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Frozen: Olaf's Quest
Frozenolafquest.jpg
North American box art
Developer(s) 1st Playable Productions
Publisher(s) GameMill Entertainment
Platform(s) Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS[1]
Release date(s) Nintendo 3DS
JP November 19, 2013
[1]
Genre(s) Platforming
Mode(s) Single-player
Frozen: Olaf's Quest is a platform game based on characters featured from Walt Disney Animation Studios' animated film, Frozen. The game was developed by 1st Playable Productions for the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS. The game features Josh Gad as Olaf as its main character. Reviews were largely mixed.[2]
Development[edit]
Frozen: Olaf's Quest features characters based from the Disney animated film Frozen. It was released on November 19, 2013 for Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS.[3] Developed by 1st Playable Productions and published by GameMill Entertainment,[4] it takes place after the events of the film. In the game, Olaf must use his unique snowman abilities to try and stay in one piece throughout 60 levels.[3][5] Mechanics of the gameplay are based on Olaf's unique character qualities, such as ability to slip around levels.[5] Several aspects of the game are influenced by the humor of the character and the film.[5][6]
Reception[edit]
Orla Madden of Nintendo Life gave the game a mixed review of 5/10.[7] While a fan of the film, Madden criticized the lack of presentation, noting a complete lack of dialogue or storyline.[7] Other criticisms included the repetitive gameplay, lack of humor, and a lack of appearances of other characters from the film such as Anna and Elsa. While saying the game would be fun for younger players, she asserted that older gamers would find little to enjoy in the game.[7]
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b "Disney Frozen: Olaf's Quest General Info". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
2.Jump up ^ "Disney Frozen: Olaf's Quest". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
3.^ Jump up to: a b "GameMill Publishing’s 'Disney Frozen: Olaf’s Quest' is Available Today for Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS" (Press release). Gamasutra. November 19, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
4.Jump up ^ "GameMill Publishing Announces Video Game Companion to Walt Disney Animation Studios Film "Frozen" For Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo DS™" (Press release). Gamasutra. October 1, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
5.^ Jump up to: a b c "Disney's Frozen: Olaf's Quest". IGN. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
6.Jump up ^ "Frozen Olaf's Quest". Nintendo.com. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
7.^ Jump up to: a b c Madden, Orla (2014-01-14). "Review of Disney's Frozen Olaf Quest". Nintendo Life. Retrieved January 29, 2014.


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Films
Frozen (2013) ·
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Characters
Anna ·
 Elsa ·
 Kristoff ·
 Olaf ·
 Hans
 

Cast
Kristen Bell ·
 Idina Menzel ·
 Jonathan Groff ·
 Josh Gad ·
 Santino Fontana
 

Crew
Chris Buck ·
 Jennifer Lee ·
 Peter Del Vecho ·
 John Lasseter ·
 Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck
 

Music
"Frozen Heart" ·
 "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" ·
 "For the First Time in Forever" ·
 "Love Is an Open Door" ·
 "Let It Go" ·
 "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People" ·
 "In Summer" ·
 "Fixer Upper" ·
 "Making Today a Perfect Day"
 

Television
Once Upon a Time ("There's No Place Like Home" ·
 season 4) (2014) ·
 The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic (2014)
 

Video games
Frozen: Olaf's Quest (2013) ·
 Frozen Free Fall (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity (2013) ·
 Club Penguin (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2014) ·
 Fantasia: Music Evolved (2014) ·
 Little Big Planet 3 (2014)
 

Related
List of accolades received by Frozen ·
 Walt Disney Animation Studios ·
 The Snow Queen (1845) ·
 Hans Christian Andersen ·
 Disney on Ice ·
 Disney Movies Anywhere ·
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Frozen: Olaf's Quest

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Frozen: Olaf's Quest
Frozenolafquest.jpg
North American box art
Developer(s) 1st Playable Productions
Publisher(s) GameMill Entertainment
Platform(s) Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS[1]
Release date(s) Nintendo 3DS
JP November 19, 2013
[1]
Genre(s) Platforming
Mode(s) Single-player
Frozen: Olaf's Quest is a platform game based on characters featured from Walt Disney Animation Studios' animated film, Frozen. The game was developed by 1st Playable Productions for the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS. The game features Josh Gad as Olaf as its main character. Reviews were largely mixed.[2]
Development[edit]
Frozen: Olaf's Quest features characters based from the Disney animated film Frozen. It was released on November 19, 2013 for Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS.[3] Developed by 1st Playable Productions and published by GameMill Entertainment,[4] it takes place after the events of the film. In the game, Olaf must use his unique snowman abilities to try and stay in one piece throughout 60 levels.[3][5] Mechanics of the gameplay are based on Olaf's unique character qualities, such as ability to slip around levels.[5] Several aspects of the game are influenced by the humor of the character and the film.[5][6]
Reception[edit]
Orla Madden of Nintendo Life gave the game a mixed review of 5/10.[7] While a fan of the film, Madden criticized the lack of presentation, noting a complete lack of dialogue or storyline.[7] Other criticisms included the repetitive gameplay, lack of humor, and a lack of appearances of other characters from the film such as Anna and Elsa. While saying the game would be fun for younger players, she asserted that older gamers would find little to enjoy in the game.[7]
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b "Disney Frozen: Olaf's Quest General Info". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
2.Jump up ^ "Disney Frozen: Olaf's Quest". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
3.^ Jump up to: a b "GameMill Publishing’s 'Disney Frozen: Olaf’s Quest' is Available Today for Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS" (Press release). Gamasutra. November 19, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
4.Jump up ^ "GameMill Publishing Announces Video Game Companion to Walt Disney Animation Studios Film "Frozen" For Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo DS™" (Press release). Gamasutra. October 1, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
5.^ Jump up to: a b c "Disney's Frozen: Olaf's Quest". IGN. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
6.Jump up ^ "Frozen Olaf's Quest". Nintendo.com. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
7.^ Jump up to: a b c Madden, Orla (2014-01-14). "Review of Disney's Frozen Olaf Quest". Nintendo Life. Retrieved January 29, 2014.


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Disney's Frozen


Films
Frozen (2013) ·
 Frozen Fever (2015 short) ·
 Frozen 2 (TBA)
 

Characters
Anna ·
 Elsa ·
 Kristoff ·
 Olaf ·
 Hans
 

Cast
Kristen Bell ·
 Idina Menzel ·
 Jonathan Groff ·
 Josh Gad ·
 Santino Fontana
 

Crew
Chris Buck ·
 Jennifer Lee ·
 Peter Del Vecho ·
 John Lasseter ·
 Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck
 

Music
"Frozen Heart" ·
 "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" ·
 "For the First Time in Forever" ·
 "Love Is an Open Door" ·
 "Let It Go" ·
 "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People" ·
 "In Summer" ·
 "Fixer Upper" ·
 "Making Today a Perfect Day"
 

Television
Once Upon a Time ("There's No Place Like Home" ·
 season 4) (2014) ·
 The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic (2014)
 

Video games
Frozen: Olaf's Quest (2013) ·
 Frozen Free Fall (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity (2013) ·
 Club Penguin (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2014) ·
 Fantasia: Music Evolved (2014) ·
 Little Big Planet 3 (2014)
 

Related
List of accolades received by Frozen ·
 Walt Disney Animation Studios ·
 The Snow Queen (1845) ·
 Hans Christian Andersen ·
 Disney on Ice ·
 Disney Movies Anywhere ·
 Get a Horse! (2013 short) ·
 List of highest-grossing films ·
 List of films considered the best ·
 List of Once Upon a Time creatures and races
 

Category Category ·
 Portal Portal
 

  


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Making Today a Perfect Day

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"Making Today a Perfect Day"

Single by Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell and the cast of Frozen Fever

Released
March 12, 2015
Recorded
2014
Genre
Show tune
Length
4:58
Label
Walt Disney Records
Writer(s)
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
Producer(s)
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
"Making Today a Perfect Day" is a song from the 2015 Walt Disney Animation Studios computer-animated short film Frozen Fever, with music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez and performed throughout most of the short. It was released as a single in the United States on March 12, 2015.[1]


Contents  [hide]
1 Production and writing
2 Composition
3 Release
4 Critical reception
5 Charts
6 References

Production and writing[edit]
On September 2, 2014, during the ABC airing of The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic, Walt Disney Animation Studios' chief creative officer John Lasseter announced that a Frozen short film with a new song would be released in the future.[2] On the same day, Variety announced that the short would be released in early 2015 under the title Frozen Fever, with Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee returning as co-directors, Peter Del Vecho returning as producer and a new song by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. In a mid-October interview, Idina Menzel revealed that the cast had already recorded their vocal tracks, stating "We just worked on a short for Frozen."[3] On December 3, 2014, it was announced that Aimee Scribner would be a co-producer and that Frozen Fever would debut in theaters alongside Walt Disney Pictures' Cinderella on March 13, 2015.[4][5] In late December, the co-directors told the Associated Press "There is something magic about these characters and this cast and this music. Hopefully, the audiences will enjoy the short we're doing, but we felt it again. It was really fun."[6] Around the same time, Dave Metzger, who worked on the orchestration for Frozen, disclosed he was already at work on Frozen Fever.[7]
In March 2015, the directors revealed that Walt Disney Animation Studios had brought up the possibility of creating a short film in April 2014.[8] Buck and Lee were initially reluctant because they were still trying to determine why Frozen had been such a success, but agreed to start brainstorming possibilities.[8] After early discussions about Olaf, head story artist Marc Smith pitched the idea of what might happen if Elsa had a cold, which became the basis for the short's plot.[8] The directors began working on the short in June and by August were back in the recording studio with the cast to lay down vocal tracks.[9]
The short features the song "Making Today a Perfect Day", by Anderson-Lopez and Lopez.[10] At the premiere of Cinderella and Frozen Fever at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, on March 1, 2015, Josh Gad told USA Today, "I want to apologize to parents everywhere for the fact that children are going to be singing a whole new Frozen song..."[11] Gad's wife noticed he was still humming it two days after he recorded his lines.[11]
Composition[edit]
In "Making Today a Perfect Day" there is a lyrical reference to "Let It Go"—Elsa notes to Anna that "a cold never bothered me anyway", this time re-purposing the line by referring to an actual cold. Billboard suggests that the songwriting duo included this Easter egg because they "know exactly what the fanbase wanted".[12]
The beginning of the song also includes a passage to the tune of Life's Too Short, one of the songs that were deleted from the film after the prophecy storyline and Elsa's role as a villain were dropped. The Los Angeles Times said that "dedicated Frozen fans" have pointed out similarities between the two songs. Robert Lopez said via Twitter: "To everyone who's noticed Life's Too Short in Frozen Fever, good ear. We wrote the lyric for the intro, and then realized it would fit the old tune, so we couldn't resist using it. It's our favorite cut song and the one we bled most for."[13]
Release[edit]
Though the short was only officially released alongside the 2015 film Cinderella, the audio was released online on March 12.[14] The lyrics was posted by the official Disney blog on March 13,[15] and the lyric video was released online on March 20.[16]
The song is heavily advertised on the front cover of the Cinderella soundtrack CD.[13]
Critical reception[edit]
The song has received mixed to positive reviews. Though deemed a lesser effort than "Let It Go", it is still praised as being a competent catchy piece that adequately furthers the narrative of the short.
USA Today '​s Claudia Puig described the new song as "pleasant", and noted its potential as a song to be played at young girls' birthday parties, while noting it's not as catchy as the majority of the Frozen soundtrack.[17] Natalie Jamieson, writing for Newsbeat, called the new song "catchy and fun", though stated that it is unlikely to emulate the "phenomenal success" of "Let It Go".[18] Danny Walker of the Daily Mirror compared the catchiness of this "new favourite" to its predecessor "Let It Go", writing "everyone will be singing '[Making] Today a Perfect Day' once it hits the big screen"; he added it will make the former hit "a thing of the past".[19] While noting that it isn't the same calibre of smash as "Let It Go", "upbeat", "peppy", and "catchy" were some of the words Billboard used to describe the number.[12] PopSugar deemed the song "cute", "original", "happy" and "upbeat", and suggested it "borrows distinctively from 'Let It Go'".[20] Music Times notes that the song has been released "just when you thought you got a break from Frozen tunes".[21] The Daily Mail questioned whether the song would become the next "Let It Go", as a "massive hit" with viewers learning the lyrics off-by-heart.[22] Kat Brown of The Daily Telegraph referred to the short film as a "musical video", due to such a large proportion of it being taken up by this song.[23] Us Weekly negatively compared its catchiness to "Let It Go", though described the ditty as "fresh", "bright", and "fun".[24]
In a negative review, Slate felt that "the song itself, while hummable, is fatally damaged by its need to do too much."[25]
Charts[edit]

Chart (2015)
Peak
 position


Australia (ARIA)[26]
80

References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "iTunes—Music—Making Today a Perfect Day (From "Frozen Fever")—Single by Idina Menzel, Kristin Bell & The Cast of Frozen Fever". Apple Inc. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
2.Jump up ^ Butler, Karen (September 2, 2014). "'Frozen' characters to return for a new short film, says Disney". United Press International. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
3.Jump up ^ Feeney, Nolan (October 14, 2014). "Idina Menzel Doesn't Understand Why Her Christmas Album Is Out in October". Time. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
4.Jump up ^ Graser, Marc (December 3, 2014). "'Frozen Fever' Short to Debut in Front of Disney's 'Cinderella'". Variety. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
5.Jump up ^ Ford, Rebecca (December 3, 2014). "'Frozen' Short Film to Screen in Front of Disney's 'Cinderella'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
6.Jump up ^ Kennedy, Mark (December 23, 2014). "'Frozen' Is Named Top Entertainer of the Year by AP". Associated Press (New York). Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
7.Jump up ^ Stabler, David (December 24, 2014). "'Frozen' arranger working on sequel, 'Frozen Fever'". The Oregonian. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
8.^ Jump up to: a b c Wieselman, Jarett (March 6, 2015). "Why The Filmmakers Were Scared To Make More "Frozen"". BuzzFeed. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
9.Jump up ^ Taylor, Drew (March 11, 2015). "'Frozen Fever' Is a 'Thank You' to Fans, Say Directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck". Moviefone (Whalerock Industries). Retrieved March 14, 2015.
10.Jump up ^ Puig, Claudia (February 28, 2015). "'Frozen Fever' will warm kids' hearts". USA Today. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
11.^ Jump up to: a b Alexander, Bryan (March 2, 2015). "Josh Gad apologizes to parents for unleashing new Frozen song". USA Today. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
12.^ Jump up to: a b "Upbeat New 'Frozen' Song 'Making Today A Perfect Day' Is Now Available". Billboard.
13.^ Jump up to: a b "'Making Today a Perfect Day'". latimes.com. March 13, 2015.
14.Jump up ^ Making Today a Perfect Day (From "Frozen Fever") (Audio). DisneyMusicVEVO's channel on YouTube. March 12, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
15.Jump up ^ "The "Making Today a Perfect Day" Lyrics from Frozen Fever". Disney Playlist. March 13, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
16.Jump up ^ Making Today A Perfect Day (From "Frozen Fever”) (Lyric Video). DisneyMusicVEVO's channel on YouTube. March 20, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
17.Jump up ^ Claudia Puig, USA TODAY (February 28, 2015). "'Frozen Fever' will warm kids' hearts". USA TODAY.
18.Jump up ^ Jamieson, Natalie (March 2, 2015). "Frozen Fever: Seven things we learnt from its seven minutes". Newsbeat (BBC). Retrieved March 3, 2015.
19.Jump up ^ Danny Walker (March 12, 2015). "Frozen Fever: Making Today a Perfect Day finally released on iTunes". mirror.
20.Jump up ^ Shannon Vestal. "Frozen Fever Song "Making Today a Perfect Day"". POPSUGAR Entertainment.
21.Jump up ^ "'Frozen' Sequel Announced, 'Frozen' Short Song "Making Today a Perfect Day" Is Available on iTunes". Music Times.
22.Jump up ^ "Disney releases Making Today A Perfect Day from Frozen Fever—Daily Mail Online". Mail Online.
23.Jump up ^ "Frozen Fever Twitter reaction: 'How could Elsa get a cold?'". Telegraph.co.uk. March 13, 2015.
24.Jump up ^ "Frozen Fever Review: 7 Fun Facts About the 7-Minute Short". usmagazine.com. March 6, 2015.
25.Jump up ^ "New Frozen short Frozen Fever, airing before Cinderella, reviewed.". Slate Magazine.
26.Jump up ^ Ryan, Gavin (March 21, 2015). "ARIA Singles: Lunchmoney Lewis Has The Number 1 Song". Noise11. Retrieved March 21, 2015.


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Disney's Frozen


Films
Frozen (2013) ·
 Frozen Fever (2015 short) ·
 Frozen 2 (TBA)
 

Characters
Anna ·
 Elsa ·
 Kristoff ·
 Olaf ·
 Hans
 

Cast
Kristen Bell ·
 Idina Menzel ·
 Jonathan Groff ·
 Josh Gad ·
 Santino Fontana
 

Crew
Chris Buck ·
 Jennifer Lee ·
 Peter Del Vecho ·
 John Lasseter ·
 Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck
 

Music
"Frozen Heart" ·
 "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" ·
 "For the First Time in Forever" ·
 "Love Is an Open Door" ·
 "Let It Go" ·
 "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People" ·
 "In Summer" ·
 "Fixer Upper" ·
 "Making Today a Perfect Day"
 

Television
Once Upon a Time ("There's No Place Like Home" ·
 season 4) (2014) ·
 The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic (2014)
 

Video games
Frozen: Olaf's Quest (2013) ·
 Frozen Free Fall (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity (2013) ·
 Club Penguin (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2014) ·
 Fantasia: Music Evolved (2014) ·
 Little Big Planet 3 (2014)
 

Related
List of accolades received by Frozen ·
 Walt Disney Animation Studios ·
 The Snow Queen (1845) ·
 Hans Christian Andersen ·
 Disney on Ice ·
 Disney Movies Anywhere ·
 Get a Horse! (2013 short) ·
 List of highest-grossing films ·
 List of films considered the best ·
 List of Once Upon a Time creatures and races
 

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Making Today a Perfect Day

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 The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for music. Please help to establish notability by adding reliable, secondary sources about the topic. If notability cannot be established, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted.
Find sources: "Making Today a Perfect Day" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images (March 2015)

"Making Today a Perfect Day"

Single by Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell and the cast of Frozen Fever

Released
March 12, 2015
Recorded
2014
Genre
Show tune
Length
4:58
Label
Walt Disney Records
Writer(s)
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
Producer(s)
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
"Making Today a Perfect Day" is a song from the 2015 Walt Disney Animation Studios computer-animated short film Frozen Fever, with music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez and performed throughout most of the short. It was released as a single in the United States on March 12, 2015.[1]


Contents  [hide]
1 Production and writing
2 Composition
3 Release
4 Critical reception
5 Charts
6 References

Production and writing[edit]
On September 2, 2014, during the ABC airing of The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic, Walt Disney Animation Studios' chief creative officer John Lasseter announced that a Frozen short film with a new song would be released in the future.[2] On the same day, Variety announced that the short would be released in early 2015 under the title Frozen Fever, with Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee returning as co-directors, Peter Del Vecho returning as producer and a new song by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. In a mid-October interview, Idina Menzel revealed that the cast had already recorded their vocal tracks, stating "We just worked on a short for Frozen."[3] On December 3, 2014, it was announced that Aimee Scribner would be a co-producer and that Frozen Fever would debut in theaters alongside Walt Disney Pictures' Cinderella on March 13, 2015.[4][5] In late December, the co-directors told the Associated Press "There is something magic about these characters and this cast and this music. Hopefully, the audiences will enjoy the short we're doing, but we felt it again. It was really fun."[6] Around the same time, Dave Metzger, who worked on the orchestration for Frozen, disclosed he was already at work on Frozen Fever.[7]
In March 2015, the directors revealed that Walt Disney Animation Studios had brought up the possibility of creating a short film in April 2014.[8] Buck and Lee were initially reluctant because they were still trying to determine why Frozen had been such a success, but agreed to start brainstorming possibilities.[8] After early discussions about Olaf, head story artist Marc Smith pitched the idea of what might happen if Elsa had a cold, which became the basis for the short's plot.[8] The directors began working on the short in June and by August were back in the recording studio with the cast to lay down vocal tracks.[9]
The short features the song "Making Today a Perfect Day", by Anderson-Lopez and Lopez.[10] At the premiere of Cinderella and Frozen Fever at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, on March 1, 2015, Josh Gad told USA Today, "I want to apologize to parents everywhere for the fact that children are going to be singing a whole new Frozen song..."[11] Gad's wife noticed he was still humming it two days after he recorded his lines.[11]
Composition[edit]
In "Making Today a Perfect Day" there is a lyrical reference to "Let It Go"—Elsa notes to Anna that "a cold never bothered me anyway", this time re-purposing the line by referring to an actual cold. Billboard suggests that the songwriting duo included this Easter egg because they "know exactly what the fanbase wanted".[12]
The beginning of the song also includes a passage to the tune of Life's Too Short, one of the songs that were deleted from the film after the prophecy storyline and Elsa's role as a villain were dropped. The Los Angeles Times said that "dedicated Frozen fans" have pointed out similarities between the two songs. Robert Lopez said via Twitter: "To everyone who's noticed Life's Too Short in Frozen Fever, good ear. We wrote the lyric for the intro, and then realized it would fit the old tune, so we couldn't resist using it. It's our favorite cut song and the one we bled most for."[13]
Release[edit]
Though the short was only officially released alongside the 2015 film Cinderella, the audio was released online on March 12.[14] The lyrics was posted by the official Disney blog on March 13,[15] and the lyric video was released online on March 20.[16]
The song is heavily advertised on the front cover of the Cinderella soundtrack CD.[13]
Critical reception[edit]
The song has received mixed to positive reviews. Though deemed a lesser effort than "Let It Go", it is still praised as being a competent catchy piece that adequately furthers the narrative of the short.
USA Today '​s Claudia Puig described the new song as "pleasant", and noted its potential as a song to be played at young girls' birthday parties, while noting it's not as catchy as the majority of the Frozen soundtrack.[17] Natalie Jamieson, writing for Newsbeat, called the new song "catchy and fun", though stated that it is unlikely to emulate the "phenomenal success" of "Let It Go".[18] Danny Walker of the Daily Mirror compared the catchiness of this "new favourite" to its predecessor "Let It Go", writing "everyone will be singing '[Making] Today a Perfect Day' once it hits the big screen"; he added it will make the former hit "a thing of the past".[19] While noting that it isn't the same calibre of smash as "Let It Go", "upbeat", "peppy", and "catchy" were some of the words Billboard used to describe the number.[12] PopSugar deemed the song "cute", "original", "happy" and "upbeat", and suggested it "borrows distinctively from 'Let It Go'".[20] Music Times notes that the song has been released "just when you thought you got a break from Frozen tunes".[21] The Daily Mail questioned whether the song would become the next "Let It Go", as a "massive hit" with viewers learning the lyrics off-by-heart.[22] Kat Brown of The Daily Telegraph referred to the short film as a "musical video", due to such a large proportion of it being taken up by this song.[23] Us Weekly negatively compared its catchiness to "Let It Go", though described the ditty as "fresh", "bright", and "fun".[24]
In a negative review, Slate felt that "the song itself, while hummable, is fatally damaged by its need to do too much."[25]
Charts[edit]

Chart (2015)
Peak
 position


Australia (ARIA)[26]
80

References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "iTunes—Music—Making Today a Perfect Day (From "Frozen Fever")—Single by Idina Menzel, Kristin Bell & The Cast of Frozen Fever". Apple Inc. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
2.Jump up ^ Butler, Karen (September 2, 2014). "'Frozen' characters to return for a new short film, says Disney". United Press International. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
3.Jump up ^ Feeney, Nolan (October 14, 2014). "Idina Menzel Doesn't Understand Why Her Christmas Album Is Out in October". Time. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
4.Jump up ^ Graser, Marc (December 3, 2014). "'Frozen Fever' Short to Debut in Front of Disney's 'Cinderella'". Variety. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
5.Jump up ^ Ford, Rebecca (December 3, 2014). "'Frozen' Short Film to Screen in Front of Disney's 'Cinderella'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
6.Jump up ^ Kennedy, Mark (December 23, 2014). "'Frozen' Is Named Top Entertainer of the Year by AP". Associated Press (New York). Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
7.Jump up ^ Stabler, David (December 24, 2014). "'Frozen' arranger working on sequel, 'Frozen Fever'". The Oregonian. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
8.^ Jump up to: a b c Wieselman, Jarett (March 6, 2015). "Why The Filmmakers Were Scared To Make More "Frozen"". BuzzFeed. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
9.Jump up ^ Taylor, Drew (March 11, 2015). "'Frozen Fever' Is a 'Thank You' to Fans, Say Directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck". Moviefone (Whalerock Industries). Retrieved March 14, 2015.
10.Jump up ^ Puig, Claudia (February 28, 2015). "'Frozen Fever' will warm kids' hearts". USA Today. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
11.^ Jump up to: a b Alexander, Bryan (March 2, 2015). "Josh Gad apologizes to parents for unleashing new Frozen song". USA Today. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
12.^ Jump up to: a b "Upbeat New 'Frozen' Song 'Making Today A Perfect Day' Is Now Available". Billboard.
13.^ Jump up to: a b "'Making Today a Perfect Day'". latimes.com. March 13, 2015.
14.Jump up ^ Making Today a Perfect Day (From "Frozen Fever") (Audio). DisneyMusicVEVO's channel on YouTube. March 12, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
15.Jump up ^ "The "Making Today a Perfect Day" Lyrics from Frozen Fever". Disney Playlist. March 13, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
16.Jump up ^ Making Today A Perfect Day (From "Frozen Fever”) (Lyric Video). DisneyMusicVEVO's channel on YouTube. March 20, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
17.Jump up ^ Claudia Puig, USA TODAY (February 28, 2015). "'Frozen Fever' will warm kids' hearts". USA TODAY.
18.Jump up ^ Jamieson, Natalie (March 2, 2015). "Frozen Fever: Seven things we learnt from its seven minutes". Newsbeat (BBC). Retrieved March 3, 2015.
19.Jump up ^ Danny Walker (March 12, 2015). "Frozen Fever: Making Today a Perfect Day finally released on iTunes". mirror.
20.Jump up ^ Shannon Vestal. "Frozen Fever Song "Making Today a Perfect Day"". POPSUGAR Entertainment.
21.Jump up ^ "'Frozen' Sequel Announced, 'Frozen' Short Song "Making Today a Perfect Day" Is Available on iTunes". Music Times.
22.Jump up ^ "Disney releases Making Today A Perfect Day from Frozen Fever—Daily Mail Online". Mail Online.
23.Jump up ^ "Frozen Fever Twitter reaction: 'How could Elsa get a cold?'". Telegraph.co.uk. March 13, 2015.
24.Jump up ^ "Frozen Fever Review: 7 Fun Facts About the 7-Minute Short". usmagazine.com. March 6, 2015.
25.Jump up ^ "New Frozen short Frozen Fever, airing before Cinderella, reviewed.". Slate Magazine.
26.Jump up ^ Ryan, Gavin (March 21, 2015). "ARIA Singles: Lunchmoney Lewis Has The Number 1 Song". Noise11. Retrieved March 21, 2015.


