Vivo (soundtrack)

Miranda envisioned the project in 2010, when the film was under production at DreamWorks Animation first before opting out due to DreamWorks' corporate restructuring and eventually taken over by Sony Pictures Animation in December 2016.{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=December 14, 2016 |title=Sony Animation Sets Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Vivo' For 2020 Bow |url=https://deadline.com/2016/12/sony-animation-sets-lin-manuel-mirandas-vivo-for-2020-bow-1201870566/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214074835/https://deadline.com/2016/12/sony-animation-sets-lin-manuel-mirandas-vivo-for-2020-bow-1201870566/ |archive-date=February 14, 2018 |access-date=July 15, 2019 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=2016-12-14 |title=Sony Animation and Lin-Manuel Miranda Team on Animated Movie 'Vivo' |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/sony-animation-lin-manuel-miranda-vivo-1201942243/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913111153/https://variety.com/2016/film/news/sony-animation-lin-manuel-miranda-vivo-1201942243/ |archive-date=2017-09-13 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} He described it a "love letter to Cuban musical heritage" and was a kindered spirit to In the Heights. Miranda recruited his longtime collaborator in his Broadway musical productions, composer Alex Lacamoire, to compose music for the film, and he wrote 11 original songs for the film.{{Cite web |last=Desowitz |first=Bill |date=2021-08-06 |title='Vivo': Making an Animated Musical as a Kindred Spirit to Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'In the Heights' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/vivo-animation-lin-manual-miranda-netflix-1234656311/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701224907/https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/vivo-animation-lin-manual-miranda-netflix-1234656311/ |archive-date=2023-07-01 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}} The film's director, Kirk DeMicco, whom was fascinated by the script and musical ideas, had worked with Cuban experts to recreate the sound of Havana authentically, which led to their collaboration with Cuban bandleader Juan de Marcos González who starred as Andrés, Vivo's owner and sang two of the tracks.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-03 |title=Vivo: Director Kirk DeMicco Discusses Netflix's Animated Musical |url=https://www.cbr.com/vivo-director-kirk-demicco-interview/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804135044/https://www.cbr.com/vivo-director-kirk-demicco-interview/ |archive-date=2021-08-04 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=CBR |language=en}}

Lacamoire felt that Vivo was extremely special for him as the music delves into his roots as a Cuban American, which informed how his music really helped for the film. He felt that animation worked around the music in the best possible way, where his involvement was brought much earlier, that he would make demos or suggest arrangement ideas which would become part of the story, and felt color grading was important for the directors and production designers, who were very conscious. However, crediting Miranda, he thought that he inspired the colors and went along with the story.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-20 |title='Vivo' Composer Alex Lacamoire On Collaborating with Lin-Manuel Miranda |url=https://www.awardsdaily.com/2021/10/20/vivo-composer-alex-lacamoire-on-collaborating-with-lin-manuel-miranda/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021184807/https://www.awardsdaily.com/2021/10/20/vivo-composer-alex-lacamoire-on-collaborating-with-lin-manuel-miranda/ |archive-date=2021-10-21 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=Awardsdaily |language=en-US}}

Since the film was finished during the COVID-19 pandemic, they had recorded only 20 percent of the vocals for the film before the pandemic. While the remainder was completed remotely or at studios abiding to COVID-19 regulations, where Lacamoire felt that the process happened in "bits and pieces". While some tracks were written way before 2019, most of them were not written or recorded when the pandemic hit. For recording the finale, the team found tricky as they had to record vocals of each characters separately, and the song had numerous voices, which included a lot of people, taking a lot of time to happen. He felt that, it sounds "joyous, fun and a big rousing closing number for a musical".{{Cite web |date=2021-08-09 |title=Alex Lacamoire Interview: Vivo |url=https://screenrant.com/alex-lacamoire-interview-vivo/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811231418/https://screenrant.com/alex-lacamoire-interview-vivo/ |archive-date=2021-08-11 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing =

| headline = Vivo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

| extra_column = Performer(s)

