Who composed the songs for Encanto?

Lin-Manuel Miranda composed the songs for Encanto. He wrote all eight original songs for the film’s soundtrack, including “The Family Madrigal,” “Surface Pressure,” “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” and “Dos Oruguitas.”

Miranda began developing Encanto’s music early in the project and worked with the filmmakers to reflect the film’s Colombian setting. The songs draw on styles such as vallenato, cumbia, bambuco, salsa, reggaeton, hip-hop, and musical theatre. Miranda and the production team also researched Colombian music and culture, helping the soundtrack sound rooted in the story’s location rather than using a generic “Latin” style.

A useful distinction is that Miranda wrote the songs, while Germaine Franco composed the film’s instrumental score. The soundtrack album, released by Walt Disney Records on November 19, 2021, includes both the original songs and score material. Thus, the stored answer is the canonical response to a question specifically asking who composed the songs, even though another composer created the non-song score.