Not one good song or memorable tune?

Tangled was more polarizing than Moana, when it came to having a "memorable" soundtrack. As for Frozen, the music chart positions and the internationally multi-platinum sales speak for themselves. Though, the songs of Frozen may not be as artistically developed as say, The Princess and the Frog, which boasts two Oscar nominations, despite being penned and tuned by Randy Newman (cue the echoes of groaning.) But certainly Frozen's music is better than Mandy Moore droning her way through Menken's b-side work. And Moana is obviously leagues ahead of Tangled and Frozen, when it comes to artistry.

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I thought the songs were one of the strongest points of the films, they were well timed in terms of plot too. I'm not usually one to even bother too much about film music either.

Are you talking about the actual score or the songs? There has been some confusion because Disney released the entire score on an album with the word "soundtrack" in the title. Often, movies have two albums - one score, one soundtrack. Anyway, I ask only because Mark Mancina wrote the score, so Lin-Manuel Miranda criticism isn't appropriate when saying the score is mediocre because he didn't compose it. And, of course, he didn't have anything to do with the all-Tokelauan songs.

In my opinion "Innocent Warrior" and "Tulou Tagaloa" are actually the two best songs in the film. Not just because they are beautiful melodies, but because they have the most meaning (imo). The first being a prayer to Tagaloa for creating beauty and requesting permission to journey safely. The second is a song is basically the ocean commenting on her innocence and telling her that the feeling of freedom in the water will help her in the future. I feel that's deeper than any song in Frozen or Tangled. It's both great that it's in a Polynesian language, and bad that it's in a Polynesian language. Great for authenticity, but poor for appreciation because unless you look up the translations, it's just a really pretty melody.

On a personal note, I'm getting very tired of Miranda getting so much credit, so I feel your irritation. And this is from someone who saw Hamilton live which convinced me that he's a borderline genius. I do agree that there is a large amount of fawning over certain songs because he wrote them or co-wrote them. But, on the other hand, I feel some of the songs are still pretty nice. "We Know the Way" is my personal favorite, but it might have a lot to do with the fact that where canoeing is still a huge thing in Polynesia and the Bishop Museum planetarium has presentations on wayfinding where you learn the basics!

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