‘Moana’: Lin-Manuel Miranda on Writing the Song ‘Along The Way’ in a Week and Being in the Oscar Race With Taylor Swift

Variety reports that Lin-Manuel Miranda composed music for Disney's Moana while still performing in Hamilton on Broadway—all over ten years ago. The original film earned more than six hundred forty-three million dollars globally, and the sequel, released in twenty twenty-four, exceeded one billion dollars worldwide. This weekend, a live-action version arrives in theaters, marking another chapter in the franchise's extraordinary run.

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