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Music
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 "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" ·
 "For the First Time in Forever" ·
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 "Fixer Upper" ·
 "Making Today a Perfect Day"
 

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 season 4) (2014) ·
 The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic (2014)
 

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 Frozen Free Fall (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity (2013) ·
 Club Penguin (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2014) ·
 Fantasia: Music Evolved (2014) ·
 Little Big Planet 3 (2014)
 

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Fixer Upper (song)

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"Fixer Upper"

Song by Maia Wilson, and Cast of Frozen[1] from the album Frozen

Published
Wonderland Music Company
Released
November 25, 2013
Recorded
2012[2]
Genre
Show tune
Length
3:02
Label
Walt Disney
Writer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
Producer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck ·
 Chris Montan ·
 Tom MacDougall
 
Frozen track listing

"For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)"
 (8) "Fixer Upper"
 (9) "Let It Go (Single Version)"
 (10)

"Fixer Upper" is a song from the 2013 Disney animated film Frozen.


Contents  [hide]
1 Production
2 Synopsis
3 Critical reception
4 Other languages
5 Charts
6 Reception

Production[edit]
Kristen Anderson-Lopez talked about the song's inspiration:[3]

Well honestly the inspiration for that is Bobby [husband Robert Lopez]. When we were first dating, I used to talk about him to my girlfriends as like he’s a bit of a fixer-upper. He lived with his parents but I was in love with him. I knew I was gonna marry him but he lived with his parents, he didn’t have a job. He was writing this crazy, puppet musical [Avenue Q] and so the word, fixer-upper, has always been in my lexicon.
Robert Lopez further elaborated on the song's context within the musical:[3]

When we realized that Kristoff was going to have this relationship with the trolls which was kind of the key discovery we realized that it was kind of like okay, he’s bringing this girl that he’s not dating home to this big, ruckus family and they’re gonna misinterpret the situation. So we thought oh, gee it’s gotta have that kind of New York dating song cabaret feel and so that’s how the music kind of came about.
Synopsis[edit]
The song is sung when Kristoff brings Anna to his "family" - the trolls who treated Anna after Elsa's earlier accident. Kristoff seeks to have Pabbie treat Anna since he fears Elsa has injured her, but the trolls think Anna is his steady girlfriend and hence, try to marry the two together. The song starts with the trolls asking Anna what is turning her off from dating Kristoff, like "his unmanly blondness" or his tendency to "tinkle in the woods". Despite Kristoff protesting that Anna is engaged to someone else, the trolls go ahead and try to wed them. They manage to get partway though the vows before the accidental participants cut them off.
Critical reception[edit]
Indiwire described it as an "arbitrary upbeat ode to love's ability to triumph over imperfection so incongruous it's displaced to the middle of Frozen's soundtrack CD".[4] DecentFilms notes "There’s a double entendre about another type of relationship that is said to be “outside of nature’s laws”: The trolls, singing about Kristoff in the “Fixer-Upper” song, suggest that he has an unnatural relationship with his reindeer Sven. Yes: a bestiality joke in a Disney cartoon".[5] Dawn described it as "the opening from “Fraggle Rock”".[6]
Other languages[edit]
The Korean language version sung by Jung Young-joo and other members of the cast appeared on the Gaon Music Chart's download sub-chart at 200 after being downloaded 6,000 times, however did not appear on the main Gaon Singles Chart.[7]
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013–14)
Peak
 position


South Korea (Gaon International Chart)[8]
12
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[9]
94

Reception[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - iTunes Retrieved November 6, 2014
2.Jump up ^ Perlman, Jake (February 10, 2014). "On the Scene: 'Frozen' cast performs live for the first (and probably only) time ever". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 10, 2014. "It was the first time the cast had ever sung the songs live and the first time many had sung the songs at all since they recorded the soundtrack a year and a half ago."
3.^ Jump up to: a b Disney's Frozen: Interviews with the Animators, Directors & Songwriters #DisneyFrozen | Lady and the Blog
4.Jump up ^ The Scrambled Sexuality of 'Frozen's "Let It Go"|Criticwire
5.Jump up ^ So, How Gay is Disney’s Frozen?
6.Jump up ^ Movie Review: Frozen - Blogs - DAWN.COM
7.Jump up ^ "Gaon Download Chart 2014년 3월 2주차". Gaon (in Korean). March 1, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
8.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.
9.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.


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Films
Frozen (2013) ·
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Characters
Anna ·
 Elsa ·
 Kristoff ·
 Olaf ·
 Hans
 

Cast
Kristen Bell ·
 Idina Menzel ·
 Jonathan Groff ·
 Josh Gad ·
 Santino Fontana
 

Crew
Chris Buck ·
 Jennifer Lee ·
 Peter Del Vecho ·
 John Lasseter ·
 Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck
 

Music
"Frozen Heart" ·
 "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" ·
 "For the First Time in Forever" ·
 "Love Is an Open Door" ·
 "Let It Go" ·
 "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People" ·
 "In Summer" ·
 "Fixer Upper" ·
 "Making Today a Perfect Day"
 

Television
Once Upon a Time ("There's No Place Like Home" ·
 season 4) (2014) ·
 The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic (2014)
 

Video games
Frozen: Olaf's Quest (2013) ·
 Frozen Free Fall (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity (2013) ·
 Club Penguin (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2014) ·
 Fantasia: Music Evolved (2014) ·
 Little Big Planet 3 (2014)
 

Related
List of accolades received by Frozen ·
 Walt Disney Animation Studios ·
 The Snow Queen (1845) ·
 Hans Christian Andersen ·
 Disney on Ice ·
 Disney Movies Anywhere ·
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Fixer Upper (song)

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"Fixer Upper"

Song by Maia Wilson, and Cast of Frozen[1] from the album Frozen

Published
Wonderland Music Company
Released
November 25, 2013
Recorded
2012[2]
Genre
Show tune
Length
3:02
Label
Walt Disney
Writer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
Producer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck ·
 Chris Montan ·
 Tom MacDougall
 
Frozen track listing

"For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)"
 (8) "Fixer Upper"
 (9) "Let It Go (Single Version)"
 (10)

"Fixer Upper" is a song from the 2013 Disney animated film Frozen.


Contents  [hide]
1 Production
2 Synopsis
3 Critical reception
4 Other languages
5 Charts
6 Reception

Production[edit]
Kristen Anderson-Lopez talked about the song's inspiration:[3]

Well honestly the inspiration for that is Bobby [husband Robert Lopez]. When we were first dating, I used to talk about him to my girlfriends as like he’s a bit of a fixer-upper. He lived with his parents but I was in love with him. I knew I was gonna marry him but he lived with his parents, he didn’t have a job. He was writing this crazy, puppet musical [Avenue Q] and so the word, fixer-upper, has always been in my lexicon.
Robert Lopez further elaborated on the song's context within the musical:[3]

When we realized that Kristoff was going to have this relationship with the trolls which was kind of the key discovery we realized that it was kind of like okay, he’s bringing this girl that he’s not dating home to this big, ruckus family and they’re gonna misinterpret the situation. So we thought oh, gee it’s gotta have that kind of New York dating song cabaret feel and so that’s how the music kind of came about.
Synopsis[edit]
The song is sung when Kristoff brings Anna to his "family" - the trolls who treated Anna after Elsa's earlier accident. Kristoff seeks to have Pabbie treat Anna since he fears Elsa has injured her, but the trolls think Anna is his steady girlfriend and hence, try to marry the two together. The song starts with the trolls asking Anna what is turning her off from dating Kristoff, like "his unmanly blondness" or his tendency to "tinkle in the woods". Despite Kristoff protesting that Anna is engaged to someone else, the trolls go ahead and try to wed them. They manage to get partway though the vows before the accidental participants cut them off.
Critical reception[edit]
Indiwire described it as an "arbitrary upbeat ode to love's ability to triumph over imperfection so incongruous it's displaced to the middle of Frozen's soundtrack CD".[4] DecentFilms notes "There’s a double entendre about another type of relationship that is said to be “outside of nature’s laws”: The trolls, singing about Kristoff in the “Fixer-Upper” song, suggest that he has an unnatural relationship with his reindeer Sven. Yes: a bestiality joke in a Disney cartoon".[5] Dawn described it as "the opening from “Fraggle Rock”".[6]
Other languages[edit]
The Korean language version sung by Jung Young-joo and other members of the cast appeared on the Gaon Music Chart's download sub-chart at 200 after being downloaded 6,000 times, however did not appear on the main Gaon Singles Chart.[7]
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013–14)
Peak
 position


South Korea (Gaon International Chart)[8]
12
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[9]
94

Reception[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - iTunes Retrieved November 6, 2014
2.Jump up ^ Perlman, Jake (February 10, 2014). "On the Scene: 'Frozen' cast performs live for the first (and probably only) time ever". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 10, 2014. "It was the first time the cast had ever sung the songs live and the first time many had sung the songs at all since they recorded the soundtrack a year and a half ago."
3.^ Jump up to: a b Disney's Frozen: Interviews with the Animators, Directors & Songwriters #DisneyFrozen | Lady and the Blog
4.Jump up ^ The Scrambled Sexuality of 'Frozen's "Let It Go"|Criticwire
5.Jump up ^ So, How Gay is Disney’s Frozen?
6.Jump up ^ Movie Review: Frozen - Blogs - DAWN.COM
7.Jump up ^ "Gaon Download Chart 2014년 3월 2주차". Gaon (in Korean). March 1, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
8.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.
9.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.


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Disney's Frozen


Films
Frozen (2013) ·
 Frozen Fever (2015 short) ·
 Frozen 2 (TBA)
 

Characters
Anna ·
 Elsa ·
 Kristoff ·
 Olaf ·
 Hans
 

Cast
Kristen Bell ·
 Idina Menzel ·
 Jonathan Groff ·
 Josh Gad ·
 Santino Fontana
 

Crew
Chris Buck ·
 Jennifer Lee ·
 Peter Del Vecho ·
 John Lasseter ·
 Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck
 

Music
"Frozen Heart" ·
 "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" ·
 "For the First Time in Forever" ·
 "Love Is an Open Door" ·
 "Let It Go" ·
 "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People" ·
 "In Summer" ·
 "Fixer Upper" ·
 "Making Today a Perfect Day"
 

Television
Once Upon a Time ("There's No Place Like Home" ·
 season 4) (2014) ·
 The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic (2014)
 

Video games
Frozen: Olaf's Quest (2013) ·
 Frozen Free Fall (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity (2013) ·
 Club Penguin (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2014) ·
 Fantasia: Music Evolved (2014) ·
 Little Big Planet 3 (2014)
 

Related
List of accolades received by Frozen ·
 Walt Disney Animation Studios ·
 The Snow Queen (1845) ·
 Hans Christian Andersen ·
 Disney on Ice ·
 Disney Movies Anywhere ·
 Get a Horse! (2013 short) ·
 List of highest-grossing films ·
 List of films considered the best ·
 List of Once Upon a Time creatures and races
 

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In Summer

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"In Summer"

Song by Josh Gad from the album Frozen

Published
Wonderland Music Company
Released
November 25, 2013
Recorded
2012[1]
Genre
Show tune
Length
1:54
Label
Walt Disney
Writer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
Producer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck ·
 Chris Montan ·
 Tom MacDougall
 
Frozen track listing

"Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People"
 (6) "In Summer"
 (7) "For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)"
 (8)

"In Summer" is a song from Disney's 2013 animated feature film Frozen, with music and lyrics composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.


Contents  [hide]
1 Synopsis
2 Background
3 Critical reception
4 Other languages
5 Charts 5.1 Certifications
6 References

Synopsis[edit]










 Olaf sings about Summer with a sense of naive optimism, unaware that as a snowman, he is unable to experience the hot weather he craves for.
The song is performed by Olaf (Josh Gad), and is a comedic and ironic ballad in which Olaf expresses how he wants to experience the season of summer. He is seen in several positions, including in shades, relaxing in a hot tub, playing on a beach, dancing around sand people, and relaxing on a picnic, unaware that as a snowman he will melt, and therefore his dream is in vain. The song is considered darkly comical large in part because every single thing that Olaf does is something that will only make him melt faster.
Background[edit]
According to Josh Gad, since Robert Lopez had already co-written The Book of Mormon (in which Gad was the original Elder Cunningham), Lopez already knew what type of voice he had, and so that influenced the type of song that was written for him. Gad also appreciated being able to perform a song "without 20 f-bombs in it", so it was acceptable for a younger demographic. The songwriters asked him to do "the operatic ending", a request that amused Gad.[2]
He argued that the song was not morbid, and is instead filled with a "youthful optimism", as Olaf still acts like the ages of Elsa and Anna when they created him - he is the last vestige of their forgotten past - and therefore everything he does has a naïve and hopeful quality to it.[2]
The song replaced an earlier song for Olaf titled "Hot Hot Ice," which Anderson-Lopez described as "Hot Hot Hot meets Simon & Garfunkel. It didn't work."[3]:37:05
Critical reception[edit]
Time dubbed it "the movie’s mid-show-stopper" and "a musical-comedy miracle", writing "A soft-shoe number with brilliant choreography of character, voice and visuals (it ends with a swirling tracking shot that quotes the one that accompanied Julie Andrews singing “The Sound of Music”), “In Summer” makes Olaf’s weather delusion sound and look deliciously delirious".[4] CinemaBlend said it was "the film's best song",[5] and National Catholic Register called it "the movie’s funniest scene and best song".[6] Variety said it was the "most inspired musical number", and added it was "wryly visualized by Buck and Lee and expressed in playful lyrics".[7] The Morton Report described it as "Josh Gad’s spotlight number", and noted that it "might not exactly drive the narrative, but it’s hilarious."[8] Rochester City Newspaper said "Josh Gad’s distinctive, totally-committed performance gives In Summer a lot of heart.[9] HighDef Digest said it was "a nice break from the darkness and action".[10] New York Post calls it "a superb comic number, describing it as "a denialist fantasy on par with "By the Sea" in Sweeney Todd".[11] Sputnikmusic said it was "charmingly heavy-handed", "It’s one of the few pieces which doesn't take itself seriously, and as a result it’s by far the best song on the soundtrack. The buzzing, nimble lyrics succeed as well, and the admittedly simple premise stays fresh throughout alongside whimsical string plucks and offbeat acoustic guitar."[12] CraveOnline deemed it one of the two "unforgettable, showstopping number[s]" of the musical, along with "Let It Go", and describes it as "a delightfully wry confection".[13] CommonSenseMedia, responding to Jonathan Groff's character's quips to try to burst Olaf's bubble, said "Groff captures Olaf's neurotic optimism in the hopeful tune "In Summer", describing it as one of the great character moment brought out through song.[14] Paste called it a "show-stopping comedy number", and adding it "provides one of the few moments when Frozen fully lives up to the Disney’s classics that have come before."[15]
Other languages[edit]
The Korean language version sung by Lee Jangwon appeared on the Gaon Music Chart's download sub-chart at 189 after being downloaded 7,000 times, however did not appear on the main Gaon Singles Chart.[16]
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013–14)
Peak
 position


South Korea (Gaon International Chart)[17]
10
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[17]
67
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[18]
84
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100[19]
4
US Heatseekers Songs (Billboard)[20]
12

Certifications[edit]

Region
Certification
Sales/shipments


United States (RIAA)[21]
Golddagger 500,000^
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone


References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Perlman, Jake (February 10, 2014). "On the Scene: 'Frozen' cast performs live for the first (and probably only) time ever". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 10, 2014. "It was the first time the cast had ever sung the songs live and the first time many had sung the songs at all since they recorded the soundtrack a year and a half ago."
2.^ Jump up to: a b Sepinwall, Alan (2013-11-27). "Josh Gad on Frozen, being influenced by Robin Williams, and singing In Summer". Hitfix.com. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
3.Jump up ^ Williams College (June 30, 2014). "Exploring the Songs of "Frozen" with Kristen Anderson-Lopez '94". YouTube. Williams College. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
4.Jump up ^ Corliss, Richard (2013-11-23). "Review: 'Frozen' – This Disney Princess Movie Is Thaw-some | TIME.com". Entertainment.time.com. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
5.Jump up ^ "Disney's Frozen Review". CinemaBlend.com. 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
6.Jump up ^ Greydanus, Steven D. "SDG Reviews ‘Frozen’ | Daily News". NCRegister.com. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
7.Jump up ^ Scott Foundas Chief Film Critic @foundasonfilm (2013-11-03). "Film Review: ‘Frozen’". Variety. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
8.Jump up ^ Lipp, Chaz (2014-03-14). "Blu-ray Review: Disney's Frozen". The Morton Report. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
9.Jump up ^ Netsky, Ron. "CD Review: Disney's "Frozen" Soundtrack | Music Reviews". Rochester City Newspaper. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
10.Jump up ^ "Frozen - 3D (2013) [UK Import] Blu-ray Review | High Def Digest". Bluray.highdefdigest.com. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
11.Jump up ^ Smith, Kyle (2013-11-20). "Disney’s ‘Frozen’ will melt your heart | New York Post". Nypost.com. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
12.Jump up ^ "Review: Disney Soundtracks - Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Sputnikmusic. 2013-11-25. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
13.Jump up ^ William Bibbiani (2013-11-17). "Review: Frozen". CraveOnline. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
14.Jump up ^ "Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Music Review". Commonsensemedia.org. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
15.Jump up ^ Berkshire, Geoff. "Frozen :: Movies :: Reviews :: Paste". Pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
16.Jump up ^ "Gaon Download Chart 2014년 3월 2주차". Gaon (in Korean). March 1, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
17.^ Jump up to: a b "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.
18.Jump up ^ "Archive Chart: 2014-04-19" UK Singles Chart.
19.Jump up ^ "Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard.
20.Jump up ^ "Billboard - Artists - Josh Gad - Heatseeking songs". Retrieved 22 May 2014.
21.Jump up ^ "American single certifications – Josh Gad – In Summer". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH


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In Summer

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"In Summer"

Song by Josh Gad from the album Frozen

Published
Wonderland Music Company
Released
November 25, 2013
Recorded
2012[1]
Genre
Show tune
Length
1:54
Label
Walt Disney
Writer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
Producer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck ·
 Chris Montan ·
 Tom MacDougall
 
Frozen track listing

"Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People"
 (6) "In Summer"
 (7) "For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)"
 (8)

"In Summer" is a song from Disney's 2013 animated feature film Frozen, with music and lyrics composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.


Contents  [hide]
1 Synopsis
2 Background
3 Critical reception
4 Other languages
5 Charts 5.1 Certifications
6 References

Synopsis[edit]










 Olaf sings about Summer with a sense of naive optimism, unaware that as a snowman, he is unable to experience the hot weather he craves for.
The song is performed by Olaf (Josh Gad), and is a comedic and ironic ballad in which Olaf expresses how he wants to experience the season of summer. He is seen in several positions, including in shades, relaxing in a hot tub, playing on a beach, dancing around sand people, and relaxing on a picnic, unaware that as a snowman he will melt, and therefore his dream is in vain. The song is considered darkly comical large in part because every single thing that Olaf does is something that will only make him melt faster.
Background[edit]
According to Josh Gad, since Robert Lopez had already co-written The Book of Mormon (in which Gad was the original Elder Cunningham), Lopez already knew what type of voice he had, and so that influenced the type of song that was written for him. Gad also appreciated being able to perform a song "without 20 f-bombs in it", so it was acceptable for a younger demographic. The songwriters asked him to do "the operatic ending", a request that amused Gad.[2]
He argued that the song was not morbid, and is instead filled with a "youthful optimism", as Olaf still acts like the ages of Elsa and Anna when they created him - he is the last vestige of their forgotten past - and therefore everything he does has a naïve and hopeful quality to it.[2]
The song replaced an earlier song for Olaf titled "Hot Hot Ice," which Anderson-Lopez described as "Hot Hot Hot meets Simon & Garfunkel. It didn't work."[3]:37:05
Critical reception[edit]
Time dubbed it "the movie’s mid-show-stopper" and "a musical-comedy miracle", writing "A soft-shoe number with brilliant choreography of character, voice and visuals (it ends with a swirling tracking shot that quotes the one that accompanied Julie Andrews singing “The Sound of Music”), “In Summer” makes Olaf’s weather delusion sound and look deliciously delirious".[4] CinemaBlend said it was "the film's best song",[5] and National Catholic Register called it "the movie’s funniest scene and best song".[6] Variety said it was the "most inspired musical number", and added it was "wryly visualized by Buck and Lee and expressed in playful lyrics".[7] The Morton Report described it as "Josh Gad’s spotlight number", and noted that it "might not exactly drive the narrative, but it’s hilarious."[8] Rochester City Newspaper said "Josh Gad’s distinctive, totally-committed performance gives In Summer a lot of heart.[9] HighDef Digest said it was "a nice break from the darkness and action".[10] New York Post calls it "a superb comic number, describing it as "a denialist fantasy on par with "By the Sea" in Sweeney Todd".[11] Sputnikmusic said it was "charmingly heavy-handed", "It’s one of the few pieces which doesn't take itself seriously, and as a result it’s by far the best song on the soundtrack. The buzzing, nimble lyrics succeed as well, and the admittedly simple premise stays fresh throughout alongside whimsical string plucks and offbeat acoustic guitar."[12] CraveOnline deemed it one of the two "unforgettable, showstopping number[s]" of the musical, along with "Let It Go", and describes it as "a delightfully wry confection".[13] CommonSenseMedia, responding to Jonathan Groff's character's quips to try to burst Olaf's bubble, said "Groff captures Olaf's neurotic optimism in the hopeful tune "In Summer", describing it as one of the great character moment brought out through song.[14] Paste called it a "show-stopping comedy number", and adding it "provides one of the few moments when Frozen fully lives up to the Disney’s classics that have come before."[15]
Other languages[edit]
The Korean language version sung by Lee Jangwon appeared on the Gaon Music Chart's download sub-chart at 189 after being downloaded 7,000 times, however did not appear on the main Gaon Singles Chart.[16]
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013–14)
Peak
 position


South Korea (Gaon International Chart)[17]
10
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[17]
67
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[18]
84
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100[19]
4
US Heatseekers Songs (Billboard)[20]
12

Certifications[edit]

Region
Certification
Sales/shipments


United States (RIAA)[21]
Golddagger 500,000^
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone


References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Perlman, Jake (February 10, 2014). "On the Scene: 'Frozen' cast performs live for the first (and probably only) time ever". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 10, 2014. "It was the first time the cast had ever sung the songs live and the first time many had sung the songs at all since they recorded the soundtrack a year and a half ago."
2.^ Jump up to: a b Sepinwall, Alan (2013-11-27). "Josh Gad on Frozen, being influenced by Robin Williams, and singing In Summer". Hitfix.com. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
3.Jump up ^ Williams College (June 30, 2014). "Exploring the Songs of "Frozen" with Kristen Anderson-Lopez '94". YouTube. Williams College. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
4.Jump up ^ Corliss, Richard (2013-11-23). "Review: 'Frozen' – This Disney Princess Movie Is Thaw-some | TIME.com". Entertainment.time.com. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
5.Jump up ^ "Disney's Frozen Review". CinemaBlend.com. 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
6.Jump up ^ Greydanus, Steven D. "SDG Reviews ‘Frozen’ | Daily News". NCRegister.com. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
7.Jump up ^ Scott Foundas Chief Film Critic @foundasonfilm (2013-11-03). "Film Review: ‘Frozen’". Variety. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
8.Jump up ^ Lipp, Chaz (2014-03-14). "Blu-ray Review: Disney's Frozen". The Morton Report. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
9.Jump up ^ Netsky, Ron. "CD Review: Disney's "Frozen" Soundtrack | Music Reviews". Rochester City Newspaper. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
10.Jump up ^ "Frozen - 3D (2013) [UK Import] Blu-ray Review | High Def Digest". Bluray.highdefdigest.com. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
11.Jump up ^ Smith, Kyle (2013-11-20). "Disney’s ‘Frozen’ will melt your heart | New York Post". Nypost.com. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
12.Jump up ^ "Review: Disney Soundtracks - Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Sputnikmusic. 2013-11-25. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
13.Jump up ^ William Bibbiani (2013-11-17). "Review: Frozen". CraveOnline. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
14.Jump up ^ "Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Music Review". Commonsensemedia.org. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
15.Jump up ^ Berkshire, Geoff. "Frozen :: Movies :: Reviews :: Paste". Pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
16.Jump up ^ "Gaon Download Chart 2014년 3월 2주차". Gaon (in Korean). March 1, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
17.^ Jump up to: a b "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.
18.Jump up ^ "Archive Chart: 2014-04-19" UK Singles Chart.
19.Jump up ^ "Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard.
20.Jump up ^ "Billboard - Artists - Josh Gad - Heatseeking songs". Retrieved 22 May 2014.
21.Jump up ^ "American single certifications – Josh Gad – In Summer". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH


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Disney's Frozen


Films
Frozen (2013) ·
 Frozen Fever (2015 short) ·
 Frozen 2 (TBA)
 

Characters
Anna ·
 Elsa ·
 Kristoff ·
 Olaf ·
 Hans
 

Cast
Kristen Bell ·
 Idina Menzel ·
 Jonathan Groff ·
 Josh Gad ·
 Santino Fontana
 

Crew
Chris Buck ·
 Jennifer Lee ·
 Peter Del Vecho ·
 John Lasseter ·
 Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck
 

Music
"Frozen Heart" ·
 "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" ·
 "For the First Time in Forever" ·
 "Love Is an Open Door" ·
 "Let It Go" ·
 "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People" ·
 "In Summer" ·
 "Fixer Upper" ·
 "Making Today a Perfect Day"
 

Television
Once Upon a Time ("There's No Place Like Home" ·
 season 4) (2014) ·
 The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic (2014)
 

Video games
Frozen: Olaf's Quest (2013) ·
 Frozen Free Fall (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity (2013) ·
 Club Penguin (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2014) ·
 Fantasia: Music Evolved (2014) ·
 Little Big Planet 3 (2014)
 

Related
List of accolades received by Frozen ·
 Walt Disney Animation Studios ·
 The Snow Queen (1845) ·
 Hans Christian Andersen ·
 Disney on Ice ·
 Disney Movies Anywhere ·
 Get a Horse! (2013 short) ·
 List of highest-grossing films ·
 List of films considered the best ·
 List of Once Upon a Time creatures and races
 

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"Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People"

Song from the album Frozen

Published
Wonderland Music Company
Released
November 25, 2013
Recorded
2012[1]
Genre
Show tune
Length
0:50
Label
Walt Disney
Writer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
Producer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck ·
 Chris Montan ·
 Tom MacDougall
 
Frozen track listing

"Let It Go"
 (5) "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People"
 (6) "In Summer"
 (7)

"Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People" is a song from the 2013 Disney animated film Frozen.


