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Opetaia is nominated for
"Best Soundtrack Album" for Moana 2 in the APRA/AMCOS 2025 Screen Music Awards
(Sep 2025)
APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) have announced the nominees for 13 categories ahead of the 2025 Screen Music Awards.
Heading to Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall for the first time on Tuesday 28 October, the annual Screen Music Awards celebrate excellence and innovation in screen composition across 16 categories, recognising outstanding contributions in short film, television series, documentaries, children’s programming, feature films and more.
"Best Soundtrack Album" for Moana 2 in the APRA/AMCOS 2025 Screen Music Awards
(Sep 2025)
APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) have announced the nominees for 13 categories ahead of the 2025 Screen Music Awards.
Heading to Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall for the first time on Tuesday 28 October, the annual Screen Music Awards celebrate excellence and innovation in screen composition across 16 categories, recognising outstanding contributions in short film, television series, documentaries, children’s programming, feature films and more.
Opetaia and Te Vaka singers perform live at 2025 Pacific Music Awards
(Aug 2025)
Opetaia, Olivia Foa'i, Sulata Foai-Amiatu, Douglas Bernard and Matatia Foa'i on percussion, performed "Pate Pate, "Tamahana" and songs from the Moana movie at the event before Opetaia recieved his Lifetime Achievement award.
Lifetime achievement award announced (Jul 2025)
On the 21st of August 2025 Opetaia Foa'i will be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Pacific Music Awards in Auckland New Zealand. Read more here .......
The Event will be held at the Sir Woolf Fisher Arena Due Drop Events Centre, 770 Great South Rd, Manukau City, Auckland, New Zealand
You can purchase Tickets here
On the 21st of August 2025 Opetaia Foa'i will be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Pacific Music Awards in Auckland New Zealand. Read more here .......
The Event will be held at the Sir Woolf Fisher Arena Due Drop Events Centre, 770 Great South Rd, Manukau City, Auckland, New Zealand
You can purchase Tickets here
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Disney’s Moana 2 has topped $1B in global box office
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Opetaia and Olivia Foa'i BBC
(Jan 2021) An in depth insight into Opetaia, his background, inspiration and musical success, with interviews from wife, Julie Foa'i, and daughter, Olivia Foa'i. LISTEN NOW |
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Te Vaka song in Hobbs & Shaw Soundtrack
(Aug 2019) If you've seen the recent Fast & Furious spinoff "Hobbs & Shaw", then you would've heard Opetaia's song "Taku Uo Pele" featured in a beautiful spot in the film as the characters arrive to Samoa. Here is the translation to the lyrics which were in the movie: Fakafetai mo to alofa te gali ona taimi heoli lahi te fiafia kiki ki luga ve he matagi meake ve he lalolagi a tatou Thank you for your love for the best time we had one hell of a time kicking up a storm like we owned the world |
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"Songs of Moana" live - Te Vaka & Orchestra
(18 Jul. 2018) A brief trip to New Zealand this month saw 4 very rare and unsurprisingly, sold out, concerts from Te Vaka. It was a unique and powerful collaboration between Opetaia Foa'i, Te Vaka and 3 different New Zealand Orchestras (Dunedin Symphony Orchestra, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Wellington), resulting in the live experience: "Songs of Moana". Having many of the same voices and musicians found on the movie's soundtrack, and supported by the power of 60-something-piece orchestras, the show was an undeniable hit among adults and children alike. "Every single item was stirring, effective, and excellently executed, holding the attention of and entertaining all in the audience, young and old...." "...It’s fair to say that Songs of Moana was a huge success..." - Ihlara McIndo, The Wave "In the case of Moana, the music's sheer musicality and character carries it safely through to the other side, especially when it is performed with high spirited verve by a group which has established itself as one of today's leading musical voices of the Pacific." - Christopher Moore, The Press |
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Top Soundtrack at the Billboard Music Awards
(21 May 2018) Moana, up against the likes of Black Panther and The Greatest Showman, wins Top Soundtrack at this years BBMAs! |
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Moana at the 60th Grammys
(28 Nov. 2017) The Moana soundtrack is nominated for "Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media" in the 60th Recording Academy Grammy Awards! PICTURE: Music team (Left to right); Mark Mancina (scoring), Opetaia Foa'i (songwriter), Lin Manuel-Miranda (songwriter), Tom MacDougall (Music Supervisor). |
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Moana wins AMA Top Soundtrack
(19 Nov. 2017) Up against Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Trolls, Moana (music co-written by Opetaia Foa'i and Lin-Manual Miranda and scored by Mark Mancina) takes Top Soundtrack in the 2017 American Music Awards! |
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New Zealand Music Awards 2017
(16 Nov. 2017) After a powerful opening performance of "We Know the Way" and "Tulou Tagaloa", Opetaia received the International Achievement Award at this years VNZMAs. |
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Te Vaka and Walt Disney Records
(18 Aug. 2017) Walt Disney Records released "Te Vaka Greatest Hits, Songs that Inspired Moana" which features 10 Te Vaka songs hand picked by the head of Disney/Pixar Creative, John Lasseter. The album also includes a brand new track, "Lakalaka." |
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Pacific Music Awards 2017
(1 Jun. 2017) Opetaia was awarded the "Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Achievement" after the show was opened with a beautiful tribute to his work in Moana, performed by the SaintzUp Performing Arts School. |
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Moana on the Billboard Charts
(9 Jan. 2017) "The Moana film soundtrack rises from No. 6 to No. 2 with 64,000 units (up 21 percent) and 44,000 in traditional album sales (up 37 percent — it is the best selling album of the week)." (excepted from the Billboard website) (17 Dec. 16) "We Know the Way" (Opetaia and Lin-Manuel Miranda) spends 2 weeks on the Billboard Top 100, peaking at No. 93. |