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1. Eden (eden@weirder.earth)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jan-2022 18:06:02 UTC Eden

   So I've had this growing issue with Lin-Manuel Miranda's work where it feels like it's all got the same musical patterns.

   Like "How Far I'll Go" in Moana feels like it could be a song in Hamilton if you changed the words - it's like the *pattern* feels similar. Can you tell I have no musical background?

   And I've heard people complain about him for the same reason, his 'tone'.

   I couldn't tell Encanto was written by him. It was *really* good, but it didn't have the same 'patterns'

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jan-2022 18:06:01 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     @Eden I thought Encanto was extremely Miranda, so much so that even though I like his stuff it's getting a bit worn out. I didn't watch In the Heights because the excerpts I saw made it feel very much like just more of the same.
     
     Moana seems the least Miranda if you compare it with Hamilton, Vivo, In The Heights and Encanto, and that's probably because 1) Moana is supposed to be inspired by a different style thematic to the film and 2) Moana isn't a "Miranda film" based on his stuff, the film is there for other reasons and he was brought in to write the music.
     
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   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jan-2022 22:09:32 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     @Eden It's more like a general feeling, but now I just randomly jumped into the end of We Don't Talk About Bruno and I think it's a lot like if you take Mambo Cabana and make it slower and heavy with destiny.
     
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   • Eden (eden@weirder.earth)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jan-2022 22:09:33 UTC Eden

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     @clacke @bcallah @raye Given that I _very_ much didn't feel that, would you say which songs particularly felt "Miranda-esque" to you?

     I haven't seen In The Heights, but I've heard one of the songs and it is peak Miranda :)

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   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jan-2022 22:27:32 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     @Eden There isn't so much rap in Encanto, but All Of You has some brief moments of smattering patter that is laid out in a very Miranda way.
     
     @bcallah @raye