Who composed the score for Zootopia?

Michael Giacchino composed the score for Zootopia.

The 2016 Disney animated film marked Giacchino’s first feature-length scoring project for Walt Disney Animation Studios. He was already well known for film and television work, including Pixar productions such as The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and Up.

Giacchino recorded Zootopia’s music with an 80-piece orchestra in November 2015. The score uses varied percussion and international musical colors to reflect the film’s many neighborhoods and its story about predators, prey, prejudice, and cooperation.

A common mix-up is confusing the score with the movie’s featured song, “Try Everything.” That song was performed by Shakira and written by Sia and Stargate; it is not the orchestral score. Giacchino also returned to compose the score for Zootopia 2.