<P> The majority of the film's cast members are of Polynesian descent: Auli'i Cravalho (Moana) and Nicole Scherzinger (Sina, Moana's mother) were born in Hawaii and are of Native Hawaiian heritage; Dwayne Johnson (Maui), Oscar Kightley (Fisherman), and Troy Polamalu (Villager No. 1) are of Samoan heritage; and New Zealand--born Rachel House (Tala, Moana's grandmother), Temuera Morrison (Tui, Moana's father), and Jemaine Clement (Tamatoa) are of Māori heritage . </P> <P> Moana is Clements and Musker's first fully computer - animated film . One of the reasons for using computer animation was that the environment, including the ocean, benefited much more from the use of CGI as opposed to traditional animation . The filmmakers have also suggested that three - dimensional computer animation is well - suited to the "beautiful sculpturing" of the faces of the people of the South Pacific . Eric Goldberg worked on the hand - drawn animation used to depict Maui's sentient tattoos . During early development, the filmmakers considered the possibility of making the film with hand - drawn traditional animation, but only a few early animation tests were made in that style . In the final cut, only Maui's tattoos are hand - drawn . </P> <P> Moana was produced in makeshift quarters in a giant warehouse in North Hollywood (together with Zootopia), while Disney Animation's headquarters building in Burbank was being renovated . Musker observed that Moana was similar in that respect to The Little Mermaid, which was produced in a warehouse in Glendale . Production wrapped on October 20, 2016 . </P> <P> The film's soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records on November 18, 2016 . The songs were written by Opetaia Foa'i, Mark Mancina, and Lin - Manuel Miranda, while the score was written by Mancina . The lyrics are in English, Samoan and the Tokelauan language . The soundtrack peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 . </P>

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