Contents  [hide]
1 Production
2 Synopsis
3 Reindeers Remix
4 Composition
5 Critical reception
6 Other languages
7 Charts
8 References

Production[edit]
The "s" in brackets in the song's title is a sly reference to the fact that the plural of "reindeer" is in fact also "reindeer", and not "reindeers". One reason the songwriters may have chosen the incorrect pluralisation is because it is easier to sing "reindeers are" than "reindeer are".
Synopsis[edit]
This song happens after Oaken tries to make Kristoff pay more money than he has on his person at the moment for his carrots (for Sven), pickaxe and rope. They can't reach a compromise, and Kristoff calls Oaken a crook. Oaken does not like being called a crook, so he literally tosses Kristoff out into the cold. Kristoff then seeks shelter with Sven in a nearby stable.
This song illustrates Kristoff's unique relationship with Sven. He is a shy, isolated man who can only be himself when around his pet reindeer. From Director notes " Kristoff’s only friend is his reindeer Sven and he rejects the human race in favor of his pet (“every one of them’s bad,” he sings in ‘Reindeer Are Better Than People’)".[2]
Reindeers Remix[edit]
A deleted song dubbed Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People (remix) was designed as a joke song for Kristoff to perform during the credits, as Lopez and Anderson-Lopez felt sad that Jonathan Groff had not been given a real song.[3] They reasoned that his character is not the type to have burst into song that way, and though he becomes a lot more confident and self-assured after the troll song Fixer Upper, by that time the film becomes action-packed and can't afford to slow down for another song.
When asked the question "I was wondering, you know, because I think I had talked to you earlier and you were like, wow, we had this great, amazing Broadway singer and he, you know, just wasn’t used that much in the movie", Robert Lopez responded: "Well, we hope to rectify that for Frozen, the musical. If we — if we do get a chance to write that, and we hope to with Disney, we’ll give Kristoff a proper song. But that reindeer song was sort of written, you know, because Kristoff had Sven and he could really only talk to Sven, and Sven’s this reindeer and he was doing Sven’s voice at the same — it was just kind of weird. And he didn’t — until the very last act of the film, it wouldn’t have made sense for him to break out into a real song".[4]
To AwardsDaily, Robert said "We wanted to write something for [Groff’s character] Kristoff… In the beginning we knew that the songs we wrote for the external characters, the secondary characters, were the ones that seemed to be staying. And the ones that we wrote for Anna seemed to keep getting cut as Anna changed and changed and changed. So we wanted to write something for Kristoff. And we wanted to write something for Jonathan Groff. We always assumed we’d write a little bit more. But his character kept denying real songs". Kristen added "In the deluxe version of the soundtrack…there’s something called the “Reindeer Remix,” which was a remix of “Reindeers Are Better Than People.” An expanded version that we wrote, half as a joke, and half as…“Wouldn’t it be fun to put this in the credits? To give Jonathan Groff a chance to do what Jonathan Groff does".[5]
Composition[edit]
In half of the song, Kristoff sings the song as a duet between himself and "Sven" (with Sven's part merely being Kristoff using a goofy voice).[6] The Rainbow Hub described it as "a Gilbert-and-Sullivan style operetta."[7] AMommyStory described it as " a cute little ditty ".[8] ShepFromTamp argues "The closest the movie comes to [the folksy] theme [of Frozen Heart] ever again is Kristoff’s “Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People.”"[9] The Huntington News described it as "folksy".[10] TunesReviews describes it as a "short quip".[11] AwardsDaily said "It feels like more of a ditty and less of a production number".[5]
Critical reception[edit]
There were generally favourably views toward the song, with it being described as both short and funny. Many reviewers criticised the fact that Jonathon Groff, a Broadway actor, had only been given a one-minute ditty as opposed to a full song.
Rochester City Newspaper wrote "“Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People,” “In Summer,” and “Fixer Upper” aren’t as plot-progressing as the other numbers, but all three have their charms", adding that "“Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People” is a silly little throw-away that I swear was only added once Jonathan Groff was cast so he’d have an excuse to sing".[12] DadInACape wrote " “Reindeers Are Better Than People” is a cute little ditty featuring Jonathan Groff".[13] Erin Stough of Laughing Place wrote "unlike many fans my favorite song from Frozen is not “Let it Go” but “Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People”."[14] GeekExchange writes "Groff does have a hilarious little diddy about reindeer being better than people that will endear guys who feel like they roped into seeing Frozen to Kristoff who really does serve as the dude guys will root for and identify with". It added "Both Groff and Fontana have these great characters but are kinda underused both story-wise and musically but that’s okay because the story isn’t about who gets the girl."[15] Inkling Press said "You didn’t hear much of his singing voice, but he did have a neat, one-minute song called ‘Reindeer(s) Are Better than People.’"[16] AintItCool said the song, along with In Summer, are moments when "FROZEN also gets playful".[17] AllMusic said " the tracks that offer comic relief, such as "In Summer" and "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People," are cleverly written".[18] Johnnegroni.com said of Reindeer Remix "Finally, we have the song that was meant to be the movie’s final song, featuring the under-utilized Jonathan Groff. I love it because it would have left the movie on a funny note that captured the fun of the song Groff sings earlier about Sven."[19] Urban Cinephile writes "Anyone who writes songs whose lyrics suggest 'Reindeers are better than people' [is] okay in my book".[20] Captain Pig Heart argues Olaf is "not quite as much fun as the relationship between Kristoff and his reindeer (and their “Reindeers Are Better Than People” song)".[21] VGU.com said "Even the short tune sang by Kristoff’s Jonathan Groff, “Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People” was adorably cute and hysterical."[22] EarnThis said "Jonathan Groff is a talented, enjoyable singer, so it’s a little bit surprising that he only gets fifty seconds of singing all movie long. But he makes the most of his brief appearance. This is a charming introduction to Kristoff and Sven, the puppy-like reindeer (Frozen‘s comedic MVP). I love Groff’s “reindeer” voice, and everything else about this song. Funny, sweet, charming. I only wish it went on a bit longer."[23]
NerdyMindsMagazine wrote: "Part of what makes Frozen so endearing is its characters’ quirks. Few, if any, stand out as much as Kristoff’s channeling of Sven’s thoughts and emotions, and this is shown at its best in “Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People”. It’s a duet that’s not a duet. It’s simple, and it’s short. It’s not epic, it’s not lengthy, and it doesn’t really move the plot along, but it shows a tender moment between a man and his reindeer with nothing more than a lute (or a lute-like instrument; we’ve been unable to find one that matches what he’s playing). We get to see how human Sven really is, and we root for them as much as we root for any other couple in the film. I’m just bummed that a) this is the only song that Kristoff gets in the whole film and b) the “Remix” version was left out of the film entirely."[3] Rotoscopers said: "I really love most of the songs, but at the same time I don’t like “In Summer” and “Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People At All”. These songs just weren’t as good as the other songs. Also I hated they gave Jonathan Groff a silly 50-second song. Come on Disney! You hire an amazing artist that can sing beautifully and you give him a song like this? I would be more ok with “In Summer” if Jonathan at least was given another song as big and dramatic as “Let it Go” or “For The First Time in Forever.”"[24] The Entertainment Nut wrote "If there’s one song that seems wedged into the final product, it’s Reindeer(s) are Better Than People. With Jonathan Groff’s vocal talents available, it felt like they had to find some way to get in his talents, and this 51-second piece definitely seems to fit the bill."[25] The Notorious I.G. said the film "has two songs that could get Oscar gold" ("Let It Go" and "For the First Time in Forever"), thoguh added "but "Reindeer Are Better Than People" may be a cult hit."[26] AssignmentX said along with In Summer, the song is an example of "the pleasantly goofier stuff".[27] GeeksOfDoom wrote "Disappointingly, the golden voice of Jonathan Groff only has one opportunity to enter the soundtrack, and it’s this brief piece here. It’s quite witty and funny, especially when he responds to his own impersonation of Sven."[28] Animation Unplugged said "Reindeers Are Better than People made me laugh, but I felt like it stopped the film."[29] HeyUGuys said "‘Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People’ is no more than a forgettable ditty that’s lucky to be on the soundtrack at all", and described it as a "miss", along with Frozen Heart.[30] ALookAtDisney wrote "granted not all of the songs are great such as "Fixer Upper" or "Reindeer(s) Are Better Then People"".[31] The Kilt said "“Reindeer(s) are Better Than People” and “In Summer” don’t assist in the progression of the plot, but are all valuable to the soundtrack. One part madness and two parts silliness; there really is no point for “Reindeer(s) are Better Than People.” It’s a fun, short, duet between Jonathan Groff and himself."[32]
Other languages[edit]
The Korean language version sung by Jung Sang-yoon appeared on the Gaon Music Chart's download sub-chart, however did not appear on the main Gaon Singles Chart.[33]
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013–14)
Peak
 position


South Korea (Gaon International Chart)[34]
17
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[35]
127

References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Perlman, Jake (February 10, 2014). "On the Scene: 'Frozen' cast performs live for the first (and probably only) time ever". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 10, 2014. "It was the first time the cast had ever sung the songs live and the first time many had sung the songs at all since they recorded the soundtrack a year and a half ago."
2.Jump up ^ "Fixer Uppers: Frozen and the Price of Isolation | Film analysis, reviews, essays and books". Fromdirector.net. 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
3.^ Jump up to: a b Nerdlyweds (2014-02-19). "A Music Scholar’s Take on the FROZEN Soundtrack…with GIFs!". Nerdy Minds Magazine. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
4.Jump up ^ Bjorkman, James (2014-03-04). "Animated Film Reviews: "Frozen" Winners Press Room Comments". Animatedfilmreviews.filminspector.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
5.^ Jump up to: a b "Frozen composers Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez – Awards Daily". Awardsdaily.com. 2013-11-28. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
6.Jump up ^ "Disney's Frozen Favorite Songs". Disney Sheet Music. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
7.Jump up ^ "Conceal It. Don’t Feel It. Don’t Show It.: A Review of 'Frozen'". The Rainbow Hub. 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
8.Jump up ^ "Disney's Frozen Melted Our Hearts". A Mommy Story. 2013-11-29. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
9.Jump up ^ Antu, Ravafea (2013-11-15). "Frozen Review by Ravafea Antu Skydancer | Shep's Entertainment Blog". Shepfromtamp.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
10.Jump up ^ "Review: Do you want to build a snowman? : The Huntington News". Huntnewsnu.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
11.Jump up ^ "Frozen Soundtrack". Tunes News. 2014-01-17. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
12.Jump up ^ Divezur, Roman. "CD Review: Disney's "Frozen" Soundtrack | Music Reviews". Rochester City Newspaper. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
13.Jump up ^ March 19, 2014 (2014-03-19). "Disney’s Frozen: Review". Dadinacape.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
14.Jump up ^ "Review of Disney Karaoke: Frozen App". LaughingPlace.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
15.Jump up ^ Ibarra, Sabina. "Frozen Review: Disney Conjures a New Timeless Classic - Geek Magazine". Geekexchange.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
16.Jump up ^ Eowyn (2013-11-27). "Movie Review: Frozen | inklings press". Inklingspress.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
17.Jump up ^ Share on Facebook (2013-11-25). "Nordling Reviews FROZEN! - Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news". Aintitcool.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
18.Jump up ^ Heather Phares (2013-11-25). "Frozen [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - Christophe Beck | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
19.Jump up ^ Negroni, Jon (2014-01-30). "The 7 Deleted Songs From "Frozen" That You Haven’t Heard Yet". Jon Negroni. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
20.Jump up ^ "Urban Cinefile FROZEN: DVD". Urbancinefile.com.au. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
21.Jump up ^ "Film Review: Frozen (2013) | Captain Pigheart ~ Swashbuckling Pirate Stories". Captainpigheart.com. 2014-01-26. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
22.Jump up ^ "Frozen Review". VGU.TV. 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
23.Jump up ^ http://earnthis.net/frozen-soundtrack-power-ranking/
24.Jump up ^ Rotoscopers (2013-11-26). "[REVIEW] Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]". Rotoscopers.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
25.Jump up ^ "Music Review: Frozen (2-Disc Deluxe Edition) | The Entertainment Nut". Theentertainmentnut.wordpress.com. 2013-12-21. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
26.Jump up ^ David Mello (2013-12-01). "The Notorious I.G.: Review of Frozen: This Ain't Your Father's Disney Musical". Impalergeneral.blogspot.com.au. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
27.Jump up ^ "CD Review: FROZEN soundtrack « Assignment X Assignment X". Assignmentx.com. 2014-01-27. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
28.Jump up ^ "Disney In Depth: ‘Frozen’ Soundtrack Review". Geeksofdoom.com. 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
29.Jump up ^ Blackwell, Mica (2013-12-04). "Animation Unplugged...: Frozen Review (SPOILERS)". Animationunplugged.blogspot.com.au. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
30.Jump up ^ Cunningham, Joe. "Frozen Soundtrack Review". Heyuguys.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
31.Jump up ^ tim murphy (2014-01-21). "A Look at Disney: Music Fridays # 116: Songs Cut From Frozen". Alookatdisney.blogspot.com.au. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
32.Jump up ^ "The Kilt : Frozen soundtrack is dramatic, exciting ★★★★½". Theadamskilt.com. 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
33.Jump up ^ "Gaon Download Chart 2014년 3월 2주차". Gaon (in Korean). March 1, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
34.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.
35.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.


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"Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People"

Song from the album Frozen

Published
Wonderland Music Company
Released
November 25, 2013
Recorded
2012[1]
Genre
Show tune
Length
0:50
Label
Walt Disney
Writer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
Producer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck ·
 Chris Montan ·
 Tom MacDougall
 
Frozen track listing

"Let It Go"
 (5) "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People"
 (6) "In Summer"
 (7)

"Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People" is a song from the 2013 Disney animated film Frozen.


Contents  [hide]
1 Production
2 Synopsis
3 Reindeers Remix
4 Composition
5 Critical reception
6 Other languages
7 Charts
8 References

Production[edit]
The "s" in brackets in the song's title is a sly reference to the fact that the plural of "reindeer" is in fact also "reindeer", and not "reindeers". One reason the songwriters may have chosen the incorrect pluralisation is because it is easier to sing "reindeers are" than "reindeer are".
Synopsis[edit]
This song happens after Oaken tries to make Kristoff pay more money than he has on his person at the moment for his carrots (for Sven), pickaxe and rope. They can't reach a compromise, and Kristoff calls Oaken a crook. Oaken does not like being called a crook, so he literally tosses Kristoff out into the cold. Kristoff then seeks shelter with Sven in a nearby stable.
This song illustrates Kristoff's unique relationship with Sven. He is a shy, isolated man who can only be himself when around his pet reindeer. From Director notes " Kristoff’s only friend is his reindeer Sven and he rejects the human race in favor of his pet (“every one of them’s bad,” he sings in ‘Reindeer Are Better Than People’)".[2]
Reindeers Remix[edit]
A deleted song dubbed Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People (remix) was designed as a joke song for Kristoff to perform during the credits, as Lopez and Anderson-Lopez felt sad that Jonathan Groff had not been given a real song.[3] They reasoned that his character is not the type to have burst into song that way, and though he becomes a lot more confident and self-assured after the troll song Fixer Upper, by that time the film becomes action-packed and can't afford to slow down for another song.
When asked the question "I was wondering, you know, because I think I had talked to you earlier and you were like, wow, we had this great, amazing Broadway singer and he, you know, just wasn’t used that much in the movie", Robert Lopez responded: "Well, we hope to rectify that for Frozen, the musical. If we — if we do get a chance to write that, and we hope to with Disney, we’ll give Kristoff a proper song. But that reindeer song was sort of written, you know, because Kristoff had Sven and he could really only talk to Sven, and Sven’s this reindeer and he was doing Sven’s voice at the same — it was just kind of weird. And he didn’t — until the very last act of the film, it wouldn’t have made sense for him to break out into a real song".[4]
To AwardsDaily, Robert said "We wanted to write something for [Groff’s character] Kristoff… In the beginning we knew that the songs we wrote for the external characters, the secondary characters, were the ones that seemed to be staying. And the ones that we wrote for Anna seemed to keep getting cut as Anna changed and changed and changed. So we wanted to write something for Kristoff. And we wanted to write something for Jonathan Groff. We always assumed we’d write a little bit more. But his character kept denying real songs". Kristen added "In the deluxe version of the soundtrack…there’s something called the “Reindeer Remix,” which was a remix of “Reindeers Are Better Than People.” An expanded version that we wrote, half as a joke, and half as…“Wouldn’t it be fun to put this in the credits? To give Jonathan Groff a chance to do what Jonathan Groff does".[5]
Composition[edit]
In half of the song, Kristoff sings the song as a duet between himself and "Sven" (with Sven's part merely being Kristoff using a goofy voice).[6] The Rainbow Hub described it as "a Gilbert-and-Sullivan style operetta."[7] AMommyStory described it as " a cute little ditty ".[8] ShepFromTamp argues "The closest the movie comes to [the folksy] theme [of Frozen Heart] ever again is Kristoff’s “Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People.”"[9] The Huntington News described it as "folksy".[10] TunesReviews describes it as a "short quip".[11] AwardsDaily said "It feels like more of a ditty and less of a production number".[5]
Critical reception[edit]
There were generally favourably views toward the song, with it being described as both short and funny. Many reviewers criticised the fact that Jonathon Groff, a Broadway actor, had only been given a one-minute ditty as opposed to a full song.
Rochester City Newspaper wrote "“Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People,” “In Summer,” and “Fixer Upper” aren’t as plot-progressing as the other numbers, but all three have their charms", adding that "“Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People” is a silly little throw-away that I swear was only added once Jonathan Groff was cast so he’d have an excuse to sing".[12] DadInACape wrote " “Reindeers Are Better Than People” is a cute little ditty featuring Jonathan Groff".[13] Erin Stough of Laughing Place wrote "unlike many fans my favorite song from Frozen is not “Let it Go” but “Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People”."[14] GeekExchange writes "Groff does have a hilarious little diddy about reindeer being better than people that will endear guys who feel like they roped into seeing Frozen to Kristoff who really does serve as the dude guys will root for and identify with". It added "Both Groff and Fontana have these great characters but are kinda underused both story-wise and musically but that’s okay because the story isn’t about who gets the girl."[15] Inkling Press said "You didn’t hear much of his singing voice, but he did have a neat, one-minute song called ‘Reindeer(s) Are Better than People.’"[16] AintItCool said the song, along with In Summer, are moments when "FROZEN also gets playful".[17] AllMusic said " the tracks that offer comic relief, such as "In Summer" and "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People," are cleverly written".[18] Johnnegroni.com said of Reindeer Remix "Finally, we have the song that was meant to be the movie’s final song, featuring the under-utilized Jonathan Groff. I love it because it would have left the movie on a funny note that captured the fun of the song Groff sings earlier about Sven."[19] Urban Cinephile writes "Anyone who writes songs whose lyrics suggest 'Reindeers are better than people' [is] okay in my book".[20] Captain Pig Heart argues Olaf is "not quite as much fun as the relationship between Kristoff and his reindeer (and their “Reindeers Are Better Than People” song)".[21] VGU.com said "Even the short tune sang by Kristoff’s Jonathan Groff, “Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People” was adorably cute and hysterical."[22] EarnThis said "Jonathan Groff is a talented, enjoyable singer, so it’s a little bit surprising that he only gets fifty seconds of singing all movie long. But he makes the most of his brief appearance. This is a charming introduction to Kristoff and Sven, the puppy-like reindeer (Frozen‘s comedic MVP). I love Groff’s “reindeer” voice, and everything else about this song. Funny, sweet, charming. I only wish it went on a bit longer."[23]
NerdyMindsMagazine wrote: "Part of what makes Frozen so endearing is its characters’ quirks. Few, if any, stand out as much as Kristoff’s channeling of Sven’s thoughts and emotions, and this is shown at its best in “Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People”. It’s a duet that’s not a duet. It’s simple, and it’s short. It’s not epic, it’s not lengthy, and it doesn’t really move the plot along, but it shows a tender moment between a man and his reindeer with nothing more than a lute (or a lute-like instrument; we’ve been unable to find one that matches what he’s playing). We get to see how human Sven really is, and we root for them as much as we root for any other couple in the film. I’m just bummed that a) this is the only song that Kristoff gets in the whole film and b) the “Remix” version was left out of the film entirely."[3] Rotoscopers said: "I really love most of the songs, but at the same time I don’t like “In Summer” and “Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People At All”. These songs just weren’t as good as the other songs. Also I hated they gave Jonathan Groff a silly 50-second song. Come on Disney! You hire an amazing artist that can sing beautifully and you give him a song like this? I would be more ok with “In Summer” if Jonathan at least was given another song as big and dramatic as “Let it Go” or “For The First Time in Forever.”"[24] The Entertainment Nut wrote "If there’s one song that seems wedged into the final product, it’s Reindeer(s) are Better Than People. With Jonathan Groff’s vocal talents available, it felt like they had to find some way to get in his talents, and this 51-second piece definitely seems to fit the bill."[25] The Notorious I.G. said the film "has two songs that could get Oscar gold" ("Let It Go" and "For the First Time in Forever"), thoguh added "but "Reindeer Are Better Than People" may be a cult hit."[26] AssignmentX said along with In Summer, the song is an example of "the pleasantly goofier stuff".[27] GeeksOfDoom wrote "Disappointingly, the golden voice of Jonathan Groff only has one opportunity to enter the soundtrack, and it’s this brief piece here. It’s quite witty and funny, especially when he responds to his own impersonation of Sven."[28] Animation Unplugged said "Reindeers Are Better than People made me laugh, but I felt like it stopped the film."[29] HeyUGuys said "‘Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People’ is no more than a forgettable ditty that’s lucky to be on the soundtrack at all", and described it as a "miss", along with Frozen Heart.[30] ALookAtDisney wrote "granted not all of the songs are great such as "Fixer Upper" or "Reindeer(s) Are Better Then People"".[31] The Kilt said "“Reindeer(s) are Better Than People” and “In Summer” don’t assist in the progression of the plot, but are all valuable to the soundtrack. One part madness and two parts silliness; there really is no point for “Reindeer(s) are Better Than People.” It’s a fun, short, duet between Jonathan Groff and himself."[32]
Other languages[edit]
The Korean language version sung by Jung Sang-yoon appeared on the Gaon Music Chart's download sub-chart, however did not appear on the main Gaon Singles Chart.[33]
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013–14)
Peak
 position


South Korea (Gaon International Chart)[34]
17
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[35]
127

References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Perlman, Jake (February 10, 2014). "On the Scene: 'Frozen' cast performs live for the first (and probably only) time ever". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 10, 2014. "It was the first time the cast had ever sung the songs live and the first time many had sung the songs at all since they recorded the soundtrack a year and a half ago."
2.Jump up ^ "Fixer Uppers: Frozen and the Price of Isolation | Film analysis, reviews, essays and books". Fromdirector.net. 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
3.^ Jump up to: a b Nerdlyweds (2014-02-19). "A Music Scholar’s Take on the FROZEN Soundtrack…with GIFs!". Nerdy Minds Magazine. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
4.Jump up ^ Bjorkman, James (2014-03-04). "Animated Film Reviews: "Frozen" Winners Press Room Comments". Animatedfilmreviews.filminspector.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
5.^ Jump up to: a b "Frozen composers Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez – Awards Daily". Awardsdaily.com. 2013-11-28. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
6.Jump up ^ "Disney's Frozen Favorite Songs". Disney Sheet Music. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
7.Jump up ^ "Conceal It. Don’t Feel It. Don’t Show It.: A Review of 'Frozen'". The Rainbow Hub. 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
8.Jump up ^ "Disney's Frozen Melted Our Hearts". A Mommy Story. 2013-11-29. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
9.Jump up ^ Antu, Ravafea (2013-11-15). "Frozen Review by Ravafea Antu Skydancer | Shep's Entertainment Blog". Shepfromtamp.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
10.Jump up ^ "Review: Do you want to build a snowman? : The Huntington News". Huntnewsnu.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
11.Jump up ^ "Frozen Soundtrack". Tunes News. 2014-01-17. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
12.Jump up ^ Divezur, Roman. "CD Review: Disney's "Frozen" Soundtrack | Music Reviews". Rochester City Newspaper. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
13.Jump up ^ March 19, 2014 (2014-03-19). "Disney’s Frozen: Review". Dadinacape.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
14.Jump up ^ "Review of Disney Karaoke: Frozen App". LaughingPlace.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
15.Jump up ^ Ibarra, Sabina. "Frozen Review: Disney Conjures a New Timeless Classic - Geek Magazine". Geekexchange.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
16.Jump up ^ Eowyn (2013-11-27). "Movie Review: Frozen | inklings press". Inklingspress.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
17.Jump up ^ Share on Facebook (2013-11-25). "Nordling Reviews FROZEN! - Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news". Aintitcool.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
18.Jump up ^ Heather Phares (2013-11-25). "Frozen [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - Christophe Beck | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
19.Jump up ^ Negroni, Jon (2014-01-30). "The 7 Deleted Songs From "Frozen" That You Haven’t Heard Yet". Jon Negroni. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
20.Jump up ^ "Urban Cinefile FROZEN: DVD". Urbancinefile.com.au. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
21.Jump up ^ "Film Review: Frozen (2013) | Captain Pigheart ~ Swashbuckling Pirate Stories". Captainpigheart.com. 2014-01-26. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
22.Jump up ^ "Frozen Review". VGU.TV. 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
23.Jump up ^ http://earnthis.net/frozen-soundtrack-power-ranking/
24.Jump up ^ Rotoscopers (2013-11-26). "[REVIEW] Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]". Rotoscopers.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
25.Jump up ^ "Music Review: Frozen (2-Disc Deluxe Edition) | The Entertainment Nut". Theentertainmentnut.wordpress.com. 2013-12-21. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
26.Jump up ^ David Mello (2013-12-01). "The Notorious I.G.: Review of Frozen: This Ain't Your Father's Disney Musical". Impalergeneral.blogspot.com.au. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
27.Jump up ^ "CD Review: FROZEN soundtrack « Assignment X Assignment X". Assignmentx.com. 2014-01-27. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
28.Jump up ^ "Disney In Depth: ‘Frozen’ Soundtrack Review". Geeksofdoom.com. 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
29.Jump up ^ Blackwell, Mica (2013-12-04). "Animation Unplugged...: Frozen Review (SPOILERS)". Animationunplugged.blogspot.com.au. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
30.Jump up ^ Cunningham, Joe. "Frozen Soundtrack Review". Heyuguys.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
31.Jump up ^ tim murphy (2014-01-21). "A Look at Disney: Music Fridays # 116: Songs Cut From Frozen". Alookatdisney.blogspot.com.au. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
32.Jump up ^ "The Kilt : Frozen soundtrack is dramatic, exciting ★★★★½". Theadamskilt.com. 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
33.Jump up ^ "Gaon Download Chart 2014년 3월 2주차". Gaon (in Korean). March 1, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
34.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.
35.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.


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Disney's Frozen


Films
Frozen (2013) ·
 Frozen Fever (2015 short) ·
 Frozen 2 (TBA)
 

Characters
Anna ·
 Elsa ·
 Kristoff ·
 Olaf ·
 Hans
 

Cast
Kristen Bell ·
 Idina Menzel ·
 Jonathan Groff ·
 Josh Gad ·
 Santino Fontana
 

Crew
Chris Buck ·
 Jennifer Lee ·
 Peter Del Vecho ·
 John Lasseter ·
 Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck
 

Music
"Frozen Heart" ·
 "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" ·
 "For the First Time in Forever" ·
 "Love Is an Open Door" ·
 "Let It Go" ·
 "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People" ·
 "In Summer" ·
 "Fixer Upper" ·
 "Making Today a Perfect Day"
 

Television
Once Upon a Time ("There's No Place Like Home" ·
 season 4) (2014) ·
 The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic (2014)
 

Video games
Frozen: Olaf's Quest (2013) ·
 Frozen Free Fall (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity (2013) ·
 Club Penguin (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2014) ·
 Fantasia: Music Evolved (2014) ·
 Little Big Planet 3 (2014)
 

Related
List of accolades received by Frozen ·
 Walt Disney Animation Studios ·
 The Snow Queen (1845) ·
 Hans Christian Andersen ·
 Disney on Ice ·
 Disney Movies Anywhere ·
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Love Is an Open Door

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"Love Is an Open Door"

Song by Kristen Bell and Santino Fontana from the album Frozen

Published
Wonderland Music Company
Released
November 25, 2013
Recorded
2012[1]
Genre
Show tune
Length
2:07
Label
Walt Disney
Writer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
Producer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck ·
 Chris Montan ·
 Tom MacDougall
 
Frozen track listing

"For the First Time in Forever"
 (3) "Love Is an Open Door"
 (4) "Let It Go"
 (5)

"Love Is an Open Door" is a song from Disney's 2013 animated feature film Frozen, with music and lyrics composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.


