin, the featurette The Prince and the Pauper and the Roger Rabbit short Tummy Trouble. She was also a background painter for such animated successes as The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and another Roger Rabbit short Roller Coaster Rabbit. Altieri attended the University of California, Los Angeles as an Art major and also studied at Pasadena’s Art Center College of Design for three years.

Nick Fletcher — Editor

Nick Fletcher served as the supervising editor on DreamWorks’ animated musical epic The Prince of Egypt. Before joining DreamWorks in 1995, Fletcher worked at Amblimation in London, where he served as supervising editor for An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. He was also co-supervising editor for We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story and Balto, and was the animation editor for Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Born in Wales, Fletcher began his career at John Wood Sound Studios in London, working on commercials. He then moved on to Richard Williams Animation in 1981.

James Baxter — Supervising Animator: Spirit

James Baxter is one of the most renowned and respected talents in the field of animaton. Prior to taking on the challenging task of animating the title character in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Baxter was the senior supervising animator for the lead character of Tulio in DreamWorks’ The Road to El Dorado. He was also an animator on the central character of Moses in DreamWorks’ The Prince of Egypt. Baxter had previously served as a supervising animator on such memorable characters as Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Rafiki in The Lion King and Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. His animation work also includes The Rescuers Down Under and The Little Mermaid. Born in England, Baxter attended West Surrey College of Art and Design. He began his career at Walt Disney Studios London as an in-between artist and animator on Roger and Jessica Rabbit for Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Fabio Lignini — Supervising Animator: The Colonel

Fabio Lignini served as a supervising animator for the character of Moses’ brother Aaron in DreamWorks’ The Prince of Egypt and as an animator on The Road to El Dorado. Currently, he is working on DreamWorks’ upcoming animated feature Sinbad. Prior to joining DreamWorks, Lignini worked at Amblimation Studios in London, where he served as a senior animator on the features Balto, We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story and An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. Lignini had earlier worked as a freelance animator and director on several award-winning short films in his native Brazil. He co-directed Alex, which won a Caracol Award for the Best Animated Short at the ninth annual International Festival of Latin American Cinema in Havana, Cuba. Lignini also directed the five-minute short When Bats are Silent, which went on to win five awards, including the Debut Prize at the second Los Angeles International Animation Celebration, as well as the Debut Prize at the second Hiroshima International Animation Festival in Japan. The film also garnered a Best Animated Film Award at Fest Rio in Rio de Janeiro and the Coral Negro Award for the Best Animated Short at the eighth annual Festival of Latin American Cinema.

William Salazar — Supervising Animator: Rain

William Salazar was the supervising animator on the character of Young Moses in The Prince of Egypt. He then served as a lead animator on the main character Tulio in The Road to El Dorado. Salazar is one of the lead animating talents on DreamWorks’ animated feature Sinbad. Hailing from Corsica, France, Salazar graduated from Paris’ animation school CFT-Gobelins in 1980. He went on to work at Amblimation, where he served as an assistant animator on An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, as an animator on We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story and as a supervising animator on the three comedic dogs, Nikki, Kaltag and Star, in Balto.

Pres Romanillos — Supervising Animator: Little Creek

Pres Romanillos worked as an animator on DreamWorks’ The Road to El Dorado. Before coming to DreamWorks, Romanillos had been a supervising animator on Mulan and was also an animator on the features The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Pocahontas. Romanillos graduated from New York City’s School of Visual Arts in 1988. The following year, he landed a job at Disney in Los Angeles, where he began his animation training. His earliest credits include stints as an assistant animator on such animated hits as The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.

Dr. Deb Bennett — Horse Consultant

Dr. Deb Bennett is a renowned horse expert, with a Ph.D. in vertebrate paleontology and a strong interest in the anatomy and biomechanics of fossil animals, especially horses. Her research interests also include the history of domestication and bloodlines of individual horse breeds. She is Director of the Equine Studies Institute, a seminar colloquium whose focus is higher education in horsemanship.

