[4][5] Anderson-Lopez and Lopez also composed a simplified pop version (with shorter lyrics and background chorus) which was performed by actress and singer Demi Lovato over the start of the film's closing credits. [38][39] About that, Lee later explained, "the minute we heard the song the first time, I knew that I had to rewrite the whole movie. [100], By spring 2014, many journalists had observed that after watching Frozen, numerous young children in the United States were becoming unusually obsessed with the film's music, and with "Let It Go" in particular. [citation needed], Lea Michele covered the song as her character Rachel Berry in the Glee sixth-season premiere episode "Loser Like Me". "[40], When it came to animating Elsa's scenes for the song, Lopez and Anderson-Lopez insisted on the particular detail that Elsa should slam the palace doors on the audience at the song's end, which they acknowledged was similar to the ending of the Broadway musical Sweeney Todd. "Let It Go" is a song from Disney's 2013 animated feature film, Frozen, with music and lyrics composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. For the TV commercial entitled "Cheek :30". The song was written and composed by the husband-and-wife songwriting team of multiple Tony Award-winning composer Robert Lopez (Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon) and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, both of whom had previously worked with Walt Disney Animation Studios on Winnie the Pooh. [24] Back at their home studio, they composed the rest of the song by alternating between improvising melodies on a piano and brainstorming lyrics on a whiteboard, and finished it within a single day. In a statement accompanying the YouTube release of her "Let It Go" video, Jansen wrote: "Freja has been listening to singing Let It Go from the Disney movie, Frozen, for months. [45], Besides the original English version, Disney Character Voices International arranged for Frozen to be dubbed into another 41 languages and dialects worldwide, to which 3 more versions were added in the following years, raising the number of official versions to 44. Letting it go: The busy Brooklyn parents are best known for writing the Academy Award winning song from Frozen called 'Let It Go' and they even plan on … 4 in F minor, Op. 3 days ago. This called for the ending of school closures in response to COVID-19 and was performed by Canberra singer Kirrah Amosa. What does it feel like to be the perfect exalted person, but only because you've held back this secret? "[26] Lovato indeed identified herself with the song's context, stating "It's so relatable. The pop version was released as leading single of We Love Disney, Indonesia [id]. 0. [57][58], In 2015, a Hindi and an Indonesian version of the movie were aired on Disney Channel. [101][102][103][104] Columnist Yvonne Abraham of The Boston Globe called the song "musical crack" which "sends kids into altered states. The song's vocal range spans from F3 to E♭5. The song presents Queen Elsa, who flees her kingdom when she publicly loses control of her ability to generate ice. You might think the … Idina Menzel plays her on-screen birth mother Shelby Corcoran in the series. [183] It was directed by Declan Whitebloom.[184]. (...) Menzel should be credited for providing as much power and passion to this performance as she did in her most famous role. "[116] Lee added that the film's meaning was also inevitably going to be interpreted within the cultural context of being made in the year 2013. Just what it would feel like. [55] On March 31, 2014, an in-studio multi-language video of the song was released, showing singers of 25 different languages recording their versions of "Let It Go". [26][27] The song was originally written a half-step lower, in the key of G. During recording, Menzel felt it sounded "womanly" and "sultry" and suggested to raise the key to make it more "innocent and juvenile", which also made it more challenging to perform. [citation needed], It has been alleged by some commentators that one of the promotional songs for the 2022 Winter Olympics, "The Snow and Ice Dance," has suspicious similarities with "Let It Go." [25] Anderson-Lopez and Lopez specifically wrote the song for Idina Menzel, referring to her as "one of the most glorious voices of Broadway and an icon in musical theater." However, it was Disney’s Frozen that put him under the spotlight. The 53rd Disney animated feature film, it is inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's 1844 fairy tale "The Snow Queen". "Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel) was gonna come down the hill with her army of marshmallow snow people and take over the town, but we wrote Let It Go" and we felt differently about her character who had suppressed her magical powers for so long, she said. [61][62] Anaïs Delva and Marsha Milan, who performed the song in French and Malay respectively, also voiced Elsa in the movie, performing the same song in its movie version. Nominee Golden Trailer: Best Animation/Family TV Spot Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Trailer Park. 'Let It Go' was made famous by Idina Menzel, who sang the track in her vocal role as Queen Elsa in the huge 2013 movie, 'Frozen.'