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Read MoreHas anyone else had "We Don't Talk About Bruno" stuck in their head ten times over the past month? Since its premiere on Disney+, the animated hit "Encanto" has taken the Internet by storm, thanks to its gorgeous family love theme and the catchiest soundtrack ever composed by "Hamilton" star Lin-Manuel Miranda. The soundtrack made its mark on music history when "Bruno" reached #1 on the Billboard charts for three consecutive weeks. It is the first song to reach #1 on Billboard since "A Whole New World" from "Aladdin".
For this animated film set in rural Colombia, Miranda composed several original songs inspired by traditional and contemporary Colombian music. These songs expose the heart of the film and the secrets of the characters while introducing Disney fans to new musical forms and influences. Encanto's soundtrack breakdown is as follows.
The first song on Encanto is the introduction to the magical Madrigals sung by the heroine, Mirabelle. Miranda told the Los Angeles Times (opens in new tab) that she was inspired by "Belle" from Beauty and the Beast, which is also a famous intro song. Stephanie Beatriz slips in a lot of words as if she were auditioning for "Hamilton."
One of the two songs not sung by the cast, "Colombia, Mi Encanto," is a traditional vallenato sung by Carlos Vives, a leading Colombian singer-songwriter. The song is a delightful love letter to Colombia. Miranda told NPR (opens in new tab) that she was honored to have Vives sing her song. 'As a songwriter, I imitate Carlos Vives at his best. The fact that my hero, the great Carlos Vives, actually recorded me with his band and musicians brings a whole other level of authenticity," he said.
Mirabelle's song "I want" reveals that she feels like an outsider in her family, without any power of her own. In the Disney featurette (opens in new tab), Miranda said she wrote this song with a different beat than the others, showing that Mirabelle is "literally out of sync with the rest of the family." Beatriz also says that by the end of the song, Mirabelle realizes that she is ready to "chase her destiny."
Jessica Darrow sings Luisa's song "Surface Pressure," a bop about the pressure of the strong one in the family having to hold everything together. In the Disney featurette (opens in new tab), Miranda says that family members experience "emotional breakthroughs" in the song, and the song, which can finally reveal that Luisa can't always stay strong, feels exactly like that.
A surprise hit on the soundtrack, the song has grown to become one of Disney's most popular songs in recent years, thanks in part to its impossibly catchy refrain, "We don't talk about Bruno-no, no, no." Several members of the family get their own sections to reveal their relationship to Bruno and his prophecy. For music geeks, one of the song's striking qualities is that each verse is sung over the same chord progression, but with different rhythms and cadences. Miranda says that this variety of styles is meant to represent the "incredible diversity" of Colombian music.
Diane Guerrero sings the perfect Isabella song about being tired of being perfect and discovering that her powers can be used for more than making symmetrical flowers bloom. Miranda said in the Disney feature that the song was inspired by the "rock en espaƱol" movement of the 90s and evokes musicians like Shakira.
Written by Miranda and sung by Sebastian Yatra, this lovely tear-jerker perfectly soundtracks the love story of Abuela Alma and Abuelo Pedro and the journey that led Abuela to the miracle of Madrigal. The lyrics are written in Spanish and English (opens in new tab) and tell the story of two orguitas (caterpillars) who, despite loving each other, go their separate ways and eventually transform into mariposas (butterflies). Dos Oruguitas" is also the film's entry for this year's Academy Awards. For those wondering why "We Don't Talk About Bruno" is not on the nomination list.
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