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

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

Alessia Cara appears courtesy of EP Entertainment/Def Jam Recordings

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

Performed by Jordan Fisher featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda

Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Produced by !llmind

Mixed by Joey Raia

Jordan Fisher appears courtesy of Hollywood Records

Assistant Music Editor

Benjamin Robinson

Temp Score Music Editors

Tommy Holmes and Dominick Certo

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

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 Special Visual Effects and Animation 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)

DVD Release date: November 19, 2002

Home Video label: DreamWorks Home Entertainment

Matt Damon

James Cromwell

Daniel Studi

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

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

John Fusco

Hans Zimmer

Bryan Adams

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

James Baxter

Fabio Lignini

William Salazar

Pres Romanillos

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. I was there and I remember. 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 torn 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

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

From left to right; Graham Greene, John Fusco and Val Kilmer

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.

The Music of Raya and the Last Dragon

Copyright © 2021 Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Original Score Composed by

James Newton Howard

Executive Music Producer

Tom MacDougall

Vice President, Music Production

Andrew Page

Supervising Production Music Editor

Earl Ghaffari

Supervising Score Music Editor

Jim Weidman

Score Music Editor

David Olson

Score Recorded by

Shawn Murphy

Score Mixed by

Alan Meyerson

Original Score Produced by

Xander Rodzinski

Score Conducted and Orchestrated by

Pete Anthony

Score Orchestrations by

Jeff Atmajian, Jon Kull, Philip Klein

Orchestra Leader

Bruce Dukov

World Woodwinds

Pedro Eustache

Vocal Soloist

Loire Cotler

Additional Vocals

Sumudu Jayatilaka and Isobel Anthony

Synth Programming

Jon Aschalew, Michael Dean Parsons, Tobin Pugash

Music Business Affairs

Donna Cole-Brulé

Music Production Specialist

Lauren Harrold

Music Production Assistant

Jimmy Tsai

Production Music Editors

Kendall Demarest and Tommy Holmes

Assistant Music Editor

Benjamin Robinson

Music Preparation by

JoAnn Kane Music Service

Music Librarian

Mark Graham

Score Contracted by

Sandy DeCrescent

Assistant Score Contractor

Timothy Loo

Choir Contracted by

Susie Gillis for Isobel Griffiths Ltd.

Choir

London Voices

Choirmasters

Terry Edwards and Ben Parry

Additional Recording by

Jonathan Allen

Score Digital Recordist

Erik Swanson

Auricle Control Systems

Chris Cozens

2nd Mix Engineer

John Traunwieser

Score Editor

David Channing

Score Coordinator

Pamela Sollie

Scoring Crew

Keith Ukrisna

Brian Van Leer

Greg Dennen

Ryan Nelson

Daniel Hayden

Christopher Parker

Score Recorded at

Sony Pictures Scoring Stage

Choir Recorded at

Abbey Road Studios, London, UK

Score Mixed at

James Newton Howard Studios, Santa Monica, CA

Lead The Way

Written and Performed by

Jhené Aiko

Produced by

Julian-Quán Việt Lê (Lejkeys)

Recorded and Mixed by

Gregg Rominiecki

Jhené Aiko appears courtesy of 2Fish/ArtClub/Def Jam

Soundtrack Available on

Walt Disney Records

The Music of The Alamo (2004 film)

Copyright © 2004 Touchstone Pictures

Music by

Carter Burwell

Supervising Production Music Mixer

Joseph Magee

Featured Fiddle Performance/Fiddle Coach

Craig Eastman

On-Camera Music Arrangements

Carter Burwell

Craig Eastman

Marshall Bowen

Jennifer Hammond

Music Research Consultant and On-Camera Music Preparation

Booker White, Walt Disney Music Library

Music Editors

Adam Milo Smalley and Bryan Lawson

Orchestrations by

Carter Burwell and Sonny Kompanek

Orchestra Conducted by

Carter Burwell

Score Recorded and Mixed by

Mike Farrow

Assistant to Carter Burwell

Dean Parker

Orchestra Contractor

Sandra Park

Concertmaster

Sharon Yamada

Featured Musicians

David Weiss — Ethnic Flute

Laura Seaton-Finn — Fiddle

Lisa E. Kim — Violin

Robert Rinehart — Viola

Alan Stepansky — Cello

Score Recorded at

Right Track Studios, NYC

Score Mixed at

The Body, NYC

Music Preparation

Tony Finno

Soundtrack Available on

Hollywood Records

Rhythm of the Pride Lands

Recorded: January 1993 - April 1994

Studio

• Media Ventures, Los Angeles
• BOP Studios, South Africa
• Tuff Gong Studios, Jamaica
• Talawah Studios, Los Angeles
• Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles
• Record One, Los Angeles

