Mother Knows Best (song) songs. While the majority of "Tangled"'s music was inspired by the work of Canadian musician Joni Mitchell, Menken envisioned Gothel's song as "classic" Broadway. Before writing "Mother Knows Best", Menken and Slater researched appropriate moments in the film during which its main characters could potentially perform, ultimately determining that "Mother Knows Best" "flows directly out of the conflict between" Mother Gothel and Rapunzel. Menken observed similarities between Gothel and Claude Frollo, another Disney villain for whom he had written songs while working as a composer on "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1996). Menken described Gothel as "a scary piece of
The Story of a Mother (2010 film) Wins The Story of a Mother (2010 film) The Story of a Mother (2010) is an Italian short film produced and directed by Alessandro De Vivo and Ivano di Natale. The drama features Nino Colella<br>Angela de Matteo. It is an adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen short story of the same name. One night, Death (voice of Renato de Rienzo) swoops in and takes the life of a child. His mother (Angela de Matteo) will do anything to recover him, even lose all she has. The film opened at the New York City Horror Film Festival on May 5, 2010.