Disney
Moana
Official Premiere Release Date: November 14, 2016
Official General Release Date: November 23, 2016
Copyright: Disney Enterprises, Inc. © 2016
Created and Produced at: Walt Disney Animation Studios
Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested ~ Some Material May Not Be Suitable For Children) for Peril, Some Scary Images and Brief Thematic Elements
Length: 107 Minutes
[table caption=”Cast and Characters” colalign=”center|right|left|center|left”] [attr sort=”false”]|Cast|Character/Performance|[attr sort=”false”]|Notes[attr sort=”false”]
|Kristina Anapau|additional voice||
|Kayla Blake|additional voice||
|Louise Bush|Moana||credited as ‘toddler Moana‘
|Alessia Cara|‘How Far I’ll Go (Alessia Cara Version)’||
|Jemaine Clement|Tamatoa||
|Matt Corboy|additional voice||
|Auli’i Cravalho|Moana||
|Puanani Cravalho|villager||credited as ‘villager #2‘
|Hudson D’Andrea|additional voice||
|Jordan Fisher|‘You’re Welcome (Jordan Fisher / Lin-Manuel Miranda Version)’||
|Olivia Foa’i|‘Know Who You Are’||
|Olivia Foa’i|‘Logo Te Pate’||
|Olivia Foa’i|‘Tulou Tagaloa’||
|Opetaia Foa’i|‘Know Who You Are’||
|Opetaia Foa’i|‘Logo Te Pate’||
|Opetaia Foa’i|‘We Know the Way’||
|Opetaia Foa’i|‘We Know the Way (Finale)’||
|Sulata Foai-Amiatu|‘An Innocent Warrior’||
|Sisa Grey|additional voice||
|Amy Hill|additional voice||
|Rachel House|Gramma Tala||
|Karen Huie|additional voice||
|Matthew Ineleo|‘An Innocent Warrior’||
|Matthew Ineleo|‘Know Who You Are’||
|Christopher Jackson|Chief Tui||singing
|Dwayne Johnson|Maui||
|Daniel Kaz|additional voice||
|Oscar Kightley|fisherman||
|Michael Sun Lee|additional voice||
|Vai Mahina|‘An Innocent Warrior’||
|Vai Mahina|‘Know Who You Are’||
|Lin-Manuel Miranda|‘We Know the Way’||
|Lin-Manuel Miranda|‘We Know the Way (Finale)’||
|Lin-Manuel Miranda|‘You’re Welcome (Jordan Fisher / Lin-Manuel Miranda Version)’||credited as ‘featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda‘
|Temuera Morrison|Chief Tui||speaking
|Sundra Oakley|additional voice||
|Davis H. Pak|additional voice||
|Pasifika Voices Choir|||
|Lucian Perez|additional voice||
|Troy Polamalu|villager||credited as ‘villager #1‘
|Branscombe Richmond|additional voice||
|Lynwood Robinson|additional voice||
|Maddix Robinson|additional voice||
|Talaga Steve Sale|‘Logo Te Pate’||
|Violet Grace Schaffer|additional voice||
|Nicole Scherzinger|Sina||
|Phillipa Soo|additional voice||
|Ken Takemoto|additional voice||
|Fred Tatasciore|additional voice||
|Alan Tudyk|Heihei||
|Alan Tudyk|villager||credited as ‘villager #3‘
|Te Vaka|vocal performances||
|Matthew Wood|additional voice||
|ViviAnn Yee|additional voice||
||Te Fiti/Te Kā||
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Music
Original Score Composed by Mark Mancina
Original Songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa’i, Mark Mancina
Songs and Score Conducted by Don Harper
Fijian Choral Direction by Igelese Ete
[table caption=”Songs”] Song|Composer/ Lyricist|Performers|Notes
How Far I’ll Go|Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda|Auli’i Cravalho|
How Far I’ll Go (Alessia Cara Version)|Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda|Alessia Cara|Alessia Cara appears courtesy of EP Entertainment/Def Jam Recordings
How Far I’ll Go (Reprise)|Music by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina; Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda|Auli’i Cravalho|
I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors)|Music by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa’i, Mark Mancina; Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda|Rachel House, Auli’i Cravalho|
An Innocent Warrior|Written by Opetaia Foa’i|Vai Mahina, Sulata Foai-Amiatu, Matthew Ineleo|Courtesy of Warm Earth Records/Spirit of Play Productions
Know Who You Are|Music by Opetaia Foa’i, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina; Lyrics by Opetaia Foa’i, Lin-Manuel Miranda|Auli’i Cravalho, Vai Mahina, Olivia Foa’i, Opetaia Foa’i, Matthew Ineleo|
Logo Te Pate|Written by Opetaia Foa’i|Olivia Foa’i, Opetaia Foa’i, Talaga Steve Sale|Courtesy of Warm Earth Records/Spirit of Play Productions
Shiny|Music by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina; Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda|Jemaine Clement|
Tulou Tagaloa|Music and Lyrics by Opetaia Foa’i|Olivia Foa’i|
We Know the Way|Music by Opetaia Foa’i; Lyrics by Opetaia Foa’i, Lin-Manuel Miranda|Opetaia Foa’i, Lin-Manuel Miranda|
We Know the Way (Finale)|Music by Opetaia Foa’i; Lyrics by Opetaia Foa’i, Lin-Manuel Miranda|Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa’i|
Where You Are|Music by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa’i, Mark Mancina; Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda|Christopher Jackson, Rachel House, Nicole Scherzinger, Auli’i Cravalho, Louise Bush|
You’re Welcome|Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda|Dwayne Johnson|
You’re Welcome (Jordan Fisher / Lin-Manuel Miranda Version)|Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda|Jordan Fisher featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda|Jordan Fisher appears courtesy of Hollywood Records
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[table caption=”Awards”] Award|Year|Winner/ Nominee|Category|Recipient|Notes
Academy Awards|2016 (89th)|Nominee|Animated Feature Film|John Musker, Ron Clements, and Osnat Shurer|
Academy Awards|2016 (89th)|Nominee|Music (Original Song)|Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda|’How Far I’ll Go’
Annie Awards|2016 (44th)|Winner|Best Animated Feature||Walt Disney Animation Studios
Annie Awards|2016 (44th)|Winner|Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Production|Auli’i Cravalho|
Annie Awards|2016 (44th)|Nominee|Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production|Marlon West, Erin V. Ramos, Blair Pierpont, Ian J. Coony, John M. Kosnik|
Annie Awards|2016 (44th)|Nominee|Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production|Bill Schwab, Jin Kim|
Annie Awards|2016 (44th)|Nominee|Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production|Normand Lemay|
Annie Awards|2016 (44th)|Nominee|Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature Production|Jeff Draheim|
Grammy Awards|2018 (60th)|Winner|Best Song Written for Visual Media|Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter|’How Far I’ll Go’ from Moana: The Songs
Grammy Awards|2018 (60th)|Nominee|Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media|Opetaia Foa’i, Tom MacDougall, Mark Mancina, & Lin-Manuel Miranda, compilation producers|Moana: The Songs (Various Artists)
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