Lin-Manuel Miranda Approached Writing Mufasa’s Music With ‘Great Trepidation,’ And He Used A Barbie Comparison To Explain Why He Ultimately Said Yes
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Lin-Manuel Miranda Approached Writing Mufasa’s Music With ‘Great Trepidation,’ And He Used A Barbie Comparison To Explain Why He Ultimately Said Yes



After Lin-Manuel Miranda became a household name for his massive Broadway musicals, Hamilton and In The Heights, the composer has been the latest big name to contribute to a ton of Disney music. Miranda previously composed original songs for Moana, Encanto and the live-action The Little Mermaid. Now, his talents have been put to use on another one of Disney’s upcoming moviesMufasa: The Lion King. However, apparently, he wasn’t singing “Hakuna Matata” when he was first offered the gig.

Lin-Manuel Miranda recently talked about the experience writing for Mufasa while speaking onstage at the Fast Company Innovation Festival 2024 in New York City. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the composer initially felt “great trepidation” toward being part of The Lion King prequel at first. Why? Well, because the original movie with songs by Elton John and Tim Rice is such a behemoth. As he explained it, it has “five songs, all bangers.”



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