| title1 = Overture

| note1 = score

| length1 = 1:12

| extra1 = Alex Lacamoire

| title2 = One Of A Kind

| length2 = 4:10

| extra2 = {{Hlist|Juan de Marcos González|Lin-Manuel Miranda}}

| title3 = Mambo Cabana

| length3 = 2:17

| extra3 = {{Hlist|de Marcos González|Miranda|Gloria Estefan}}

| title4 = One More Song

| length4 = 2:32

| extra4 = Miranda

| title5 = My Own Drum

| length5 = 2:22

| extra5 = Ynairaly Simo

| title6 = Keep The Beat

| length6 = 2:33

| extra6 = {{Hlist|Miranda|Simo}}

| title7 = Love's Gonna Pick You Up

| length7 = 1:30

| extra7 = {{Hlist|Bryan Tyree Henry|Miranda|Aneesa Folds}}

| title8 = Tough Crowd

| length8 = 0:28

| extra8 = Miranda

| title9 = One More Song (Reprise)

| length9 = 0:39

| extra9 = Miranda

| title10 = Running Out Of Time

| length10 = 2:14

| extra10 = {{Hlist|Miranda|Simo|Christopher Jackson|Veronica Jackson|Gloria Calderon Kellett|Bri Holland|Alana de Fonseca|Jada Banks-Mace|Estefan|Zoe Saldana}}

| title11 = Inside Your Heart

| length11 = 2:41

| extra11 = Estefan

| title12 = Grand Finale

| length12 = 2:06

| extra12 = {{Hlist|Simo|Miranda|Tyree Henry|Folds|Holland|de Fonseca|Banks-Mace|Saldana|Estefan}}

| title13 = My Own Drum (Reprise)

| note13 = {{Small|with Missy Elliott}}

| length13 = 2:57

| extra13 = Simo

| title14 = ¡Presente!

| length14 = 2:23

| extra14 = Estefan

| title15 = Marta's Letters

| note15 = score

| length15 = 0:44

| extra15 = Lacamoire

| title16 = La Colecta/Suitcase Of Memories

| note16 = score

| length16 = 1:20

| extra16 = Lacamoire

| title17 = Vivo Comes Around

| note17 = score

| length17 = 0:48

| extra17 = {{Hlist|Lacamoire|Miranda}}

| title18 = Saving The Song

| note18 = score

| length18 = 1:26

| extra18 = {{Hlist|Lacamoire|Miranda}}

| title19 = Welcome To Florida

| note19 = score

| length19 = 0:27

| extra19 = {{Hlist|Lacamoire|Miranda}}

| title20 = Sand Dollar Animal Control

| note20 = score

| length20 = 1:33

| extra20 = Lacamoire

| total_length = 41:35

| title21 = Not On My Watch

| extra21 = Lacamoire

| note21 = score

| length21 = 0:39

| extra24 = {{Hlist|Lacamoire|Miranda}}

| note24 = score

| title25 = What Difference Can A Song Make?

| note25 = score

| length25 = 0:59

| extra25 = {{Hlist|Lacamoire|Miranda}}

| length24 = 1:37

| title22 = Lutador

| note22 = score

| title24 = Bienvenido A La Familia

| length23 = 0:53

| extra23 = Lacamoire

| title23 = Gabi And Vivo

| note23 = score

| length22 = 0:52

| extra22 = Lacamoire

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Vivo (Original Motion Picture Score)

| title1 = Overture

| length1 = 1:25

| title2 = Marta's Letter

| length2 = 0:44

| title3 = La Colecta/Suitcase Of Memories

| length3 = 1:19

| title4 = I Wanted To Tell Her..

| length4 = 0:28

| title5 = ...And I Said Nothing

| length5 = 0:44

| title6 = Vivo Comes Around

| length6 = 0:48

| title7 = Saving The Song

| length7 = 1:19

| title8 = For An Old Friend

| length8 = 0:28

| title9 = 90 Miles Away

| length9 = 0:30

| title10 = Key West?

| length10 = 0:24

| title11 = Welcome to Florida

| length11 = 0:27

| title12 = Tío Wrote Her a Song

| length12 = 0:57

| title13 = A.K.A. The Honey Bear

| length13 = 1:25

| title14 = Sand Dollar Animal Control

| length14 = 1:33

| title15 = Raging Waters

| length15 = 0:49

| title16 = Not On My Watch

| length16 = 0:39

| title17 = Soulmates

| length17 = 0:55

| title18 = Soulmates (Reprise)

| length18 = 0:56

| title19 = Be Quiet!

| length19 = 1:59

| title20 = Snaaake!!!

| length20 = 1:22

| title21 = Lutador

| length21 = 0:52

| title22 = Saved the Day, But..