Contents  [hide]
1 Production
2 Synopsis
3 Critical reception
4 Other languages
5 Charts 5.1 Certifications
6 References

Production[edit]
The notion of a song that doubled up as a romantic duet and the villain song came to fruition after the writers decided to turn Elsa into a tragic hero rather than a villain, leaving the door open for Hans to become the villain of the film.
According to the songwriters, the line about finishing "each other's sandwiches" originally had nothing to do with the television show Arrested Development.[2] Anderson-Lopez explained she was eating a sandwich at the time she wrote the line, but had not seen the show, and it was not until Lopez's brother pointed out the connection that they realized audience members might hear it as an Arrested Development reference.[2] They tried pitching a couple of alternate versions to Disney, but the line about sandwiches stayed in.[2]
Synopsis[edit]
The song is written as an apparent love duet between Anna and Hans. It begins with Anna explaining her loneliness by being shut out from Elsa for years, with Hans promising to never shut her out. As the night goes on, the two gradually find themselves sharing a lot in common, and towards the end of the night, Hans proposes to Anna, and she accepts.
Critical reception[edit]
MSN.com said the song "sounds as if it came out of the High School Musical unused-song drawer".[3] NeonTommy wrote "One of my favorite things about Frozen is how ably it toes the line between earnestly telling the story and being cognizant of its heritage. Love is an Open Door is a perfect example of that, putting a quirky spin on a typical lovers duet. Anna is a delightfully odd character (and who wouldn’t be, in her circumstances?), and this song paints a very effective picture of who Anna is".[4]
GeekExchange said it was "a hilarious exploration of the insanity of love at first sight and really catchy".[5] National Catholic Register said the is "one of many forgettable numbers, and, like “Let It Go” is emotionally out of step with the larger drama".[6] Rotoscopers described it as "a quirky, even a little bit cheesy tune that works perfectly in the movie".[7] CraveOnline wrote "Do You Want to Build a Snowman? and Love is an Open Door, are fun to listen to and boast thoughtful, clever lyrics that – unlike most musicals these days (or ever) – often feel like they were genuinely made up on the spot by people who just couldn’t help but sing their feelings.[8] The Atlantic's article How Parents Can Turn Frozen's Big Twist Into a Teachable Moment argues that parents can use the juxtaposition between this song and the big reveal toward the end of the movie to teach their kids about things being too good to be true and being cautious of charmers with ulterior motives.[9]
Other languages[edit]
Several other language versions of the song have also been successful. The Japanese language version called "Tobira Akete" (とびら開けて?, "Open the Door") was sung by Sayaka Kanda and Eisuke Tsuda. It appeared on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 in May 2014, peaking at number 36.[10] After five months, the song was certified gold for 100,000 downloads by the RIAJ.[11] The Korean language version, sung by Park Ji-yoon and Yun Seong-guk, reached 131 on the Gaon Singles Chart, being downloaded 14,000 times.[12][13]
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013–14)
Peak
 position


Australia (ARIA)[14]
94
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[15]
1
South Korea (Gaon International Chart)[16]
2
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[16]
21
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[17]
56
US Billboard Hot 100[18]
49

Certifications[edit]

Region
Certification
Sales/shipments


United States (RIAA)[19]
Gold 635,000[20]
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone


References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Perlman, Jake (February 10, 2014). "On the Scene: 'Frozen' cast performs live for the first (and probably only) time ever". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2014-02-10. "It was the first time the cast had ever sung the songs live and the first time many had sung the songs at all since they recorded the soundtrack a year and a half ago."
2.^ Jump up to: a b c Watkins, Gwynne (January 15, 2014). "Frozen Composers Assess 6 Fan-Created Homages to Their Songs". Vulture.com. New York Media LLC. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
3.Jump up ^ "Frozen (2013) - Critics' Reviews - MSN Movies". movies.msn.com. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
4.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack Review: 'Frozen' | Neon Tommy". neontommy.com. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
5.Jump up ^ "Frozen Review: Disney Conjures a New Timeless Classic - Geek Magazine". geekexchange.com. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
6.Jump up ^ "SDG Reviews ‘Frozen’ | Daily News | NCRegister.com". ncregister.com. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
7.Jump up ^ "[REVIEW] Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]". rotoscopers.com. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
8.Jump up ^ "Review: Frozen - CraveOnline". craveonline.com.au. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
9.Jump up ^ "How Parents Can Turn Frozen's Big Twist Into a Teachable Moment - Andy Hinds - The Atlantic". theatlantic.com. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
10.Jump up ^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100 2014/05/12". Billboard (in Japanese). May 12, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
11.Jump up ^ レコード協会調べ　7月度有料音楽配信認定 [Record Association Investigation: July Digital Music Download Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. August 20, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
12.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart 2014년 3월 2주차". Gaon (in Korean). March 1, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
13.Jump up ^ "Gaon Download Chart 2014년 3월 2주차". Gaon (in Korean). March 1, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
14.Jump up ^ "ARIA Chartifacts 19-May-2014". ARIA. May 19, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
15.Jump up ^ "Kristen Bell Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for Kristen Bell. Retrieved 2014-2-8.
16.^ Jump up to: a b http://gaonchart.co.kr/chart/singing.php?f_chart_kind_cd=E&f_week=31&f_year=2014&f_type=week
17.Jump up ^ "Archive Chart: 2014-04-19" UK Singles Chart.
18.Jump up ^ "Kristen Bell Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Kristen Bell.
19.Jump up ^ "American single certifications – KRISTEN BELL & SANTINO FONTANA – Love is an Open Door". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
20.Jump up ^ "The Big 9 in 2014: Disney". HITS Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.


[hide]
v ·
 t ·
 e
 
Disney's Frozen


Films
Frozen (2013) ·
 Frozen Fever (2015 short) ·
 Frozen 2 (TBA)
 

Characters
Anna ·
 Elsa ·
 Kristoff ·
 Olaf ·
 Hans
 

Cast
Kristen Bell ·
 Idina Menzel ·
 Jonathan Groff ·
 Josh Gad ·
 Santino Fontana
 

Crew
Chris Buck ·
 Jennifer Lee ·
 Peter Del Vecho ·
 John Lasseter ·
 Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck
 

Music
"Frozen Heart" ·
 "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" ·
 "For the First Time in Forever" ·
 "Love Is an Open Door" ·
 "Let It Go" ·
 "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People" ·
 "In Summer" ·
 "Fixer Upper" ·
 "Making Today a Perfect Day"
 

Television
Once Upon a Time ("There's No Place Like Home" ·
 season 4) (2014) ·
 The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic (2014)
 

Video games
Frozen: Olaf's Quest (2013) ·
 Frozen Free Fall (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity (2013) ·
 Club Penguin (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2014) ·
 Fantasia: Music Evolved (2014) ·
 Little Big Planet 3 (2014)
 

Related
List of accolades received by Frozen ·
 Walt Disney Animation Studios ·
 The Snow Queen (1845) ·
 Hans Christian Andersen ·
 Disney on Ice ·
 Disney Movies Anywhere ·
 Get a Horse! (2013 short) ·
 List of highest-grossing films ·
 List of films considered the best ·
 List of Once Upon a Time creatures and races
 

Category Category ·
 Portal Portal
 

  


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2010s ballads
Songs from Frozen (2013 film)
Love themes
Vocal duets
Songs written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Singles certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
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Love Is an Open Door

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search


"Love Is an Open Door"

Song by Kristen Bell and Santino Fontana from the album Frozen

Published
Wonderland Music Company
Released
November 25, 2013
Recorded
2012[1]
Genre
Show tune
Length
2:07
Label
Walt Disney
Writer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
Producer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck ·
 Chris Montan ·
 Tom MacDougall
 
Frozen track listing

"For the First Time in Forever"
 (3) "Love Is an Open Door"
 (4) "Let It Go"
 (5)

"Love Is an Open Door" is a song from Disney's 2013 animated feature film Frozen, with music and lyrics composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.


Contents  [hide]
1 Production
2 Synopsis
3 Critical reception
4 Other languages
5 Charts 5.1 Certifications
6 References

Production[edit]
The notion of a song that doubled up as a romantic duet and the villain song came to fruition after the writers decided to turn Elsa into a tragic hero rather than a villain, leaving the door open for Hans to become the villain of the film.
According to the songwriters, the line about finishing "each other's sandwiches" originally had nothing to do with the television show Arrested Development.[2] Anderson-Lopez explained she was eating a sandwich at the time she wrote the line, but had not seen the show, and it was not until Lopez's brother pointed out the connection that they realized audience members might hear it as an Arrested Development reference.[2] They tried pitching a couple of alternate versions to Disney, but the line about sandwiches stayed in.[2]
Synopsis[edit]
The song is written as an apparent love duet between Anna and Hans. It begins with Anna explaining her loneliness by being shut out from Elsa for years, with Hans promising to never shut her out. As the night goes on, the two gradually find themselves sharing a lot in common, and towards the end of the night, Hans proposes to Anna, and she accepts.
Critical reception[edit]
MSN.com said the song "sounds as if it came out of the High School Musical unused-song drawer".[3] NeonTommy wrote "One of my favorite things about Frozen is how ably it toes the line between earnestly telling the story and being cognizant of its heritage. Love is an Open Door is a perfect example of that, putting a quirky spin on a typical lovers duet. Anna is a delightfully odd character (and who wouldn’t be, in her circumstances?), and this song paints a very effective picture of who Anna is".[4]
GeekExchange said it was "a hilarious exploration of the insanity of love at first sight and really catchy".[5] National Catholic Register said the is "one of many forgettable numbers, and, like “Let It Go” is emotionally out of step with the larger drama".[6] Rotoscopers described it as "a quirky, even a little bit cheesy tune that works perfectly in the movie".[7] CraveOnline wrote "Do You Want to Build a Snowman? and Love is an Open Door, are fun to listen to and boast thoughtful, clever lyrics that – unlike most musicals these days (or ever) – often feel like they were genuinely made up on the spot by people who just couldn’t help but sing their feelings.[8] The Atlantic's article How Parents Can Turn Frozen's Big Twist Into a Teachable Moment argues that parents can use the juxtaposition between this song and the big reveal toward the end of the movie to teach their kids about things being too good to be true and being cautious of charmers with ulterior motives.[9]
Other languages[edit]
Several other language versions of the song have also been successful. The Japanese language version called "Tobira Akete" (とびら開けて?, "Open the Door") was sung by Sayaka Kanda and Eisuke Tsuda. It appeared on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 in May 2014, peaking at number 36.[10] After five months, the song was certified gold for 100,000 downloads by the RIAJ.[11] The Korean language version, sung by Park Ji-yoon and Yun Seong-guk, reached 131 on the Gaon Singles Chart, being downloaded 14,000 times.[12][13]
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013–14)
Peak
 position


Australia (ARIA)[14]
94
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[15]
1
South Korea (Gaon International Chart)[16]
2
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[16]
21
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[17]
56
US Billboard Hot 100[18]
49

Certifications[edit]

Region
Certification
Sales/shipments


United States (RIAA)[19]
Gold 635,000[20]
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone


References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Perlman, Jake (February 10, 2014). "On the Scene: 'Frozen' cast performs live for the first (and probably only) time ever". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2014-02-10. "It was the first time the cast had ever sung the songs live and the first time many had sung the songs at all since they recorded the soundtrack a year and a half ago."
2.^ Jump up to: a b c Watkins, Gwynne (January 15, 2014). "Frozen Composers Assess 6 Fan-Created Homages to Their Songs". Vulture.com. New York Media LLC. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
3.Jump up ^ "Frozen (2013) - Critics' Reviews - MSN Movies". movies.msn.com. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
4.Jump up ^ "Soundtrack Review: 'Frozen' | Neon Tommy". neontommy.com. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
5.Jump up ^ "Frozen Review: Disney Conjures a New Timeless Classic - Geek Magazine". geekexchange.com. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
6.Jump up ^ "SDG Reviews ‘Frozen’ | Daily News | NCRegister.com". ncregister.com. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
7.Jump up ^ "[REVIEW] Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]". rotoscopers.com. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
8.Jump up ^ "Review: Frozen - CraveOnline". craveonline.com.au. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
9.Jump up ^ "How Parents Can Turn Frozen's Big Twist Into a Teachable Moment - Andy Hinds - The Atlantic". theatlantic.com. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
10.Jump up ^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100 2014/05/12". Billboard (in Japanese). May 12, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
11.Jump up ^ レコード協会調べ　7月度有料音楽配信認定 [Record Association Investigation: July Digital Music Download Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. August 20, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
12.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart 2014년 3월 2주차". Gaon (in Korean). March 1, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
13.Jump up ^ "Gaon Download Chart 2014년 3월 2주차". Gaon (in Korean). March 1, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
14.Jump up ^ "ARIA Chartifacts 19-May-2014". ARIA. May 19, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
15.Jump up ^ "Kristen Bell Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for Kristen Bell. Retrieved 2014-2-8.
16.^ Jump up to: a b http://gaonchart.co.kr/chart/singing.php?f_chart_kind_cd=E&f_week=31&f_year=2014&f_type=week
17.Jump up ^ "Archive Chart: 2014-04-19" UK Singles Chart.
18.Jump up ^ "Kristen Bell Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Kristen Bell.
19.Jump up ^ "American single certifications – KRISTEN BELL & SANTINO FONTANA – Love is an Open Door". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
20.Jump up ^ "The Big 9 in 2014: Disney". HITS Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.


[hide]
v ·
 t ·
 e
 
Disney's Frozen


Films
Frozen (2013) ·
 Frozen Fever (2015 short) ·
 Frozen 2 (TBA)
 

Characters
Anna ·
 Elsa ·
 Kristoff ·
 Olaf ·
 Hans
 

Cast
Kristen Bell ·
 Idina Menzel ·
 Jonathan Groff ·
 Josh Gad ·
 Santino Fontana
 

Crew
Chris Buck ·
 Jennifer Lee ·
 Peter Del Vecho ·
 John Lasseter ·
 Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck
 

Music
"Frozen Heart" ·
 "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" ·
 "For the First Time in Forever" ·
 "Love Is an Open Door" ·
 "Let It Go" ·
 "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People" ·
 "In Summer" ·
 "Fixer Upper" ·
 "Making Today a Perfect Day"
 

Television
Once Upon a Time ("There's No Place Like Home" ·
 season 4) (2014) ·
 The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic (2014)
 

Video games
Frozen: Olaf's Quest (2013) ·
 Frozen Free Fall (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity (2013) ·
 Club Penguin (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2014) ·
 Fantasia: Music Evolved (2014) ·
 Little Big Planet 3 (2014)
 

Related
List of accolades received by Frozen ·
 Walt Disney Animation Studios ·
 The Snow Queen (1845) ·
 Hans Christian Andersen ·
 Disney on Ice ·
 Disney Movies Anywhere ·
 Get a Horse! (2013 short) ·
 List of highest-grossing films ·
 List of films considered the best ·
 List of Once Upon a Time creatures and races
 

Category Category ·
 Portal Portal
 

  


Categories: 2013 songs
2010s ballads
Songs from Frozen (2013 film)
Love themes
Vocal duets
Songs written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Singles certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
Singles certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan












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For the First Time in Forever

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"For the First Time in Forever"

Song by Kristen Bell & Idina Menzel from the album Frozen

Published
Wonderland Music Company
Released
November 25, 2013
Recorded
2013[1]
Genre
Show tune
Length
3:46
Label
Walt Disney
Writer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
Producer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck ·
 Chris Montan ·
 Tom MacDougall
 
Frozen track listing

"Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"
 (2) "For the First Time in Forever"
 (3) "Love Is an Open Door"
 (4)

"For the First Time in Forever" is a song from Disney's 2013 animated feature film Frozen, with music and lyrics composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. It is reprised later in the musical. Both versions are sung by sisters Princess Anna (Kristen Bell) and Queen Elsa (Idina Menzel).


Contents  [hide]
1 Production
2 Synopsis 2.1 Original
2.2 Reprise
3 Critical reception 3.1 Reprise
4 Other languages
5 Charts 5.1 Certifications
6 Performances
7 References

Production[edit]
The song was composed relatively late in the production process in June 2013.[2] This was only five months before the film's November 27, 2013 release date, when the filmmakers were scrambling to make the film work after realizing in February it still wasn't working.[3][4][5][6]
The original version of the song contained a line about "I hope that I don't vomit in his face," which was deemed unacceptable by Disney as a reference to bodily fluids.[7] The Lopezes' daughter, Katie, came up with the replacement line that ended up in the film: "I wanna stuff some chocolate in my face."[7]
As for the reprise, there was originally a different confrontation lyric for the scene where Elsa strikes Anna with her powers entitled "Life's Too Short" (the premise being that life's too short to waste it with someone who doesn't understand them), which itself would have been reprised later when the sisters realize that life's too short to live life alone. As the characters evolved throughout the writing process (specifically Elsa was turned from a villain to a tragic hero), the song was deemed too vindictive and was instead replaced with a reprise of this song, to create a motif.[8]
When the necessity of a reprise dawned upon Anderson-Lopez, she wrote it in only about 20 minutes, and then successfully pitched it on her own to the Disney production team, as Lopez was already in Los Angeles trying to fix "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"[9]
Synopsis[edit]
Original[edit]










 Elsa sings a solemn and frightened counterpoint melody to Anna's bright and cheery song of anticipation. This dynamic is reprised later in the film when Anna confronts Elsa in her ice tower.
In the first version, the song shows Anna's happiness and naive optimism when preparing for Elsa's coronation. During the third verse, Elsa sings a counterpoint melody (with some of the same lyrics that are later used as the first verse of "Let It Go") , in which she expresses her fear of accidentally revealing her ice powers and her anxiety about opening the gates. During her solo, Elsa practices her role in the coronation on a box and candlestick in her a room. Elsa orders the guards to open the gates, and Anna joyfully wanders down a causeway into the town against the flow of guests arriving. The song is cutoff mid-note when Anna crashes into Hans's horse, and subsequently falls into a rowboat. This version goes up a half-step with each verse, starting in F major and ending in G major for the finale.
Reprise[edit]
In the reprise, Anna has arrived at Elsa's ice palace to try to get her to unfreeze the kingdom, after she unknowingly sparked an eternal winter. She also wants Elsa to come back so that they can rekindle their once close relationship as sisters . However, Elsa refuses because she feels she cannot control her powers and that she is better off alone where she can't hurt anyone. As Anna's tries to reason with her sister, Elsa's fear intensifies, resulting in her being covered in a blizzard of ice particles as a physical manifestation of her emotions, and she blocks out Anna's calming words. At one point Elsa turns her back to her sister to form a two shot west, a blocking technique normally used in American soap operas. Finally, paranoid and lost, Elsa lets out a yell, and accidentally blasts Anna in the heart with the accumulated ice particles, thereby freezing it (an act which Pabbie and the trolls note to be fatal).
The reprise uses a different melody from the original. Namely, Anna's parts are in a major key while Elsa's counterpoint is in a minor key, highlighting the opposite emotions the two characters have at this point in time. After Anna is inadvertently struck by Elsa's magic, the percussion includes part of the music from "Frozen Heart".
Critical reception[edit]



Anna picks up three ducks while singing the original version of the song.
Both iterations have received very positive reviews. NeonTommy described it as "A classic “I want” song (think Part of Your World or When Will My Life Begin?) with a sprinkle of self-awareness", and said "this song puts a nice new spin on a familiar form...Lopez and Anderson-Lopez keep the tune fresh, and Kristen Bell’s charming and bright delivery of the peppy lyrics is endearing."[10] GeeksOfDoom said "Who would have guessed that Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel would make such a nice duo? Bell adds some humor with her effervescent spirit and amusing lyrics, whereas Menzel lends the signature Broadway voice. You know a song provides further significance when it moves the story, as opposed to stops the film completely, and this one perfectly represents the former. “First Time” conveys Anna’s hopefulness and openness, contrasting with Elsa’s close-minded and fearful vibe."[11] In a negative review, SputnikMusic said "“For the First Time in Forever,” with its lyrical clunkers like “Don't know if I'm elated or gassy / But I'm somewhere in that zone” and poor performance decisions like the ham-fisted pause before Elsa “opens the gates” and Anna’s meaningless harmonization shortly thereafter, represents the downhill slide and subsequent face-first mud landing of the soundtrack over the course of its runtime".[12] The Hollywood Reporter described it as a "big number", and "the centerpiece of the original songs".[13] StitchKingdom said: "The ‘I Want’ song, the composition and lyrics feed off Anna’s frenetic and anxious energy and awkwardness, a classic example of mixing sophistication with silliness".[14] Rochester City Newspaper wrote " For the First Time in Forever suffers from a fairly run-of-the-mill chorus tune, but smartly makes up for it with catchy verses, amusing lyrics (“Don’t know if I’m elated or gassy / But I’m somewhere in that zone!”) and a great performance from Kristen Bell, showing off protagonist Princess Anna’s quirky side while still longing for a ball, a man, and some basic human interaction."[15]
Reprise[edit]

"For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)"

Song by Kristen Bell & Idina Menzel from the album Frozen

Published
Wonderland Music Company
Released
November 25, 2013
Recorded
2013[1]
Genre
Show tune
Length
2:30
Label
Walt Disney
Writer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
Producer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck ·
 Chris Montan ·
 Tom MacDougall
 
Frozen track listing

"In Summer"
 (7) "For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)"
 (8) "Fixer Upper"
 (9)

NeonTommy wrote "This song balances really well between long, powerful phrases and banter-like recitative, and is a great illustration of the dynamic between Anna and Elsa. It’s also the first time where we get to hear Anna and Elsa sing as equals (the earlier version of this song is more about Anna than it is about Elsa), so it’s quite fun to hear this sung battle between two sisters."[10] GeeksOfDoom wrote "The reoccurrence of the “sister song” signifies how Elsa has changed, much unlike Anna, who still sees the potential of their relationship. The song incorporates polyphony and intensifies their emotions as it builds to a crescendo. While it’s not a substantial addition – the scene could have played out just as well without music – it’s still entertaining".[11] StitchKingdom wrote "The words and melody are just about the only thing this song has in common with its namesake. Anna’s desperate plea to Elsa, this song also features one of the most complex arrangements found on the soundtrack, giving it a haunting and to a professional effect in a way seldom seen on the stage, let alone in family films. The song also treads dangerously along the operetta line at times which puts a unique spin on it."[14]
Other languages[edit]
Several other language versions of the song have also been successful. The Japanese language version called "Umarete Hajimete" (生まれてはじめて?, "For the first time in life") was sung by Takako Matsu and Sayaka Kanda, who played Elsa and Anna respectively. It appeared on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 in between April and June 2014, peaking at number 19, and was popular enough to be certified platinum for 250,000 digital downloads by the RIAJ in September 2014.[16][17] The Korean language version, sung by Park Ji-yoon and Park Hye-na, reached 129 on the Gaon Singles Chart being downloaded 14,000 times, while the reprise version peaked at 192 with 8,000 downloads.[18][19]
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013–14)
Peak
 position


Australia (ARIA)[20]
62
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[21]
70
Ireland (IRMA)[22]
54
Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100)[23]
14
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[24]
37
South Korea (Gaon International Chart)[25]
4
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[26]
19
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[27]
38
US Billboard Hot 100[28]
57

Certifications[edit]

Region
Certification
Sales/shipments


United States (RIAA)[29]
Golddagger 500,000^
Australia (ARIA)[30]
Golddagger 35,000^
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone


Performances[edit]
Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel performed both songs together at the Vibrato Grill Jazz Club in Los Angeles to celebrate the film.[31]
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Williams College (June 30, 2014). "Exploring the Songs of "Frozen" with Kristen Anderson-Lopez '94". YouTube. 19:24: Williams College. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
2.Jump up ^ Williams College (June 30, 2014). "Exploring the Songs of frozen" with Kristen Anderson-Lopez '94". YouTube. 19:24: Williams College. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
3.Jump up ^ Gross, Terry (April 10, 2014). "Transcript: Songwriters Behind 'Frozen' Let Go Of The Princess Mythology". Fresh Air. NPR. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
4.Jump up ^ Hunsaker, Andy (March 18, 2014). "The Real-Life Ice Hotel That Inspired Disney's ‘Frozen’". CraveOnline. CraveOnline Media. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
5.Jump up ^ Laskowski, Amy (February 28, 2014). "Frozen Producer Heads to the Oscars". BU Today. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
6.Jump up ^ Keegan, Rebecca (May 9, 2013). "Disney is reanimated with 'Frozen,' 'Big Hero 6'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
7.^ Jump up to: a b Watkins, Gwynne (January 15, 2014). "Frozen Composers Assess 6 Fan-Created Homages to Their Songs". Vulture.com. New York Media LLC. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
8.Jump up ^ Williams College (June 30, 2014). "Exploring the Songs of "Frozen" with Kristen Anderson-Lopez '94". YouTube. 37:55: Williams College. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
9.Jump up ^ Williams College (June 30, 2014). "Exploring the Songs of "Frozen" with Kristen Anderson-Lopez '94". YouTube. 39:30: Williams College. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
10.^ Jump up to: a b Soundtrack Review: 'Frozen' | Neon Tommy
11.^ Jump up to: a b Disney In Depth: ‘Frozen’ Soundtrack Review
12.Jump up ^ Review: Disney Soundtracks - Frozen: better sound track | Sputnikmusic
13.Jump up ^ Frozen: Film Review - The Hollywood Reporter
14.^ Jump up to: a b REVIEW: 'Frozen' Soundtrack Disney's Best Since 'Beauty and the Beast' | Stitch Kingdom
15.Jump up ^ CD Review: Disney's "Frozen" Soundtrack | Music Reviews | Rochester City Newspaper
16.Jump up ^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100 2014/05/12". Billboard (in Japanese). May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
17.Jump up ^ レコード協会調べ　8月度有料音楽配信認定 [Record Association Investigation: August Digital Music Download Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. September 19, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
18.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart 2014년 3월 2주차". Gaon (in Korean). March 1, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
19.Jump up ^ "Gaon Download Chart 2014년 3월 2주차". Gaon (in Korean). March 1, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
20.Jump up ^ "ARIA Chartifacts 19-May-2014". ARIA. May 19, 2014. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
21.Jump up ^ "Kristen Bell Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Kristen Bell.
22.Jump up ^ "Chart Track: Week 10, 2014". Irish Singles Chart.
23.Jump up ^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100 2014/04/21". Billboard (in Japanese). April 21, 2014. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
24.Jump up ^ "Archive Chart: 2014-04-19". Scottish Singles Top 40.
25.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.
26.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.
27.Jump up ^ "Archive Chart: 2014-04-19" UK Singles Chart.
28.Jump up ^ "Kristen Bell Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Kristen Bell.
29.Jump up ^ "American single certifications – Kristen Bell – For the First Time in Forever". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
30.Jump up ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2014 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.
31.Jump up ^ 'Frozen': For the first time in forever, watch the cast sing live | PopWatch | EW.com


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"For the First Time in Forever"

Song by Kristen Bell & Idina Menzel from the album Frozen

Published
Wonderland Music Company
Released
November 25, 2013
Recorded
2013[1]
Genre
Show tune
Length
3:46
Label
Walt Disney
Writer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
Producer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck ·
 Chris Montan ·
 Tom MacDougall
 
Frozen track listing

"Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"
 (2) "For the First Time in Forever"
 (3) "Love Is an Open Door"
 (4)

"For the First Time in Forever" is a song from Disney's 2013 animated feature film Frozen, with music and lyrics composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. It is reprised later in the musical. Both versions are sung by sisters Princess Anna (Kristen Bell) and Queen Elsa (Idina Menzel).


