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Too many high notes too often, and the drama becomes less effective. High notes spell out drama, which is why вЂњLet It GoвЂќ really only has one good one.

But вЂњInto the UnknownвЂќ gives away too much, too early, both structurally and theatrically. If we assess how well the Frozen movies function within the constraints of the musical theater genre - where songs must drive plot and/or provide important character revelations - then вЂњInto the Unknown,вЂќ like вЂњLet It Go,вЂќ is a вЂњ want song.вЂќ It arrives early in the plot and reveals the heroineвЂ™s inner desire for something new, thus providing the motive that will propel the rest of the storyline. The other detail that makes вЂњInto the UnknownвЂќ less effective for me is that itвЂ™s overly packed with drama. (Robert Lopez co-created Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon, while he and Anderson-Lopez also did songs for DisneyвЂ™s Coco and the Broadway version of Frozen.) But вЂњInto the UnknownвЂќ has a few lyrics that fall flat, like вЂњsome look for trouble while others donвЂ™tвЂќ and вЂњIgnore your whispers, which I wish would go away.вЂќ ItвЂ™s fine, but compared to the tight, character-building lyrics of вЂњLet It GoвЂќ - вЂњa kingdom of isolation and it looks like IвЂ™m the queenвЂќ - itвЂ™s not nearly as satisfying. The Frozen songwriting team usually avoids those traps. But that doesnвЂ™t make it the albumвЂ™s best song.ДЄs a musical theater nerd, I personally get annoyed whenever lyrics feel repetitive or time-biding - that is, when they seem to exist just to fill out a line, or when they say something generically relatable but not character-specific. ItвЂ™s all very showy and attention-grabbing. Musgraves covers this song, and itвЂ™s just lovely.ДЄudio ads for the Frozen 2 soundtrack all feature MenzelвЂ™s version of the song, but if that version itself isnвЂ™t far enough over the top, the album also sports a cover from Panic! At the Disco, with frontman Brendon Urie repeatedly shrieking the central motif at the very top of his - and humanityвЂ™s - vocal range.

#Frozen musical soundtrack full#

Apparently, her spirit is still alive and kicking, and in the Frozen 2 soundtrackвЂ™s opening number, вЂњAll Is Found,вЂќ she gets a beautiful refrain - вЂњwhere the north wind meets the sea / thereвЂ™s a river full of memoryвЂќ - that recurs throughout other songs and the filmвЂ™s score. Wood plays Queen Iduna, Elsa and AnnaвЂ™s late mother.

(Fun fact for Broadway buffs: Wood is in a band with guitarist Zane Carney, brother of HadestownвЂ™s Reeve Carney.) (ThereвЂ™s also a teensy reprise of the Groffsauce classic вЂњReindeer(s) are Better Than People.вЂќ) The soundtrack also comes with a few surprises - most pleasantly, the revelation that Westworld star Evan Rachel Wood, a new addition to Frozen cast, has a great singing voice. Both Kristen Bell, who voices Princess Anna, and Jonathan Groff, who plays her boyfriend Kristoff, get songs of their own. The Frozen 2 soundtrack boasts the soundtrack versions of its seven totally new songs as well as covers of those songs by artists Kacey Musgraves, Panic! At the Disco, and Weezer.

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The Frozen 2 soundtrack has just seven new songs - plus a reprise, several covers, and a few вЂњouttakes.вЂќ But thereвЂ™s a lot to explore. So does the new Frozen 2 soundtrack hold up to all that hype? Yeah, pretty much. Not only that, but five years after the filmвЂ™s release, the soundtrack was still on the CD sales charts.

In 2014, Frozen was everywhere: The film itself grossed a staggering $1.27 billion worldwide, and the filmвЂ™s fandom was so eager for more that it drove over $5 billion in retail sales of related Frozen merchandise - just in 2014 alone. Oh, and if you had younger kids, your kids were probably obsessed with it. (The pair is credited with writing the entire Frozen 2 soundtrack as well.) At the 2014 Oscars, вЂњLet It GoвЂќ won Best Original Song the next year, at the 2015 Grammys, the album won Best Compilation Soundtrack, garnering Robert Lopez - who wrote all of FrozenвЂ™s songs with his wife, Kristen Anderson-Lopez - the rare EGOT distinction. Sales of the original Frozen soundtrack blew away all other competitors when it was released in late November 2013 (just a few days before the film itself) it then went on to reign as the No. Not since the heyday of DisneyвЂ™s вЂ™90s animated musicals has a film soundtrack had such high expectations to live up to. ItвЂ™s not an exaggeration to say the release of the Frozen 2 soundtrack this past weekend - just ahead of Frozen 2вЂ™s November 22 release date - counts as an event.