Dr. Stuart Sumida — Horse Consultant

Dr. Stuart Sumida is a paleontologist and Professor at California State University San Bernardino. He has worked on more than 20 animated and live-action films as an anatomical consultant. He specializes in vertebrate paleontology and anatomy, focusing on the comparative anatomy and biomechanics of vertebrates. Sumida holds a Ph.D. from UCLA. Before coming to CSU San Bernardino, he taught in the Department of Anatomy and at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago.

The Music of The Rock (1996 film)

Copyright © 1996 Hollywood Pictures Company, Don Simpson Productions, Inc. and Jerry Bruckheimer, Inc.

Music Composed by

Nick Glennie-Smith and Hans Zimmer

Supervising Music Editor

Bob Badami

Music Editor

John Finklea

Assistant Music Editors

Shannon Erbe and Sienna Pascarella

Executive in Charge of Music for

The Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group

Kathy Nelson

Score Production Services by

Media Ventures

Score Arranged by

Nick Glennie-Smith and Hans Zimmer

Additional Music by

Harry Gregson-Williams

The Chase by

Don Harper

Orchestration by

Bruce Fowler

Suzette Moriarty

Ladd McIntosh

Walt Fowler

Dennis Dreith

Score Recorded / Mixed by

Alan Meyerson

Music Recorded at

Paramount / Sony

Music Preparation

Dominic Fidelibus

Music Contractor

Sandy DeCrescent

Assistants to Composers

Emma Burnham, Marc Streitenfeld, Justin Burnett

Soundtrack Available on

Hollywood Records

Narration of Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Narrated by

Matt Damon

“The story that I want to tell you cannot be found in a book. They say the history of the West was written from the saddle of a horse, but it's never been told from the heart of one… not 'till now. I was born here in this place that would come to be called the Old West, but to my kind, the land was ageless. It had no beginning and no end, no boundary between earth and sky. Like the wind in the buffalo grass we belonged here. We would always belong here. They say the mustang is the spirit of the West. Whether that West was won or lost in the end, you'll have to decide for yourself, but the story I want to tell you is true, and I remember the sun and the sky and the wind calling my name in a time when wild horses ran free.

“And so I grew from colt to stallion as wild and reckless as thunder over the land, racing with the eagle, soaring with the wind. Flying? There were times I believed I could.”

“Like my father before me I became leader of the Cimarron herd and with that honor… came responsibility.”

“Something new came upon the land one night — something that would change my life forever — and so, my journey began.”

“A wiser horse might have turned and run, but I wanted to know what strange creatures were here.”

“I was scared, and I didn’t know what was going to happen to me, but at least my mother and the herd were safe.”

“I remember the first time I saw a rattler curled up in my path. This one didn't look like a rattler, but I was still thinking… snake.”

“My heart galloped through the skies that night, back to my herd, where I belonged, and I wondered if they missed me as much as I missed them.”

“He was called Little Creek and he seemed different from the rest.”

“There was just no end to the strange ways of the Two-leggeds.”

“Sometimes a horse has gotta do what a horse has gotta do. And this was one of those times.”

“I wasn't sure what happened back there and I wasn't about to stop and ask. All I knew was that I was headed home.”

“I couldn't believe it. One moment I was free, and the next… more ropes.”

“I couldn’t understand it. She treated this scrawny Two-legged like one of our kind, prancing around him like a love-struck yearling. It was downright unnatural.”

“Mares!”

“Okay, I admitted it, she was charming… in a stubborn irritating kind of way. So, I let her show me her world.”

“For the first time in my life, I felt my heart twist two ways.”

“I had to hand it to that boy — he just wouldn’t give up.”

“I knew this was hard for her and that she was scared, but more than anything I wanted to share my homeland with her.”

“I lay beside her that night, hoping… praying that somehow she would be okay.”

