Interview: Double Lopez on "Into the Unknown"
Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 7:43PM by Eric Blume
I recently had the pleasure of sitting down to speak with Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, nominated for the Best Song Oscar for "Into the Unknown" for Frozen 2. This talented duo has already won the Oscar twice in this category, for the megahit "Let It Go" from the original Frozen, and "Remember Me" from Coco. They could not be more charming and charismatic, as witnessed here...
[This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity]
Eric: At what point in the process were you brought in on FROZEN 2?
KRISTEN: Very early on when it was like, 'I think we're going to do Frozen 2. We're thinking it's about change.' Jennifer Lee [Frozen 2's writer/director] called us, sort of tipped us off.
ROBERT: It needed to happen because, you know, the sounds in a musical are as integral as any dialogue and in fact, they have to bear a lot more weight. So we had to be there. We helped influence the story and they helped influence the songs...