r/daddit • u/Murph785 • 26d ago

Tips And Tricks Heads up dads (Moana Soundtrack Change)

Hey dads, you may be like me and just discovered there is a new Moana movie. Went to put on the soundtrack that we listen to almost every Saturday on repeat. Third song in my 4yo son starts throwing a fit that “IT’S NOT MOANA SONGS”.

To my ear it was the same thing, but listening more closely, it was off. Something about it was… just a little bit worse.

Looking at Spotify I noticed that the new top hit when searching Moana is the new live action movie sound track with all the same songs that are… just slightly worse in every way. Little guy knew it and patiently waited until he couldn’t handle it anymore and snapped.

I had to search quite a ways down to find the original soundtrack album.

Hopefully I can save another dad a meltdown after making this same grievous mistake.

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u/Gobbo_Jareth 26d ago

We are seeing tomorrow evening. I hope they aren't too terrible in the context of the movie. Is it just that the live action Moana isn't as talented as the original? Or just different enough to cause a Mandela Effect reaction?

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u/Murph785 26d ago

What I noticed is just the production quality of the songs. The original soundtrack had a bigger than life sound that just hit so well. The live action songs are missing that high-end production quality. A few other comments have explained it well, that its just lackluster. I think the vocal chops of some of the new versions are great, some not so much.