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One version is big and uptempo, inspired by mariachi music and ranchero songs.
So they both had a real agenda!
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Robert Lopez:Theyve never been so supportive before.
KAL:Usually, theyre like, Whatever.
But today, theyre like, The nominations are this morning!
Youve been through all this before withFrozen.
What is it like to go through the process of being nominated for an Oscar again?
This year is very competitive.
We feel really, really lucky to have gotten in.
It could go any way.
There are two different versions of this song in the film.
Two different emotional impacts.
We love that it performs several different functions within the movie.
That was the trick to writing it.
Its also become this personal song for our family.
We experienced loss this year.
We sang it at her funeral.
It was a way to get us through a really tough time.
KAL:We got a beautiful text from Bobbys dad.
Bobbys mom was his champion, some might even say stage mother.
His dad wrote, Your mom is dancing up in the clouds today.
She died of cancer and she knew we were going to sing this at her funeral.
And so this song is really hers.
KAL:Mexican music is so much more than just mariachi.
There are so many incredible genres.
This project has been a gift to us.
Rather than feeling sad, we have anofrenda.
And we have a new world of music that we love as a family.
The bridge to who you are and who your family is.
Music is a bridge to other cultures a language that we all can understand.
This movie is about a beautiful marigold bridge.
Not a wall of division.
