Frozen 2: Lopezes Return With Haunting Melodies That Will Take You 'Into the Unknown' In Sequel
The Lopezes won an Oscar for Best Achievement In Music Written For A Motion Picture, Original Song in 2013 for ‘Let It Go’. The album of the sequel is equally promising.
'Frozen'
is
an
animated
musical
fantasy
film,
so
a
lot
naturally
rests
on
the
songs
that
uplift
the
storytelling
and
at
the
same
time,
take
the
story
forward.
The
defining
song
for
the
2013
film
was
'Let
It
Go',
sung
by
the
new
Queen
Elsa
(voiced
by
Idina
Menzel),
who
finally
begins
to
accept
who
she
is,
but
shuts
herself
away
in
an
ice
castle
to
keep
those
she
loves
safe.
She
thinks
she
is
free
and
secure
in
her
isolation
but
only
true
love
can
melt
the
ice
cage
she
has
built
around
herself
and
the
world.
'Let
It
Go'
embodies
all
the
feelings
that
come
bursting
forth
from
the
quiet
and
proper
Elsa,
showing
the
audience
for
the
first
time
who
she
really
is.
It
is
the
point
in
the
movie
when
everything
changes
as
Elsa
herself
changes.
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READ:
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2
Movie
Review:
Disney
Tackles
Darker
Themes
Of
Change,
Purpose,
And
Loss.
A
similar
defining
point
arrives
in
the
sequel
as
well.
It
appears
everything
is
hinged
on
the
song
'Into
The
Unknown'.
That
is
when
Elsa
hears
a
call
that
beckons
her
to
find
answers
about
why
she
is
the
way
she
is.
So
if
'Let
It
Go'
to
Elsa
was
about
accepting
herself,
'Into
The
Unknown'
explores
her
past
and
the
source
of
her
magical
powers
and
their
purpose
too,
perhaps.
Kristen
Anderson
Lopez
and
Robert
Lopez
returned
for
'Frozen
2',
writing
seven
all-new
original
songs
that
capture
the
emotion,
fun
and
intrigue
in
a
compelling
way.
The
Lopezes
credited
their
daughters
for
inspiring
a
lot
of
the
music
in
the
first
film,
and
that
seems
to
not
have
changed.
"Anna
and
Elsa
are
growing
up
and
our
girls
are
growing
up
too.
As
the
girls
get
more
independent
and
have
to
walk
their
own
paths
and
face
their
own
moments
of
crisis
without
us
there
to
protect
them,
it
has
ushered
in
a
new
era
of
parenting
for
us,
which
also
made
its
way
into
the
film," they
said.
The
lullaby
'All
is
Found'
that
Queen
Iduna,
Elsa
and
Anna's
mother,
sings
to
her
daughters,
sets
the
tone
of
the
movie
as
an
epic
adventure
and
also
serves
as
the
roadmap
to
the
story.
The
Lopezes
won
an
Oscar
Award
for
Best
Achievement
In
Music
Written
For
A
Motion
Picture,
Original
Song
in
2013
for
'Let
It
Go'.
The
snippets
of
the
soundtrack
released
by
Disney
at
the
brand
immersion
day
earlier
in
October
show
that
the
album
of
the
sequel
is
equally
promising.