. The production was led by Ukrainian Music Producer, Oleksiy Shmaniov. [11], According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, "Let It Go" sold 10.9 million copies in 2014, becoming the year's fifth best-selling song. [99], On the other hand, Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot of the radio show Sound Opinions criticized the song; DeRogatis labeled it "schlock", and Kot described it as a "clichéd piece of fluff that you would have heard on a Broadway soundtrack from maybe the fifties or the sixties". Bobby came up with 'kingdom of isolation,' and it worked. 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Frozen is now the highest grossing film from Walt Disney Feature Animation dethroning the Lion King, which has been on the top spot since the 90s. The song was performed in the film by American actress and singer Idina Menzel as Elsa . Directed by Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee. It's not a perfect thing, but it's powerful. Songwriter Kristen Anderson-Lopez says when the song was originally written, it was meant for a villain. [46][47][48][49][50] A major challenge was to find sopranos capable of matching Menzel's warm vocal tone and vocal range in their native languages. [5] A music video was separately released for the pop version. 3 days ago. Disney comments Leave a comment She sheds her royal accessories, creates a living snowman, and builds a magnificent ice castle for herself. With Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad. A little while before married composers Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez collected their second shared Oscar, they went skiing. Fearless optimist Anna teams up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven and sets off on an epic journey to find her sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. The song was performed in its original show-tune version in the film by American actress and singer Idina Menzel in her vocal role as Queen Elsa. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom. And then you have to go back and adjust for lip sync! Frozen was definitely the movie of the year this year, it inspired countless covers of "Let It Go" and the lead character Elsa, was a nice addition to Disney's modern day princesses. The song " Let It Go " won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, making Lopez the 12th person to … [232], This article is about the song from Disney's Frozen. "[22] Anderson-Lopez explained what happened next: "We went for a walk in Prospect Park and threw phrases at each other. Kristen Anderson-Lopez was born on March 21, 1972 in New York City, New York, USA as Kristen J. Anderson. Songwriter Kristen Anderson-Lopez says when the song was originally written, it … [31] It was included in the deluxe edition of Demi. ‘Let It Go’ features in the hugely popular 2013 Disney film. The Indonesian pop version was released as leading single of We Love Disney, Indonesia. Forget villain. [19][23], "Let It Go" is a power ballad in the key of A-flat major overall, but begins in the relative minor (F minor). [36], Although unintentional, the song's composition was pivotal in the film's characterization of Elsa. and accidentally aping 'Arrested Development, "Awards Spotlight: 'Frozen' Director Chris Buck on Crafting Well-Rounded Female Characters", "Transcript of "Songwriters Behind 'Frozen' Let Go of the Princess Mythology, "How These Singers Around the Globe Pushed 'Frozen' Over the Top", "Disney's Frozen - "Let It Go" Multi-Language Full Sequence", "Quick! Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Soundtrack: Frozen. Up in the mountains and away from the townspeople, Elsa realizes that she no longer needs to hide her ability and rejoices in not only being able to use her power freely but also the freedom from others' expectations of her as a royal. "[23] Lopez was able to improvise the song's first four lines on the spot. The song Let It Go which features in the Disneymovie Frozen waswritten by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. It is the first song from a Disney animated musical to reach the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 since 1995, when Vanessa L. Williams' "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas peaked at number four on the chart. Menzel's vocal range was taken under consideration during the music's composition, as she was well able to span three octaves. [61][62], On April 15, 2014, Walt Disney Records released a compilation album titled Let It Go: The Complete Set, with all 42 foreign-language film versions of "Let It Go" and nine end credit versions. Forget villain. [21] The song finally began to gel one day as the couple walked together from their home in Park Slope to nearby Prospect Park while they were "thinking from an emo kind of place. "[105] A similar phenomenon was described in the United Kingdom. Lopez explained that they wanted that feeling of how "this character doesn't need us anymore," because he had always loved that feeling "when a character just kind of malevolently looks at you and slams a door in your face," although in the final version, Elsa's facial expression ended up as more of a "sly smile". [20] The duo took inspiration from the songs of the Disney Renaissance such as