| length22 = 1:21

| title23 = Transcribing the Song

| length23 = 2:05

| title24 = Para Marta

| length24 = 2:24

| title25 = Bienvenido A La Familia

| length25 = 1:37

| title26 = Gabi And Vivo

| length26 = 0:53

| title27 = What Difference Can One Song Make?

| length27 = 0:59

| total_length = 29:22

}}

Calling the music as "stellar" and "dynamite", Maya Phillips of The New York Times wrote "Miranda’s songs incorporate his signature rapid-fire rapping, along with quick tempo changes and genre mash-ups."{{Cite news |last=Phillips |first=Maya |date=2021-08-05 |title='Vivo' Review: A Musical Tale That Goes Offbeat |language=en |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/05/movies/vivo-review.html |access-date=2023-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813210215/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/05/movies/vivo-review.html |archive-date=2021-08-13 |issn=2802-7116}} Petrana Radulovic of Polygon wrote "Miranda’s songwriting skills are still stellar, but the best part of Vivo happens when the music and animation work in tandem to elevate the story, playing with the visual style to highlight the music, so it all meshes together in a beautiful symphony."{{Cite web |last=Radulovic |first=Petrana |date=2021-08-06 |title=Lin-Manuel Miranda's Vivo can't escape the shadow of Hamilton |url=https://www.polygon.com/2021/8/6/22611805/vivo-review |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118191416/https://www.polygon.com/2021/8/6/22611805/vivo-review |archive-date=2022-01-18 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}} Brian Lowry of CNN wrote "the songs – featuring the composer’s trademark mix of musical styles and playful lyrical calisthenics – prove catchy and touching".{{Cite web |last=Lowry |first=Brian |date=2021-08-05 |title='Vivo' gets Lin-Manuel Miranda animated again in a sweet if slight adventure |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/05/entertainment/vivo-review/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927021233/https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/05/entertainment/vivo-review/index.html |archive-date=2021-09-27 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=CNN |language=en}} Amy Amatangelo of Paste called the songs "are equally delightful, if a little predictable. They are very, shall we say, on-brand for Miranda. His brand is a good one, but many tunes here sound repetitive."{{Cite web |title=Lin-Manuel Miranda's Musical Hooks Fill Familiar Yet Enjoyable Vivo |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/netflix/vivo-review |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606183203/https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/netflix/vivo-review |archive-date=2023-06-06 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=Paste Magazine |language=en-US}}

Michael Ordoña of Los Angeles Times summarised "While there’s nothing in the score to make fans forget Hamilton, there are a few songs with the uplifting gusto the composer brought to" highlighting "One of a Kind" and "Love’s Gonna Pick You Up". He cited "My Own Drum" as the standout song and "Inside Your Heart (Para Marta)" building the entire story.{{Cite web |last=Ordoña |first=Michael |date=2021-08-05 |title=Review: Animated 'Vivo' musical hits a few flat notes, but Lin-Manuel Miranda helps it sing |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-08-05/review-animated-vivo-musical-hits-a-few-flat-notes-but-lin-manuel-miranda-helps-it-sing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902155854/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-08-05/review-animated-vivo-musical-hits-a-few-flat-notes-but-lin-manuel-miranda-helps-it-sing |archive-date=2021-09-02 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} Peter Debruge of Variety wrote "the songs build on one another, hooking in your head and snowballing as the movie develops."{{Cite web |last=Debruge |first=Peter |date=2021-07-29 |title='Vivo' Review: Good Luck Getting the Tunes in This Peppy Lin-Manuel Miranda Toon out of Your Head |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/vivo-review-lin-manuel-miranda-1235030209/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002005540/https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/vivo-review-lin-manuel-miranda-1235030209/ |archive-date=2021-10-02 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} Darren Franich of Entertainment Weekly said that all the tunes in are "original Miranda compositions" and further commented "With the other songs, you feel the mind behind In the Heights and Hamilton working hard to integrate the legacy of Cuban music."{{Cite web |last=Franich |first=Darren |date=2021-08-04 |title='Vivo,' Lin-Manuel Miranda's rapping kinkajou movie, could use a little less rapping kinkajou |url=https://ew.com/movies/movie-reviews/vivo-review/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=EW.com |language=en |archive-date=August 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821153519/https://ew.com/movies/movie-reviews/vivo-review/ |url-status=live }}

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