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It's got to feel, the pulse has to feel like this part of the world, the instrumentation has to be true to that, and so, between him, [composer] Mark Mancina and myself, we really chased that, while serving our story Moana].
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Lin-Manuel Miranda
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: January 16
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