The 2018 original Moana movie featured music written by Lin-Manuel Miranda (who also worked on the music for Encanto ). In addition to the movie's anthem "How Far I'll Go" there were also a number of other bangers in the soundtrack like "Where You Are" and Maui's song "You're Welcome." Unfortunately, the music for the sequel is far weaker.

I t’s perhaps a blessing to the parents of young children that there’s not a single song in Moana 2 that kids will be singing as they exit the theater or on repeat in the mont

"Moana 2" is an okay movie, an above-average kiddie roller-coaster, and a piece of pure product in a way that the first "Moana," at its best, transcended.