The bridge section allows the audience to take a glimpse of her vulnerability, but we snap back into the pop number as she sings 'from tears I rise, I rise' - which shows that though she’s in pain, she rises up every day, even stronger from her tears." 5. Through this introductory song, they tried to "convey her undeniable force, beauty, and irreverence through this music that demands people to dance.
“Ultraluminary” introduces Chang’e as a character, someone who the songwriters describe as "a goddess who’s larger than life, a charismatic and confident leader of the kingdom of Lunaria, but who also has deep hurt and pain that she tries to bury inside. Here's the lowdown on all of the songs on the Over the Moon soundtrack, which is out on the same day as the Netflix movie, with some additional insights from songwriters Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield, and Helen Park. Chiu, John Cho, Sandra Oh, Ruthie Ann Miles, Kimiko Glenn, Margaret Cho, and Ken Jeong, and features nine original songs as well as 13 score tracks from composer Steven Price.
In addition to Ang and Soo - who's best known for her Tony-nominated role of Eliza Hamilton in Broadway's Hamilton - the rest of the cast includes, Robert G. Singing felt like the purest way to capture our characters’ journeys." As Keane says in the film's press notes, "In the creative process we discovered the emotions of the characters ran so deep that there were often times where words simply weren’t enough. Interestingly, Over the Moon didn't start out as a musical. Landing on the moon, she discovers a whimsical land of magical creatures and embarks on a quest. She builds a rocket ship to the moon to prove the existence of the legendary moon goddess Chang’e (Phillipa Soo). Directed by Glen Keane, the animator behind Disney classics like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin, Over the Moon tells the story of Fei Fei (voiced by newcomer Cathy Ang), a young girl with an incredible passion for science. The new animated musical Over the Moon is now streaming on Netflix and features an outstanding cast with some of today's most beloved singing voices on the soundtrack.