“I didn’t know why we were brought here. What I did know was we had to find a way to escape and get back home.”

“That was the moment I understood. They were headed to my homeland, and I had to stop them.”

“I don't know where he came from or how he got there. But I sure was happy to see him.”

“Oh, yes.”

“I've been waiting so long to run free, but that goodbye was harder than I ever imagined. I'll never forget that boy, and how we won back our freedom together.”

Screenplay by

John Fusco

David Midthunder

Birthdate: August 8, 1962 (63 years old)

Birthplace: Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana, USA

Nationally: American (Sioux Nation)

Education: University of Utah

Occupation: Actor

Relatives: Angelique (wife) and Amber Midthunder (daughter)

Motion Pictures (My List)

Actor

2004: Hidalgo — Black Coyote
2013: The Lone Ranger — Fuller’s Native American Scout
2019: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil — Forest Spiritual Fey #2

Additional Crew

2004: Hidalgo — Dialogue Consultant

Television (My List)

Actor

2003: Dreamkeeper (miniseries) — Eagle Boy

2023: Echo — Ancestor (3 episodes)

Producer

2006: Silent Thunder (documentary) — Associate Producer

Additional Crew

2003: Dreamkeeper (miniseries) — ADR Voice

2006: Silent Thunder (documentary) — Cultural Advisor

Collaborators

• John Fusco
• Amber Midthunder
• Angelique Midthunder

Disneyland Resort

Disneyland Resort celebrates 70th Anniversary

Founded: July 17, 1955; 70 years ago

Founded: Walt Disney

Location: 1313 S. Disneyland Dr., Anaheim, CA 92802

Website: disneyland.disney.go.com

Theme Parks (My List)

Disneyland Park (1955)

1. Main Street, USA
2. Adventureland
3. Frontierland
4. Fantasyland
5. Tomorrowland
6. New Orleans Square (1966)
7. Mickey’s Toontown (1993)

Disney California Adventure (2001)

1. Buena Vista Street (formerly known as Sunshine Plaza; 2001–12)
2. Hollywood Land
3. Grizzly Peak
4. Pixar Pier (formerly known as Paradise Pier; 2001–18)
5. Cars Land (2012)
6. Avengers Campus (2021)

Storyboards of Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Artistic Supervisor

Story: Ronnie Del Carmen

Story

Sharon Bridgeman

Bob Logan

Jurgen Gross

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Denise Nagisa Koyama

Nassos Vakalis

Larry Leker

Simon Wells

Additional Story Artists

Viki Anderson

Duncan Majoribanks

Francisco Avalos

Henry Mayo

Don Hall

Don Morgan

Tom Sito

Production Notes of Thunderheart

Shot on location at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota in 1991. This is the first feature film shot on that location. Pine Ridge is the second largest reservation in North America, with a population of about 18,000. Thunderheart grossed nearly $23 million at the domestic box office. The film employed over 250 Native American extras. Former American Indian Movement chairman John Trudell plays the part of the FBI suspect, Jimmy Looks Twice. Trudell was head of AIM when Leonard Peltier was convicted. He met director Michael Apted while working on Incident at Oglala. Trudell is also a musician and poet. The film is partially based on screenwriter-producer John Fusco’s experiences as an adopted relative of the Oglala Nation. He spent five years at Pine Ridge and met the Oglala Sioux medicine man, Chief Frank Fools Crow, who became the inspiration for the character of Grandpa Reaches.

Spirit’s 30th Birthday

Photo by Carol J. Walker

Happy Birthday

Spirit-Who-Could-Not-Be-Broken!

Meet Spirit, the real Kiger mustang stallion as a model for the inspiration of the 2002 DreamWorks animated film Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. The production of the film started in 1998 when Donner (later renamed Spirit) was 3 years old. After the film was completed, Spirit was given to Return to Freedom, a wild horse sanctuary and conservation, in April 2002 at Lompoc, California. The screenplay of the film was scripted by John Fusco, writer of Hidalgo and conservationist of Spanish Mustangs. It was based on an idea by DreamWorks co-founder, Jeffrey Katzenberg.