Contents  [hide]
1 Production
2 Synopsis 2.1 Original
2.2 Reprise
3 Critical reception 3.1 Reprise
4 Other languages
5 Charts 5.1 Certifications
6 Performances
7 References

Production[edit]
The song was composed relatively late in the production process in June 2013.[2] This was only five months before the film's November 27, 2013 release date, when the filmmakers were scrambling to make the film work after realizing in February it still wasn't working.[3][4][5][6]
The original version of the song contained a line about "I hope that I don't vomit in his face," which was deemed unacceptable by Disney as a reference to bodily fluids.[7] The Lopezes' daughter, Katie, came up with the replacement line that ended up in the film: "I wanna stuff some chocolate in my face."[7]
As for the reprise, there was originally a different confrontation lyric for the scene where Elsa strikes Anna with her powers entitled "Life's Too Short" (the premise being that life's too short to waste it with someone who doesn't understand them), which itself would have been reprised later when the sisters realize that life's too short to live life alone. As the characters evolved throughout the writing process (specifically Elsa was turned from a villain to a tragic hero), the song was deemed too vindictive and was instead replaced with a reprise of this song, to create a motif.[8]
When the necessity of a reprise dawned upon Anderson-Lopez, she wrote it in only about 20 minutes, and then successfully pitched it on her own to the Disney production team, as Lopez was already in Los Angeles trying to fix "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"[9]
Synopsis[edit]
Original[edit]










 Elsa sings a solemn and frightened counterpoint melody to Anna's bright and cheery song of anticipation. This dynamic is reprised later in the film when Anna confronts Elsa in her ice tower.
In the first version, the song shows Anna's happiness and naive optimism when preparing for Elsa's coronation. During the third verse, Elsa sings a counterpoint melody (with some of the same lyrics that are later used as the first verse of "Let It Go") , in which she expresses her fear of accidentally revealing her ice powers and her anxiety about opening the gates. During her solo, Elsa practices her role in the coronation on a box and candlestick in her a room. Elsa orders the guards to open the gates, and Anna joyfully wanders down a causeway into the town against the flow of guests arriving. The song is cutoff mid-note when Anna crashes into Hans's horse, and subsequently falls into a rowboat. This version goes up a half-step with each verse, starting in F major and ending in G major for the finale.
Reprise[edit]
In the reprise, Anna has arrived at Elsa's ice palace to try to get her to unfreeze the kingdom, after she unknowingly sparked an eternal winter. She also wants Elsa to come back so that they can rekindle their once close relationship as sisters . However, Elsa refuses because she feels she cannot control her powers and that she is better off alone where she can't hurt anyone. As Anna's tries to reason with her sister, Elsa's fear intensifies, resulting in her being covered in a blizzard of ice particles as a physical manifestation of her emotions, and she blocks out Anna's calming words. At one point Elsa turns her back to her sister to form a two shot west, a blocking technique normally used in American soap operas. Finally, paranoid and lost, Elsa lets out a yell, and accidentally blasts Anna in the heart with the accumulated ice particles, thereby freezing it (an act which Pabbie and the trolls note to be fatal).
The reprise uses a different melody from the original. Namely, Anna's parts are in a major key while Elsa's counterpoint is in a minor key, highlighting the opposite emotions the two characters have at this point in time. After Anna is inadvertently struck by Elsa's magic, the percussion includes part of the music from "Frozen Heart".
Critical reception[edit]



Anna picks up three ducks while singing the original version of the song.
Both iterations have received very positive reviews. NeonTommy described it as "A classic “I want” song (think Part of Your World or When Will My Life Begin?) with a sprinkle of self-awareness", and said "this song puts a nice new spin on a familiar form...Lopez and Anderson-Lopez keep the tune fresh, and Kristen Bell’s charming and bright delivery of the peppy lyrics is endearing."[10] GeeksOfDoom said "Who would have guessed that Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel would make such a nice duo? Bell adds some humor with her effervescent spirit and amusing lyrics, whereas Menzel lends the signature Broadway voice. You know a song provides further significance when it moves the story, as opposed to stops the film completely, and this one perfectly represents the former. “First Time” conveys Anna’s hopefulness and openness, contrasting with Elsa’s close-minded and fearful vibe."[11] In a negative review, SputnikMusic said "“For the First Time in Forever,” with its lyrical clunkers like “Don't know if I'm elated or gassy / But I'm somewhere in that zone” and poor performance decisions like the ham-fisted pause before Elsa “opens the gates” and Anna’s meaningless harmonization shortly thereafter, represents the downhill slide and subsequent face-first mud landing of the soundtrack over the course of its runtime".[12] The Hollywood Reporter described it as a "big number", and "the centerpiece of the original songs".[13] StitchKingdom said: "The ‘I Want’ song, the composition and lyrics feed off Anna’s frenetic and anxious energy and awkwardness, a classic example of mixing sophistication with silliness".[14] Rochester City Newspaper wrote " For the First Time in Forever suffers from a fairly run-of-the-mill chorus tune, but smartly makes up for it with catchy verses, amusing lyrics (“Don’t know if I’m elated or gassy / But I’m somewhere in that zone!”) and a great performance from Kristen Bell, showing off protagonist Princess Anna’s quirky side while still longing for a ball, a man, and some basic human interaction."[15]
Reprise[edit]

"For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)"

Song by Kristen Bell & Idina Menzel from the album Frozen

Published
Wonderland Music Company
Released
November 25, 2013
Recorded
2013[1]
Genre
Show tune
Length
2:30
Label
Walt Disney
Writer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
Producer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck ·
 Chris Montan ·
 Tom MacDougall
 
Frozen track listing

"In Summer"
 (7) "For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)"
 (8) "Fixer Upper"
 (9)

NeonTommy wrote "This song balances really well between long, powerful phrases and banter-like recitative, and is a great illustration of the dynamic between Anna and Elsa. It’s also the first time where we get to hear Anna and Elsa sing as equals (the earlier version of this song is more about Anna than it is about Elsa), so it’s quite fun to hear this sung battle between two sisters."[10] GeeksOfDoom wrote "The reoccurrence of the “sister song” signifies how Elsa has changed, much unlike Anna, who still sees the potential of their relationship. The song incorporates polyphony and intensifies their emotions as it builds to a crescendo. While it’s not a substantial addition – the scene could have played out just as well without music – it’s still entertaining".[11] StitchKingdom wrote "The words and melody are just about the only thing this song has in common with its namesake. Anna’s desperate plea to Elsa, this song also features one of the most complex arrangements found on the soundtrack, giving it a haunting and to a professional effect in a way seldom seen on the stage, let alone in family films. The song also treads dangerously along the operetta line at times which puts a unique spin on it."[14]
Other languages[edit]
Several other language versions of the song have also been successful. The Japanese language version called "Umarete Hajimete" (生まれてはじめて?, "For the first time in life") was sung by Takako Matsu and Sayaka Kanda, who played Elsa and Anna respectively. It appeared on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 in between April and June 2014, peaking at number 19, and was popular enough to be certified platinum for 250,000 digital downloads by the RIAJ in September 2014.[16][17] The Korean language version, sung by Park Ji-yoon and Park Hye-na, reached 129 on the Gaon Singles Chart being downloaded 14,000 times, while the reprise version peaked at 192 with 8,000 downloads.[18][19]
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013–14)
Peak
 position


Australia (ARIA)[20]
62
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[21]
70
Ireland (IRMA)[22]
54
Japan (Billboard Japan Hot 100)[23]
14
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[24]
37
South Korea (Gaon International Chart)[25]
4
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[26]
19
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[27]
38
US Billboard Hot 100[28]
57

Certifications[edit]

Region
Certification
Sales/shipments


United States (RIAA)[29]
Golddagger 500,000^
Australia (ARIA)[30]
Golddagger 35,000^
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone


Performances[edit]
Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel performed both songs together at the Vibrato Grill Jazz Club in Los Angeles to celebrate the film.[31]
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Williams College (June 30, 2014). "Exploring the Songs of "Frozen" with Kristen Anderson-Lopez '94". YouTube. 19:24: Williams College. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
2.Jump up ^ Williams College (June 30, 2014). "Exploring the Songs of frozen" with Kristen Anderson-Lopez '94". YouTube. 19:24: Williams College. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
3.Jump up ^ Gross, Terry (April 10, 2014). "Transcript: Songwriters Behind 'Frozen' Let Go Of The Princess Mythology". Fresh Air. NPR. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
4.Jump up ^ Hunsaker, Andy (March 18, 2014). "The Real-Life Ice Hotel That Inspired Disney's ‘Frozen’". CraveOnline. CraveOnline Media. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
5.Jump up ^ Laskowski, Amy (February 28, 2014). "Frozen Producer Heads to the Oscars". BU Today. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
6.Jump up ^ Keegan, Rebecca (May 9, 2013). "Disney is reanimated with 'Frozen,' 'Big Hero 6'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
7.^ Jump up to: a b Watkins, Gwynne (January 15, 2014). "Frozen Composers Assess 6 Fan-Created Homages to Their Songs". Vulture.com. New York Media LLC. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
8.Jump up ^ Williams College (June 30, 2014). "Exploring the Songs of "Frozen" with Kristen Anderson-Lopez '94". YouTube. 37:55: Williams College. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
9.Jump up ^ Williams College (June 30, 2014). "Exploring the Songs of "Frozen" with Kristen Anderson-Lopez '94". YouTube. 39:30: Williams College. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
10.^ Jump up to: a b Soundtrack Review: 'Frozen' | Neon Tommy
11.^ Jump up to: a b Disney In Depth: ‘Frozen’ Soundtrack Review
12.Jump up ^ Review: Disney Soundtracks - Frozen: better sound track | Sputnikmusic
13.Jump up ^ Frozen: Film Review - The Hollywood Reporter
14.^ Jump up to: a b REVIEW: 'Frozen' Soundtrack Disney's Best Since 'Beauty and the Beast' | Stitch Kingdom
15.Jump up ^ CD Review: Disney's "Frozen" Soundtrack | Music Reviews | Rochester City Newspaper
16.Jump up ^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100 2014/05/12". Billboard (in Japanese). May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
17.Jump up ^ レコード協会調べ　8月度有料音楽配信認定 [Record Association Investigation: August Digital Music Download Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. September 19, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
18.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart 2014년 3월 2주차". Gaon (in Korean). March 1, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
19.Jump up ^ "Gaon Download Chart 2014년 3월 2주차". Gaon (in Korean). March 1, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
20.Jump up ^ "ARIA Chartifacts 19-May-2014". ARIA. May 19, 2014. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
21.Jump up ^ "Kristen Bell Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Kristen Bell.
22.Jump up ^ "Chart Track: Week 10, 2014". Irish Singles Chart.
23.Jump up ^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100 2014/04/21". Billboard (in Japanese). April 21, 2014. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
24.Jump up ^ "Archive Chart: 2014-04-19". Scottish Singles Top 40.
25.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.
26.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.
27.Jump up ^ "Archive Chart: 2014-04-19" UK Singles Chart.
28.Jump up ^ "Kristen Bell Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Kristen Bell.
29.Jump up ^ "American single certifications – Kristen Bell – For the First Time in Forever". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
30.Jump up ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2014 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.
31.Jump up ^ 'Frozen': For the first time in forever, watch the cast sing live | PopWatch | EW.com


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Characters
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 Elsa ·
 Kristoff ·
 Olaf ·
 Hans
 

Cast
Kristen Bell ·
 Idina Menzel ·
 Jonathan Groff ·
 Josh Gad ·
 Santino Fontana
 

Crew
Chris Buck ·
 Jennifer Lee ·
 Peter Del Vecho ·
 John Lasseter ·
 Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck
 

Music
"Frozen Heart" ·
 "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" ·
 "For the First Time in Forever" ·
 "Love Is an Open Door" ·
 "Let It Go" ·
 "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People" ·
 "In Summer" ·
 "Fixer Upper" ·
 "Making Today a Perfect Day"
 

Television
Once Upon a Time ("There's No Place Like Home" ·
 season 4) (2014) ·
 The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic (2014)
 

Video games
Frozen: Olaf's Quest (2013) ·
 Frozen Free Fall (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity (2013) ·
 Club Penguin (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2014) ·
 Fantasia: Music Evolved (2014) ·
 Little Big Planet 3 (2014)
 

Related
List of accolades received by Frozen ·
 Walt Disney Animation Studios ·
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Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

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"Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"

Song by Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn & Katie Lopez from the album Frozen

Published
Wonderland Music Company
Released
November 25, 2013
Recorded
2012[1]
Genre
Show tune
Length
3:28
Label
Walt Disney
Writer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
Producer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck ·
 Chris Montan ·
 Tom MacDougall
 
Frozen track listing

"Frozen Heart"
 (1) "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"
 (2) "For the First Time in Forever"
 (3)

"Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" is a song from the 2013 Disney animated feature film Frozen, with music and lyrics composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.


Contents  [hide]
1 Synopsis
2 Production
3 Critical reception
4 Other languages
5 Charts 5.1 Certifications
6 Performances
7 References
8 External links

Synopsis[edit]
The song is performed in the film by Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn, and Katie Lopez, each playing the role of Princess Anna at different ages. It occurs near the beginning of the film when Elsa has been locked away in her room because her parents are afraid of her losing control of her powers and hurting Anna. As the girls grow older together, they are kept apart. After their parents are killed in a storm at sea, Anna once again sadly asks her sister to come out, to no avail.
Production[edit]
At one point Disney considered removing the song from the film because as originally composed, it was too sad, and it was also too complicated in that it contained too much exposition.[2] However it was put back after being well received by the Disney staff. StitchKingdom explains, "due to pacing of the film, this song was constantly being cut and put back in during the film’s development. Ultimately, studio employees demanded it stay in."[3] During the film's development, Lopez at one point had to travel to Los Angeles to work in person with the production team to try to fix the song, and they had to sit down and work through how Elsa sounds like versus how Anna sounds like.[2] Christophe Beck, who wrote the film's score, added the interlude for the montage scenes.
After the film was released, a fan put together a version of the song to show how a reprise could have worked at the climax of the film, when Elsa realizes that Anna is completely frozen. After the songwriters viewed that fan clip in January 2014, Anderson-Lopez mentioned that at one point, she actually had pitched a reprise of the song for the film's climax.[4] Lopez added, "I know people have reacted well to the video that's out there, but ... if you watch it in the flow of the movie, it would be jarring to have them break into song at that moment."[4]
When the same clip was mentioned in an interview, director Jennifer Lee explained that according to Disney music producer Chris Montan (who has worked on nearly every Disney and Pixar animated film from the start of the Disney Renaissance), it is traditional in Disney animated musicals to have no more songs after the end of the second act.[2]
Critical reception[edit]



 Thematically, the idea of having the two princess sisters on opposite sides of a door within the same shot - both desperately wanting to open it but unable to - was something that greatly appealed to the songwriters.[5]
The song received widespread acclaim from film critics, music critics, and audiences. Kyle Smith of The New York Post dubbed it a "classic".[6] USA Today called it "a lovely musical number that illustrates Anna's emotional yearning, sung with heartfelt sweetness by Bell."[7] Alonso Duralde of The Wrap labeled it "poignant".[8] Moviefone describes the song as "sob-inducing", and "the best song in Frozen".[9] Scott Mendelson of Forbes talks about the "richness and a subtle sadness to the core relationship between Anna and Elsa, of so much time lost to fear, self-doubt, and some questionable parenting at a key juncture", and goes on to describe "Do You Want To Build A Snowman" as a "beautiful song...it's just one of a handful of terrific songs".[10] Mendelson added, "I was deathly afraid [it] would come back as a climactic refrain should the story end badly."[10] Sputnikmusic said "the songs complement the gorgeous visuals well, especially in the first extended cut "Do You Want to Build a Snowman" and its tear-pleading climax and conclusion", and argues "it’s one of the few vocal tracks far removed from the crushing vapidity of the other material".[11] The Rochester City Newspaper described the song as "character-establishing", and noted that along with "Frozen Heart", it "deeply resemble[s] Disney's song output under Alan Menken...and that helps them feel instantly familiar". The soundtrack review adds, "While "Snowman" works better in the film (the visuals fill in some of the song's gaps) the twee-cute vocals and gorgeous melody help its memorability".[12] AllMusic said this song and the love duet "Love Is an Open Door" have "contemporary Broadway dazzle".[13]
Other languages[edit]
Several other language versions of the song have been successful. The Japanese language version called "Yukidaruma Tsukurō" (雪だるまつくろう?, "Let's Make a Snowman") was sung by Sayaka Kanda, who played 18 year old Anna, as well as Sumire Morohoshi and Natsuki Inaba, who played Anna aged 12 and 8 respectively. It appeared on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 in April and May 2014, peaking at number 39, and was popular enough to be certified platinum for 250,000 digital downloads by the RIAJ in January 2015.[14][15] The Korean language version was sung by Yoon Si-young, Lee Ji-min and Park Ji-yoon. In March 2014, it reached number 115 on the Gaon Singles Chart, after being downloaded 17,000 times.[16][17]
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013–14)
Peak
 position


Australia (ARIA)[18]
45
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[19]
61
Ireland (IRMA)[20]
35
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[21]
30
South Korea (Gaon International Chart)[22]
3
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[22]
5
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[23]
26
US Billboard Hot 100[24]
51
US Heatseekers Songs (Billboard)[25]
1

Certifications[edit]

Region
Certification
Sales/shipments


Australia (ARIA)[26]
Gold 35,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[27]
Gold 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[28]
Silver 200,000double-dagger
United States (RIAA)[29]
Platinum 1,400,000[30]
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone


Performances[edit]
Kristen Bell sang the song live as her character throughout every stage of her life at the Vibrato Grill Jazz Club in Los Angeles to celebrate the film.[31]
Twenty-six members of the Disney Channel Circle of Stars performed a cover video of the song in July 2014.[32][33][34]
Austin & Ally star Laura Marano performed a Hawaiian version of the song at Disney's Aulani Resort & Spa for Disney Parks' Frozen Christmas Celebration on ABC.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Perlman, Jake (February 10, 2014). "On the Scene: 'Frozen' cast performs live for the first (and probably only) time ever". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 10, 2014. "It was the first time the cast had ever sung the songs live and the first time many had sung the songs at all since they recorded the soundtrack a year and a half ago."
2.^ Jump up to: a b c August, John; Aline Brosh McKenna (February 1, 2014). "Episode 128: Frozen with Jennifer Lee — Transcript". Scriptnotes. johnaugust.com. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
3.Jump up ^ "REVIEW: 'Frozen' Soundtrack Disney's Best Since 'Beauty and the Beast'". Stitch Kingdom. 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
4.^ Jump up to: a b Watkins, Gwynne (January 15, 2014). "Frozen Composers Assess 6 Fan-Created Homages to Their Songs". Vulture.com. New York Media LLC. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
5.Jump up ^ Exclusive interview with the talented duo behind the music of Disney's Frozen at Examiner.com
6.Jump up ^ Smith, Kyle (November 20, 2013). "Disney’s ‘Frozen’ will melt your heart". The New York Post. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
7.Jump up ^ Puig, Claudia (November 26, 2013). "'Frozen' mixes song, wit and heart in magical winter tale". USA Today. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
8.Jump up ^ Duralde, Alonso (November 3, 2013). "‘Frozen’ Review: Disney's Best Animated Musical Since ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (Video)". The Wrap. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
9.Jump up ^ "'Frozen' Song 'Do You Want to Build a Snowman?' Made Even More Sob-Inducing by Fans (VIDEO) - The Moviefone Blog". Moviefone. 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
10.^ Jump up to: a b Mendelson, Scott (November 19, 2014). "Review: 'Frozen' Is Disney's Triumphant Reaffirmation Of Its Cultural Legacy". Forbes. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
11.Jump up ^ "Review: Disney Soundtracks - Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Sputnikmusic. 2013-11-25. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
12.Jump up ^ DeTurck, Matt (November 27, 2014). "CD Review: Disney's "Frozen" Soundtrack". Rochester City Newspaper. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
13.Jump up ^ Phares, Heather. "Frozen [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]". AllMusic. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
14.Jump up ^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100 2014/05/12". Billboard (in Japanese). May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
15.Jump up ^ "レコード協会調べ　1月度有料音楽配信認定" [Record Association Investigation: January Digital Music Download Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. February 20, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
16.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart 2014년 3월 2주차". Gaon (in Korean). March 1, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
17.Jump up ^ "Gaon Download Chart 2014년 3월 2주차". Gaon (in Korean). March 1, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
18.Jump up ^ "Australian-charts.com – Kristen Bell – Do You Want to Build a Snowman?". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
19.Jump up ^ "Kristen Bell Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Kristen Bell.
20.Jump up ^ "Chart Track: Week 10, 2014". Irish Singles Chart.
21.Jump up ^ "Archive Chart: 2014-04-19". Scottish Singles Top 40.
22.^ Jump up to: a b "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.
23.Jump up ^ "Archive Chart: 2014-04-19" UK Singles Chart.
24.Jump up ^ "Kristen Bell Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Kristen Bell.
25.Jump up ^ "Billboard - Artists - Kristen Bell - Heatseeking songs". Retrieved 22 May 2014.
26.Jump up ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2014 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.
27.Jump up ^ "Certificaciones Mensuales 2014". Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Facebook. July 28, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
28.Jump up ^ "British single certifications – Kristen Bell – Do You Want to Build a Snowman?". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Do You Want to Build a Snowman? in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
29.Jump up ^ "American single certifications – Kristen Bell – Do You Want to Build a Snowman?". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
30.Jump up ^ "The Big 9 in 2014: Disney". HITS Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
31.Jump up ^ "Kristen Bell sings "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" live. [VIDEO]". Wimp. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
32.Jump up ^ Stutz, Colin (July 20, 2014). "Disney Channel Stars Team to Cover 'Do You Want to Build a Snowman?' from 'Frozen'". Billboard. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
33.Jump up ^ Bricker, Tierney (July 16, 2014). "26 Disney Channel Stars Come Together for the Most Epic Frozen Cover Ever". E! Online (E! Entertainment Television, LLC.). Retrieved 21 July 2014.
34.Jump up ^ Walsh, Hadley (July 18, 2014). "26 Disney Channel Stars Come Together For A Fun Cover Of 'Do You Want To Build A Snowman?'". The Huffington Post (TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc.). Retrieved 21 July 2014.
External links[edit]
[1]


[hide]
v ·
 t ·
 e
 
Disney's Frozen


Films
Frozen (2013) ·
 Frozen Fever (2015 short) ·
 Frozen 2 (TBA)
 

Characters
Anna ·
 Elsa ·
 Kristoff ·
 Olaf ·
 Hans
 

Cast
Kristen Bell ·
 Idina Menzel ·
 Jonathan Groff ·
 Josh Gad ·
 Santino Fontana
 

Crew
Chris Buck ·
 Jennifer Lee ·
 Peter Del Vecho ·
 John Lasseter ·
 Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck
 

Music
"Frozen Heart" ·
 "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" ·
 "For the First Time in Forever" ·
 "Love Is an Open Door" ·
 "Let It Go" ·
 "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People" ·
 "In Summer" ·
 "Fixer Upper" ·
 "Making Today a Perfect Day"
 

Television
Once Upon a Time ("There's No Place Like Home" ·
 season 4) (2014) ·
 The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic (2014)
 

Video games
Frozen: Olaf's Quest (2013) ·
 Frozen Free Fall (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity (2013) ·
 Club Penguin (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2014) ·
 Fantasia: Music Evolved (2014) ·
 Little Big Planet 3 (2014)
 

Related
List of accolades received by Frozen ·
 Walt Disney Animation Studios ·
 The Snow Queen (1845) ·
 Hans Christian Andersen ·
 Disney on Ice ·
 Disney Movies Anywhere ·
 Get a Horse! (2013 short) ·
 List of highest-grossing films ·
 List of films considered the best ·
 List of Once Upon a Time creatures and races
 

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Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

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Jump to: navigation, search


"Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"

Song by Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn & Katie Lopez from the album Frozen

Published
Wonderland Music Company
Released
November 25, 2013
Recorded
2012[1]
Genre
Show tune
Length
3:28
Label
Walt Disney
Writer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
Producer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck ·
 Chris Montan ·
 Tom MacDougall
 
Frozen track listing

"Frozen Heart"
 (1) "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"
 (2) "For the First Time in Forever"
 (3)

"Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" is a song from the 2013 Disney animated feature film Frozen, with music and lyrics composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.


