Moana (Live Action)
Various / Ost
Moana (Live Action) and credited to Various Artists – is the song album for Disney’s 2026 live‑action remake of Moana, collecting 13 vocal tracks written by Lin‑Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foaʻi, and Mark Mancina. Released digitally on June 26, 2026 by Walt Disney Records and later on vinyl, it reprises the key songs from the 2016 animated film in newly recorded versions featuring the live‑action cast—Catherine Lagaʻaia as Moana, Dwayne Johnson returning as Maui, and Te Vaka and other vocalists—while adding a brand‑new original piece, “Along the Way,” to expand the emotional arc of Moana’s journey.
Musically, the album moves from the chanted invocation “Tulou Tagaloa” and the haunting “An Innocent Warrior” into buoyant ensemble numbers like “Where You Are” and “We Know the Way,” before spotlighting Lagaʻaia’s performance of “How Far I’ll Go” and its reprise, Johnson’s swaggering “You’re Welcome,” and Jemaine Clement’s gleefully off‑kilter “Shiny.” The new song “Along the Way” appears twice—once in a Pacific‑choral version (“Along the Way (Malaga Ki Ei)”) and once as a full duet/trio with Auliʻi Cravalho, Lagaʻaia, and Johnson—framing the soundtrack as a story about growth, mentorship, and the relationships that shape Moana’s voyage beyond the reef. Stylistically, the album retains the mix of Polynesian percussion, choral writing, and Broadway‑inflected pop from the original, but the updated arrangements and performances give the familiar material a slightly rougher, live‑action feel, positioning the soundtrack as both a nostalgic revisit and a fresh musical companion to the new film.
Moana (Live Action)
Various / Ost
Moana (Live Action) and credited to Various Artists – is the song album for Disney’s 2026 live‑action remake of Moana, collecting 13 vocal tracks written by Lin‑Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foaʻi, and Mark Mancina. Released digitally on June 26, 2026 by Walt Disney Records and later on vinyl, it reprises the key songs from the 2016 animated film in newly recorded versions featuring the live‑action cast—Catherine Lagaʻaia as Moana, Dwayne Johnson returning as Maui, and Te Vaka and other vocalists—while adding a brand‑new original piece, “Along the Way,” to expand the emotional arc of Moana’s journey.
Musically, the album moves from the chanted invocation “Tulou Tagaloa” and the haunting “An Innocent Warrior” into buoyant ensemble numbers like “Where You Are” and “We Know the Way,” before spotlighting Lagaʻaia’s performance of “How Far I’ll Go” and its reprise, Johnson’s swaggering “You’re Welcome,” and Jemaine Clement’s gleefully off‑kilter “Shiny.” The new song “Along the Way” appears twice—once in a Pacific‑choral version (“Along the Way (Malaga Ki Ei)”) and once as a full duet/trio with Auliʻi Cravalho, Lagaʻaia, and Johnson—framing the soundtrack as a story about growth, mentorship, and the relationships that shape Moana’s voyage beyond the reef. Stylistically, the album retains the mix of Polynesian percussion, choral writing, and Broadway‑inflected pop from the original, but the updated arrangements and performances give the familiar material a slightly rougher, live‑action feel, positioning the soundtrack as both a nostalgic revisit and a fresh musical companion to the new film.