Released: February 28, 1995

Label: Walt Disney Records

Length: 47 minutes

Format: CD and Cassette

All songs performed by Lebo M., except Hakuna Matata, performed by Jimmy Cliff featuring Lebo M.; Lea Halalela, performed by Khuluiwe S’thole; and Warthog Rhapsody, performed by Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella

Produced by Jay Rifkin

* Produced by Jay Rifkin and JVT

** Produced by Jay Rifkin and Mark Mancina

*** Produced by Jay Rifkin, Fabian Cooke and Mark Mancina

^ Produced by Hans Zimmer, Jay Rifkin and Mark Mancina

^^ Produced by Hans Zimmer, Jay Rifkin and JVT

All songs co-produced by Lebo M., except Warthog Rhapsody and Hakuna Matata

Executive Producers: Andy Hill and Harold J. Kleiner

Recorded and Mixed by Jay Rifkin and Alan Meyerson

Vocal Arrangements by Lebo M.

Recorded and Mixed at Media Ventures, Los Angeles and BOP Studios, South Africa

Hakuna Matata Recorded at Tuff Gong Studios, Jamaica and Talawah Studios, Los Angeles

Warthog Rhapsody Recorded at Ocean Way Studios and Record One, Los Angeles

Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Precision Mastering

Album Assembly by Steven Stern

He Lives in You

Lyrics and music by Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, and Lebo M.

Arranged by Mark Mancina

Lead vocal: Lebo M.

Vocal solos: Maxi Anderson, Khanyo Maphumulo, Max Ngcobo, Khuluiwe S’thole, and Rose Stone

Drums: Simon Phillips

Bass: Abe Laboriel

Guitar: Trevor Rabin

Background vocals: South Africa: South African Choir; U.S.: Maxi Anderson, Ron Kunene, Ricky Nelson, Rose Stone, Oren Waters, and Terry Young

© 1995 Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP) / Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)

Hakuna Matata

Lyrics by Tim Rice

Music by Elton John

Arranged by Fabian Cooke and Mark Mancina

Performed by Jimmy Cliff featuring Lebo M.

Keyboards: Fabian Cooke, Mark Mancina, and Michael Hyde

Drums: Dave Owens

Guitar: Paul Jackson, Jr. and Steve Verhault

Bass: Fabian Cooke

Brass section: “Rass Brass” featuring: trumpet — Junior “Chico” Chin, saxophone — Dean Fraser, trombone — Ronald “Nambo” Robinson

Background vocals: Jamaica: Fabian Cooke, Marie “Twiggie” Gittens, Pam Hall, Lynette Lewis, and Leba Hibbert Thomas; U.S.: Maxi Anderson, Ron Kunene, Nandi Morake, Ricky Nelson, Rose Stone, and Oren Waters

© 1994 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Lyrics and revised music by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, and Luigi Creatore

Additional lyric by Lebo M.

Arranged by Mark Mancina and Jay Rifkin

Lead vocal: Lebo M.

Vocal solo: Audrey Wiechman

Guitar: Robbie Nevil

Bass: Abe Laboriel

Drums: Simon Phillips

Background vocals: South Africa: South African Choir; U.S.: Ron Kunene, Ricky Nelson, Alfie Silas, Rose Stone, Maxine Waters, and Terry Young

© 1961 Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.

Renewed 1989 by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, and Luigi Creatore. Assigned to Abilene Music, Inc. c/o The Songwriters Guild of America

Kube

Lyrics by Caiphus Semenya

Music by Caiphus Semenya and Lebo M.

Arranged by JVT and Lebo M.

Lead vocal: Lebo M.