The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast and various artists including Adele, Aimee Mann, Avril Lavigne (whose 2002 debut album was titled Let Go), Lady Gaga, and Carole King. [28][29][30], For each song they created, including "Let It Go", Anderson-Lopez and Lopez recorded a demo in their studio, then emailed it to the Disney Animation production team in Burbank for discussion at their next videoconference. [181] While Menzel's version is performed in the key of A-flat major[25] and a tempo of 137 beats per minute, Lovato's version is performed in the key of G major and a tempo of 140 beats per minute, with her vocal range spanning between G3 and E5. [222][223] The music videos of both covers were filmed in the ice castles in Midway, Utah. [109][110], Some viewers outside the film industry, including one evangelical pastor[111][112][113] and commentators,[114] believe that the film is a promotion for the normalization of homosexuality, while others have argued that the character of Elsa is a representation of positive LGBT youth and the song is a metaphor for coming out. 001. [225], Norwegian YouTube singer Per Fredrik Pellek Asly or "PelleK", covered a power metal version of the Lovato version of the song on December 16, 2013, collecting more than 5 million views. [36] That piano track, played by Lopez himself, was not re-recorded by a session musician at the orchestral recording session; it is the same piano track heard in the final mix of the song. It was later released as a single,[2][3] being promoted to adult contemporary radio by Walt Disney Records in January 2014. Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez selected American singer and former Disney Channel star Demi Lovato, who also appears on Disney's Hollywood Records roster, to cover the song on the soundtrack album. You’re going to have to let go of “Let It Go” soon: a new Frozen 2 song will take its place. [citation needed], Actress Maisie Williams sang the song in an Audi commercial that aired during the broadcast of Super Bowl LIV in early February 2020. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. 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[31] After the film's release, Anderson-Lopez was shown an "explicitly honest" fan version of the song with very colorful lyrics, and in response, she noted that in the videoconferences she herself had used similarly candid language to describe Elsa's mindset at that point in the plot: "After a while, Chris Montan, the head of music at Disney, would be like, 'Whoa, language! "[18], "Let It Go" was the first song written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for the film that made it in, since songs composed earlier were eventually cut. [185] On November 13, 2014, she performed the song at the 2014 Royal Variety Performance. "Let It Go" is a song from Disney's 2013 animated feature film Frozen, whose music and lyrics were composed by husband-and-wife songwriting team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. [10] The song gained international recognition, becoming one of the most globally recorded Disney songs, with versions sung in 41 different languages for the film's international releases. [46], In South Korea, the pop version of the song by Hyolyn reached number six on the Gaon Music Chart in February,[67][68] while the Japanese versions of the song, performed by May J., reached number 8 on the Japan Hot 100 after the film's Japanese release in March 2014[173] and was certified platinum for 250,000 downloads. [42], On December 6, 2013, Walt Disney Animation Studios released a video of the entire "Let It Go" sequence as seen in the movie, which has over 700 million views as of August 2020[update] on YouTube. Elsa is finding her identity; she's growing into who she is and she's finally accepting her own strength and magical powers. Frozen is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. [39][97][98] The Rochester City Newspaper called it the best song of the film's soundtrack, writing; "Performed with belty gusto by Idina Menzel, it's got every element needed to be a lasting favorite. In celebration of the release of Frozen 2, we found this amazing Blind Audition by Tayla Thomas. 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[120] Co-writer Kristen Andersen-Lopez has stated that her younger brother has autistic traits and that inspired the song insofar as it deals with the concept of having a "special sibling. [63][64][65], The Italian version, along with the whole Italian adaptation of the movie, was awarded best foreign dubbing worldwide. Wiki User. "[121], "Let It Go" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 86th Academy Awards, where a shortened rendition[122] of the show-tune version was performed live by Menzel;[123][124] with the award, Robert Lopez became the 12th person, and by far the quickest (10 years), to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. [227][228], In 2018, Asian-American singer-songwriter Nadya Sudjaja produced a cover version of the song in Bahasa Indonesian entitled 'Lepaskan' incorporating eclectic sounds from Southeast Asia. Add a Comment. The music video was released on November 1, 2013. "And then they rewrote the whole movie around" the new character's identity. 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