

“Show Yourself” took six months and three different versions before they landed on the right tone and content, says Robert Lopez. At least four more songs were written and discarded along the way, adds Lee — including one titled, ironically, “Get This Right.”
Score composer Beck highlighted the autumnal colors of the kingdom of Arendelle with an impressionistic use of woodwinds, but his 93-piece orchestra also came in handy for the stormy scenes on land and at sea. Along the way, he incorporated the song melodies as necessary, he says, “to create a musical journey with a beginning, a middle and an end.”