menken wrote the lyrics for when will my life begin from tangled.
menken wrote the lyrics for when will my life begin from tangled.
who wrote the lyrics for when will my life begin from tangled?
menken
"when will my life begin?" was the first song that was written for the movie. alan menken explained how he devised the song within the constraints of the chosen genre (guitar-themed score): "when i thought about rapunzel in the tower and her long hair, on a gut level, and i thought of the folk music of the 1960s—jackson browne, joni mitchell—and, it wasn’t an immediate yes, but i wrote six different versions of that opening number [“when will my life begin” performed by mandy moore as rapunzel] and it worked". menken noted that in the context of the musical film's structure and to move the plot forward "in tangled, we had to have to have rapunzel start with [the premise that] ‘everything’s great here [in the tower]’ and end with: ‘when will my life begin?’".
when will my life begin?
filmtracks wrote, "rapunzel's 'when will my life begin?', representing the soundtrack's best mainstream appeal and the most likely candidate for awards consideration, is a broadway-style rock song (andrew lloyd webber's evita is emulated in some of the progressions) with acoustic guitar, hammond organ, and aggressive percussion. mandy moore's performance in the lead is passable but a little too rough around the edges to put the stamp of approval upon her for this role. a princess' voice is typically prettier and better enunciated in spoken portions, so moore may bother some listeners. this applies especially to the two reprises of 'when will my life begin?', both of which orchestral and requiring better performance range in the merging of spoken and sung lyrics than moore seems comfortable providing." allmusic wrote ""when will my life begin" and "every girl can be a princess" are lush, wittily written songs typical of latter-day disney films".
when will my life begin?