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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agreed. Even though you are late to the party, I think it's always worth pointing out that it's very overrated because many people still don't see it.

Guess what, LMM is actually a mediocre talent.[/quote]

OP here. I don’t agree that LMM is “mediocre,” but my criticism of him is that…we get it. You don’t have to tell us and tell us and then tell us again with just slightly different points and beats. I loved “Moana” because each song was different and had a purpose and moved the story forward. “Hamilton” and “The Heights” are both repetitive and self-indulgent. [/quote]

The music in Moana is varied and purposeful because LMM collaborated with several extremely talented artists who heavily influenced the soundtrack (Opetaia Foa'i, Mark Mancina). The only two songs on that soundtrack that Miranda wrote on his own (music and lyrics) are You're Welcome (easily the worst song, though this is partly because Dwayne Johnson is not a singer, but it also has trademarks of LMM's most self-indulgent music) and How Far I'll Go (a decent song but overshadowed Where You Are and We Know the Way, IMO, in terms of marrying music to emotion). Mancina's score heavily features in all the music of the movie, and without Foa'i's contributions, the music would lose most of what makes it feel inventive and new to Western ears. Meanwhile, the song Shiny owes an enormous amount to Jemaine Clement -- in fact the song is heavily inspired by a performance LMM saw of Flight of the Concords doing a David Bowie homage. Plus Mancina contributed to the music for that song.

It really annoys me when LMM gets sole credit for the Moana soundtrack, or when people are like "well he did Moana and that was great." He was a major contributor. Credit where it is due. But without Mancina, Foa'i, and Clements, does that movie still have a such a great and memorable soundtrack? No, absolutely not. And keep that in mind when you listen to other LMM soundtracks that are more repetitive, one note, and self-indulgent. When left to his own devices, those are his impulses.[/quote]

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