Biography
Opetaia Foa'i is an artist born in Samoa and raised in New Zealand. He is the creator, composer and front-man of Te Vaka.
In December 2013 Opetaia signed with Walt Disney Animation Studios as a songwriter for the musical animated feature film "Moana" (a movie set in Polynesia 2,000 years ago), working alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, In The Heights) and Mark Mancina (The Lion King). Moana was released in the US on November 23rd 2016 to rave reviews, topping the Thanksgiving eve box office sales for 2016 and going on to be nominated for a number of awards, including 2 Oscars. The "Moana" soundtrack has spent 23 weeks in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart and has remained on that chart for all 35 weeks of its release.
He has a New Zealand born daughter, Olivia Foa'i who also did some vocals on the Moana soundtrack.
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