Me too. I didn’t like ‘Shiny’, I’m 30 and my mom thinks grown people shouldn’t sit in theatres with little kids.?We went with the kids, though. I liked the ‘Where we are’, ‘I’m Moana and ‘How far I go.’

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It is a fantastic Soundtrack, it even has a bunch of outtakes, and rough audio of the songs before their final forms. Also some of the songs oriented in different ways.

I felt mostly the same way. I like your reasoning for How Far I’ll Go seeming kind of incomplete; I was thinking there was something missing, and now I have to agree, it does seem to lack a bridge! The sudden key change makes it seem rushed.

I had heard before hearing it, that ‘How Far I’ll Go’ was going to be the next ‘Let It Go.’ I thought the song fell a little short of it’s potential. The song starts off nice, but I feel it ended way before it had a chance to shine. I feel it needed a bridge to build the song up further and then a final chorus/finale. Imagine if ‘Let it Go’ ended right after the second chorus, before we get to hear her sing, “My power flurries through the air into the ground..” that whole bridge that builds the song up into a big finish. If that was the case, ‘Let it Go’ would’ve felt lacking. That’s the case with ‘How Far I’ll Go’ for me, anyway.

I will say though that the reprises of ‘How Far I’ll Go’ are some of the best songs on the album with the final reprise ‘I Am Moana’ being the best. That song has it all and brought the emotional connection I was looking for the whole movie. It starts off small and then slowly builds adding more layers and elements, from instruments to the ancestors chanting. It builds itself up and finishes huge with Moana finally embracing who she is, “I am Moana!” If only more songs in the movie were like that this soundtrack would have been something special.

The worst song in the entire film had to be ‘Shiny.’ Oh boy. The moment this song started playing in the movie I was instantly removed. It felt so out of place and was completely jarring. It felt like it belonged in another movie and did nothing to further the plot. My opinion is that they could removed that scene entirely and the movie would’ve flowed just was well and maybe even better. For me, it brought the entire movie to a halt. I know which scene I’ll be skipping when I get the Blu-ray.

The other songs were just fine. I like the ones with the Polynesian lyrics, the first one, for me, being the best. The second one, I think, sounds too much like the first song, but still has a nice melody. ‘You’re Welcome’ was a good song. It was fun and I felt it really showed Maui’s character. There were some bright spots on the album including ‘I Am Moana,’ which I mentioned before, and ‘Know Who You Are’. I really wish ‘Know Who You Are’ was longer since it was such a cool song and amazing moment in the film.

So there it is, my review of the soundtrack. For me it had it’s hits and misses and didn’t quite seal the deal for me. I’ll definitely listen to it for it’s bright spots, but more than likely I’ll skip over some tracks to get to the ones that really move me. I think the music had so much potential, and I feel that it didn’t quite live up to it. I know most of you won’t agree with that opinion, but it’s just my opinion.