Lin is pretty infamous for loving The Little Mermaid so Dos Oruguitas incorporating Under the Sea isn't exactly a surprise. Nor is his kid being named Sebastian as he's mentioned in plenty of interviews that he intentionally named his kid after Sebastian. Lin is also taking part in the score for the live action Little Mermaid and has said most of the songs are going to stay in the film, but they're just going to add a couple more songs. They're not touching up or changing any of the old ones either. With Lin, who is essentially a Little Mermaid super fan, at the helm of the score for the live action, I'm not worried about the music, but it's the script I'm worried about.
I cant tell if the vid is dissing or supporting lin... Cause Hurricane mentioning a lot in the movie is a motif (MANY MOTIFS in HAMILTON!) and etc too lazy to think its like 1am rn. but yeah you know what i mean
When you live in a hurricane region, they're a big part of life, they happen for a whole season, you track time by the big ones...eg Fabian knocked out the bridge to the airport, Emily was the bug hurricane the year I was born and the biggest one we'd ever had for a long long time. The first hurricane I remember was Felix and for my kid it's Humberto.
Lin is Puerto Rican. Hurricanes feature in our Arawak culture and are a part of life on the Island. (the word Hurricane literally comes from one of the Taíno gods' names, Juracán/Orkan, and the swirly weather symbol for hurricanes comes from the symbol of the goddess Guabancex) Makes sense he would call back to his roots.
Actually, that's a fairly common musical theatre trope. Les Miserables is famous for this, but also shows like West Side Story, Phantom of the Opera, and lesser known shows like Newsies, Anastasia, and Frozen. Lin Manuel Miranda is just taking a classic formula and applying it (which, in fairness, he does do A LOT), but he's using a tried-and-true method that's been around for decades. As an ex-theatre kid he's been pretty open about how much inspiration he takes from other shows and composers, and this is no exception.
Lin-manuel Miranda's son Sebastian's named after the crab and lin-manuel Miranda is making music for the new live action Little Mermaid Daveed Diggs is playing Sebastian WE'RE GOING TO HEAR HIM RAP BABY LET'S GOOOOOOO
Dudee, that little mermaid reference is the first thing I thought about when I heard the song, but I couldn't find anyone on the internet who could prove me right lmaoo
Lin-Manuel addressed the Under The Sea usage in Dos Oruguitas as an homage. The Little Mermaid is one of the first movies he remembers watching in theaters and instantly falling in love.
Dude I LOVE lin’s music they also have a musical called “in the heights” and they use the same song from Hamilton called “you’ll be back” as a ringtone ✨
Just like how writers have their own tone (ex: comparing 2 Shakespeare works to lord of the flies, you can see similarities is the Shakespearean works), composers also have a tone. They have a certain technique to writing music, such as the rhythms, rhyme schemes, speed, instrumentals, and overall sound of the entire soundtrack.
Damn I haven’t heard about encanto in months, and as someone who used to be obsessed with it.. it made me really happy to hear parts of those songs again
Also in the last song when admirable sings “stars don’t shine they burn” is incredibly similar in timing, notes and it has the same word as Burn from Hamilton where Eliza sings “I hope that you burn.”
The Scuttlebut is such an underrated Lil Manuel Miranda masterpiece. The moment Scuttle started screaming I was like "yep, this was written by the guy who made Hamilton".
I legit want to just sit and watch Lin work and see what his thought process is. For the past couple years I’ve been obsessed with his stuff and have listened and watched almost all his projects since in the heights(the original) and he’s just amazing.
Every artist has a style. My favorite composers I can tell just by listening to their pieces. Every musician has their own voice so to speak, I think it's really cool.
There is something that poked me from the very beginning - the song at the start when she describes her sisters at the line "the beauty and the brawn can do no wrooooong" that exact same tune and music is in the movie "Into the woods" in the song at the end when Meryl Streep is singing and then dies.
It's genius because not only does it publicise the film tanks to people like you talking about it on large platforms but it also subconsciously makes u like the song because they remind u of other familiar songs it also helps him give off the "Disney vibes"