Contents  [hide]
1 Synopsis
2 Production
3 Critical reception
4 Other languages
5 Charts 5.1 Certifications
6 Performances
7 References
8 External links

Synopsis[edit]
The song is performed in the film by Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn, and Katie Lopez, each playing the role of Princess Anna at different ages. It occurs near the beginning of the film when Elsa has been locked away in her room because her parents are afraid of her losing control of her powers and hurting Anna. As the girls grow older together, they are kept apart. After their parents are killed in a storm at sea, Anna once again sadly asks her sister to come out, to no avail.
Production[edit]
At one point Disney considered removing the song from the film because as originally composed, it was too sad, and it was also too complicated in that it contained too much exposition.[2] However it was put back after being well received by the Disney staff. StitchKingdom explains, "due to pacing of the film, this song was constantly being cut and put back in during the film’s development. Ultimately, studio employees demanded it stay in."[3] During the film's development, Lopez at one point had to travel to Los Angeles to work in person with the production team to try to fix the song, and they had to sit down and work through how Elsa sounds like versus how Anna sounds like.[2] Christophe Beck, who wrote the film's score, added the interlude for the montage scenes.
After the film was released, a fan put together a version of the song to show how a reprise could have worked at the climax of the film, when Elsa realizes that Anna is completely frozen. After the songwriters viewed that fan clip in January 2014, Anderson-Lopez mentioned that at one point, she actually had pitched a reprise of the song for the film's climax.[4] Lopez added, "I know people have reacted well to the video that's out there, but ... if you watch it in the flow of the movie, it would be jarring to have them break into song at that moment."[4]
When the same clip was mentioned in an interview, director Jennifer Lee explained that according to Disney music producer Chris Montan (who has worked on nearly every Disney and Pixar animated film from the start of the Disney Renaissance), it is traditional in Disney animated musicals to have no more songs after the end of the second act.[2]
Critical reception[edit]



 Thematically, the idea of having the two princess sisters on opposite sides of a door within the same shot - both desperately wanting to open it but unable to - was something that greatly appealed to the songwriters.[5]
The song received widespread acclaim from film critics, music critics, and audiences. Kyle Smith of The New York Post dubbed it a "classic".[6] USA Today called it "a lovely musical number that illustrates Anna's emotional yearning, sung with heartfelt sweetness by Bell."[7] Alonso Duralde of The Wrap labeled it "poignant".[8] Moviefone describes the song as "sob-inducing", and "the best song in Frozen".[9] Scott Mendelson of Forbes talks about the "richness and a subtle sadness to the core relationship between Anna and Elsa, of so much time lost to fear, self-doubt, and some questionable parenting at a key juncture", and goes on to describe "Do You Want To Build A Snowman" as a "beautiful song...it's just one of a handful of terrific songs".[10] Mendelson added, "I was deathly afraid [it] would come back as a climactic refrain should the story end badly."[10] Sputnikmusic said "the songs complement the gorgeous visuals well, especially in the first extended cut "Do You Want to Build a Snowman" and its tear-pleading climax and conclusion", and argues "it’s one of the few vocal tracks far removed from the crushing vapidity of the other material".[11] The Rochester City Newspaper described the song as "character-establishing", and noted that along with "Frozen Heart", it "deeply resemble[s] Disney's song output under Alan Menken...and that helps them feel instantly familiar". The soundtrack review adds, "While "Snowman" works better in the film (the visuals fill in some of the song's gaps) the twee-cute vocals and gorgeous melody help its memorability".[12] AllMusic said this song and the love duet "Love Is an Open Door" have "contemporary Broadway dazzle".[13]
Other languages[edit]
Several other language versions of the song have been successful. The Japanese language version called "Yukidaruma Tsukurō" (雪だるまつくろう?, "Let's Make a Snowman") was sung by Sayaka Kanda, who played 18 year old Anna, as well as Sumire Morohoshi and Natsuki Inaba, who played Anna aged 12 and 8 respectively. It appeared on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 in April and May 2014, peaking at number 39, and was popular enough to be certified platinum for 250,000 digital downloads by the RIAJ in January 2015.[14][15] The Korean language version was sung by Yoon Si-young, Lee Ji-min and Park Ji-yoon. In March 2014, it reached number 115 on the Gaon Singles Chart, after being downloaded 17,000 times.[16][17]
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013–14)
Peak
 position


Australia (ARIA)[18]
45
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[19]
61
Ireland (IRMA)[20]
35
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[21]
30
South Korea (Gaon International Chart)[22]
3
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[22]
5
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[23]
26
US Billboard Hot 100[24]
51
US Heatseekers Songs (Billboard)[25]
1

Certifications[edit]

Region
Certification
Sales/shipments


Australia (ARIA)[26]
Gold 35,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[27]
Gold 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[28]
Silver 200,000double-dagger
United States (RIAA)[29]
Platinum 1,400,000[30]
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone


Performances[edit]
Kristen Bell sang the song live as her character throughout every stage of her life at the Vibrato Grill Jazz Club in Los Angeles to celebrate the film.[31]
Twenty-six members of the Disney Channel Circle of Stars performed a cover video of the song in July 2014.[32][33][34]
Austin & Ally star Laura Marano performed a Hawaiian version of the song at Disney's Aulani Resort & Spa for Disney Parks' Frozen Christmas Celebration on ABC.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Perlman, Jake (February 10, 2014). "On the Scene: 'Frozen' cast performs live for the first (and probably only) time ever". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 10, 2014. "It was the first time the cast had ever sung the songs live and the first time many had sung the songs at all since they recorded the soundtrack a year and a half ago."
2.^ Jump up to: a b c August, John; Aline Brosh McKenna (February 1, 2014). "Episode 128: Frozen with Jennifer Lee — Transcript". Scriptnotes. johnaugust.com. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
3.Jump up ^ "REVIEW: 'Frozen' Soundtrack Disney's Best Since 'Beauty and the Beast'". Stitch Kingdom. 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
4.^ Jump up to: a b Watkins, Gwynne (January 15, 2014). "Frozen Composers Assess 6 Fan-Created Homages to Their Songs". Vulture.com. New York Media LLC. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
5.Jump up ^ Exclusive interview with the talented duo behind the music of Disney's Frozen at Examiner.com
6.Jump up ^ Smith, Kyle (November 20, 2013). "Disney’s ‘Frozen’ will melt your heart". The New York Post. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
7.Jump up ^ Puig, Claudia (November 26, 2013). "'Frozen' mixes song, wit and heart in magical winter tale". USA Today. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
8.Jump up ^ Duralde, Alonso (November 3, 2013). "‘Frozen’ Review: Disney's Best Animated Musical Since ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (Video)". The Wrap. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
9.Jump up ^ "'Frozen' Song 'Do You Want to Build a Snowman?' Made Even More Sob-Inducing by Fans (VIDEO) - The Moviefone Blog". Moviefone. 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
10.^ Jump up to: a b Mendelson, Scott (November 19, 2014). "Review: 'Frozen' Is Disney's Triumphant Reaffirmation Of Its Cultural Legacy". Forbes. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
11.Jump up ^ "Review: Disney Soundtracks - Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Sputnikmusic. 2013-11-25. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
12.Jump up ^ DeTurck, Matt (November 27, 2014). "CD Review: Disney's "Frozen" Soundtrack". Rochester City Newspaper. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
13.Jump up ^ Phares, Heather. "Frozen [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]". AllMusic. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
14.Jump up ^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100 2014/05/12". Billboard (in Japanese). May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
15.Jump up ^ "レコード協会調べ　1月度有料音楽配信認定" [Record Association Investigation: January Digital Music Download Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. February 20, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
16.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart 2014년 3월 2주차". Gaon (in Korean). March 1, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
17.Jump up ^ "Gaon Download Chart 2014년 3월 2주차". Gaon (in Korean). March 1, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
18.Jump up ^ "Australian-charts.com – Kristen Bell – Do You Want to Build a Snowman?". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
19.Jump up ^ "Kristen Bell Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Kristen Bell.
20.Jump up ^ "Chart Track: Week 10, 2014". Irish Singles Chart.
21.Jump up ^ "Archive Chart: 2014-04-19". Scottish Singles Top 40.
22.^ Jump up to: a b "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.
23.Jump up ^ "Archive Chart: 2014-04-19" UK Singles Chart.
24.Jump up ^ "Kristen Bell Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Kristen Bell.
25.Jump up ^ "Billboard - Artists - Kristen Bell - Heatseeking songs". Retrieved 22 May 2014.
26.Jump up ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2014 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.
27.Jump up ^ "Certificaciones Mensuales 2014". Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Facebook. July 28, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
28.Jump up ^ "British single certifications – Kristen Bell – Do You Want to Build a Snowman?". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Do You Want to Build a Snowman? in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
29.Jump up ^ "American single certifications – Kristen Bell – Do You Want to Build a Snowman?". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
30.Jump up ^ "The Big 9 in 2014: Disney". HITS Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
31.Jump up ^ "Kristen Bell sings "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" live. [VIDEO]". Wimp. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
32.Jump up ^ Stutz, Colin (July 20, 2014). "Disney Channel Stars Team to Cover 'Do You Want to Build a Snowman?' from 'Frozen'". Billboard. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
33.Jump up ^ Bricker, Tierney (July 16, 2014). "26 Disney Channel Stars Come Together for the Most Epic Frozen Cover Ever". E! Online (E! Entertainment Television, LLC.). Retrieved 21 July 2014.
34.Jump up ^ Walsh, Hadley (July 18, 2014). "26 Disney Channel Stars Come Together For A Fun Cover Of 'Do You Want To Build A Snowman?'". The Huffington Post (TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc.). Retrieved 21 July 2014.
External links[edit]
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 Frozen 2 (TBA)
 

Characters
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 Elsa ·
 Kristoff ·
 Olaf ·
 Hans
 

Cast
Kristen Bell ·
 Idina Menzel ·
 Jonathan Groff ·
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 Santino Fontana
 

Crew
Chris Buck ·
 Jennifer Lee ·
 Peter Del Vecho ·
 John Lasseter ·
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 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck
 

Music
"Frozen Heart" ·
 "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" ·
 "For the First Time in Forever" ·
 "Love Is an Open Door" ·
 "Let It Go" ·
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 "In Summer" ·
 "Fixer Upper" ·
 "Making Today a Perfect Day"
 

Television
Once Upon a Time ("There's No Place Like Home" ·
 season 4) (2014) ·
 The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic (2014)
 

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Frozen: Olaf's Quest (2013) ·
 Frozen Free Fall (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity (2013) ·
 Club Penguin (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2014) ·
 Fantasia: Music Evolved (2014) ·
 Little Big Planet 3 (2014)
 

Related
List of accolades received by Frozen ·
 Walt Disney Animation Studios ·
 The Snow Queen (1845) ·
 Hans Christian Andersen ·
 Disney on Ice ·
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Frozen Heart

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"Frozen Heart"

Song from the album Frozen

Published
Wonderland Music Company
Released
November 25, 2013
Recorded
2012[1]
Genre
Show tune
Length
1:45
Label
Walt Disney
Writer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
Producer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck ·
 Chris Montan ·
 Tom MacDougall
 
Frozen track listing

 "Frozen Heart"
 (1) "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"
 (2)

"Frozen Heart" is a song from the 2013 Disney animated film Frozen, with music and lyrics by Kristen-Anderson Lopez and Robert Lopez and performed in the film's prologue by a group of icemen.


Contents  [hide]
1 Production and writing
2 Synopsis
3 Composition
4 Critical reception
5 Other languages
6 Charts
7 References

Production and writing[edit]
The Lopez songwriting duo explained that the song "has origins in a type of song used in past Disney films, like the "Song of the Roustabouts" from Dumbo and "Fathoms Below" from The Little Mermaid". Kristen said "I guess we were in a meeting, and I kept saying: ‘if we could just have a song which basically said the ice is beautiful and dangerous and set up a little mystery'", while Robert added the "masculine energy of the song establishes the expansiveness of the story". He said "I think that’s why 'Fathoms Below' is in The Little Mermaid. It’s telling the boys this is going to be a story with songs, but there’s going to be something in it for everyone...It’s not just a princess movie. And Frozen isn't just a princess movie. It’s got a lot of action and fun and entertainment and stuff like that, and 'Frozen Heart' kind of tells you there’s going to be some violence in this story."[2] From Director said "The ‘Frozen Heart’ sequence plays like a fairy tale prophecy – a small story that brings ill tidings – and it’s interesting to note that early drafts of the screenplay included a more explicit prophecy, hints of which can be heard in the song ‘Spring Pageant’ on the Deluxe Edition of the soundtrack album. The decision to drop this prophecy in favour of something less direct is one of a number of smart moves made by screenwriter and co-director Jennifer Lee".[3]
Synopsis[edit]



 The significance of the opening song Frozen Heart is two-fold: as a tool for both exposition and foreshadowing. In the context of Kristoff's backstory, it shows his relationship with the reindeer Sven and how he enters the lonely ice business. The song also creates a thematic connection between frozenness and hearts - with ice being something of beauty and danger, which will become vital to the narrative later on.
The song is sung by a group of ice harvesters who are cutting blocks of ice from a frozen lake. Throughout the song, Kristoff and his pet reindeer Sven try to join the adult harvesters, but are constantly shut out, and at the conclusion, try their best to emulate the harvesters. The harvesters pile the ice onto a massive horse-drawn ice sled, then ride off, under a night sky lit up by the Northern lights. The beat is supplied by the cutting noise as their saws cut through the ice, and gradually picks up as the song progresses. Many of the lyrics supplied throughout the song foreshadow things to come in the movie, especially in regard to Anna's and Elsa's actions. For instance, the concluding line "beware the frozen heart” is intriguingly ambiguous on just who should beware: those who know the person with a frozen heart (Elsa), or the person suffering from a frozen heart themselves (Anna).[3]
Composition[edit]
"Frozen Heart" is the opening number of Frozen, and is "a mood-establishing tune sung by workers cutting through ice".[2] The motif from Frozen Heart "plays just after Elsa strikes Anna's heart with ice after the reprise to "For the First Time in Forever", reinforcing the theme of frozen hearts. In the opening song, they warn: "beware the frozen heart". The Meaning of Repentance argues "This is a foreshadow of things to come, as we face this concept in multiple ways throughout the plot".[4] WeirdArtBrown argues the song is in the tradition of the "Opening with a choral arrangement, preferably a work song" genre, seen in such songs as: "Virginia Company" in Pocahontas, “Fathoms Below” from The Little Mermaid, “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd, and “Look Down" from Les Miserables. The site describes this song as "a throaty chant sung by an anonymous group of men harvesting ice".[5]
HomebodyAbroad noted "Each of these songs, except the opening "Frozen Heart" sequence, are presented from flawed characters who don't quite have everything in place."[6] It argues "The opening song of the movie works like the chorus of an ancient Greek play; the nameless characters pour onto the screen and present the thematic elements of the play". It notes the line "And break the frozen heart" is potent as it foreshadows in an unsubtle manner the metaphorical and literal frozen hearts of Elsa and Anna respectively. "Strike for love and strike for fear" is also an important line as "Love and fear are the two counter-balances of this whole story. This is the core theme of the movie, and a good paradigm for viewing much of life."[6] Barnabas File said "it foreshadows the key themes of the film—the beauty and danger of ice (the created order) as well as the tension between love and fear (the human condition)".[7] From Director described it as "a song that’s much more than it seems", adding "‘Frozen Heart’ is a surprisingly violent song to begin a Disney Princess film with".[3]
Critical reception[edit]
GeeksOfDoom wrote "The brute voices behind this opening track, all unified and macho in the vein of “I'll Make a Man Out of You” from Mulan and “Song of Mor’Du” from Brave, are strong in vocal quality and attitude. “This icy force, both foul and fair, has a frozen heart worth mining,” they chant. The song swings in an entrancing motion as the men warn about the perilous ice". The site also deemed it a TOP 5 TRACK from the film, along with two songs and two score pieces.[8] Rochester City newspaper said "Both the album opener “Frozen Heart” and the character-establishing “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” deeply resemble Disney’s song output under Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid”) and that helps them feel instantly familiar".[9] The Kilt wrote "The first two songs in the album, “Frozen Heart” and “Do You Want to Build a Snowman,” give the listener a basic understanding of what Frozen is about", and said of the former: "“Frozen Heart” is a dark, but lively tune that represents the beauty, danger and power of ice. It has a chaotic, yet beautiful and clever mix of exciting Scandinavian folk and sinister orchestral music."[10] DadInACape wrote "“Frozen Heart” starts the film off strong with a solid, sea-chanty-esque rhythm".[11]
Other languages[edit]
The Korean language version sung by Kim Cheol-han, Park Sang-jun, Lee Sang-ik and Lee Jae-ho appeared on the Gaon Music Chart's download sub-chart, however did not appear on the main Gaon Singles Chart.[12]
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013–14)
Peak
 position


South Korea (Gaon International Chart)[13]
13
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[14]
97

References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Perlman, Jake (February 10, 2014). "On the Scene: 'Frozen' cast performs live for the first (and probably only) time ever". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 10, 2014. "It was the first time the cast had ever sung the songs live and the first time many had sung the songs at all since they recorded the soundtrack a year and a half ago."
2.^ Jump up to: a b Peterson, Price (2013-11-26). "Explaining Five Songs from 'Frozen'". The Wire. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
3.^ Jump up to: a b c "Frozen Archives | Film analysis, reviews, essays and books". Fromdirector.net. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
4.Jump up ^ Hartsfield, Ray (2014-02-22). "The Meaning Of Repentance.: {Beware the frozen heart.}". Themeaningofrepentance.blogspot.com.au. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
5.Jump up ^ "Weird Art At Brown — Frozen: As Told Through Cliches". Weirdartatbrown.tumblr.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
6.^ Jump up to: a b "Homebody Abroad: Why Frozen is the Best Animated Disney Musical Ever". Homebodyabroad.blogspot.com.au. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
7.Jump up ^ Harrison, Ircel (2014-05-17). "Barnabas File: Frozen: A Review". Barnabasfile.blogspot.com.au. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
8.Jump up ^ "Disney In Depth: ‘Frozen’ Soundtrack Review". Geeksofdoom.com. 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
9.Jump up ^ Divezur, Roman. "CD Review: Disney's "Frozen" Soundtrack | Music Reviews". Rochester City Newspaper. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
10.Jump up ^ "The Kilt : Frozen soundtrack is dramatic, exciting ★★★★½". Theadamskilt.com. 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
11.Jump up ^ http://dadinacape.com/2014/03/disneys-frozen-review/
12.Jump up ^ "Gaon Download Chart 2014년 3월 2주차". Gaon (in Korean). March 1, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
13.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.
14.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.


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 t ·
 e
 
Disney's Frozen


Films
Frozen (2013) ·
 Frozen Fever (2015 short) ·
 Frozen 2 (TBA)
 

Characters
Anna ·
 Elsa ·
 Kristoff ·
 Olaf ·
 Hans
 

Cast
Kristen Bell ·
 Idina Menzel ·
 Jonathan Groff ·
 Josh Gad ·
 Santino Fontana
 

Crew
Chris Buck ·
 Jennifer Lee ·
 Peter Del Vecho ·
 John Lasseter ·
 Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck
 

Music
"Frozen Heart" ·
 "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" ·
 "For the First Time in Forever" ·
 "Love Is an Open Door" ·
 "Let It Go" ·
 "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People" ·
 "In Summer" ·
 "Fixer Upper" ·
 "Making Today a Perfect Day"
 

Television
Once Upon a Time ("There's No Place Like Home" ·
 season 4) (2014) ·
 The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic (2014)
 

Video games
Frozen: Olaf's Quest (2013) ·
 Frozen Free Fall (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity (2013) ·
 Club Penguin (2013) ·
 Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2014) ·
 Fantasia: Music Evolved (2014) ·
 Little Big Planet 3 (2014)
 

Related
List of accolades received by Frozen ·
 Walt Disney Animation Studios ·
 The Snow Queen (1845) ·
 Hans Christian Andersen ·
 Disney on Ice ·
 Disney Movies Anywhere ·
 Get a Horse! (2013 short) ·
 List of highest-grossing films ·
 List of films considered the best ·
 List of Once Upon a Time creatures and races
 

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Frozen Heart

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search


"Frozen Heart"

Song from the album Frozen

Published
Wonderland Music Company
Released
November 25, 2013
Recorded
2012[1]
Genre
Show tune
Length
1:45
Label
Walt Disney
Writer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
Producer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck ·
 Chris Montan ·
 Tom MacDougall
 
Frozen track listing

 "Frozen Heart"
 (1) "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"
 (2)

"Frozen Heart" is a song from the 2013 Disney animated film Frozen, with music and lyrics by Kristen-Anderson Lopez and Robert Lopez and performed in the film's prologue by a group of icemen.


Contents  [hide]
1 Production and writing
2 Synopsis
3 Composition
4 Critical reception
5 Other languages
6 Charts
7 References

Production and writing[edit]
The Lopez songwriting duo explained that the song "has origins in a type of song used in past Disney films, like the "Song of the Roustabouts" from Dumbo and "Fathoms Below" from The Little Mermaid". Kristen said "I guess we were in a meeting, and I kept saying: ‘if we could just have a song which basically said the ice is beautiful and dangerous and set up a little mystery'", while Robert added the "masculine energy of the song establishes the expansiveness of the story". He said "I think that’s why 'Fathoms Below' is in The Little Mermaid. It’s telling the boys this is going to be a story with songs, but there’s going to be something in it for everyone...It’s not just a princess movie. And Frozen isn't just a princess movie. It’s got a lot of action and fun and entertainment and stuff like that, and 'Frozen Heart' kind of tells you there’s going to be some violence in this story."[2] From Director said "The ‘Frozen Heart’ sequence plays like a fairy tale prophecy – a small story that brings ill tidings – and it’s interesting to note that early drafts of the screenplay included a more explicit prophecy, hints of which can be heard in the song ‘Spring Pageant’ on the Deluxe Edition of the soundtrack album. The decision to drop this prophecy in favour of something less direct is one of a number of smart moves made by screenwriter and co-director Jennifer Lee".[3]
Synopsis[edit]



 The significance of the opening song Frozen Heart is two-fold: as a tool for both exposition and foreshadowing. In the context of Kristoff's backstory, it shows his relationship with the reindeer Sven and how he enters the lonely ice business. The song also creates a thematic connection between frozenness and hearts - with ice being something of beauty and danger, which will become vital to the narrative later on.
The song is sung by a group of ice harvesters who are cutting blocks of ice from a frozen lake. Throughout the song, Kristoff and his pet reindeer Sven try to join the adult harvesters, but are constantly shut out, and at the conclusion, try their best to emulate the harvesters. The harvesters pile the ice onto a massive horse-drawn ice sled, then ride off, under a night sky lit up by the Northern lights. The beat is supplied by the cutting noise as their saws cut through the ice, and gradually picks up as the song progresses. Many of the lyrics supplied throughout the song foreshadow things to come in the movie, especially in regard to Anna's and Elsa's actions. For instance, the concluding line "beware the frozen heart” is intriguingly ambiguous on just who should beware: those who know the person with a frozen heart (Elsa), or the person suffering from a frozen heart themselves (Anna).[3]
Composition[edit]
"Frozen Heart" is the opening number of Frozen, and is "a mood-establishing tune sung by workers cutting through ice".[2] The motif from Frozen Heart "plays just after Elsa strikes Anna's heart with ice after the reprise to "For the First Time in Forever", reinforcing the theme of frozen hearts. In the opening song, they warn: "beware the frozen heart". The Meaning of Repentance argues "This is a foreshadow of things to come, as we face this concept in multiple ways throughout the plot".[4] WeirdArtBrown argues the song is in the tradition of the "Opening with a choral arrangement, preferably a work song" genre, seen in such songs as: "Virginia Company" in Pocahontas, “Fathoms Below” from The Little Mermaid, “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" from Sweeney Todd, and “Look Down" from Les Miserables. The site describes this song as "a throaty chant sung by an anonymous group of men harvesting ice".[5]
HomebodyAbroad noted "Each of these songs, except the opening "Frozen Heart" sequence, are presented from flawed characters who don't quite have everything in place."[6] It argues "The opening song of the movie works like the chorus of an ancient Greek play; the nameless characters pour onto the screen and present the thematic elements of the play". It notes the line "And break the frozen heart" is potent as it foreshadows in an unsubtle manner the metaphorical and literal frozen hearts of Elsa and Anna respectively. "Strike for love and strike for fear" is also an important line as "Love and fear are the two counter-balances of this whole story. This is the core theme of the movie, and a good paradigm for viewing much of life."[6] Barnabas File said "it foreshadows the key themes of the film—the beauty and danger of ice (the created order) as well as the tension between love and fear (the human condition)".[7] From Director described it as "a song that’s much more than it seems", adding "‘Frozen Heart’ is a surprisingly violent song to begin a Disney Princess film with".[3]
Critical reception[edit]
GeeksOfDoom wrote "The brute voices behind this opening track, all unified and macho in the vein of “I'll Make a Man Out of You” from Mulan and “Song of Mor’Du” from Brave, are strong in vocal quality and attitude. “This icy force, both foul and fair, has a frozen heart worth mining,” they chant. The song swings in an entrancing motion as the men warn about the perilous ice". The site also deemed it a TOP 5 TRACK from the film, along with two songs and two score pieces.[8] Rochester City newspaper said "Both the album opener “Frozen Heart” and the character-establishing “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” deeply resemble Disney’s song output under Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid”) and that helps them feel instantly familiar".[9] The Kilt wrote "The first two songs in the album, “Frozen Heart” and “Do You Want to Build a Snowman,” give the listener a basic understanding of what Frozen is about", and said of the former: "“Frozen Heart” is a dark, but lively tune that represents the beauty, danger and power of ice. It has a chaotic, yet beautiful and clever mix of exciting Scandinavian folk and sinister orchestral music."[10] DadInACape wrote "“Frozen Heart” starts the film off strong with a solid, sea-chanty-esque rhythm".[11]
Other languages[edit]
The Korean language version sung by Kim Cheol-han, Park Sang-jun, Lee Sang-ik and Lee Jae-ho appeared on the Gaon Music Chart's download sub-chart, however did not appear on the main Gaon Singles Chart.[12]
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013–14)
Peak
 position


South Korea (Gaon International Chart)[13]
13
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[14]
97

References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Perlman, Jake (February 10, 2014). "On the Scene: 'Frozen' cast performs live for the first (and probably only) time ever". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 10, 2014. "It was the first time the cast had ever sung the songs live and the first time many had sung the songs at all since they recorded the soundtrack a year and a half ago."
2.^ Jump up to: a b Peterson, Price (2013-11-26). "Explaining Five Songs from 'Frozen'". The Wire. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
3.^ Jump up to: a b c "Frozen Archives | Film analysis, reviews, essays and books". Fromdirector.net. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
4.Jump up ^ Hartsfield, Ray (2014-02-22). "The Meaning Of Repentance.: {Beware the frozen heart.}". Themeaningofrepentance.blogspot.com.au. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
5.Jump up ^ "Weird Art At Brown — Frozen: As Told Through Cliches". Weirdartatbrown.tumblr.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
6.^ Jump up to: a b "Homebody Abroad: Why Frozen is the Best Animated Disney Musical Ever". Homebodyabroad.blogspot.com.au. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
7.Jump up ^ Harrison, Ircel (2014-05-17). "Barnabas File: Frozen: A Review". Barnabasfile.blogspot.com.au. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
8.Jump up ^ "Disney In Depth: ‘Frozen’ Soundtrack Review". Geeksofdoom.com. 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
9.Jump up ^ Divezur, Roman. "CD Review: Disney's "Frozen" Soundtrack | Music Reviews". Rochester City Newspaper. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
10.Jump up ^ "The Kilt : Frozen soundtrack is dramatic, exciting ★★★★½". Theadamskilt.com. 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
11.Jump up ^ http://dadinacape.com/2014/03/disneys-frozen-review/
12.Jump up ^ "Gaon Download Chart 2014년 3월 2주차". Gaon (in Korean). March 1, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
13.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.
14.Jump up ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.


[hide]
v ·
 t ·
 e
 
Disney's Frozen


Films
Frozen (2013) ·
 Frozen Fever (2015 short) ·
 Frozen 2 (TBA)
 

Characters
Anna ·
 Elsa ·
 Kristoff ·
 Olaf ·
 Hans
 

Cast
Kristen Bell ·
 Idina Menzel ·
 Jonathan Groff ·
 Josh Gad ·
 Santino Fontana
 

Crew
Chris Buck ·
 Jennifer Lee ·
 Peter Del Vecho ·
 John Lasseter ·
 Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck
 

Music
"Frozen Heart" ·
 "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" ·
 "For the First Time in Forever" ·
 "Love Is an Open Door" ·
 "Let It Go" ·
 "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People" ·
 "In Summer" ·
 "Fixer Upper" ·
 "Making Today a Perfect Day"
 

Television
Once Upon a Time ("There's No Place Like Home" ·
 season 4) (2014) ·
 The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic (2014)
 

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Let It Go (Disney song)

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"Let It Go"

Song from the album Frozen

Published
Wonderland Music Company
Released
November 25, 2013
Recorded
2012 (Piano, Vocals) [1]
 2013 (Rhythm Section, Orchestra)
Label
Walt Disney
Writer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
Frozen track listing

"Love Is an Open Door"
 (4) "Let It Go"
 (5) "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People"
 (6)


Video (film sequence)
"Let It Go" on YouTube


"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. 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. 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. A music video was separately released for the pop version.
The song presents the ostracized Queen Elsa, who abandons her kingdom when her magical ability to create and control ice and snow is discovered by the public. Up in the mountains, away from confused and suspicious onlookers, Elsa realizes that she no longer needs to hide her abilities, and so declares herself free from the restrictions she has had to endure since childhood. She rejoices in being able to use her power without fear or limit, to let her past go, and manipulate snow to create a living snowman and a magnificent ice castle for herself. "Let It Go" reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and won both the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2014 and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media in 2015.[2] The song gained international recognition, becoming one of the most globally-recorded Disney songs, with numerous covers being recorded in different languages.[3]


Contents  [hide]
1 Use in Frozen 1.1 Background and composition
1.2 Recording
1.3 Character rewrite and film sequence
1.4 Other languages
2 Reception 2.1 Critical reception
2.2 Perceived LGBT parallels
2.3 Accolades
3 Single releases 3.1 Demi Lovato version 3.1.1 Background, release, and composition
3.1.2 Music video
3.1.3 Charts
3.1.4 Year-end charts
3.1.5 Certifications
3.2 Idina Menzel version 3.2.1 Track listing
3.2.2 Charts
3.2.3 Year-end charts
3.2.4 Certifications

4 Cover versions
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Use in Frozen[edit]
Background and composition[edit]
The Daily Telegraph explained that instead of the villain originally envisioned by the producers, the songwriters saw Elsa as "a scared girl struggling to control and come to terms with her gift."[4] When interviewed in January 2014 by John August and Aline Brosh McKenna, Frozen co-director Jennifer Lee gave her recollection of the song's conception: "Bobby and Kristen said they were walking in Prospect Park and they just started talking about what would it feel like [to be Elsa]. Forget villain. Just what it would feel like. And this concept of letting out who she is[,] that she's kept to herself for so long[,] and she's alone and free, but then the sadness of the fact [sic] that the last moment is she's alone. It's not a perfect thing, but it's powerful."[5]
"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.[6] The story outline they were given had a place reserved for "Elsa's Badass Song", which was what they were trying to write.[7] 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.[8] 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."[9] Anderson-Lopez explained what happened next: "We went for a walk in Prospect Park and threw phrases at each other. What does it feel like to be the perfect exalted person, but only because you've held back this secret? Bobby came up with 'kingdom of isolation,' and it worked."[10] Lopez was able to improvise the song's first four lines on the spot.[11] 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.[6][10]
"Let It Go" is a power ballad in the key of A-flat major overall, but begins in the relative minor (F minor). The song is in quadruple meter, and has a fast tempo of around 137 beats per minute. The song's vocal range spans from F3 to E♭5.[12] 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." Menzel's vocal range was taken under consideration during the music's composition.[13]
Recording[edit]
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.[14] 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: "[A]fter a while, Chris Montan, the head of music at Disney, would be like, 'Whoa, language!'"[15] She also disclosed that Disney Animation's Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter (who served as executive producer for Frozen) was so taken with "Let It Go" that he played her original demo of the song in his car for months.[16]
Once approved, the song's piano-vocal score, along with the rest of their work for Frozen, was eventually forwarded to arranger Dave Metzger at his home studio in Salem, Oregon, who orchestrated their work into a lush sound suitable for recording by a full orchestra[17] at the Eastwood Scoring Stage on the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank at the end of July 2013.[18][19] The song's vocal track was recorded separately prior to orchestration at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, with the piano track from the demo playing into Menzel's headphones.[19] 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.[19]
Character rewrite and film sequence[edit]
Although unintentional, the song's composition was pivotal in the film's characterization of Elsa.[20] Although Elsa was originally written as a villain, co-directors Chris Buck and Lee gradually rewrote Elsa into one of the film's protagonists after "Let It Go" was composed.[21][22] About that, Lee later explained, "the minute we heard the song the first time, I knew that I had to rewrite the whole movie."[9] Buck further clarified: "Jen had to go back and rewrite some pages in the first act to build up to that scene..... You have to set it up well enough in advance so that when the song comes, the audience is ready for it and there's an emotional payoff."[23]
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. 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".[24] According to Lopez, it was the last line at the end, "the cold never bothered me anyway," that was "our little Avril Lavigne line".[25]
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 430 million views as of March 21, 2015 on YouTube.[26] On February 11, 2014, a sing-along version of the sequence was released and has had over 16 million views on YouTube as of December 13, 2014.[27]
Other languages[edit]
Besides the original English version, Disney Character Voices International arranged for Frozen to be dubbed into another 42 languages and dialects worldwide,[28] with 41 foreign-language versions of "Let It Go".[29][30][31] A major challenge was to find sopranos capable of matching Menzel's warm vocal tone and vocal range in their native languages.[29][30] Rick Dempsey, senior executive at Disney Character Voices International regarded the process as "exceptionally challenging", explaining, "It's a difficult juggling act to get the right intent of the lyrics and also have it match rhythmically to the music. And then you have to go back and adjust for lip sync! [It]... requires a lot of patience and precision."[32]
On January 22, 2014, Disney released a multi-language version of the "Let It Go" musical sequence, which featured vocal performances of 22 different voice actresses who portrayed Elsa in their respective dubbing versions of the film.[33][34][35] At the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Walt Disney Company on March 18, 2014 in Portland, Oregon, chairman and chief executive officer Bob Iger praised the team who did "an incredible job casting fantastic international talent so that Frozen truly belongs to the world," then showed the entire multi-language video clip of "Let It Go" to the assembled shareholders.[36] 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".[32][37] On April 15, 2014 a studio recording of the multi-language version was released via digital download.[38][39]
On April 15, 2014, Walt Disney Records released a compilation album titled Let It Go: The Complete Set, with all 41 foreign-language film versions of "Let It Go" and nine end credit versions.[40][41][42]
In South Korea, the pop version of the song by Hyolyn reached number six on the Gaon Music Chart in February, followed by the film version performed by Park Hyena charting at number 80 in March.[43][44] The Japanese versions of the song, performed in the film by Takako Matsu and in the end roll by May J., reached number 2 and 8 respectively on the Japan Hot 100 after the film's Japanese release in March 2014.[45] Matsu's version was certified million for digital downloads in Japan in May 2014, and May J.'s version platinum for 250,000 downloads.[46] May J. recorded a rearranged version of the song on her album Heartful Song Covers, which was released on March 26, 2014.[47]

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Reception[edit]
Critical reception[edit]
"Let It Go" received widespread acclaim from film critics, music critics, and audiences, with some comparing it favorably to "Defying Gravity" (also performed by Idina Menzel) from the Broadway musical Wicked.[22][75][76] 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. (...) Menzel should be credited for providing as much power and passion to this performance as she did in her most famous role."[75] Entertainment Weekly's Marc Snetiker described the song as "an incredible anthem of liberation"[76] while Joe Dziemianowicz of New York Daily News called it "a stirring tribute to girl power and the need to 'let go' of fear and shame".[77]
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".[78]
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.[79][80][81][82] Columnist Yvonne Abraham of The Boston Globe called the song "musical crack" which "sends kids into altered states."[83] A similar phenomenon was described in the United Kingdom,[84][85] where Lorraine Candy, editor-in-chief of Elle UK, wrote of a "musical epidemic sweeping the nation, relentlessly gathering up every child ... in its cult-like grip".[86]
Perceived LGBT parallels[edit]
Some viewers outside the film industry, such as evangelical pastors[87][88][89] and commentators,[90] 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, "Let It Go", is a metaphor for coming out.[91][92][93] The LGBT community, however, had a mixed reaction to these claims.[91] When Lee was asked about the homosexual perception, she stated that the company knew what they had wanted to do and that it was however anyone in the year 2013 wanted to perceive it: "I feel like once we hand the film over, it belongs to the world, so I don't like to say anything, and let the fans talk. I think it's up to them."[92]
Accolades[edit]
Main article: List of accolades received by Frozen (2013 film)
"Let It Go" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 86th Academy Awards, where a shortened rendition[94] of the show-tune version was performed live by Menzel;[95][96] with the award, Robert Lopez became the 12th person, and by far the quickest (10 years), to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony in their career.[97]

Awards

Award
Category
Result
Academy Awards[98] Best Original Song Won
Grammy Awards[2][99] Best Song Written for Visual Media Won
Golden Globe Awards[100] Best Original Song Nominated
Critics' Choice Awards[101][102] Best Song Won
Phoenix Film Critics Society[103] Best Original Song Won
Denver Film Critics Society[104] Best Original Song Won
Satellite Awards[105] Best Original Song Nominated
Radio Disney Music Awards[106] Favorite Song from a Movie or TV Show Won
Single releases[edit]
Demi Lovato version[edit]

"Let It Go"

Single by Demi Lovato

from the album Frozen

Released
October 21, 2013
Format
Digital download
Recorded
2012[1]
Genre
Pop rock
Length
3:47
Label
Walt Disney
Producer(s)
Emanuel Kiriakou ·
 Andrew Goldstein
 
Demi Lovato singles chronology

"Made in the USA"
 (2013) "Let It Go"
 (2013) "Neon Lights"
 (2013)


Music video
"Let It Go" on YouTube


The decision to release a single for "Let It Go" was made after the song was written and was presented to Disney. 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.[14]
Background, release, and composition[edit]
Anderson-Lopez said that Lovato was chosen because of the singer's own personal life; "She had a past that she's pretty open about that is similar to Elsa's journey of letting a dark past and fear behind and moving forward with your power."[13] Lovato indeed identified herself with the song's context, stating "It's so relatable. Elsa is finding her identity; she's growing into who she is and she's finally accepting her own strength and magical powers. Instead of hiding it, like she's done all her life, she's letting it go and embracing it."[107]
Lovato's cover version was released as a single by Walt Disney Records on October 21, 2013.[108]
While Menzel's version is performed in the key of A-flat major,[12] Lovato's version is performed in the key of G major, with her vocal range spanning between G3 and E5.[109]
Music video[edit]
The music video was released on November 1, 2013.[110] and was directed by Declan Whitebloom.[111]
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013–15)
Peak
 position


Australia (ARIA)[112]
25
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[113]
31
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[114]
15
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[115]
21
Brazil (Hot 100 Airplay)[116]
90
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[117]
31
Denmark (Tracklisten)[118]
26
France (SNEP)[119]
131
Germany (Media Control Charts)[120]
65
Ireland (IRMA)[121]
34
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[122]
51
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[123]
70
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[124]
13
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[125]
32
South Korea (Gaon International Chart)[126]
7
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[126]
50
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[127]
25
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[128]
60
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[129]
42
US Billboard Hot 100[130]
38

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2014)
Peak
 position


Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[131]
39
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[132]
27
US Streaming Songs (Billboard)[133]
64

Certifications[edit]

Region
Certification
Sales/shipments


Australia (ARIA)[134]
Platinum 70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[135]
Platinum 80,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[136]
Gold 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[137]
Platinum 15,000*
Sweden (GLF)[138]
Platinum 40,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[139]
Silver 200,000double-dagger
United States (RIAA)[140]
2× Platinumdagger 1,500,000[141]
Worldwide[142]
 2,500,000
Streaming

Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[143]
Gold 1,300,000^
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone


Idina Menzel version[edit]

"Let It Go"

Single by Idina Menzel

from the album Frozen

Released
January 2014
Format
Digital download
Recorded
2012[1]
Genre
Show tune
Length
3:45
Label
Walt Disney
Producer(s)
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck ·
 Chris Montan ·
 Tom MacDougall
 
Idina Menzel singles chronology

"Next to Me"
 (2013) "Let It Go"
 (2014) "You Learn to Live Without"
 (2014)

Menzel's version was a single release,[144][145] being promoted to adult contemporary radio by Walt Disney Records in January 2014.[146][147] Disney's music division planned to release Lovato's version of the song before Menzel's, as they did not consider Menzel's version a traditional pop song.[147]
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's "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas peaked at number four on the chart. The song is also Menzel's first single to reach the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making her the first Tony Award winner for acting to ever reach the top 10.[148] The song was the ninth best-selling song of 2014 in the United States with 3.37 million copies sold in that year.[149] As of December 2014, the song has sold 3.5 million copies in the US.[141] It is now the biggest-selling foreign song from any original soundtrack in South Korea as of March 12, 2014.[150]
A remix EP was released digitally by Walt Disney Records on May 19, 2014.[151] The EP features four remixes by Dave Audé, Papercha$er, DJ Escape & Tony Coluccio, and Corbin Hayes.[152][153] Armin Van Buuren produced another remix of the song for the remix album, Dconstructed.[154]
Track listing[edit]

No.
Title
Remixer(s)
Length

1. "Let It Go [Dave Audé Club Remix]"   Dave Audé 5:48
2. "Let It Go [Papercha$er Club Remix]"   Papercha$er 4:51
3. "Let It Go [DJ Escape & Tony Coluccio Club Remix]"   DJ Escape & Tony Coluccio 8:26
4. "Let It Go [Corbin Hayes Remix]"   Corbin Hayes 6:48
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013–14)
Peak
 position


Australia (ARIA)[155]
16
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[156]
74
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[157]
55
Brazil (Billboard Brasil)[158]
91
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[159]
18
Denmark (Tracklisten)[160]
34
Finland (Nokia MixRadio)[161]
31
Ireland (IRMA)[162]
7
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[163]
4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[164]
67
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[165]
31
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[166]
10
South Korea (Gaon International Chart)[126]
1
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[126]
1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[167]
15
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[168]
11
US Billboard Hot 100[169]
5
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[170]
9
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[171]
20
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[172]
1

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2014)
Position


Australia (ARIA)[173]
25
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[159]
79
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[174]
13
US Billboard Hot 100[169]
21

Certifications[edit]

Region
Certification
Sales/shipments


Australia (ARIA)[175]
4× Platinum 280,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[176]
2× Platinum 160,000^
Italy (FIMI)[177]
Italian version, performed by Serena Autieri
Gold 15,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[178]
Platinum 250,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[179]
Gold 7,500*
United Kingdom (BPI)[180]
Platinumdouble-dagger 636,000[174]
United States (RIAA)[181]
5× Platinumdagger 3,500,000[141]
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone


double-dagger Since July 2014 BPI certifications for singles include on-demand audio streaming [182]
dagger Since May 2013, RIAA certifications for digital singles include on-demand audio and/or video song streams in addition to downloads.[183]
The song was performed at 65th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen on December 31, 2014.
Cover versions[edit]
Many cover versions have been recorded internationally.[184] In February 2014, Alex Boyé recorded a light Africanized tribal cover of the song, featuring the One Voice Children's Choir and Lexi Walker as Elsa.[185][186][187] The Piano Guys' cover version mixes parts of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter) from The Four Seasons into the original.[187][188] The music videos of both covers were filmed in the ice castles in Midway, Utah. In March 2014, Brian Hull recorded a cover of the song while impersonating various Disney and Pixar characters such as Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Goofy.[189] French Metalcore band Betraying The Martyrs released their cover of "Let it Go" on their sophomore album Phantom.[190] Pentatonix covered the song as a bonus track for their 2014 Christmas album That's Christmas to Me.[191] The Brazilian singer Luiza Possi recorded the song for the program Mais Você.[192] Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) covered the song in Glee's sixth and final season premiere episode, "Loser Like Me", in 2015.[193] Michele's rendition was released via digital download on December 23, 2014.[194]
See also[edit]

Portal icon Disney portal
##List of best-selling singles
##List of number-one dance singles of 2014 (U.S.)

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##Full lyrics of Idina Menzel's version at MetroLyrics
##Full lyrics of Demi Lovato's version at MetroLyrics


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"Let It Go"

Song from the album Frozen

Published
Wonderland Music Company
Released
November 25, 2013
Recorded
2012 (Piano, Vocals) [1]
 2013 (Rhythm Section, Orchestra)
Label
Walt Disney
Writer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez
 
Frozen track listing

"Love Is an Open Door"
 (4) "Let It Go"
 (5) "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People"
 (6)


Video (film sequence)
"Let It Go" on YouTube


"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. 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. 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. A music video was separately released for the pop version.
The song presents the ostracized Queen Elsa, who abandons her kingdom when her magical ability to create and control ice and snow is discovered by the public. Up in the mountains, away from confused and suspicious onlookers, Elsa realizes that she no longer needs to hide her abilities, and so declares herself free from the restrictions she has had to endure since childhood. She rejoices in being able to use her power without fear or limit, to let her past go, and manipulate snow to create a living snowman and a magnificent ice castle for herself. "Let It Go" reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and won both the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2014 and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media in 2015.[2] The song gained international recognition, becoming one of the most globally-recorded Disney songs, with numerous covers being recorded in different languages.[3]


Contents  [hide]
1 Use in Frozen 1.1 Background and composition
1.2 Recording
1.3 Character rewrite and film sequence
1.4 Other languages
2 Reception 2.1 Critical reception
2.2 Perceived LGBT parallels
2.3 Accolades
3 Single releases 3.1 Demi Lovato version 3.1.1 Background, release, and composition
3.1.2 Music video
3.1.3 Charts
3.1.4 Year-end charts
3.1.5 Certifications
3.2 Idina Menzel version 3.2.1 Track listing
3.2.2 Charts
3.2.3 Year-end charts
3.2.4 Certifications

4 Cover versions
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Use in Frozen[edit]
Background and composition[edit]
The Daily Telegraph explained that instead of the villain originally envisioned by the producers, the songwriters saw Elsa as "a scared girl struggling to control and come to terms with her gift."[4] When interviewed in January 2014 by John August and Aline Brosh McKenna, Frozen co-director Jennifer Lee gave her recollection of the song's conception: "Bobby and Kristen said they were walking in Prospect Park and they just started talking about what would it feel like [to be Elsa]. Forget villain. Just what it would feel like. And this concept of letting out who she is[,] that she's kept to herself for so long[,] and she's alone and free, but then the sadness of the fact [sic] that the last moment is she's alone. It's not a perfect thing, but it's powerful."[5]
"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.[6] The story outline they were given had a place reserved for "Elsa's Badass Song", which was what they were trying to write.[7] 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.[8] 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."[9] Anderson-Lopez explained what happened next: "We went for a walk in Prospect Park and threw phrases at each other. What does it feel like to be the perfect exalted person, but only because you've held back this secret? Bobby came up with 'kingdom of isolation,' and it worked."[10] Lopez was able to improvise the song's first four lines on the spot.[11] 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.[6][10]
"Let It Go" is a power ballad in the key of A-flat major overall, but begins in the relative minor (F minor). The song is in quadruple meter, and has a fast tempo of around 137 beats per minute. The song's vocal range spans from F3 to E♭5.[12] 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." Menzel's vocal range was taken under consideration during the music's composition.[13]
Recording[edit]
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.[14] 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: "[A]fter a while, Chris Montan, the head of music at Disney, would be like, 'Whoa, language!'"[15] She also disclosed that Disney Animation's Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter (who served as executive producer for Frozen) was so taken with "Let It Go" that he played her original demo of the song in his car for months.[16]
Once approved, the song's piano-vocal score, along with the rest of their work for Frozen, was eventually forwarded to arranger Dave Metzger at his home studio in Salem, Oregon, who orchestrated their work into a lush sound suitable for recording by a full orchestra[17] at the Eastwood Scoring Stage on the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank at the end of July 2013.[18][19] The song's vocal track was recorded separately prior to orchestration at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, with the piano track from the demo playing into Menzel's headphones.[19] 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.[19]
Character rewrite and film sequence[edit]
Although unintentional, the song's composition was pivotal in the film's characterization of Elsa.[20] Although Elsa was originally written as a villain, co-directors Chris Buck and Lee gradually rewrote Elsa into one of the film's protagonists after "Let It Go" was composed.[21][22] About that, Lee later explained, "the minute we heard the song the first time, I knew that I had to rewrite the whole movie."[9] Buck further clarified: "Jen had to go back and rewrite some pages in the first act to build up to that scene..... You have to set it up well enough in advance so that when the song comes, the audience is ready for it and there's an emotional payoff."[23]
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. 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".[24] According to Lopez, it was the last line at the end, "the cold never bothered me anyway," that was "our little Avril Lavigne line".[25]
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 430 million views as of March 21, 2015 on YouTube.[26] On February 11, 2014, a sing-along version of the sequence was released and has had over 16 million views on YouTube as of December 13, 2014.[27]
Other languages[edit]
Besides the original English version, Disney Character Voices International arranged for Frozen to be dubbed into another 42 languages and dialects worldwide,[28] with 41 foreign-language versions of "Let It Go".[29][30][31] A major challenge was to find sopranos capable of matching Menzel's warm vocal tone and vocal range in their native languages.[29][30] Rick Dempsey, senior executive at Disney Character Voices International regarded the process as "exceptionally challenging", explaining, "It's a difficult juggling act to get the right intent of the lyrics and also have it match rhythmically to the music. And then you have to go back and adjust for lip sync! [It]... requires a lot of patience and precision."[32]
On January 22, 2014, Disney released a multi-language version of the "Let It Go" musical sequence, which featured vocal performances of 22 different voice actresses who portrayed Elsa in their respective dubbing versions of the film.[33][34][35] At the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Walt Disney Company on March 18, 2014 in Portland, Oregon, chairman and chief executive officer Bob Iger praised the team who did "an incredible job casting fantastic international talent so that Frozen truly belongs to the world," then showed the entire multi-language video clip of "Let It Go" to the assembled shareholders.[36] 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".[32][37] On April 15, 2014 a studio recording of the multi-language version was released via digital download.[38][39]
On April 15, 2014, Walt Disney Records released a compilation album titled Let It Go: The Complete Set, with all 41 foreign-language film versions of "Let It Go" and nine end credit versions.[40][41][42]
In South Korea, the pop version of the song by Hyolyn reached number six on the Gaon Music Chart in February, followed by the film version performed by Park Hyena charting at number 80 in March.[43][44] The Japanese versions of the song, performed in the film by Takako Matsu and in the end roll by May J., reached number 2 and 8 respectively on the Japan Hot 100 after the film's Japanese release in March 2014.[45] Matsu's version was certified million for digital downloads in Japan in May 2014, and May J.'s version platinum for 250,000 downloads.[46] May J. recorded a rearranged version of the song on her album Heartful Song Covers, which was released on March 26, 2014.[47]

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Reception[edit]
Critical reception[edit]
"Let It Go" received widespread acclaim from film critics, music critics, and audiences, with some comparing it favorably to "Defying Gravity" (also performed by Idina Menzel) from the Broadway musical Wicked.[22][75][76] 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. (...) Menzel should be credited for providing as much power and passion to this performance as she did in her most famous role."[75] Entertainment Weekly's Marc Snetiker described the song as "an incredible anthem of liberation"[76] while Joe Dziemianowicz of New York Daily News called it "a stirring tribute to girl power and the need to 'let go' of fear and shame".[77]
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".[78]
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.[79][80][81][82] Columnist Yvonne Abraham of The Boston Globe called the song "musical crack" which "sends kids into altered states."[83] A similar phenomenon was described in the United Kingdom,[84][85] where Lorraine Candy, editor-in-chief of Elle UK, wrote of a "musical epidemic sweeping the nation, relentlessly gathering up every child ... in its cult-like grip".[86]
Perceived LGBT parallels[edit]
Some viewers outside the film industry, such as evangelical pastors[87][88][89] and commentators,[90] 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, "Let It Go", is a metaphor for coming out.[91][92][93] The LGBT community, however, had a mixed reaction to these claims.[91] When Lee was asked about the homosexual perception, she stated that the company knew what they had wanted to do and that it was however anyone in the year 2013 wanted to perceive it: "I feel like once we hand the film over, it belongs to the world, so I don't like to say anything, and let the fans talk. I think it's up to them."[92]
Accolades[edit]
Main article: List of accolades received by Frozen (2013 film)
"Let It Go" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 86th Academy Awards, where a shortened rendition[94] of the show-tune version was performed live by Menzel;[95][96] with the award, Robert Lopez became the 12th person, and by far the quickest (10 years), to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony in their career.[97]

Awards

Award
Category
Result
Academy Awards[98] Best Original Song Won
Grammy Awards[2][99] Best Song Written for Visual Media Won
Golden Globe Awards[100] Best Original Song Nominated
Critics' Choice Awards[101][102] Best Song Won
Phoenix Film Critics Society[103] Best Original Song Won
Denver Film Critics Society[104] Best Original Song Won
Satellite Awards[105] Best Original Song Nominated
Radio Disney Music Awards[106] Favorite Song from a Movie or TV Show Won
Single releases[edit]
Demi Lovato version[edit]

"Let It Go"

Single by Demi Lovato

from the album Frozen

Released
October 21, 2013
Format
Digital download
Recorded
2012[1]
Genre
Pop rock
Length
3:47
Label
Walt Disney
Producer(s)
Emanuel Kiriakou ·
 Andrew Goldstein
 
Demi Lovato singles chronology

"Made in the USA"
 (2013) "Let It Go"
 (2013) "Neon Lights"
 (2013)


Music video
"Let It Go" on YouTube


The decision to release a single for "Let It Go" was made after the song was written and was presented to Disney. 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.[14]
Background, release, and composition[edit]
Anderson-Lopez said that Lovato was chosen because of the singer's own personal life; "She had a past that she's pretty open about that is similar to Elsa's journey of letting a dark past and fear behind and moving forward with your power."[13] Lovato indeed identified herself with the song's context, stating "It's so relatable. Elsa is finding her identity; she's growing into who she is and she's finally accepting her own strength and magical powers. Instead of hiding it, like she's done all her life, she's letting it go and embracing it."[107]
Lovato's cover version was released as a single by Walt Disney Records on October 21, 2013.[108]
While Menzel's version is performed in the key of A-flat major,[12] Lovato's version is performed in the key of G major, with her vocal range spanning between G3 and E5.[109]
Music video[edit]
The music video was released on November 1, 2013.[110] and was directed by Declan Whitebloom.[111]
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013–15)
Peak
 position


Australia (ARIA)[112]
25
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[113]
31
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[114]
15
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[115]
21
Brazil (Hot 100 Airplay)[116]
90
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[117]
31
Denmark (Tracklisten)[118]
26
France (SNEP)[119]
131
Germany (Media Control Charts)[120]
65
Ireland (IRMA)[121]
34
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[122]
51
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[123]
70
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[124]
13
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[125]
32
South Korea (Gaon International Chart)[126]
7
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[126]
50
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[127]
25
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[128]
60
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[129]
42
US Billboard Hot 100[130]
38

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2014)
Peak
 position


Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[131]
39
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[132]
27
US Streaming Songs (Billboard)[133]
64

Certifications[edit]

Region
Certification
Sales/shipments


Australia (ARIA)[134]
Platinum 70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[135]
Platinum 80,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[136]
Gold 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[137]
Platinum 15,000*
Sweden (GLF)[138]
Platinum 40,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[139]
Silver 200,000double-dagger
United States (RIAA)[140]
2× Platinumdagger 1,500,000[141]
Worldwide[142]
 2,500,000
Streaming

Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[143]
Gold 1,300,000^
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone


Idina Menzel version[edit]

"Let It Go"

Single by Idina Menzel

from the album Frozen

Released
January 2014
Format
Digital download
Recorded
2012[1]
Genre
Show tune
Length
3:45
Label
Walt Disney
Producer(s)
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck ·
 Chris Montan ·
 Tom MacDougall
 
Idina Menzel singles chronology

"Next to Me"
 (2013) "Let It Go"
 (2014) "You Learn to Live Without"
 (2014)

Menzel's version was a single release,[144][145] being promoted to adult contemporary radio by Walt Disney Records in January 2014.[146][147] Disney's music division planned to release Lovato's version of the song before Menzel's, as they did not consider Menzel's version a traditional pop song.[147]
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's "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas peaked at number four on the chart. The song is also Menzel's first single to reach the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making her the first Tony Award winner for acting to ever reach the top 10.[148] The song was the ninth best-selling song of 2014 in the United States with 3.37 million copies sold in that year.[149] As of December 2014, the song has sold 3.5 million copies in the US.[141] It is now the biggest-selling foreign song from any original soundtrack in South Korea as of March 12, 2014.[150]
A remix EP was released digitally by Walt Disney Records on May 19, 2014.[151] The EP features four remixes by Dave Audé, Papercha$er, DJ Escape & Tony Coluccio, and Corbin Hayes.[152][153] Armin Van Buuren produced another remix of the song for the remix album, Dconstructed.[154]
Track listing[edit]

No.
Title
Remixer(s)
Length

1. "Let It Go [Dave Audé Club Remix]"   Dave Audé 5:48
2. "Let It Go [Papercha$er Club Remix]"   Papercha$er 4:51
3. "Let It Go [DJ Escape & Tony Coluccio Club Remix]"   DJ Escape & Tony Coluccio 8:26
4. "Let It Go [Corbin Hayes Remix]"   Corbin Hayes 6:48
Charts[edit]

Chart (2013–14)
Peak
 position


Australia (ARIA)[155]
16
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[156]
74
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[157]
55
Brazil (Billboard Brasil)[158]
91
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[159]
18
Denmark (Tracklisten)[160]
34
Finland (Nokia MixRadio)[161]
31
Ireland (IRMA)[162]
7
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[163]
4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[164]
67
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[165]
31
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[166]
10
South Korea (Gaon International Chart)[126]
1
South Korea (Gaon Chart)[126]
1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[167]
15
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[168]
11
US Billboard Hot 100[169]
5
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[170]
9
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[171]
20
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[172]
1

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2014)
Position


Australia (ARIA)[173]
25
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[159]
79
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[174]
13
US Billboard Hot 100[169]
21

Certifications[edit]

Region
Certification
Sales/shipments


Australia (ARIA)[175]
4× Platinum 280,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[176]
2× Platinum 160,000^
Italy (FIMI)[177]
Italian version, performed by Serena Autieri
Gold 15,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[178]
Platinum 250,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[179]
Gold 7,500*
United Kingdom (BPI)[180]
Platinumdouble-dagger 636,000[174]
United States (RIAA)[181]
5× Platinumdagger 3,500,000[141]
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone


double-dagger Since July 2014 BPI certifications for singles include on-demand audio streaming [182]
dagger Since May 2013, RIAA certifications for digital singles include on-demand audio and/or video song streams in addition to downloads.[183]
The song was performed at 65th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen on December 31, 2014.
Cover versions[edit]
Many cover versions have been recorded internationally.[184] In February 2014, Alex Boyé recorded a light Africanized tribal cover of the song, featuring the One Voice Children's Choir and Lexi Walker as Elsa.[185][186][187] The Piano Guys' cover version mixes parts of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter) from The Four Seasons into the original.[187][188] The music videos of both covers were filmed in the ice castles in Midway, Utah. In March 2014, Brian Hull recorded a cover of the song while impersonating various Disney and Pixar characters such as Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Goofy.[189] French Metalcore band Betraying The Martyrs released their cover of "Let it Go" on their sophomore album Phantom.[190] Pentatonix covered the song as a bonus track for their 2014 Christmas album That's Christmas to Me.[191] The Brazilian singer Luiza Possi recorded the song for the program Mais Você.[192] Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) covered the song in Glee's sixth and final season premiere episode, "Loser Like Me", in 2015.[193] Michele's rendition was released via digital download on December 23, 2014.[194]
See also[edit]

Portal icon Disney portal
##List of best-selling singles
##List of number-one dance singles of 2014 (U.S.)

