ScoringSessions.com has a feature up on their website from the scoring sessions for Moana that took place earlier this summer!  

Mark spent a week with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Opetaia Foa’i at his studio in Carmel, CA, working on the songs for Moana.

Mark spent a lot of time working with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Opetaia Foa’i on the songs for Moana. They held a “recording summit” in New Zealand, doing research for the music.