'That Was Insane': Catherine Lagaʻaia on Recording New 'Moana' Music with Lin-Manuel Miranda

'That was insane': Catherine Lagaʻaia on recording new 'Moana' music with Lin-Manuel Miranda

Laga'aia is bringing the iconic original soundtrack famously written by Broadway legend Lin-Manuel Miranda to new life in this new film adaptation.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Dwayne Johnson lead Disney’s 13-track Vaiana live-action score

The soundtrack for Disney‘s live-action Vaiana arrives with Lin-Manuel Miranda as composer and Dwayne Johnson alongside Catherine Laga’aia, the film’s Polynesian debut lead actress, performing all 13 tracks on screen rather than in a separate recording booth. That structural choice — to anchor the songs to the same performers carrying the dramatic roles — is the album’s central proposition and its most interesting risk. Miranda’s compositional i…