Disney’s Encanto soundtrack released

The full soundtrack of Encanto, Disney‘s upcoming musical animated adventure, has just been released online.

The soundtrack features eight original songs by award-winning songwriter/composer Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, Moana) with original score by award-winning composer Germaine Franco (Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Little, Tag).   The soundtrack also features “Colombia, Mi Encanto” by Carlos Vives and Sebastián Yatra performs the original song “Dos Oruguitas” in Spanish in the film, as well as the English language version of the song, in the end-credits.  The physical soundtrack will be available on Dec. 17 and is available for pre-order.    

Miranda discussed his exploration of Colombian music for the film, saying:

“A lot of the rhythms are familiar to me, but the instrumentation and orchestration is different and often unique to Colombia.  One of the most fun things is that the accordion is so central to the music. It was really a joy immersing myself in artists I didn’t know and doing deeper dives into those I’ve grown up loving—like Carlos Vives, who we’re lucky enough to work with on this movie. This entire process has been about falling in love with Colombian music and culture and getting to play in that space.”

The Encanto Original Motion Picture Soundtrack features eight original songs and a full original score, plus one reprise and one end-credit version of a song from the film. The digital version of the soundtrack also includes instrumental versions of the songs.

Award-winning composer Germaine Franco discussed putting together the music to complement the songs and the story, saying:

 “Collaborating with Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Charise Castro Smith, and Yvett Merino was a dream!  We created new textures and sonorities, using traditional Colombian instruments such as tiples, bandolas, cununos, marimba de chonta, arpa llanera from Latin America mixed with orchestra. The sound of the score is infused with many Colombian rhythmic styles including bambuco, mapalé, cumbia, and joropo. The score weaves in and out of the beautiful songs of Lin-Manuel Miranda. I hope that the musical imagery of the score evokes the resonant landscape of Colombia, the tenacity of our lead character, Mirabel, the strength of family, and our shared humanity.”

Encanto is directed by Jared Bush (co-director Zootopia) and Byron Howard (Zootopia, Tangled), co-directed by Charise Castro Smith and produced by Yvett Merino, p.g.a., and Clark Spencer, p.g.a.  Castro Smith and Bush are screenwriters on the film.

Encanto is about the Family Madrigal where every child has been blessed  with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal—every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family’s last hope. The voice cast includes Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, Wilmer Valderrama, Adassa, Diane Guerrero, Mauro Castillo, Angie Cepeda, Jessica Darrow, Rhenzy Feliz and Carolina Gaitán. 

Encanto will premiere in theaters on November 24 before streaming on Disney+ on December 24.

Listen to the soundtrack HERE.

Watch a short clip about the music of Encanto below: