New York, NY (Top40 Charts) As Disney-Pixar's "Coco" heads into theaters this Thanksgiving, the film's soundtrack debuts today. The film features an original score from Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino, a song by Oscar winners Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, and additional songs co-written by Germaine Franco and co-director and screenwriter Adrian Molina. Also, part of the team is musical consultant
Camilo Lara of the music project Mexican
Institute of Sound. Grammy-winning producer Tom MacDougall also serves as Executive
Music Producer of the film and soundtrack. Plus, Grammy®-winning singers
Miguel and
Natalia Lafourcade have teamed up to record the end-credit version of the signature song "Remember Me." The soundtrack is available today from Walt Disney Records.
"Coco" features an original score from composer Giacchino, who wrote the Oscar®-winning score for Disney•Pixar's 2009 film "Up." Giacchino worked with Franco, who composed the score for 2015's "Dope," to supervise the orchestrations and realize an engaging and specific sound. Franco explored a wide array of Mexican instrumentation in the score, including a guitarrón, folkloric harp, a quijada, charchetas, jaranas, requintos, marimba, trumpets and violins. The score features an 83-piece orchestra.
"Coco" also features traditional Mexican songs as source music, to bring to life Miguel's town of
Santa Cecilia. Franco and Lara were called on to help create the soundscape of Miguel's world, along with the assistance of cultural consultants Benjamín Juárez Echenque and Marcela Davison Avilés.
Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, who were behind the Oscar®-winning song "
Let It Go" in 2013's "Frozen," penned the thematic song "Remember Me," which is the signature song for beloved performer Ernesto de la Cruz in the movie.
Grammy®-winning artist
Miguel and eight-time Latin Grammy® winner
Natalia Lafourcade teamed up to record the end-credit version of "Remember Me," which
Miguel and Steve Mostyn produced. The lyric video for "
Remember Me" can be seen HERE. The music video featuring a performance by
Miguel and Lafourcade is expected shortly.
The "Coco" soundtrack is now available from Walt Disney Records. For more information on Walt Disney Records' releases, check out Facebook.com/disneymusic, Twitter.com/disneymusic and Instagram.com/disneymusic. Wide Download Link: https://disneymusic.co/CocoWD, Amazon: https://disneymusic.co/CocoAMZ, Disney
Music Emporium: https://disneymusic.co/DMECoco
ABOUT THE MOVIE
Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music,
Miguel (voice of Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz (voice of
Benjamin Bratt). Desperate to prove his talent,
Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Héctor (voice of Gael García Bernal), and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history. Directed by Lee Unkrich ("Toy Story 3"), co-directed by Adrian Molina (story artist "Monsters University") and produced by Darla K. Anderson ("Toy Story 3"), Disney•Pixar's "Coco" opens in U.S. theaters on Nov. 22, 2017. For more information, check out https://movies.disney.com/coco, Hashtag: #PixarCoco, Pixar Coco Facebook, Pixar Coco Twitter and Pixar Coco Instagram.