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##Full lyrics of Idina Menzel's version at MetroLyrics
##Full lyrics of Demi Lovato's version at MetroLyrics


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Frozen (soundtrack)

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Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
A graphic of the album title over a snowflake
Soundtrack album by Various artists

Released
November 25, 2013
Recorded
2012[1]
Studio
Sunset Sound / Capitol Studios[2][3]
Genre
Pop ·
 Musical theatre
 
Length
63:40
Label
Walt Disney
Producer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck ·
 Chris Montan ·
 Tom MacDougall
 
Walt Disney Animation Studios chronology

Wreck-It Ralph
 (2012) Frozen
 (2013) Big Hero 6
 (2014)


Singles from Frozen
1."Let It Go (Demi Lovato version)"
 Released: October 21, 2013
2."Let It Go (Idina Menzel version)"
 Released: January 2014


Professional ratings

Review scores

Source
Rating
Sputnikmusic 2.1/5[4]
Filmtracks 3/5 stars[5]
Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 2013 Disney animated film, Frozen. The soundtrack features 10 original songs written and composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, and twenty-two score pieces composed by Christophe Beck. It features the critically acclaimed song "Let It Go" (film version performed by Idina Menzel; single version performed by Demi Lovato), which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, and the Critics' Choice Award for Best Song, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.[6][7][8]
Two editions of the soundtrack were released by Walt Disney Records on November 25, 2013: a single-disc regular edition, and a two-disc digipak deluxe edition (containing original demo recordings of songs and score compositions, unused outtake recordings, and instrumental versions of the film's main songs).[9] On October 21, 2013, the soundtrack's lead single, a cover of "Let It Go" by Demi Lovato was released.[10] Subsequent releases have been accompanied by foreign language translations of "Let It Go".
The album debuted at number 18 on the Billboard 200 chart.[11] The soundtrack has topped the Billboard album chart for thirteen non-consecutive weeks,[12] and as of April 2015 has sold 4 million copies in the U.S.[13] The album has been certified triple-Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America,[14] and peaked at number one on the aforementioned chart, becoming the fourth soundtrack album from an animated film to reach that milestone.[15][16]


Contents  [hide]
1 Commercial success
2 Awards and recognition
3 Track listing
4 Charts 4.1 Weekly charts
4.2 Year-end charts
4.3 Tracks
5 Certifications
6 References
7 External links

Commercial success[edit]
As of December 11, 2014, the soundtrack for Frozen has had forty-three nonconsecutive weeks on top of Billboard Top Soundtracks.[17] On the US Billboard 200, the album debuted at #18, the highest chart position for the soundtrack in an animated film since the 2006 film Cars.[18] It later moved up to #10, becoming the tenth soundtrack from an animated film to reach top 10.[19] The soundtrack subsequently moved to #4, which is the highest position for an animated film soundtrack since Disney's Pocahontas in 1995.[20] In the week ending January 5, 2014, Frozen reached No. 1, surpassing Beyoncé's self-titled album (which had previously held the No. 1 position for three weeks after it's unannounced release in December 2013) to become the fourth animated film soundtrack in history to reach this position.[21][22] It remained at number one for a second consecutive week, becoming the first theatrical film soundtrack to stay at No. 1 for multiple weeks since Dreamgirls (also featuring Beyoncé) in early 2007, and the first animated film to spend more than one week at No. 1 since Disney's The Lion King in 1994 and 1995.[23] With thirteen non-consecutive weeks at number one, Frozen earned the most weeks at No. 1 for an album since Adele's 21 (24 weeks)[24] and the most weeks at No. 1 for a soundtrack since Titanic in 1998.[25][26]
Frozen was the fifth best-selling soundtrack album in the US in 2013 with 338,000 copies sold for the year.[27] Frozen continued to be the best-selling album in the US and the only album to sell more than a million units in the first half of 2014 with nearly 2.7 million units.[28] The song "Let It Go" performed by Idina Menzel also finished at #5 on the digital song chart with 2.8 million copies sold in the first six months of 2014.[28] The soundtrack reached its 3 million sales mark in the US in July 2014.[29] Nearly half these were digital sales, making the album the best-selling soundtrack in digital history.[30] Frozen was Billboard Year-End number one album of 2014, becoming the sixth soundtrack in history and the first soundtrack to earn this position since Titanic, as well as the second Disney album to reach this position (the first one is the soundtrack to Mary Poppins).[24] It became the second best-selling album of 2014 with 3,527,000 sold for the year. As of April 2015, it had sold 4 million copies in the US.[13] In Canada, the album has sold 202,000 copies in 2014 as of November 26, 2014.[31] The album sold a total of 226,000 copies in Canada in 2014.[32]
An exclusive vinyl LP edition of the soundtrack was released in March 2014.[33]
A soundtrack featuring only the first ten tracks was released under the name "Frozen: The Songs" [34]
Awards and recognition[edit]
At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, the Frozen soundtrack was nominated in two categories – Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (with credits going to Christophe Beck as composer) – and won the former; the song "Let It Go" won the award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, with credits going to Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez as songwriters and Idina Menzel as performer.[8][35][36][37]
Track listing[edit]
All music composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Tracks 1–10), Christophe Beck (Tracks 11–32) and Frode Fjellheim (Tracks 11, 31).

Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)[38][39]

No.
Title
Performer(s)
Length

1. "Frozen Heart"   Cast of Frozen 1:45
2. "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"   Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn, and Katie Lopez 3:27
3. "For the First Time in Forever"   Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel 3:45
4. "Love Is an Open Door"   Kristen Bell and Santino Fontana 2:07
5. "Let It Go"   Idina Menzel 3:44
6. "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People"   Jonathan Groff 0:50
7. "In Summer"   Josh Gad 1:54
8. "For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)"   Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel 2:30
9. "Fixer Upper"   Maia Wilson and Cast of Frozen 3:02
10. "Let It Go" (single version) Demi Lovato 3:47
11. "Vuelie" (featuring Cantus) Christophe Beck and Frode Fjellheim 1:36
12. "Elsa and Anna"   Christophe Beck 2:43
13. "The Trolls"   Christophe Beck 1:48
14. "Coronation Day"   Christophe Beck 1:14
15. "Heimr Àrnadalr"   Christophe Beck 1:25
16. "Winter's Waltz"   Christophe Beck 1:00
17. "Sorcery"   Christophe Beck 3:17
18. "Royal Pursuit"   Christophe Beck 1:02
19. "Onward and Upward"   Christophe Beck 1:54
20. "Wolves"   Christophe Beck 1:44
21. "The North Mountain"   Christophe Beck 1:34
22. "We Were So Close"   Christophe Beck 1:53
23. "Marshmallow Attack!"   Christophe Beck 1:43
24. "Conceal, Don't Feel"   Christophe Beck 1:07
25. "Only an Act of True Love"   Christophe Beck 1:07
26. "Summit Siege"   Christophe Beck 2:32
27. "Return to Arendelle"   Christophe Beck 1:38
28. "Treason"   Christophe Beck 1:36
29. "Some People Are Worth Melting For"   Christophe Beck 2:06
30. "Whiteout"   Christophe Beck 4:17
31. "The Great Thaw (Vuelie Reprise)"   Christophe Beck and Frode Fjellheim 2:29
32. "Epilogue"   Christophe Beck 3:04
Total length:
 1:09:40 

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Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2013–15)
Peak
 position


Argentinian Albums Chart[56]
1
Australian Albums Chart[57]
1
Austrian Albums Chart[58]
32
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[59]
22
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[59]
18
Canadian Albums Chart[60]
1
Chinese Albums Chart[61]
1
Danish Albums Chart[59]
12
Dutch Albums Chart[62]
2
French Albums Chart[63]
5
German Albums Chart[59]
18
Irish Compilation Albums Chart[64]
1
Italian Compilation Albums Chart[65]
2
Japanese Albums Chart[66]
1
Mexican Albums Chart[67]
3
New Zealand Albums Chart[68]
1
Norwegian Albums Chart[69]
3
Polish Albums Chart[70]
7
Portuguese Albums Chart[71]
13
South Korean Albums Chart[72]
2
Spanish Albums Chart[73]
11
Swiss Albums Chart[58]
30
UK Compilation Albums Chart[74]
1
US Billboard 200[21][75]
1
US Billboard Top Soundtracks[76]
1

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2014)
Position


Australian Albums (ARIA)[77]
3
Austrian Albums Chart[78]
24
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[79]
1
Italian Compilation Albums (FIMI)[80]
3
New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)[81]
5
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[82]
31
US Billboard 200[83]
1
US Digital Albums (Billboard)[84]
1
US Top Soundtracks (Billboard)[85]
1

Tracks[edit]

Track title
Performer(s)
Peak position
Certifications

US
[86]
CAN
[86]
AUS
[87]
IRE
[88]
JPN
[89]
KOR
[90]
NZ
[91]
UK
[92]
"Let It Go" (single version) Demi Lovato
38

31

25

34

51

50

13

42
 RIAA: Platinum[93]
ARIA: Platinum[94]
MC: Platinum[95]
RMNZ: Platinum[96]
IFPI DEN: Gold[97]
RIAJ: Gold[98]

"Let It Go" Idina Menzel
5

18

16

7

4

1

34

11
 RIAA: 5× Platinum[93]
ARIA: 4× Platinum[94]
BPI: Platinum[99]
MC: 2× Platinum[100]
RIAJ: Gold[101]

"Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn, Katie Lopez
51

61

45

35

—

5

—

26
 RIAA: Platinum[102]
ARIA: Gold[94]
BPI: Silver[99]
MC: Platinum[103]

"For the First Time in Forever" Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel
57

70

62

54

14

4

—

38
 RIAA: Gold[104]
ARIA: Gold[94]
BPI: Silver[99]

"Love Is an Open Door" Kristen Bell and Santino Fontana
49

—

89

—

36

21

—

52
 RIAA: Gold[105]

"In Summer" Josh Gad
104

—

90

—

—

67

—

84
 RIAA: Gold[106]

"Fixer Upper" Maia Wilson and Cast of Frozen
—

—

—

—

—

94

—

—
 
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Certifications[edit]

Region
Certification
Sales/shipments


Australia (ARIA)[107]
4× Platinum 280,000^
Belgium (BEA)[108]
Platinum 30,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[109]
3× Platinum 226,000[110]
Germany (BVMI)[111]
Platinum 200,000^
Italy (FIMI)[112]
Gold 30,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[113]
Million 980,383[114]
South Korea (Gaon)
 76,604[115]
Mexico (AMPROFON)[116]
Gold 30,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[117]
3× Platinum 45,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[118]
Platinum 20,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[119]
3× Platinum 900,000^
United States (RIAA)[120]
4× Platinum 4,000,000[13]
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone


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84.Jump up ^ "Digital Albums Year End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
85.Jump up ^ "Soundtracks Albums Year End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
86.^ Jump up to: a b Peak chart positions for charted songs in the United States and Canada: "Let It Go (Single)|Demi Lovato Version" "Demi Lovato - Let It Go". acharts. acharts.us. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
"Let It Go" "Idina Menzel - Let It Go". acharts. acharts.us. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
"Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" "Kristen Bell featuring Agatha Lee Monn and Katie Lopez - Do You Want To Build A Snowman?". acharts. acharts.us. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
"For The First Time In Forever", "Love Is An Open Door" "Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel - For The First Time In Forever". acharts. acharts.us. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
"In Summer" "Bubbling Under Hot 100: Top 25 - 11/01/2014". billboard. spillitnow. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
87.Jump up ^ Australian Frozen peak positions: "Let It Go" (single version), "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?", "For the First Time in Forever" and "In Summer": "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 20 January 2014" (PDF) (1247). Pandora Archive. February 6, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
"Let It Go": "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 26 May 2014" (PDF) (1265). Pandora Archive. June 20, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
"Love Is an Open Door": "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 16 June 2014" (PDF) (1268). Pandora Archive. June 20, 2014. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
88.Jump up ^ Peak chart positions for charted songs in Ireland: "Let It Go (Single)" "Demi Lovato - Let It Go". acharts. acharts.us. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
"Let It Go" "Idina Menzel - Let It Go". acharts. acharts.us. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
"Do You Want To Build A Snowman?" "Kristen Bell featuring Agatha Lee Monn and Katie Lopez - Do You Want To Build A Snowman?". acharts. acharts.us. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
"For The First Time In Forever" "Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel - For The First Time In Forever". acharts. acharts.us. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
89.Jump up ^ Peak chart positions for charted songs in Japan: "Let It Go (Single)" "Billboard Japan Hot 100 Chart". billboard. billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
"Let It Go" "Billboard Japan Hot 100 Chart". billboard. billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
90.Jump up ^ Peak chart positions for charted songs in South Korea: "All Songs" "South Korea Gaon International Chart - Week 6 of January, 2014". gaonchart. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
91.Jump up ^ Peak chart positions for charted songs in New Zealand: "Let It Go (Single)" "Demi Lovato - Let It Go". NZtop40. nztop40.co.nz. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
"Let It Go" "Idina Menzel - Let It Go". acharts. acharts.us. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
92.Jump up ^ Peak chart positions for charted songs in the United Kingdom: "Let It Go (Single)" "Demi Lovato - Let It Go". acharts. acharts.us. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
"Let It Go" "Idina Menzel - Let It Go". acharts. acharts.us. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
"Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" "Kristen Bell featuring Agatha Lee Monn and Katie Lopez - Do You Want To Build A Snowman?". acharts. acharts.us. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
"Love Is an Open Door" "CHART: CLUK Update 18.01.2014 (wk2)". zobbel.de. zobbel.de. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
93.^ Jump up to: a b "Let It Go Certifications". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
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116.Jump up ^ "Certificaciones – Soundtrack" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
117.Jump up ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Various – Frozen: The Songs". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
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Frozen (soundtrack)

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Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
A graphic of the album title over a snowflake
Soundtrack album by Various artists

Released
November 25, 2013
Recorded
2012[1]
Studio
Sunset Sound / Capitol Studios[2][3]
Genre
Pop ·
 Musical theatre
 
Length
63:40
Label
Walt Disney
Producer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez ·
 Robert Lopez ·
 Christophe Beck ·
 Chris Montan ·
 Tom MacDougall
 
Walt Disney Animation Studios chronology

Wreck-It Ralph
 (2012) Frozen
 (2013) Big Hero 6
 (2014)


Singles from Frozen
1."Let It Go (Demi Lovato version)"
 Released: October 21, 2013
2."Let It Go (Idina Menzel version)"
 Released: January 2014


Professional ratings

Review scores

Source
Rating
Sputnikmusic 2.1/5[4]
Filmtracks 3/5 stars[5]
Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 2013 Disney animated film, Frozen. The soundtrack features 10 original songs written and composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, and twenty-two score pieces composed by Christophe Beck. It features the critically acclaimed song "Let It Go" (film version performed by Idina Menzel; single version performed by Demi Lovato), which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, and the Critics' Choice Award for Best Song, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.[6][7][8]
Two editions of the soundtrack were released by Walt Disney Records on November 25, 2013: a single-disc regular edition, and a two-disc digipak deluxe edition (containing original demo recordings of songs and score compositions, unused outtake recordings, and instrumental versions of the film's main songs).[9] On October 21, 2013, the soundtrack's lead single, a cover of "Let It Go" by Demi Lovato was released.[10] Subsequent releases have been accompanied by foreign language translations of "Let It Go".
The album debuted at number 18 on the Billboard 200 chart.[11] The soundtrack has topped the Billboard album chart for thirteen non-consecutive weeks,[12] and as of April 2015 has sold 4 million copies in the U.S.[13] The album has been certified triple-Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America,[14] and peaked at number one on the aforementioned chart, becoming the fourth soundtrack album from an animated film to reach that milestone.[15][16]


Contents  [hide]
1 Commercial success
2 Awards and recognition
3 Track listing
4 Charts 4.1 Weekly charts
4.2 Year-end charts
4.3 Tracks
5 Certifications
6 References
7 External links

Commercial success[edit]
As of December 11, 2014, the soundtrack for Frozen has had forty-three nonconsecutive weeks on top of Billboard Top Soundtracks.[17] On the US Billboard 200, the album debuted at #18, the highest chart position for the soundtrack in an animated film since the 2006 film Cars.[18] It later moved up to #10, becoming the tenth soundtrack from an animated film to reach top 10.[19] The soundtrack subsequently moved to #4, which is the highest position for an animated film soundtrack since Disney's Pocahontas in 1995.[20] In the week ending January 5, 2014, Frozen reached No. 1, surpassing Beyoncé's self-titled album (which had previously held the No. 1 position for three weeks after it's unannounced release in December 2013) to become the fourth animated film soundtrack in history to reach this position.[21][22] It remained at number one for a second consecutive week, becoming the first theatrical film soundtrack to stay at No. 1 for multiple weeks since Dreamgirls (also featuring Beyoncé) in early 2007, and the first animated film to spend more than one week at No. 1 since Disney's The Lion King in 1994 and 1995.[23] With thirteen non-consecutive weeks at number one, Frozen earned the most weeks at No. 1 for an album since Adele's 21 (24 weeks)[24] and the most weeks at No. 1 for a soundtrack since Titanic in 1998.[25][26]
Frozen was the fifth best-selling soundtrack album in the US in 2013 with 338,000 copies sold for the year.[27] Frozen continued to be the best-selling album in the US and the only album to sell more than a million units in the first half of 2014 with nearly 2.7 million units.[28] The song "Let It Go" performed by Idina Menzel also finished at #5 on the digital song chart with 2.8 million copies sold in the first six months of 2014.[28] The soundtrack reached its 3 million sales mark in the US in July 2014.[29] Nearly half these were digital sales, making the album the best-selling soundtrack in digital history.[30] Frozen was Billboard Year-End number one album of 2014, becoming the sixth soundtrack in history and the first soundtrack to earn this position since Titanic, as well as the second Disney album to reach this position (the first one is the soundtrack to Mary Poppins).[24] It became the second best-selling album of 2014 with 3,527,000 sold for the year. As of April 2015, it had sold 4 million copies in the US.[13] In Canada, the album has sold 202,000 copies in 2014 as of November 26, 2014.[31] The album sold a total of 226,000 copies in Canada in 2014.[32]
An exclusive vinyl LP edition of the soundtrack was released in March 2014.[33]
A soundtrack featuring only the first ten tracks was released under the name "Frozen: The Songs" [34]
Awards and recognition[edit]
At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, the Frozen soundtrack was nominated in two categories – Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (with credits going to Christophe Beck as composer) – and won the former; the song "Let It Go" won the award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, with credits going to Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez as songwriters and Idina Menzel as performer.[8][35][36][37]
Track listing[edit]
All music composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Tracks 1–10), Christophe Beck (Tracks 11–32) and Frode Fjellheim (Tracks 11, 31).

Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)[38][39]

No.
Title
Performer(s)
Length

1. "Frozen Heart"   Cast of Frozen 1:45
2. "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"   Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn, and Katie Lopez 3:27
3. "For the First Time in Forever"   Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel 3:45
4. "Love Is an Open Door"   Kristen Bell and Santino Fontana 2:07
5. "Let It Go"   Idina Menzel 3:44
6. "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People"   Jonathan Groff 0:50
7. "In Summer"   Josh Gad 1:54
8. "For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)"   Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel 2:30
9. "Fixer Upper"   Maia Wilson and Cast of Frozen 3:02
10. "Let It Go" (single version) Demi Lovato 3:47
11. "Vuelie" (featuring Cantus) Christophe Beck and Frode Fjellheim 1:36
12. "Elsa and Anna"   Christophe Beck 2:43
13. "The Trolls"   Christophe Beck 1:48
14. "Coronation Day"   Christophe Beck 1:14
15. "Heimr Àrnadalr"   Christophe Beck 1:25
16. "Winter's Waltz"   Christophe Beck 1:00
17. "Sorcery"   Christophe Beck 3:17
18. "Royal Pursuit"   Christophe Beck 1:02
19. "Onward and Upward"   Christophe Beck 1:54
20. "Wolves"   Christophe Beck 1:44
21. "The North Mountain"   Christophe Beck 1:34
22. "We Were So Close"   Christophe Beck 1:53
23. "Marshmallow Attack!"   Christophe Beck 1:43
24. "Conceal, Don't Feel"   Christophe Beck 1:07
25. "Only an Act of True Love"   Christophe Beck 1:07
26. "Summit Siege"   Christophe Beck 2:32
27. "Return to Arendelle"   Christophe Beck 1:38
28. "Treason"   Christophe Beck 1:36
29. "Some People Are Worth Melting For"   Christophe Beck 2:06
30. "Whiteout"   Christophe Beck 4:17
31. "The Great Thaw (Vuelie Reprise)"   Christophe Beck and Frode Fjellheim 2:29
32. "Epilogue"   Christophe Beck 3:04
Total length:
 1:09:40 

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Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2013–15)
Peak
 position


Argentinian Albums Chart[56]
1
Australian Albums Chart[57]
1
Austrian Albums Chart[58]
32
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[59]
22
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[59]
18
Canadian Albums Chart[60]
1
Chinese Albums Chart[61]
1
Danish Albums Chart[59]
12
Dutch Albums Chart[62]
2
French Albums Chart[63]
5
German Albums Chart[59]
18
Irish Compilation Albums Chart[64]
1
Italian Compilation Albums Chart[65]
2
Japanese Albums Chart[66]
1
Mexican Albums Chart[67]
3
New Zealand Albums Chart[68]
1
Norwegian Albums Chart[69]
3
Polish Albums Chart[70]
7
Portuguese Albums Chart[71]
13
South Korean Albums Chart[72]
2
Spanish Albums Chart[73]
11
Swiss Albums Chart[58]
30
UK Compilation Albums Chart[74]
1
US Billboard 200[21][75]
1
US Billboard Top Soundtracks[76]
1

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2014)
Position


Australian Albums (ARIA)[77]
3
Austrian Albums Chart[78]
24
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[79]
1
Italian Compilation Albums (FIMI)[80]
3
New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)[81]
5
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[82]
31
US Billboard 200[83]
1
US Digital Albums (Billboard)[84]
1
US Top Soundtracks (Billboard)[85]
1

Tracks[edit]

Track title
Performer(s)
Peak position
Certifications

US
[86]
CAN
[86]
AUS
[87]
IRE
[88]
JPN
[89]
KOR
[90]
NZ
[91]
UK
[92]
"Let It Go" (single version) Demi Lovato
38

31

25

34

51

50

13

42
 RIAA: Platinum[93]
ARIA: Platinum[94]
MC: Platinum[95]
RMNZ: Platinum[96]
IFPI DEN: Gold[97]
RIAJ: Gold[98]

"Let It Go" Idina Menzel
5

18

16

7

4

1

34

11
 RIAA: 5× Platinum[93]
ARIA: 4× Platinum[94]
BPI: Platinum[99]
MC: 2× Platinum[100]
RIAJ: Gold[101]

"Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn, Katie Lopez
51

61

45

35

—

5

—

26
 RIAA: Platinum[102]
ARIA: Gold[94]
BPI: Silver[99]
MC: Platinum[103]

"For the First Time in Forever" Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel
57

70

62

54

14

4

—

38
 RIAA: Gold[104]
ARIA: Gold[94]
BPI: Silver[99]

"Love Is an Open Door" Kristen Bell and Santino Fontana
49

—

89

—

36

21

—

52
 RIAA: Gold[105]

"In Summer" Josh Gad
104

—

90

—

—

67

—

84
 RIAA: Gold[106]

"Fixer Upper" Maia Wilson and Cast of Frozen
—

—

—

—

—

94

—

—
 
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Certifications[edit]

Region
Certification
Sales/shipments


Australia (ARIA)[107]
4× Platinum 280,000^
Belgium (BEA)[108]
Platinum 30,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[109]
3× Platinum 226,000[110]
Germany (BVMI)[111]
Platinum 200,000^
Italy (FIMI)[112]
Gold 30,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[113]
Million 980,383[114]
South Korea (Gaon)
 76,604[115]
Mexico (AMPROFON)[116]
Gold 30,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[117]
3× Platinum 45,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[118]
Platinum 20,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[119]
3× Platinum 900,000^
United States (RIAA)[120]
4× Platinum 4,000,000[13]
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone


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56.Jump up ^ "SOUNDTRACK - FROZEN". CAPIF.ORG. Retrieved December 2013.
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64.Jump up ^ "Top 30 Compilation Albums, Week Ending 9 January 2014". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
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70.Jump up ^ "Muzyka filmowa - Kraina lodu". OLiS. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
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101.Jump up ^ "RIAJ Certified Awards". RIAJ. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
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108.Jump up ^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – 2014". Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
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118.Jump up ^ "Polish album certifications – Muzyka filmowa – Kraina lód" (in Polish). Polish Producers of Audio and Video (ZPAV). Retrieved September 4, 2014.
119.Jump up ^ "British album certifications – ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK – FROZEN". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved December 23, 2014. Enter FROZEN in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
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