Guitar: Condry Ziqubu

Vocal solo: Khanyo Maphumulo

Background vocals: South Africa: South African Choir; U.S.: Ron Kunene, Ricky Nelson, Alfie Silas, Rose Stone, Maxine Waters, and Terry Young

© 1973 Semenya Music (BMI)

Lea Halalela (Holy Land)

Lyrics and music by Lebo M. and Hans Zimmer

Arranged by Hans Zimmer and JVT

Drums: Simon Phillips

Guitar: Robbie Nevil

Bass: Abe Laboriel

Vocal solo: Khuluiwe S’thole

Background vocals: South Africa: South African Choir; U.S.: Maxi Anderson, Ron Kunene, Ricky Nelson, Rose Stone, Oren Waters, and Terry Young

© 1995 Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP), Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)

It’s Time

Lyrics and Music by Lebo M., John Van Tongeren, and Jay Rifkin

Arranged by JVT and Lebo M.

Lead vocal: Lebo M.

Guitar: Robbie Nevil

Background vocals: South Africa: South African Choir; U.S.: Maxi Anderson, Ron Kunene, Ricky Nelson, Rose Stone, Oren Waters, and Terry Young

© 1995 Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP), Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)

One by One

Lyrics and music by Lebo M.

Arranged by Lebo M.

Vocal solo: Lebo M.

Vocals: South African Choir

© 1995 Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP)

Warthog Rhapsody

Lyrics by Tim Rice

Music by Elton John

Arranged by Hans Zimmer and Bruce Fowler

Lead vocals: Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella

Guitar: Mark Goldenberg

Bass: Chuck Berghofer

Drums: Harvey Mason

Keyboards: Michael Lang

Percussion: Michael Fisher and Efrain Toro

Alto Sax: Steven Fowler

Tenor Sax: Albert Wing

Trumpet: Walter Fowler

Clarinet: Kurt McGettrick

Trombone: Phillip Teele

Background vocals: Maxi Anderson, Ron Kunene, Nandi Morake, Ricky Nelson, Rose Stone, and Oren Waters

© 1995 Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)

Lala

Lyrics and music by Lebo M., Hans Zimmer, and Jay Rifkin

Arranged by JVT

Lead vocal: Lebo M.

Background vocals: South African Choir

© 1995 Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP), Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)

Busa

Lyrics and music by Lebo M., Hans Zimmer, and Jay Rifkin

Arranged by JVT and Lebo M.

Additional vocal arrangement by Mbongeni Ngema

Lead vocal: Lebo M.

Drums: Simon Phillips

Bass: Solly Letwaba

Guitar: Robbie Nevil

Background vocals: South African Choir

© 1995 Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP), Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)

Noyana (A Traditional African Folk Song)

Arranged by Lebo M., JVT, and Jay Rifkin

Drums: Simon Phillips

Guitar: Robbie Nevil

Vocal solos: Luyanda Jezile, Wendy Mseleku, Max Ngcobo, and Lebo M.

Background vocals: South African Choir

© 1995 Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP), Wonderland Music Company, Inc. (BMI)

Dedication: “I would like to dedicate my work on this project to my late brother Tshepiso E. Morake and my best friend Veronon M. Molefe. Your spirit is my inspiration. May your soul rest in peace.” — Lebo M.

The Producers wish to thank: Chris Montan, Andy Hill, Don Hahn, Peter Schneider, Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, Marsha Burns, Del Atkins, Brian Rawlings, Edwin Oliver III, Clive Hunt, the entire staff of Tuff Gong, Caiphus Semenya, Letta Mbulu, Thembi Nsibanyoni, the Ndlovus, Mr. & Mrs. Tim Thahane, Rev. & Mrs. Willy F. Wilson, Kamilla Rifkin, Vanessa Rifkin, Sam Schwartz, Mike Gorfaine, Zoë Zimmer, Suzanne Zimmer, Harold J. Kleiner, and all the staff of Walt Disney Records.

Lebo M. wishes to thank: His parents, Boiki and Nomvula Morake, his wife Nandi, and his children, Z. Naledi, Nthabiseng, and Refilwe Morake, for their love, patience, and understanding during the long process of recording this album.

Copyright © 1995 The Walt Disney Company

Phonographic Copyright: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.

Printed in U.S.A.

Tracks

1. He Lives in You **
2. Hakuna Matata ***
3. The Lion Sleeps Tonight **
4. Kube *
5. Lea Halalela (Holy Land) xx
6. It’s Time *
7. One by One
8. Warthog Rhapsody x
9. Lala *
10. Busa
11. Noyana *

Album Information

March 25, 1995: #23 Billboard chart (Billboard 200)

October 1998: Platinum — Over 900,000 copies sold (RIAA)