Birth Name: Donner (1995–2002)

Date of Birth: May 8, 1995 (30 years old)

Breed: Kiger Mustang

Color: Dun (with dorsal stripe)

Gender: Stallion

The real Spirit became a real inspiration to the artists.

— John Fusco, Screenwriter

Remote Control Productions

A film score company run by veteran composer Hans Zimmer and based in Santa Monica, California. Originally known as Media Ventures, which was conceived and founded by Jay Rifkin and Hans Zimmer, the company changed its name after the partners both filed lawsuits against each other. Today, Remote Control is home to a large group of composers mentored by Zimmer, many of whom have had successful film scoring careers as part of the company or on their own. Remote Control Productions has been responsible for the scores for a number of successful films. Recently, many composers from Remote Control Productions have worked on the scores of successful video games.

Formerly known as Media Ventures (1989–2004)

Founded: March 29, 1989; 36 years ago

Founders: Jay Rifkin and Hans Zimmer

Location: 1547 14th St., Santa Monica, CA 90404

Labels

• Mojo Records (1995–2001; sold by Jay Rifkin)
• 14th Street Music
• Bleeding Fingers Music

Current and/or Former Composers and Musicians

• Lebo M.
• Mark Mancina
• John Van Tongeren (1990s)
• Nick Glennie-Smith (1990s)
• Don L. Harper (1990s)
• Harry Gregson-Williams (1995–present)
• Gavin Greenaway (1995–present)
• Jeff Rona (1996–2000s)
• Geoff Zanelli (1996–present)
• Henning Lohner (1996–present)
• John Powell (1997–2010s)
• Steve Jablonsky
• James S. Levine (1997–present)
• Klaus Badelt (1998–2004)
• Heitor Pereira (2000s–present)
• Ramin Djawadi
• James Newton Howard
• Henry Jackman (2000s)

Motion Pictures (My List)

Media Ventures (1989–2004)

1994: Speed — Music Recorded and Mixed

1994: The Lion King — Music Recorded

1995: Crimson Tide — Score Recorded

1996: White Squall

1996: The Rock — Score Production Services

1997: The Peacemaker — Score Recorded and Mixed

1998: Armageddon — Music Production Services

1998: Endurance (documentary) — Score Recorded

1998: Antz — Music Production Services

1998: The Prince of Egypt — Music Production Services

2000: The Road to El Dorado — Music Production Services

2000: Gladiator — Music Production Services

2000: Chicken Run — Music Production Services

2001: Just Visiting — Music Production Services Provided

2001: Shrek — Score Mixed

2001: Pearl Harbor — Music Production Services

2002: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron — Music Production Services

2003: The Recruit — Score Mixed

2003: Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas — Score Mixed

2003: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl — Score Mixed and Music Production Services

Remote Control Productions (2004–present)

2004: Shrek 2 — Score Mixed

2004: Shark Tale

2005: Madagascar — Music Production Services

2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

2006: The Prestige — David Julyan

2007: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End — Score Mixed

2007: The Game Plan — Nathan Wang

2008: Iron Man — Score Mixed

2008: Beverly Hills Chihuahua — Score Mixed

2008: Bedtime Stories — Rupert Gregson-Williams

2010: Despicable Me — Music Mixed

2010: You Again — Nathan Wang

2010: Secretariat

2011: Rango — Music Mixed

2011: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides — Orchestra Recorded and Score Mixed *

2011: Fright Night

2012: The Odd Life of Timothy Green *

2013: Oz the Great and Powerful — Danny Elfman *

2013: The Lone Ranger — Score Recorded and Mixed *

2016: Captain America: Civil War

2016: The Angry Birds Movie

2017: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

2018: Ralph Breaks the Internet

2019: The Lion King

* Credited as Remote Control Studios